[He was actually pretty confident about this body. Ranma considered them both "his" so she'd find him pretty open to the appreciation. He does have to fix on misconception, though.]

Oh, no, she didn't have to die or anything. I mean, she technically could've, but it's the spring water in that place that's messed up. Whatever falls in first makes an imprint on the spring. Then the next person that falls in gets cursed.

My dad fell into a similar spring, but he turns into a panda.