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From: Ryo Hibiki <rchuang@gte.net>

   B. Shampoo (or Xian Pu if you prefer)
       Okay, there are alot of misconceptions when dealing with this
girl. Firstly would have to be her 'bimbo' status ^_^. Some writers tend
to forget that she IS chinese and actually learned the Japanese language
during her 'chase' with Ranma across China (It is implied that she
didn't know any chinese until leaving the amazon village since she

I assume you meant JAPANESE in the line above instead of Chinese?

dealing with Mousse, She has said that she hated him before (during the
story with the 'spring of drowned duck' water) and any tender moments
dealing with the two have always dealt with her taking pity on him. Its
hard for me to buy into the idea of the two falling in love, even though
it was probably Takahashi-san's idea to put the two together...

Asctually, Rumiko Takahashi has said publicly that Ranma and Akane are the
only 'true couple' in Ranma 1/2.