Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki

Jurai's Royal Court on Earth

Washu's Portal to Other Dimensions

These synopsis are from the back covers of the Tenchi TV series... All copyrights go to Pioneer and AIC for making the Tenchi series. With that said, enjoy.

• The Tenchi Universe: Tenchi Muyo on Earth 1 TV Series
  
  Episode 1:No Need for Discussions
  
  Our first episode opens with Tenchi's monologue as he reminisces about "those days". This narration is important,as you will soon see at the end of the series, so just keep it in mind. As a pleasant surprise to Mihoshi fans, she makes her appearance in this first episode, unlike the OAV series. Aren't we impressed?
  
  Episode 2: No Need for a Princess
  
  The rivalry between Ryoko and Aeka goes far back in their childhood and is rooted even deeper than it was in our OAV series. What facts could possibly build the kind of childhood stories that they tell. Whether you like it or not, you're going to see this old conflict erupt again and again during this series. Well, you now have a chance to see Ryoko as a little girl for the first time.
  
  Episode 3: No Need for Workers
  
  Lucky you! You're going to meet two of our most popular characters, Ryo-ohki and Sasami, all at once in a single episode. Like any other pet, our Ryo-ohki has her favorite food-carrots! Her craze for carrots is even more exaggerated here than in the OAV series! As for Sasami, you can enjoy yourself watching her both in her space suits and everyday clothes.
  
  Episode 4: No Need for Monsters
  
  It is Washu we find in that cave, not Ryoko like in the OAV series. From this point on, our TV series starts to take a clearly different road from our OAV series. For instance, Mihoshi and Washu do not seem to have any special "love" feelings for Tenchi. By the way, don't you love the little Washu puppets cheering on Washu's shoulders? They could make a perfect merchandising item!
  
  
• The Tenchi Universe: Tenchi Muyo on Earth 2 TV Series
  
  Episode 5: No Need for Partners
  
  Kiyone is the most capable Galaxy Police detective. She has believed that her goofy partner Mihoshi died on her mission, until the day HQ informed her that Mihoshi is waiting rescue on Planet Earth. Not exactly a good news for Kiyone! She sets out for Planet Earth, hoping that HQ has given her misinformation but knowing somehow it's true. And she's right. She finds Mihoshi waiting for her, smiling her guileless smile, waiting for her, along with some surprising company: the most wanted criminal, the missing princess and the legendary mad scientist! Kiyone's nightmarish days are back. Meet Kiyone, the only "victim" character we have besides Tenchi. While she has never been part of the "regular" cast in the OAV series, we know that her valiant performances in our specials and CD dramas have won her many followers who wold now officially welcome her as one of the main cast members. Her interplay with Mihoshi is nothing less than hilarious, worthy of the name of "Miho-Kiyo Duo".
  
  Episode 6: No Need for Resident Officers
  
  By an unexpected order from the Galaxy Police HQ, our mismatched duo, Mihoshi and Kiyone, are assigned to stay on Earth as resident officers. They move out of the Masaki residence to start their own lives in a meager apartment. Nothing can affect Mihoshi- she simply remains her goofy, cheerful self wherever she is. Kiyone, on the other hand, has all the worries in the universe. She now has to "baby-sit" her partner while struggling with the high cost of living on Earth. They have to work many hours on part-time jobs to make a living, and the moment they receive a duty call, they have to drop everything to rush in their spaceship, Yagami, to the scene of the crime. The Miho-Kiyo Duo is ever on duty, bound by a strange bond of rotten fate! This episode tells a story of Mihoshi and Kiyone living on Earth. Anyone who see this episode first would that these two girls are the show's heroines. It seems like they must have more stories to tell about their lives on Earth. We can expect another episode with more of this charming duo! Once you're caught in the quicksand of Miho-Kiyo Duo rountines, you can never leave!
  
  Episode 7: No Need for a Carnival
  
  One summer evening an annual carnival takes page at the Masaki Shrine. Tenchi takes excited Sasami there to check it out. What they discover, mixed in with the other booths at the carnival, are Ryoko's fish-scooping booth, Aeka's shooting gallery, a fried noodle shop run by Mihoshi and Kiyone, and Washu's house of horrors... none of which are as normal as they look in the beginning! You may think that carnivals are just for fun, but this one proves to be a life-threatening adventure for Tenchi! To add to the commotion, as Ryoko and Aeka start (what else is new?) things get out of hand. It's getting late at the night of the carnival... Now that all the main characters have come out of the box, we proceed to depict their everyday life. You will find that the second half of CHAPTER: EARTH reflects the best of the TENCHI world. Sit back and enhoy the free-wheeling wild actions of our well-established characters! This time, the childhood story of Ryoko and Aeka reveals them as 10 year olds. How much of their story is true? Oh, who cares...?
  
