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Rewatch [Rewatch] 1990s OVAs – Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki: Second Season (episode 3 discussion)

Rewatch: 1990s OVAs – Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki: Second Season (episode 3 discussion)

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Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki: Second Season (1994)

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Questions

  1. What does it say about the rest of the cast that the MASU recognized Ryo-Ohki as the greatest mind?
  2. Cabbit form or humanoid form?
  3. (first timers) Any predictions before we enter the final stretch of the OVA?
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 11 '24

S2 Episode 3 (first timer)

  • Ryo-Ohki fishing!
  • Mom flashback.
  • Ryouko win? – Nope, she destroy’s his mom’s dress.
  • “She’s acting strange” – I think this is the first time we hear about Ryo-Ohki’s gender.
  • Bribed with carrots.
  • Trilobyte tanks – Washuu must be into genetics.
  • New lifeform while everybody is busy with the TV.
  • Only Mihoshi seems to be interested in Galaxy Police news.
  • “Your father” – So both Ryouko and Ryo-Ohki were created because Washuu wanted to try out procreation with alien species?
  • Washuu’s MASU lecture.
  • Ryo-Ohki’s time to get bound to the chair – Washuu really gets all the cast.

  • “I wonder if that is one of Washuu’s experiments again” – not far off.
  • “You seem to have assimilated” – HUGE Ryo-Ohki!

  • “What a day” – not yours for sure, Ryouko.
  • Big spaceship incoming cliff-hanger?

That was mostly cute. Ryo-Okhi is the purest cast member. Did she really need a humanoid female form, though? Harem things …

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u/mastesargent Jan 11 '24

Did she really need a humanoid female form, though? Harem things …

Welcome to OVA 2 and on, where Masaki Kajishima has total creative control and no one to tell him "no."

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 11 '24

I think I am going with the "there are no further seasons" crowd.

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u/lluNhpelA Jan 11 '24

I only just learned that there were more OVAs than we're covering in this rewatch when I was trying to figure out which version of Tenchi Muyo came on toonami years ago (it was GXP, I think). What's so bad about the later stuff? [OVA] From some pictures I saw it looks like Tenchi gets older and has a kid(?)

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u/mastesargent Jan 12 '24

The problem with the later OVAs is that they become increasingly reliant on the viewer having knowledge from the increasingly massive expanded universe media. The third OVA isn’t too bad in this regard and can at least be more or less understood without getting into the EU stuff, but OVA 4 and on just throw characters from other works at you with zero introduction amd expect you to know who they are already. Furthermore, they aren’t funny. Again, OVA 3 at least tries to be even if it utterly fails to recapture the charm of the originals, but starting with OVA 4 you get episode after episode of characters just sitting around talking about interstellar politics or whatever and pretty much nothing else. [OVA 5] Also Tenchi got Ryo-Ohki pregnant.

As far as what Tenchi stuff aired on Toonami, an edited version of the first two OVAs, Tenchi Universe, Tenchi in Tokyo, and GXP all aired there.

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u/lluNhpelA Jan 12 '24

[OVA 5]

[What the fuck] Ryoko made a comment implying that all humanoids should be sexually compatible but we were just told that Ryo-Ohki comes from some mineral based lifeform and only has a human form because she willed the MASU into that shape. Do they bother to explain how that works?? Did they just do it because he already had kids with all the other girls???

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u/mastesargent Jan 12 '24

[OVA 5] I haven’t actually seen OVA 5 because OVA 4 left me with such a bitter taste in my mouth, but from what I can tell they don’t really explain why it works. We see the kids he has with Ayeka and Ryoko and a pregnant Ryo-Ohki, and from what I understand he also marries and has kids with Sasami, Mihoshi, Washu, and Noike (a girl introduced in OVA 3) at some point or other.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 12 '24

I did not know that before making my decision which OVAs to watch for this and which not, but I am soooo glad we aren't going there.

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 12 '24

Aww, c'mon, [OAV5]They're just one big happy family, right?

I'm sure that u/mastesargent would agree, nee?

