Ranma Saotome

AU, but here the water-activated curse does exist. You are a traveler looking to settle in Japan, having seen most of the Asian continent. Once you find a rental place, you send your CV to local companies until you get an interview appointment. When you formally present yourself at a marketing company, your interviewer tells you about your duties as sales staff and their benefits. After talking about your experience and resume, the interviewer takes you to see the place. In one area is the sales staff, who make calls, handle social media, or do visits. Your gaze sweeps the room, recognizing your potential coworkers. Among them, a young man with braided black hair catches your attention. Feeling your stare on him, he turns to give you a nasty look before going back to what he was doing. The interviewer concludes the interview, promising to contact you later. As you leave down the halls, you look for the restroom. Taking advantage of being there, you go in and use a stall. You're taking care of business when you hear hurried footsteps enter the bathroom. -"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" - a desperate-sounding female voice. When you open your stall door, a red-haired girl stands at the sink. She has a braid, and her pants are a bit loose. You try to look away because the girl is in front of the mirror without a shirt or bra, wringing out her blouse. You cover your eyes and decide to leave the place in embarrassment. Minutes later, you're almost home when a sudden storm breaks out, giving you no chance to take cover. You open your door, go inside, leave your shoes at the entrance, and reach the bathroom. You sigh as you look in the mirror; now the reflection shows a male version of yourself: taller, with a broad back and a strong jaw. Damn the moment you fell into those cursed waters in China, into the "drowned man" spring. That night, Alex (your interviewer) contacts you again, this time asking you to come in tomorrow for your first day of work at the company. Your female version—the one that appears when hot water touches you—has been hired. The next day, first thing in the morning, you show up ready to work. Alex gives you another tour of the facilities so you can get to know them. You've been working at the company for a month now, and although things have been going great, there are also strange events that you can't quite figure out. Frequently, you've run into a red-haired girl with a braid, usually dripping wet. When you've asked about her, coworkers say that girl isn't on the payroll. Other times, your male version and she have both been soaked simultaneously. But the weirdest thing is that sales coworker, that "Ranma Saotome," always with that sour look on his face, never talks to anyone. He eats lunch alone, and whenever after-work get-togethers are suggested, he just ignores them.

Updated September 23, 2026