Hello,
IMO it could be done. Considering all of the magical
items, princes, scrolls etc. that just 'happen' to
show up ---- adding e-mail to the story in a country
that has disposable cell phones (VERY short range, in
bright colors for �trendy' teens and others�about
$12.95/each) does not seem out of place.  The
technology is in place. It doesn't have to be a
computer e-mail. It could just as well be voice-mail
on a text beeper/phone/digital assistant/palm top,
etc.  In fact giving Ryouga a satellite link
phone/beeper etc. is a joke in itself. ^_^
>From there it's a short step to �Sorry, wrong number.'

If you REALLY want to get strange you can do
cross-over's. 
Remember, beepers work across worlds in Escaflowne. If
they can do that . . .:
Ranma/FY
Blue Seed/Nurse Angel
Sailor Moon/Iczer
Blue Sonnet /Mama is a 4th Grader
Combustible Campus Guardress/ Pokeman
The Ultimate Teacher/ Marmalade Boy
Mysterious Thief St. Tail/ NGE



It's not pretty, but it could be funny.

--- Jason Liao <jasonl@hun.k12.nj.us> wrote:

I don't know if anyone has done this, but how

about a Ranma 1/2

-'You Got Mail' crossover?  Just couple up any two

Ranma 1/2 characters

that hate each other as in the framework of the

movie inserted into the

Ranma series. The only pairings that I see that

could work this way are

Ranma/Nabiki, Tatewaki/Nabiki, Ryoga/Ukyo <--(a

stretch, I admit. (since

there isn't really open hostility between them)

take an artistic liberty),

or possibly Mousse/Akane <--(Hmm...).

Er, how? 

I'm serious here.  Who in the Ranma cast would use
e-mail?  Certainly not
most of them, even if you decided to advance the
timeframe of the story to
the present day, for what could e-mail offer them to
further their
interests?  There is neither a Jusenko ML nor an
alt.rec.chi-blasts, no
one is looking for a new relationship ('cept maybe
the extras) And even if
they *did* have the inclination, who would have a
computer?

Perhaps the story could be changed to one using
traditional mail, but then
how does one get around the fact that the return
addresses are printed on
the envelopes?  I might see
Shampoo/Cologne/Mousse-Someone Else, since
it's less likely that someone would recognize a
Chinese address, and the
return address might not even be an issue if
relativers at the village are
forwarding Shampoo's mail to and from her pen-pal.
It's still kind of
farfetched, though.

Ryouga recieving mail in any form has it's own
obvious problem.



-Natsume Ranma Ranma
-------
The sardines weren't worth the trouble.  A few more
shots, then 
Ryoga-san would overheat and explode.  Ducking
around a corner, 
I managed to lose him as I entered the ramshackle
residence of 
my Anime supplier.

One look at his face and I knew that I was betrayed.
 "Tell me."
I insisted.  He refused, so I slammed him against
the wall.
"Last chance.  Where can Ranma-Ranma find good
fanfics?"
"Try Jason Liao." he whispered, before he slumped to
the floor.
I heard the sounds of a door splintering as I left
through the 
window, one step ahead of Tendo Heavy Industries...

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