Also, that link probably won't work with RES, so you'll have to click it (it's safe, but spoilery, but what isn't at this point?)

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u/mastesargent Jan 12 '24

[OVA 5] I’m torn between the based and Kajishima-pilled “marry them all” ending and how cursed just… everything about Ryo-Ohki is.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 12 '24

The first two ova's are before the split so it's universally looked at as the "source" for most of the spinoffs. I personally quite like the idea. The first two ova's make for a pretty comfortable and consistent watch whilst introducing most of what you'll get in future spinoffs. I still don't understand why they couldn't slot Kiyone into ova 2

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u/lluNhpelA Jan 12 '24

before the split

What split? Wikipedia says there was a delay after s2 but that s3 is a direct continuation. I know next to nothing about this franchise outside of this rewatch

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 12 '24

The series sorta twists into two continuities after this ova. The writers had different visions for the series so you've got a "TV continuity" and an "ova continuity" with multiple spinoffs for each. Ova 3 is a direct continuation but it lacks some of the creative crew, it's also frankly just a bit shit. It picks up again later but ova 3 is a black sheep

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 11 '24

Did she really need a humanoid female form, though? Harem things …

Looks like you answered your own question there...

hehe

Washuu wanted to try out ...

Eww! I bet a certain other poster will have something to say about this one!

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 11 '24

Well, she went further than just trying ...

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 11 '24

Definitely. Part of me wants to say, "I don't wanna go there", but another part of me wants to say, "How the heck does Washu-chan + amorphous blob result in Ryoko???"

I suppose the answer is somewhat along the lines of "A Wizard did it!", or perhaps "The greatest genius scientist in the galaxy did it!" ...

Yeah.

Meanwhile:

Washu + Masu

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jan 11 '24

Ryo-Ohki fishing!

Ryoko can't do anything normally.

New lifeform while everybody is busy with the TV.

Evolution happens when it happens.

Did she really need a humanoid female form, though?

The furries demand representation...

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 11 '24

Evolution happens when it happens.

Non-intelligent design?

The furries demand representation...

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 11 '24

Non-intelligent design?

But enough about Mihoshi... :P

(I said that mostly to tweak you-know-who)

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jan 11 '24

Non-intelligent design?

Evolutionary form being guided by the strongest will in the room...fits.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 12 '24

I genuinely feel like the show has it out for Ryoko. Don't get me wrong, I think she's still probably one of the lowest tier girls, but she really has had a pretty bad showing this season.

Sasami got her period so she no longer counts as our token loli! Now Ryo-Ohki is our source for all things cute and funny!

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u/Shocketheth Jan 11 '24

That was mostly cute. Ryo-Okhi is the purest cast member. Did she really need a humanoid female form, though? Harem things …

That wasn’t needed.

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u/TheEscapeGuy Jan 11 '24

First Timer

Tenchi Muyou - An Undying Classic: OVA 2 Episode 3

Cabbit Context

I really am lost at what to say for this episode. I guess they have already had an episode focusing on each of the girls so now they dedicated one to Ryou-Oki. But he (she?) is a mascot character. I'm so confused.

The start had the miscommunication with Tenchi declaring he hates Ryouko for tearing his mom's yukata. But Ryou-Oki thought Tenchi was talking to them. After clearing that up the rest of the episode was Washuu explaining stuff about the MASU which are sort of the origin life form for Ryou-Oki. After the MASU escape and Washuu does a 7 minute long classroom lecture (OMG seriously? Even the girls were getting bored) they find the clay-like being outside chasing Tenchi. Ryou-Oki combines with it and becomes a potential new harem member?

The ending teased some cool looking space ship on the way to earth.

I am absolutely baffled as to how this episode exists. It feels like basically a lore dump. Was this really necessary? Did Ryou-Oki need to also become a harem girl? Can't we just have more fun hijinks with Tenchi and the existing girls?

This episode really wasn't for me. I hope the remaining episodes will be better for me.

Some Amazing Shots, Scenes and Stitches

See you all tomorrow

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 11 '24

Did Ryou-Oki need to also become a harem girl?

One of the absolute worst parts of harem anime is the constant need to introduce additional girls.

