Just my two cents as well.

From: "Nuki Mouse" <Nukmouse@bellatlantic.net>
To: "hkmiller" <hkmiller@theeddy.com>
CC: <ffml@anifics.com>
Subject: [FFML] Re: [Fanfic][Ranma/SM] Relatively Absent: Chapter 10
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 21:27:50 -0400

 > "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.

AFAIK, also in New Hampshire. The groom, however has to be at least 14, and 
I think there has to be religious documentation.

It's going to be interesting to see what develops when Ranma can return to 
his male form and he tries to find out what's going on with the Tendos. 
Also, is he going to be torn up with guilt about this wedding as Ranko? 
Although his "groom" loves him, he might not love her that way. And when 
Akane finds out about it (if she's recovered from her treatment at the hands 
of the blue scum), well, it won't be pretty.

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