On Fri, 2 May 97 13:58:00 -0600, Travis Butler wrote:

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

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.

Sure, I don't mean to say that this story proves Ataru-Shinobu must happen. I do
think it proves that there is room to doubt whether Ataru-Lum will happen, and
that was my point here.

Gary Kleppe
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