> "Hiroko-chan turns twelve years old the end
 > of May." Midori grimaced. "Just old enough
 > to be legally married, Ranma."

According to the US Embassy in Japan's web
site, the minimum age for a female is 16, by
country-wide law:
http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/acs/tacs-7114a.html
Not sure where you got 12 (Mississippi forty
years ago? Pakistan?). You might consider
making Hiroko hate Daichi, or possibly be
mentally retarded, as alternatives.

You can't realy fault Mark Shurtleff for making that mistake, It was only
recently that the 16 year-old minimum age went into effect.  It was 12 in
many areas of Japan, and abuse of this situation was rampant. Passing local
laws upping the age of marriage was stymied in many areas, so a national law
passed only a couple of years ago.

BTW, a 12 year old can still get married in Mississippi, as along as their
parents consent to it.

Nuki Mouse
"This is just my opinion, I maybe wrong"  D. Miller
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"I may not like what you say, but I will defend your right to say it with
my Life"  Voltaire



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