by Crescent Pulsar » Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:06 am
Ranma does have his limits, and he may not be so honorable in certain situations, but if he's aware of an obligation or bound by something he said, he generally observes them. For instance, Ukyo could have gotten her revenge and then gone about her merry way, but both Genma and Ranma still accepted her as a fiancee. It may have even been the reason for why he stuck around when they arrived at the Tendo's instead of going to China like he'd wanted to, once it was clear that Genma prioritized the honoring of the agreement over getting cured. Who knows?
As far as Ranma and reversing being locked is concerned, I don't think it's as important to him as some might think. From what I can tell, I believe he values Akane and his strength more than he does being a man. It isn't that he won't try to find a cure, but he can't pick one up at the market, so he doesn't actively search for one unless a possibility happens to come to his attention (Japanese spring story, Romeo and Juliet story, and the hot spring race story) or he's told of one (like the Phoenix pill and the Kaisuifuu). Anyway, in the story with Herb, there was a point where he believed that returning to Akane alive as a girl was better than risking death. If the mountain had collapsed without him getting the kettle, he might not bother looking through the rubble, especially since the chances of the kettle being crushed would be rather high unless he saw someone make off with it.
As for the girly girl thing, perhaps some people consciously or unconsciously follow the form follows function concept. While this usually results in pre-conceived notions more or less being pasted onto Ranma's character, our bodies usually have some sort and degree of influence in regard to how we see ourselves and how we behave around others. (For me, it's part of the reason I prefer to not leave the house or be around too many people.)