Redneck Gaijin wrote:

Consider that out of Ukyou, Akane, and Shampoo, Shampoo is the -dumbest,-

the -least- considerate, the most violent, and the most annoying to Ranma of
the whole lot.

Have to disagree with you there.  First of all, Shampoo is *NOT* dumb. 
Her broken japanese is a lot better than Ranma's chinese as many fics
have pointed out.  

Since when were fics canonical? From what I've seen in both the manga and
anime, Shampoo starts out as fairly dim and goes -downhill.- 

	Shampoo is a very capable and skilled fighter and while she does use
her body to entice Ranma, she does it because of her own desire for him,
not as a mindless bimbo.    

She does it, and continues to do it, because she's too dumb to catch on to
the fact that it doesn't work.

	If she seems like a bimbo at times, it's because she's deleriously
happy at being with Ranma.  Look at Ryouga whenever he's around Akane,
he's not acting like a bimbo, he's just lost in bliss.

Even when Ranma is nowhere around, Shampoo acts like a bimbo- in fact, her
monomania re: Ranma is excellent proof of that.

Furthermore, if Ranma did marry Shampoo, he would have to go back to
China and become a househusband while Shampoo led the Amazons on to
glory. Not the preferred career plan for a martial artist.

I think Ranma would do his share of the fighting as well.  He's not the
type to sit down for long.  

Only if he is *PERMITTED* to, which from the little we know of the Amazons
is extremely unlikely.

Likewise, I believe Shampoo would want to

have a child at some point, giving Ranma some of the responsibility of
leadership. 

And from what little we know of the Amazons, it is all too likely that
Shampoo would have the baby and hand it straight over to Ranma- who most
definitely would NOT be in any position of leadership for any period of time.
 >

Furthermore, Ranma has made it blatantly clear he doesn't want to marry

ANYBODY yet- something which Shampoo ignores completely.

True, but then Kodachi, Ukyou, and sometime even Akane do that as well.
Akane shows her possessiveness in a different way of course....

Which is why my #2 pick in the Who Gets Ranma race (I am a firm believer in
the concept of The Creator Is Always Right) is None Of The Above. If Akane
doesn't end up with him, odds are none of them will.

Although my favorite character and first choice to marry Ranma will
always be Ukyou Kuonji, I feel Shampoo is not as hopeless a choice as
you think.  Again, this is my own opinion but I think Shampoo deserves a
fair shake as well.

Life, love, and Takahashi manga are not fair.

Redneck 

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