Temple of Ranma's Sailor Senshi Seifuku

by **SpaceKnight of Chaos** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:46 pm

Inspired by the "if you were Ranma, which fiancee would you choose?" poll, this poll asks the question "in your opinion, which marriage has the most to offer Ranma?". Like it with its inspiration, assume that there will be no repercussions from the girls not picked- however, all of the negative traits of both the girl married and the family (if any) that Ranma marries into are still there. You can give your opinion based on the manga canon or the anime canon, but please clarify which canon you're basing your opinion on, should you decide to explain your reasonings by posting here.

by **LadyRelena** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:35 pm

Poor Ukyo, she has no votes at all yet.

Anyway, I think a marriage to Shampoo would be best for Ranma.Ranma/Shampoo just make more sence then Ranma/Akane and Ranma/Ukyo. Besides being the most attractive couple in the sires (except for Ranma and his girl half) and making the best looking and strongest children ever, I like Ranma/Shampoo because they have lots of similarities in common. Both of them have dedicated their lives to the art and I think both have a lot of different martial arts techniques to teach each other. I also like the idea of Ranma living in a village where life is simple and martial arts is a way of life, instead of just a hobby. I have noticed that Ranam and Shampoo seem to like the same type of pastimes as well; video games, TV, reading, and so on. And I like the idea of Ranma learning the art under Cologne rather then under dumb ass Happosai or Genma. They seem to have just the right amount of differences and similarities that complement each other nicely. A Ranma/Akane marriage would just cause more negative results then positive ones. Here are some of the reasons I have mentioned before.

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by **Alathon** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:42 pm

I'm a little surprised that the Kuonjis get such short shrift. By comparison to the other three, I think they really come out ahead, even if it's not so much on their own merits as on the major downsides of the others.

The Kunos are a diseased family; every member is 'eccentric' at the very least. The only thing of value they have is money, and Ranma could look forward to the sort of familial affection that Kodachi demonstrates for Tatewaki during the Martial Arts Gymnastics competition.

The Tendos aren't much better; any way he works it Ranma's gonna have at least one bitchy sister-in-law who treats him like shit, and if he marries Kasumi he'd have two. And that's before taking Soun and his master Happosai into account; by marrying a Tendo, Ranma would chain himself to Soun, the more gutless of Happosai's students. There's clearly some serious money to be made (the property alone is of substantial value, never mind whatever means Soun uses to support the family and maintain the property). But as with the Kunos, he'd be joining a family with Issues with a capital 'I'.

I don't hold to the fanon "Amazons hate all men and treat them like shit" cliches, but Ranma would still be joining a diseased culture. Unless you do some purely AU stuff about their laws (see Aondehafka's typical Amazon appologetics) they're both immoral and stupid. Shampoo could be the best wife on her own merits and still be the worst choice based on the immorality and stupidity of her culture.

With the Kuonjis you get a dad who is apparently absent and both a little stupid and nutty, and as with the other three money shouldn't be a major concern. While I certainly wouldn't want Mr. Kuonji for my father-in-law, he's by far the lesser of evils.

by **mondu_the_fat** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:42 pm

Marriage to Akane.

Ranma benefits the most from being married to a person he loves (the most). All other benefits/disadvantages the other marriages have to offer are incidental.

Put yourselves in Ranma's shoes. "Why am I getting married? Am I getting married so that I can amazon martial arts secrets? Am I getting married to live a rich life with kodachi? Am I getting married because my best friend loves me and we get along? Am I getting married because my old man said so? Or am I getting married because I love Akane?"

Ranam doesn't really _need_ anything -- cologne couldn't entice him even with her techniques, he doesn't look twice at the Kunos, and he doesn't see that with Ukyo. He does, however, _want_ Akane. That's the only thing that should matter.

by **Alathon** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:51 pm

mondu_the_fat wrote:Marriage to Akane.

Ranma benefits the most from being married to a person he loves (the most). All other benefits/disadvantages the other marriages have to offer are incidental.