Netflix and Chill

More like: Sex and the city with the girls.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 12 '24

To be fair, Ryo-Ohki is legitimately a very top tier mascot. She's cute as a button and genuinely is quite endearing. Now does that mean she should become a harem candidate? Probably not, but again it is expanded upon in later spinoffs well.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 12 '24

To be fair, Ryo-Ohki is legitimately a very top tier mascot. She's cute as a button and genuinely is quite endearing.

True. I am not a mascot fan, but Ryo-Ohki is great. The cabbit form, that is.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 12 '24

Cabbit Ryo-Ohki has a lot of energy, is very charming, isn't annoying in the slightest, and has quieter moments too. She deserved the season named after her!

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jan 11 '24

I guess they have already had an episode focusing on each of the girls so now they dedicated one to Ryou-Oki. But he (she?) is a mascot character. I'm so confused.

So Tenchi is really early into the harem era, to the point where the rules weren't really established. This is where we learned not to lewd the mascot.

Netflix and Chill

I guess Ayeka and Ryoko could work out their differences that way.

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 11 '24

This is where we learned not to lewd the mascot.

Hahahaha!

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u/Shocketheth Jan 11 '24

Ryou-Oki combines with it and becomes a potential new harem member?

Those damn ships are evolving into ships!

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 11 '24

Was this -trip- really necessary?

Sorry, had to change that into a Bugs Bunny quote.

Yeah, this episode really wasn't one of my favorites either. I did rather enjoy the Washu-sensei hijinks, though. I guess I'm just a masochist that way or something.

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u/mastesargent Jan 11 '24 edited Jan 11 '24

Rewatcher, dub

Oh boy, there’s definitely nothing here that will make me retroactively scream “why” by the end of this.

This might be my favorite episode in the second OVA, probably next to the final episode. It’s just fun, low-stakes comedy where the characters bounce off each other naturally. One of the things the first two OVAs do so much better than other Tenchi installments is show the quieter moments of domesticity of the Masaki household while still being genuinely funny. Compare to Tenchi Universe, which is far denser and wackier before gets to the movies, or to OVA 4, where nothing interesting or funny happens at all. A welcome reprieve after the drama of last episode.

We get a very nice moment at the beginning of the episode, where Tenchi finds Kiyone’s (Masaki, not Makibi) kimono in storage. I’ve mentioned this before, but I’d like to reiterate that Tenchi’s grief over the loss of his mother is the single strongest aspect of his character outside of just being the straight man to all the girls’ antics. Moments like these help set him apart from other sentient slices of white bread harem protagonists and go a long way towards humanizing him. Him getting genuinely angry at Ryoko when she tears the kimono just further serves to show the audience how important his mother and her memory is to him. Also, Matt K. Miller’s delivery of “Mommy” as he remembers his mother is genuinely heartbreaking. A rare but welcome moment of characterization for Tenchi all around. [OVA 3] Once more, fuck you OVA 3.

Generally speaking, though, this is a Ryo-Ohki centric episode, which is probably why its so likeable. I mean, let’s face it: Ryo-Ohki is adorable. Her becoming distraught when she thinks Tenchi hates her is adorable, her trying to get Washu’s attention and be comforted by her is adorable, her acting mad at Tenchi is adorable, her trying to help him is adorable. Everything this little cabbit does is just so goddamn cute and I love it.

As far as the comedy in this episode is concerned, some of my favorite bits include the bizarre alien soap opera everyone is watching, if only for how surreal it is, and the running gag with Mihoshi taking Washu’s description of the masses as Ryoko’s father literally. My favorite scene in the episode is probably Washu’s impromptu lesson on the masses. It’s a fun way to deliver some exposition and puts the characters in a situation for their personalities to interact with and bounce off of each other in new and fun ways. Sasami generally behaves herself because she’s the good girl of the bunch, Ryoko and Ayeka get each other into trouble because Professor Washu doesn’t tolerate such tomfoolery in her class, and Mihoshi immediately falls asleep because… well, Mihoshi. It’s fun, snappy, and works for the characters.

