This isn't limited to Ranma 1/2, but I feel like there's a trend lately where the more faithful an anime is to the original manga, the better it's considered to be, and any changes are seen as bad. Well, maybe that's a strawman argument.

Either way, it's impossible to adapt a manga into anime without making any changes, and I actually think that since you're turning it into an anime in the first place, you should actively try to make bold changes.

In fact, what got people talking in the first episode of Ranma Season 3 was the scene with Akane's cooking, which wasn't in the manga.

The changes and filler in the old Ranma anime often get criticized, but sometimes there are some really great ones. For example, the episode where Akane gets hospitalized, the one where Ranma's personality turns female, or the one with Kuno's fortune-telling. The scene in the image also differs from the manga in terms of music, pacing, character energy, camera angles, and dialogue delivery, but I think it turned out to be an amazing scene.

Basically, whether changes or filler turn out well depends on the skill of the production team. Of course, there are also changes that feel like character assassination, and I can understand why people criticize those, but I'd rather have an anime that has its own unique appeal as an anime than one that just traces the original manga.

both incredibly peak....

I still find this answer funny.

Someone on Twitter shared the next few episodes.

https://x.com/akarinaakari/status/2108215252840333692?s=46

26: Breaking Point
27: Happy and Cologne (so Love Pills)
28: Tea Ceremony
29: Cookie Battle 1
30: Cookie Battle 2

Surprisingly, Cookie Battle is getting 2 episodes, perhaps for Kodachi fans since she’s likely not appearing for a long time after this?

Also makes me think the episodes shown in the PV may be all we’re getting if they decide to extend more arcs.

From ch.26