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Cinderella Boy
シンデレラボーイ
Genre	Action, Comedy, Detective fiction
Manga
Written by	Monkey Punch
Published by	Kobunsha
Magazine	Popcorn; Anime DO
Demographic	Seinen
Published	1980, 1982
Anime television series
Directed by	Tsuneo Tominaga
Studio	Magic Bus
Original network	WOWOW, AT-X, Television Niigata Network
Original run	21 June 2003 – 13 September 2003
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)

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Cinderella Boy (シンデレラボーイ) is a one-shot Japanese manga created by Monkey Punch. It was originally published in the Kobunsha magazine Popcorn in 1980. An alternate version was published in Anime DO in 1982. The plot follows the adventures of impoverished private detective Ranma Hinamatsuri and his thrill-seeking rich girl partner Rella "Cindy" Shirayuki in a futuristic city named "Kirin Town". Kirin Town is a lawless European city-state with its own currency with the name of the city being a pun on the English word for "killing". The two are badly injured when they stumble across an organised crime operation and are put back together into the same body by a mysterious doctor. Every night the stroke of midnight, their shared body changes both form and identity. Ranma becomes Rella, or vice versa. Neither is aware of any actions or situations their partner is involved in, completely losing consciousness until twenty-four hours later, when the change comes around to them again.^[1]

The names of the story's protagonists both reflect the nature of their change.

Ranma shares a name with Ranma Saotome, the title character of Ranma ½, who also changes into a girl under certain conditions. However, the original Cinderella Boy manga predates Ranma ½ by several years.^[2]
Rella is named after Cinderella, who is known for undergoing a major change at the stroke of midnight. Her last name "Shirayuki" translates into "Snow White" and the episode titles also evoke fairytales.

Characters

error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help): The acrophobic and technologically illiterate hero, he's constantly struggling to keep his agency self-supporting, partly because he regularly takes poorly paying cases out of a sense of chivalry. He also has no head for alcohol and collected model cars. Before becoming a detective, he was a local gangster who developed scruples.

error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help): A wealthy and adventurous woman who joined with Ranma to create the R&R Agency. She has an enormous capacity for alcohol and loves gadgets and computers. She also has an eye for jewellery and can expertly distinguish real from fake at a glance. Her father is a major organised crime figure in Japan, and she is estranged from him.

Son Tai Jin: Top mobster in the city, whenever he sees Ranma he orders his men to kill him. However, he has a good reputation as a pillar of the community with the public at large.

Alice: Mysterious woman who spies on Ranma and alternately saves him and sets him up to see what will happen.

Alamis de Panini: Wealthy buffoon who appears on every one of Rella's days to try to woo her. He is the son of a wealthy pharmaceutical manufacturer who Rella suspects of having poisoned her in Episode 5.

Dorothy: Rella's elderly and maternal maid who dislikes Ranma for his lack of class and leading her mistress into danger. She makes gadgets for her mistress.

Dr. Grimm: The scientist who fused Ranma and Rella's bodies into one using his Personality Fusion theory.

Pinocchio: All-knowing underworld informant who enjoys making Ranma meet him on a window-washer's platform to do business.

Tinker Bell: A net informant whose identity is unknown, Rella relies on her to gather information, it searches any information on the net.

Wendy: Bar owner who is enthusiastically attracted to Ranma but is also one of Son Tai Jin's many girlfriends.

Episodes

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References

^ Enoki Films staff, CINDERELLA BOY by Monkey Panch, Enoki Films, retrieved December 19, 2014^{[dead link]}
^ ANN staff (March 15, 2003). "Monkey Punch's Ranma". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 19, 2014.

External links

Cinderella Boy (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Cinderella Boy (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[enoki-1] Enoki Films staff, CINDERELLA BOY by Monkey Panch, Enoki Films, retrieved December 19, 2014^{[dead link]}

[2] ANN staff (March 15, 2003). "Monkey Punch's Ranma". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 19, 2014.

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+{{nihongo|'''''Cinderella Boy'''''|シンデレラボーイ}} is a [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] Japanese [[manga]] created by [[Monkey Punch]]. It was originally published in the [[Kobunsha]] magazine ''Popcorn'' in 1980. An alternate version was published in ''Anime DO'' in 1982. The plot follows the adventures of impoverished private detective Ranma Hinamatsuri and his thrill-seeking rich girl partner Rella "Cindy" Shirayuki in a futuristic city named "Kirin Town".  Kirin Town is a lawless European city-state with its own currency with the name of the city being a pun on the English word for "killing".  The two are badly injured when they stumble across an organised crime operation and are put back together into the same body by a mysterious doctor. Every night the stroke of midnight, their shared body changes both form and identity.  Ranma becomes Rella, or vice versa. Neither is aware of any actions or situations their partner is involved in, completely losing consciousness until twenty-four hours later, when the change comes around to them again.<ref name="enoki">{{citation|author=Enoki Films staff |title=CINDERELLA BOY by Monkey Panch |url=http://enokifilmsusa.com/library/cinderella.htm |publisher=[[Enoki Films]] |accessdate=December 19, 2014 }}{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
 The names of the story's protagonists both reflect the nature of their change.