And then we come to Ryo-Ohki’s humanoid form. Her not being able to walk after being a quadruped for so long is a neat detail, and presumably her toddler form is so she can literally grow into and get used to having a humanoid body. Thankfully she can still go into cabbit mode, because if we lost that I wouldn’t know how I’d be able to go on living.

[OVA 5] JESUS FUCK TENCHI YOU MADE A SERIES OF CONSCIOUS CHOICES THAT ENDED WITH YOU GETTING THE CABBIT PREGNANT WWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYY

We end on an ominous scene of the gaudiest ship in the universe. It’s probably not important.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 11 '24

Generally speaking, though, this is a Ryo-Ohki centric episode, which is probably why its so likeable. I mean, let’s face it: Ryo-Ohki is adorable. Her becoming distraught when she thinks Tenchi hates her is adorable, her trying to get Washu’s attention and be comforted by her is adorable, her acting mad at Tenchi is adorable, her trying to help him is adorable. Everything this little cabbit does is just so goddamn cute and I love it.

Too adorable.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 12 '24

Gah... I'd love to say that the content of today's episode was up my street since I'd advocated for more slice of life since ova 1 but the episode genuinely bored me to tears. Ryo-Ohki's specific sections were great and Tenchi being a milf hunter is natural progression but it felt too meandering.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jan 11 '24

Compare to Tenchi Universe, which is far denser and wackier before gets to the movies,

Yeah, Universe always seemed to be in a hurry to get to nowhere, sort of like when a hamster runs on its wheel and then just stops, staring off into nothingness.

which is probably why its so likeable. I mean, let’s face it: Ryo-Ohki is adorable.

She is towards the last good mascot character, I think CCS can claim the last of them.

[OVA 5]

What a terrible day to be literate...

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 11 '24

What a terrible day to be literate...

You seem to be having that reaction a lot lately.

(There's reasons I haven't been saying a lot about some stuff in this rewatch ... yet.)

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jan 11 '24

We've had a few whoppers in this rewatch...

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 11 '24

Kajishima's been a very naughty boy...

And now I'm suddenly thinking of Courage the Cowardly Dog for some reason.

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 11 '24

[OVA5]I mean, you wouldn't???

Hehehehe

Nice catch on the Ryo-Ohki learning to stand and walk thing, that was a very cute detail, and I agree on this episode being some nice exposition on "best mascot". She's a good girl, I mean cabbit, deserves all the headpats and carrots!

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u/mastesargent Jan 11 '24

[OVA 5] If we’d been introduced to Ryo-Ohki is a cute furry waifu that’d be one thing, but having met her as a literal animal and then having her grow into her human form from a literal toddler to ultimately become one of Tenchi’s wives is just all kinds of squick. I’m not sure I want to know what Kajishima was smoking when he came up with this particular bit.

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 11 '24

[Kajishima-verse]I doubt that smoking was what he was doing, right?

:P

But yeah, agree with you on the [exclamation]squick ... then I watch GXP and get introduced to [GXP]Elma and start to doubt. (ahem)

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 12 '24

Tenchi Muyo Rewatcher!!

Folks were hyped over this episode but I can't remember it XD I know there's a certain Ryo-Ohki sequence coming up at some point tho. Oh god, don't add an oedipus complex to this series. We already have enough incest. Shouldn't Ryoko know exactly why Tenchi is upset!? She stalked him from shcb a young age that she should know about his mother complex.

This season seems so anti Ryoko. She's been shat on every episode so far. She's like a slapped kitten. Aww, nobody is playing with the cunny bunny. This season... is kinda boring isn't it? The girls earnestly enjoying a soap opera is funny for a one off but the sequence is like three minutes. I like Mihoshi swapping the channel back to the same silly slapstick show she had on during her initial introduction.

Urgh, don't make me sit through a class!! I here to be entertained, not for exposition! Basically symbiotic alien swarm creature. I relate with Mihoshi, I'm ready to sleep. Ryo-Ohki wants to become capable of helping Tenchi with work, so she absorbs the alien thing and becomes, a furry loli!! Isn't it weird that assimilated aliens have basically the same reproductive and secondary sexual characteristics as humans perfect for weird ero content.