Put yourselves in Ranma's shoes. "Why am I getting married? Am I getting married so that I can amazone martial arts secrets? Am I getting married to live a rich life with kodachi? Am I getting married because my best friend loves me? Am I getting married because my old man said so? Or am I getting married because I love Akane?"

If Ranma is going to marry based on love, he probably shouldn't be doing it for another decade or so. Marriages based on 'love' at that age are almost guaranteed to fail, and either end or be miserable. I mean, for pity's sake, he's sixteen or seventeen. He wouldn't know love if it patted him on the shoulder.

by **mondu_the_fat** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:55 pm

Alathon wrote:If Ranma is going to marry based on love, he probably shouldn't be doing it for another decade or so. Marriages based on 'love' at that age are almost guaranteed to fail, and either end or be miserable. I mean, for pity's sake, he's sixteen or seventeen. He wouldn't know love if it patted him on the shoulder.

I agree. SKoC, did not specify a time frame, though, and even if he did ("Who should Ranma get married to NOW"), I'd still answer the same way, even if Ranma can't tell if he's going to remain in love in the future. Of course, I'd rather not get him married at 16 (for love or any other reason), given that choice.

by **Spokavriel** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:57 pm

I say at the end of the Manga it's still too early to say with certainty but at least all the options with any appearance of a chance of letting Ranma live his own life are on the same option in the poll.

by **SpaceKnight of Chaos** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:23 pm

Not to disrupt things, and I will return to the shadows once I've said my piece, but the Tendo arrangement (if that is what you were talking about, Spokavriel) is the one arrangement where Ranma's future has been explicity stated. No matter which Tendo girl Ranma marries, Soun Tendo expects him to "carry on the school", though admittedly it's unclear whether that means "teach classes at the dojo and make Anything Goes a respected/famous school" or simply "have children and bring them up to be powerful martial artists". Either way, not what I'd call letting Ranma live his own life.

In contrast, we canonically know nothing about what the other girls (Kodachi, Shampoo, Ukyo) want from Ranma once they're married to him, beyond Ukyo's daydreams about continuing to run her business.

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by **Spokavriel** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:27 pm

The Tendo girls are the only ones who haven't already planned out a future where Ranma is pigeon holed into their own wants for the future. The fathers won't live forever and none of the expectations with those sisters are their own meaning that there are more possibilities.

by **SpaceKnight of Chaos** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:34 pm

Correct me if I'm wrong, but beyond Ukyo's daydreams of running a restaurant with Ranma by her side in the Ultimate Weakness Moxibustion and Gambling King storylines, when have any of the girls revealed themselves to have already planned out their future with Ranma? As far as I can recall, in anime or manga, their sole planning towards the future is the fact that they will marry Ranma- none of them have thought about what will happen after they tie the knot.

Akane and her sisters haven't explicitly stated what they'd have Ranma do after marriage, but their father, who would be Ranma's father-in-law, has explicitly stated that Ranma is to 'carry on the Anything Goes school' after he marries a Tendo. However, neither Shampoo, nor Ukyo, nor Kodachi, have said anything about what will happen after Ranma marries them, nor has anyone close to them (which would be Cologne in Shampoo's case and no one else, I'll admit).

by **LadyRelena** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:00 pm

Alathon wrote:If Ranma is going to marry based on love, he probably shouldn't be doing it for another decade or so. Marriages based on 'love' at that age are almost guaranteed to fail, and either end or be miserable. I mean, for pity's sake, he's sixteen or seventeen. He wouldn't know love if it patted him on the shoulder.

mondu_the_fat wrote:I agree. SKoC, did not specify a time frame, though, and even if he did ("Who should Ranma get married to NOW"), I'd still answer the same way, even if Ranma can't tell if he's going to remain in love in the future. Of course, I'd rather not get him married at 16 (for love or any other reason), given that choice.

In that case he should 'actually' give 'all' the girls a fair and equal chance. IE. Spend an equal amount of quality time with each and get to know them.

To be honest, I think he only loves Akane because she's the only girl he's ever gotten to know. And Ukyou doesn't count since he didn't even know she was a girl.

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