The young Saotome does have strong feelings for Akane but he doesn't tell her and instead of being nice to her all the time and try to be friendly or to seduce her he insults her about her physical aspect and many other things. But inside his hard shell Ranma is a really nice boy who desires to defend Akane to death if she is in danger.
Ranma only has one fear which is the the phobia of cats. Indeed Ranma hates cats for when he was young his father tried an experiment on him called the Cat-fu. Since then if a cat approaches him he becomes very scared and if he lets the fear enter is mind and body he mentaly transforms himself into a cat.
Many girls find Ranma very attractive and have a crush on him. The number of girls that like him is great; so is the number of boys that find Ranma attractive under his femine side. Ranma girl is very pretty with her red pigtail and her "perfect" body (eventhough she is small). Her big breast and somptous body make her very famous with boys of all age.