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Subject: Marriage Prospects: Soun

well, I promised to finish off the Tendou family...

SOUN TENDOU (Akane's dad)

	Looks: Pretty good, actually, with the long black hair and the trim
build for a middle-aged man.  Tends to dress down.  Has an interesting
selection of funny faces when upset.
	Smarts:  Enough to get some prime real estate in Tokyo and found his
own dojo.  Plays a decent game of go or shogi.
	Personality:  Rather lazy.  Spends most of his time lounging around
the house.  Tends to be highly emotional.  Scared stiff of Happosai.
	Cooking:  He's got Kasumi for that.  Learned to get by on relatively
little food while training.
	Fighting Skills:  Adequate.  Has his own dojo, but is almost never
seen training, or teaching students other than Akane.
	Special Abilities:  "Floating Head with Long Tongue" face, ability to
keep dojo open despite no visible means of support.
	Competition:  None, that I know of.
	In-Laws:  Kasumi, Nabiki, Akane (actually step-daughters); maybe Ranma
and Genma (oh, and Nodoka...).  Kasumi might feel a little jealous,
after all, she's been the woman of the house for years now, but she'll
never show it.  Nabiki and Akane might be more unaccepting, especially
if their new mom is very young.  And if you're especially cute, watch
out for Happosai.
	Economics:  Well, if you can get Soun off his butt and back to active
teaching, the dojo might actually become self-supporting.
	Sex:  Well, he's had some experience, but he hasn't had any practice
lately.  Might try for a son if the new wife is young enough.

	Overall:  Hey, at least he's more mature than most of the other
prospects on this show.

SKJAM!