Tibetan Buddhists believe that the more you chant the mantra, the more you show your piety to the Buddha, and can escape the suffering of reincarnation as a result.
Nodoka, Ranma's mother, looks a bit like him. In the long bag she holds in both hands is a Japanese sword. It's for cutting off Ranma's head, in case he grows up to be an unmanly boy and needs to commit seppuku! (Voice: Masako Ikeda)
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