How did Kuririn end up with #18?

[RandomGuy96]

The difference is that both of those are signs of stupidity rather than outright selfishness like Krillin and Vegeta.

Then again, in Krillin's case, his decision was probably influenced by the fact that he saw #18 as a victim rather than an aggressor. I don't think his decision would have been the same if she and #17 had, say, murdered all of his friends, and left a trail of death and destruction in their wake rather than sparing his friends, and only mildly inconveniencing people.

The only thing he's seen these two do is beat his friends half to death, and Trunks said that these are the exact same androids that killed off 99.999% of the human species in his timeline. He spared 18 because she was fuck-able, nothing more.

[Dbzfan94]

Nah, then she risks pissing off Gohan. Though maybe Gohan would be like "eh, he's the reason my dad is dead, so fuck 'I'm. Hey, wait a minute..." then blow up 18 for kicks.

Gohan's to blame as well. He coulda killed Cell instantly but instead decided to wait and let him suffer a bit.

[Gyt Kaliba]

Do we really have to get into the 'EVERYTHING IS THIS CHARACTER'S FAULT, THEY SHOULD DIE' debates here too?

To answer the question at hand, I've always assumed a kind of mix of the theories people have brought up here already. #18 said she's see Kuririn again when she left the Lookout, so despite her rough attitude, he'd already won her over at least somewhat. So whenever they met up again, she probably asked him some specific questions about why he saved her. I can only assume Kuririn was probably honest enough to admit it was mostly he thought she was attractive, and that honesty might have actually won him even more brownie points. Time went on, and eventually, they ended up together.

The 'our world' answer though is that timeskips make babies.

[superfunk]

Toriyama answerd this in an interview in daizenshuu 7. Something along the lines of him being so different to anyone she's met before and she slowly fell in love with him, he also says that how bulma and vegeta fell in love was similar.

[Fionordequester]

The only thing he's seen these two do is beat his friends half to death, and Trunks said that these are the exact same androids that killed off 99.999% of the human species in his timeline.

Trunks said a lot of things about the future, a lot of which turned out to not be true, including just how strong the Androids were. Really though, compared to what he's seen from the likes of Frieza, and even Vegeta, what the Androids did was nothing.

EDIT: I will say though that #18 was the person that got Krillin thinking about whether or not the Androids deserved to die...but I don't think it was purely his romantic feelings that made him make the decision he did.

[Herms]

Toriyama answerd this in an interview in daizenshuu 7. Something along the lines of him being so different to anyone she's met before and she slowly fell in love with him, he also says that how bulma and vegeta fell in love was similar.

That's right. Here's the whole thing, from a Daizenshuu 7's "character secrets" page:

How did Kuririn and #18 get married?

A lot happened in that seven-year period. #18 had never met someone like Kuririn, so honest and unsophisticated. You could say that she gradually came to fall for him. At least, in my head that's the sort of love story that I thought would do it. For Bulma and Vegeta too, I guess. However, I definitely wouldn't draw that in the manga. It'd just be embarrassing. I leave that kind of lovey-dovey stuff to my friend Masakazu Katsura .

[DBZAOTA482]

Nah, then she risks pissing off Gohan. Though maybe Gohan would be like "eh, he's the reason my dad is dead, so fuck 'I'm. Hey, wait a minute..." then blow up 18 for kicks.

Gohan's to blame as well. He coulda killed Cell instantly but instead decided to wait and let him suffer a bit.

Gohan was lost with rage. I mean, you'd probably want Cell to suffer too if you were in Gohan's shoes.

[Gyt Kaliba]

from a Daizenshuu 7's "character secrets" page:

How did Kuririn and #18 get married?

A lot happened in that seven-year period. #18 had never met someone like Kuririn, so honest and unsophisticated. You could say that she gradually came to fall for him. At least, in my head that's the sort of love story that I thought would do it. For Bulma and Vegeta too, I guess. However, I definitely wouldn't draw that in the manga. It'd just be embarrassing. I leave that kind of lovey-dovey stuff to my friend Masakazu Katsura .

Which is what always amuses me greatly about how unromantic even the romances in Dragon Ball are. Toriyama's seemingly best manga-ka friend does this stuff all the time - he couldn't have asked for a little advice in this regard? But I guess if that wasn't Toriyama's forte for writing, it just wouldn't have interested him to do in the first place anyway.