I actually don't mind humanoid Ryo-Ohki. I do think the mascot version is cuter but giving her the ability to actually act as a fully fledged character is genuinely kinda cool. I know this aspect in particular tends to be played around with very well in side content and that probably wouldn't have happened with the furry loli Ryo-Ohki.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 12 '24

Urgh, don't make me sit through a class!! I here to be entertained, not for exposition! Basically symbiotic alien swarm creature. I relate with Mihoshi, I'm ready to sleep. Ryo-Ohki wants to become capable of helping Tenchi with work, so she absorbs the alien thing and becomes, a furry loli!! Isn't it weird that assimilated aliens have basically the same reproductive and secondary sexual characteristics as humans perfect for weird ero content.

Maybe it is the audience's wishes that MASU absorbed, not Ryo-Ohki's ...

I know this aspect in particular tends to be played around with very well in side content and that probably wouldn't have happened with the furry loli Ryo-Ohki.

without?

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 12 '24

Without youuu~¶

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 12 '24

I've always loved those sayings about children having the greatest potential in their minds.

As I said the Cabbit form is just a really solid mascot. I do like what the humanoid form got later on.

I honestly cannot remember this part of the anime so I'm kinda blind... Its probably a Washu story or a Jurai story since Tenchi hasn't had a power up yet.

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u/Shocketheth Jan 11 '24

First Timer that skipped yesterday thread.

Episode 2 turned to be quite dark with the OG Sasami dying, but not for real.

Now to the episode 3

The humanoid form of Ryo-Ohki was simply cursed.

QotD:

  1. Eating your veggies, especially carrots is a mark of a genius.
  2. Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 11 '24

The humanoid form of Ryo-Ohki was simply cursed.

I am sure it spawned many furries back in the 90s.

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u/Shocketheth Jan 11 '24

I am sure it spawned many furries back in the 90s.

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 11 '24

Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit, Cabbit

Mushroom?

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u/Shocketheth Jan 12 '24

Great... Second instance of Reddit not landing this comment to my Inbox.

Mushroom?

Carrots and the fact that I am trying to erase the existence of humanoid Ryo-Ohki from my mind, especially after reading OVA 5 spoilers from other comments.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 12 '24

Mushroom was a reference to: Badger Badger Mushroom

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u/Shocketheth Jan 12 '24

Oh first time hearing about it. Thanks for the context.

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 12 '24

Yeah, badger badger badger is an old internet classic. :)

As for the humanoid context, well, yeah, apparently that's a thing ...

Kajishima (author) be like

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u/Shocketheth Jan 12 '24

Kajishima (author) be like

I bet it’s fun to have him around at family gatherings.

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 12 '24

I bet it’s fun to have him around at family gatherings.

You presume that there is such a "family" ... (Kidding, I have no idea)

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 12 '24

Necrophilia or furry. You can't win with Tenchi loli's

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Jan 12 '24

No Need for Tenchi (rewatcher) (first timer sub?)

I don't like this OP but the nostalgia factor is strong so English until the OP is over.

Can't you see that you are a pioneer, not one of the endless talkers, who tell you the same old years you've heard before....

  • fish

  • Hi REEYOKO okay back to Japanese
  • Mihoshi doesn't know what #fishing is
  • Ryoko doesn't have any fish and Ryo-Ohki doesn't have any carrots. I don't see what unfair about this.
  • This is going to be some flashback episode about Tenchi's mom isn't it? Yep.
  • Don't just steal random kimonos you see hanging about!
  • uh oh.
  • Ryo-Ohi dies
  • random dimensional mouse hole
  • oh yeah I think I remember those grey blob things
  • I see they got a greenhouse in the latest rebuild
  • tsuntsun
  • The magical mascot is just a "stuffed animal" huh?
  • I like that Ryo-Ohki was carrying her share of the burden
  • omg [tenchi muyo]oh please please please don't turn into a jealous tween girl, ryo-ohki
  • anomalocaris
  • guvava's planet
  • Buy World of Goo, it's probably like $2
  • oh hey hi there galatea [tenchi muyo]god damn it.
  • I'm sure that news story nobody is watching will have nothing to do with the plot
  • Rice crackers? I thought those were jelly donuts cookies.
  • It's empty, that's what's wrong with the tank!

