On 5/1/97 8:01 PM, Gary Kleppe at KLEPPE@execpc.com wrote:

On Thu, 1 May 1997 19:20:02 -0700, Henry J. Cobb wrote:

So, why is it the consensus opinion of this list that the Ataru & Lum
match is inevitable but the Ranma & Shampoo match is highly unlikely?

Who says Ataru-Lum is inevitable?

In fact, it was established early on in the series that Ataru would marry
SHINOBU.

It was a story where Lum accidentally projected the two of them twelve years
into the future, and they met Ataru's future child. It's story #11 in Viz's
Urusei Yatsura "Perfect Collection", titled "We Are the Children".

Well, you've heard the story about how Takahashi originally planned to 
put Ataru and Shinobu together, then partway through the series changed 
her mind and paired him with Lum instead? The story you mention is from 
the first period.

In fact, the Inaba the Dreammaker OAV revisits this story among other 
possible futures... good story. *Good* story.



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