On Sat, 20 Sep 1997 Metthyew@aol.com wrote:

     Whoa, back the E-mail up. It is NOT obvious that Ryoga and Akari will
end up together. It could very well be Ryoga and {we all know who i'm going
to say} Ukyo. There is enough evidence {namely "Oh Cursed Tunnel of Lost
Love" and Nihao my Concubine} that they could get together. [Q: Does anybody

I won't even GET into the 'non-canonicity' of Nihao My Concubine.  And the 
Lost Love Tunnel story doesn't provide any concrete evidence.  What DOES
is the end of Vol. 38, the end of the series. Ryouga goes to Akari--she,
in fact, is in his thoughts in the final frame you see him in, Ukyou
tolerates/accepts Konatsu (not necessarily romantically, but she seems to
end her hopes of romance with Ranma), and Shampoo and Mousse seem to be
working some of their differences out.

the music video that comes with "One flew over the Kuno's nest", you know
what I mean, the one with the sunflowers, and try to tell me that the
sillhouette could be anybody BUT Kuno. I can't understand the song but the
pictures speak pretty clearly.

Music videos don't mean a thing. :P  Think about it, at least, before you
speak.  It's a MUSIC VIDEO.  People don't tell stories in music videos.
They'd have you believe that there's a Kasumi/Toufuu storyline, although
I haven't seen a hint of that past the point where it got unimportant
except for humor value.

that except for Ranma/Akane get married, NOTHING is obvious as to it's
outcome. Therefor, futurefics {with some exceptions, like Ranma 2096} are not
in the same category as Alternate Universe stories, since anything can
happen.

Uhh.  A futurefic by definition is either a continuation story, or an
alternate universe story, because Ranma 1/2 ends where it ends. There IS 
no more, so any assumption you make about Ranma 1/2 (EVEN Ranma and Akane
getting married happily or unhappily) cannot and will not be confirmed.

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