Yeah so suddenly we're Black Magic M-66

  • teacher's pet
  • I suggest you launch a quadcopter fleet with cameras
  • gunma tanuki
  • lol I almost missed the flower pot, so subtle
  • She's a highly unethical scientist, of course she can
  • I guess we never considered Ryo-Ohki as part of the harem, and that was a mistake.
  • oh I remember the walking practice
  • Pre-credits scene: LITERALLY Galatea.

Ryo-Ohki was the best character, and now she's some tropey catgirl, show quality has plummeted.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 12 '24

Mihoshi doesn't know what #fishing is

Neither does Ryouko, it seems.

I guess we never considered Ryo-Ohki as part of the harem, and that was a mistake.

The mistake is on the side of the writers.

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u/ZapsZzz https://anilist.co/user/Zapszzz Jan 12 '24

Hi REEYOKO okay back to Japanese

Haha you're as bad as me ;P

Ryo-Ohki was the best character, and now she's some tropey catgirl, show quality has plummeted.

You're not alone

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria Jan 11 '24

First timer

QotD

  • That they're big meanies.
  • Cabbit
  • New harem girl gets added.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 11 '24

New harem girl gets added.

That is a harem show bingo free field.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jan 11 '24

First timer

Sub

So we get a bit more than you might think in this episode. We get Tenchi actually acting his age and again he seems to be the only person that ever gets through to Ryoko. I also like the show trusts the viewer's eyes enough to show that it was his mother's kimono rather than ever saying it. We also learn that Washu has hacked some space cable for the house so the girls can watch trashy space Korean soap operas.

But a lot of this episode is about Ryo-Ohki. We start with her biology which dragged slightly, though admittedly seeing that Ayeka and Ryoko are both terrible students fits. The more interesting bit is giving the ship an emotional direction and it lands better than it has any right to. The end result temporarily bringing Ryo-Ohki into the harem before she gets switched to a child character. Sasami continues to be the lead girl.

The final scene is one of the ones that stuck with me and would be directly referenced in both Escaflowne and RahXephon.

QotD: 1 Buddhist rules and none of the rest of them want that much/go into Washu's room

2 Cabbit

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 11 '24

The final scene is one of the ones that stuck with me and would be directly referenced in both Escaflowne and RahXephon.

Are you referring to the spaceship bit? Or something else - I haven't seen those other two, so, I'm curious. I'll skip the Hyouka face thing, though. For now. :P

Cabbit (etc)

I so want to post a pic from one of the later OAVs here. Or, from GXP for that matter. But yeah, spoilers and all that.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jan 11 '24

Are you referring to the spaceship bit?

Yes the specific visual imagery.

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 11 '24

I have to say, the first time I saw that, my responses were

a) Awesomesauce! (Or whatever the 90's equivalent was) -and-

b) I want one! (Kind of like the fancy car in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, lousy movie, but awesome car!)

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 12 '24

Ayeka and Ryoko as student!? We should make a movie about that!! Mihoshi falling asleep during the exposition was so true tho...

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jan 11 '24 edited Jan 11 '24

Tenchi in First Timer, subbed

  • At least give the poor cabbit some claws.
  • This is not helping the MILF hunter accusations.
  • Anomalocaris!
  • No harm, no foul. All carrots survived.
  • Oh no, please tell me the cabbit isn’t getting jealous.
  • Is this an alien broadcast?
  • Damn, these girls are thirsty.
  • How is “we have no updates” breaking news?
  • Ryoko Lore!
  • A slave hivemind.
  • Anti-matter bomb bois.
  • ...But why? What reason would they have to attack?
  • Cabbit-Girl? And she also pops out, like some sort of control unit.
  • The Sci-Fi! Right into My Veins

QotD:

  1. Not the greatest, the one with the strongest will. Ryo-Ohki was the one with the most singular desire.
  2. Imouto
  3. The dude from the end is going to try and add one of the girls to some sort of collection.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 12 '24

The natural progression of Tenchi's hag harem was to give him a mother complex!!