  
• Tenchi Universe: Tenchi Muyo on Earth 3 TV Series
  
  Episode 8: No Need for a Genius
  
  A story about our little mad scientist "Little" Washu. While she has many more stories to tell about her millions of inventions, this is the only episode of its kind in the TV series. Too bad! The Washu puppets are cute and "alive" in this episode anyway. If you want to know what TV show Mihoshi is watching, it is MOLDIVER, on of the most popular OAV series distributed by Pioneer.
  
  Episode 9: No Need for Memories
  
  Unlike the slap-stick comedy we've seen so far in this series, this is one episode that works on your emotions. On the other hand, there's a lot of "foreshadowing" information that's contained in this episode, such as the revival of Ryu-Oh, all of which will fully unravel in the next CHAPTER: SPACE. Another point of interest in this episode is the performance of Mr. Takeshi Aono ( Jay Hopper in English) playing both Katsuhito ( Grandpa) and Nobuyuki (Dad). You could admire it as something only a seasoned and talented voice actor like him can accomplish. Of course, if you wish to admire the visual aspect of Nobuyuki's assistant Reiko at the same time, be my guess, by all means....
  
  Episode 10: No Need for and Arch Rival!
  
  Meet Nagi and Ken-Ohki, the new characters that are completely original in the TV series. Ryokko has a busy life being chased not only by the police, buy also a by a bounty hunter like Nagi! The street-hardened personality of Nagi could have made this episode rather hard-boiled, if not for Ken-Ohki who functions in the trama as an "antidote" for Nagi's presence. If you don't already know hrom the OVA series that Ryo-Ohki is a girl, this is the story for you to find that out. Meow!!
  
  
• The Time and Space Adventures
  
  Episode 11, 12, and 13
  
  

  "With this device, you can change the world the way you want!"

  Washu's latest invention is the Dimensional Cause and Effect Controller. This outrageous device can completely change the world into whatever people want it to be. Everyone rushes to input their wishes in this Controller, driving it mad! Now Tenchi and company are at the mercy of the Controller as they wander from one parallel world to another. Princess Ayeka, in her parallel world, orders Mihoshi and Kiyone to eliminate Ryoko, the demon of Rashomon. Sasami, as the Magical Girl Pretty Sammy, saves the day for Tenchi at his school. The same school which was supposed to be a peaceful stage of a sweet love comedy! Ryoko, in her world, seeks a new life in a northern region where a group of kind and warm hearted people wait to help her. Mihoshi, in her world, is a housewife leading a carefree life as Tenchi's wife. Ryoko, in another parallel world, has Tenchi aas her gangster partner so she can live the action-filled dangerous life she's always desired. When all of these worlds are combined, it's no wonder that our story becomes a wild roller coaster ride! Washu is the only hope we have o help bring this mayhem back to normal....

  The TIME/SPACE ADVENTURE is basen on a CD drama of the same title. Due to the limited capactiy of the CD however this "Heian Era" chapter had to be cut out of the final edition. It was a pity especially because this story takes place in a world where Ayeka has her wishes come true. Now we are pleased to be able to share it with our TV series viewers. A happy ending!

  The world of Kiyone has her wishes come true. This story is not included in the CD either- it is an original with the TV series. By the way, have you noticed that everyone cast in her world is happy if, and only if, Kiyone takes all the hardships with ultimate patience? She is the victim, indeed, oh, poor thing! Mihoshi's world. What a family she has! This is not a parody of the world of Saz?E-SAN, oh no! (Even though I don't blame any first-time viewer for believing so.) Anyhow, it makes me wonder why Kiyone always looks to me to be the most unfortunate one of all....

  To conclude the episode, Ryoko has her wishes come true in her world. Whereas she was cast as a space pirate in the CD version, she is now an American gangster here. The emotional quality of the last sequence of this episode foreshadows what we will see in the last episode of the series. By the way, wouldn't you have liked to see Washu's world as well?

  
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  Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki and the characters and situations of this series are the property of AIC and Pioneer LDC.
  © 1997, Theodore Mac O. Quidem
  page last revised September 1, 1999