by Crescent Pulsar S » Mon Oct 28, 2013 1:27 am
But if he lives in the village, he can't be classified as an outsider. If he's not an outsider, why bother trying to best Shampoo in a fight? And when he learns that she has already been beaten, his initial intention was to fight and defeat the one who had defeated her. Which didn't happen, of course, because Cologne treated his loss to Shampoo so long ago as an official result. (Which he didn't expect, and what are the chances of him not expecting that, had he not been an outsider?) All we know, in regard to this matter, is the kiss of marriage. So, that's where Occam's Razor is going to lead, because there's not much else known to go on, which means that other explanations are more than likely going to be substantiated by guesswork, assumptions and the imagination.
Besides, there's nothing that says outsiders aren't allowed to visit, or those of the Joketsuzoku visiting others. An example of the former was how the guide, Genma and Ranma had been able to waltz in without a problem, and an example of the latter has everything to do with how Shampoo had been able to meet Pink and Link (on many, many occasions). The Joketsuzoku aren't a closed society, as opposed to what a lot of fanon would have us believe (with their walled-off village, guards, militarism and misandry).