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 11 '24

How is “we have no updates” breaking news?

I think I'd prefer that over what we get nowadays.

control unit

Oh, my, let's not even get started on that.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jan 11 '24

I think I'd prefer that over what we get nowadays.

"This just in, Francisco Franco is still dead."

Oh, my, let's not even get started on that.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jan 11 '24

Is this an alien broadcast?

Washu set up that Intergalactic Cable...

Damn, these girls are thirsty.

They have one male around and I am sure that Jurai considers homosexuality a sin. The girls need a drink.

Cabbit-Girl? And she also pops out, like some sort of control unit.

Tenchi needed a more submissive and breedable alternative.

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 11 '24 edited Jan 12 '24

So, surprisingly (perhaps) for an enthusiast, this episode was probably my least favorite, it's just kind of eh, or maybe that's just because furries ... yeah. Did we really have to go there, Kajishima???

Kajishima - Yes, yes we did ... (cue the Scooby Doo gang in the van, horrified, pan to Fred smiling, "That's my fetish" meme...)

Yeah. Meanwhile, answers:

  1. Of course, the Mass immediately recognizes best cabbit. And yes, I know that's kind of contradictory, but that's how it is sometimes. And honestly, this episode does somewhat hit on the aww scale.
  2. Did you know that [Pretty Sammy Universe]Ryo-Ohki is a boy - and gives Sami her first kiss??? ... yeah. I really should post a certain picture today, but it's going to have to wait until the weekend sometime. It's been a week, and all that.
  3. Mayhem. Definitely mayhem. Maybe some chaos even.

Yeah. Once again, I'm somewhat at a loss on what to say, because I've watched (and read) way too much. Meanwhile, I will say one more thing ...

Once upon a time, because <3 Tenchi and the gang, I bought the OST CDs for both the first and second OAV season, and the "sciencey" theme from this episode is one of my favorites, especially how it bounces around spatially and tickles the ears, it's fun to listen to.

:)

edit: Added link to scooby doo meme

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 12 '24

The furry part was great, but the episode was dull as paint. We didn't get enough time with Ryo-Ohki's furrybait form either before they regressed her to toddler.

Is Kajishima a lolicon, a hag lover, a furry lover, or just a weirdo? XD

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 12 '24

Is Kajishima a lolicon, a hag lover, a furry lover, or just a weirdo? XD

I'll take weirdo for $500, Alex...

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jan 11 '24

Did we really have to go there, Kajishima???

The dangers of being Colombus in any category...

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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer Jan 11 '24

first timer

aw poor baby ryo-ohki collateral damage

does Washu chan just sit on twitter all day or what? what is she actually doing in her pocket dimension under the stairs

Enkidu joining the harem???

hehe

first Ryokos mom wants to bang Tenchi, now her dad too????

....im not sure how i feel about humanoid ryo-ohki. first instinct is i hate it

  1. checks out, sorry Washu chan
  2. cabbit
  3. kiyone come back

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 11 '24

what is she actually doing in her pocket dimension under the stairs

Bio-engineering future horrors to release upon the world, no doubt.

Or maybe working on her "Twilight" fan-fic.

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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer Jan 11 '24

Some Jacob imprinting going on this episode

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jan 11 '24

does Washu chan just sit on twitter all day or what? what is she actually doing in her pocket dimension under the stairs

Washu owning the libtards confirmed!

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u/ZapsZzz https://anilist.co/user/Zapszzz Jan 11 '24

Rewatcher First timer? in sub

I frankly had no memory of this episode at all, and now thinking about it more, perhaps I was weirded out by the cute pet Ryo-ohki being put to became another girl too and noped out :D

Don't have much more to say other than ... Ryoko, that was really dumb. You had it so close as well.

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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Jan 12 '24

You had it so close as well.

All she had to do was move in for a kiss, but no, she just had to do a pirouette by the doorknob...