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" /> 2 days left until the first episode airs! After initial confusion relating to the show’s announcement months back, it seems as though fans are finally starting to get hyped about seeing the characters they love again. This week marks the first week of Ai Tenchi Muyo, with an episode due to air every weekday. What do you think will be going on in this new series? Picking a favorite of the new girls to cheer on, or sticking with the original cast? Who put that cable ther-
WASHU!Let’s get some pretalk going!
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rtil wrote:
still wondering what fansub group might pick this up since it is not airing on crunchyroll or any streaming service i know of
The only service we know of so far is a simulcast and limited VOD via Niconico, but that probably won’t be of much use to the english speaking audience. I took a poke around at a bunch of Sub groups and I didn’t see any of them claim the show yet.
Speaking of the show, I think this is one of the first shots we’ve gotten yet of the show proper and not just promo art!
" /> Hachiko stickin close to her Momo~
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Im super excited now for this! And I convinced my friend who claimed she will never watch Tenchi to watch this with me! mmhmm1 and I bashed the new characters before but I must say I’m excited to see who my favorite is going to be.
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I’m pulling for Ukan, myself. 
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Episode 1:
" /> Pretty quick introduction to all of the new girls sans Beni. Pretty good job of easily knocking out the basics for each character in such a microscopic timeframe. The only two we didn’t get a good lock on were Hana and Momo. Besides the gratuitious panty shot, they didn’t waste much time at all. Of course, this is just an intro episode and the pacing will likely be this fast for the next few just so we can learn about the girls. Negishi has said that the show really does come together nicely when watched all at once, about 150 minutes of animation in total.
Too early to call anything yet, but I’m strapped in and ready to see where this goes.
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Having watched the episode a few times now, I thought it was a nice little introduction. We get a brief glimpse of all the new characters interacting with Tenchi for a few seconds before scurrying away after Momo. Naturally, poor “Mr. Masaki” gets run down, sat on, thrown down, entangled and generally disregarded before finally getting to, what I expect is, home room. I am pleased to see on his identification that he is 22-years-old, a nice change from his usual 16-17 start. Tenchismile While the panty nonsense was just that, I was fairly curious as to why the compass was spinning wildly. Again, the general description of the series is that Washu has done something. I am already looking for what might be a hint in that direction. Moreover, why was everyone chasing Momo? What did she do to stir up the entire troupe?
woooo1 I am interested to see where Tenchi’s new students, and his creepy mentor/superior, have in store for our hapless protagonist. However, I am eager to see our classic heroines make their newest debut. We might see some fireworks once word gets out about how Tenchi’s students treat their teacher.
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I also liked the fact that Tenchi was in his 20’s as well 
and as to why everyone is chasing after Momo…because she’s adorable and has adorable peach underwear? 
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I think he may be referring more to the females as well, seeing as how Momo was the one who faceplanted Tenchi. 
" /> Episode 2:The rapid-fire introductions continue. Beni still nowhere in sight, but at least we’re getting more clues into each girl’s role at the school. Though why exactly Hachiko has an Iron Maiden in the school is quite the mystery. Also of note was the Pico hammer, while it may be a common joke prop, I’d like to think of it as a callback to
the Mihoshi Specialdawohki1 Overall, fairly solid but still rough around the edges. We’re strapped onto a rocketship at this point and you-know-who is at the launch console. Doing well with the 3 minutes they have, it’s just a pacing this show’s never had before.
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rtil wrote:Nil Admirari wrote:rtil wrote:
this short format does not lend any good story favors. we met some characters.. and that’s it. and now we have to wait a week to see a little more.
Kiyofacepalm1 It’s actually every weekday.
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Episode 2 gives a bit more of a glimpse into the student council clique of characters: Momo, Hachiko, Hana, and Tori. We get to see their respective arm/leg bands of their positions, as well as how they interact as a unit. Momo is the naive leader, Hachiko the muscle, Tori the brains, and Hana the seductress. They get to show Tenchi around the school before a… private testing session. wth2 This particular scene seems a throwback to the “Night Before the Carnival” special between OVA series 1 and 2. Needless to say, how’s our hapless hero going to get out of this?
However, the main highlight of this episode is that Tenchi is being watched by a crab-shaped device on the wall. For a moment, we see her in the lab, observing, waiting. You know her name.
gendo1 Folks, we have one confirmed classic character appearance, admittedly longer than her silhouetted cameo inSaint Knight’s Tale. blush1 Now, what is she doing? Considering Tenchi’s wiped, or just outright nonexistent, school records, one does wonder. Tenchi’s students are certainly wondering, and highly protective of Momo. That begs the question as to how important our pink-haired class president is.woooo1 -
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Epispde 3 I am so lost. But hey, look at that! A wild plot appeared!
http://pinkkittyrose.com/forums/images/smilies/64_pokeball.png " /> How did we go from Tenchi in bondage to being back at his house to being sent by Washu into another dimension that seems to have counterparts for people from his world (not unlike Dual)?
But since Tenchi didn’t seem to make the connection between young Momo and high school Momo, I assume this must have happened before he was sent to the school.
And the younger Momo was in a spaceship at the beginning for some reason, even though Tenchi seems to have been sent to a feudal Japan-like world. I guess she’s more important to the story than we initially would have assumed.
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She’s got a way about her, huh?
badass1 Now, onto the important things! First:
" /> Episode 3 is now subtitled and ready!
" /> And now, my thoughts.
Episode 3:Washu’s up to her usual dirty tricks, gettin Tenchi all hooked up to her high tech torture chamber-esque machines. She’s scheming something and wants to use Tenchi as her pawn. And now we’ve seen Momo as a child and up in space. Judging by how Tenchi had to infiltrate the school because of something she did, this would be a prequel episode and will lead us to the set-up on why Tenchi has to be at the school in the first place. Or it could simply be a total alternate dimension where Momo just so happens to be 12 years old right now.
Either way, things are starting to pick up now that we’re away from the character intro stuff. Though, if we go by the
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" /> this is an interesting looking ship. its design is unfamiliar to me. i wonder if the other pilot is Beni?
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here’s a thought but it could be me thinking way to hard but here it is anyway. Lol Could it be the school itself is in a different dimension? It would explain (kinda) why Tenchi’s compass in episode 1 was acting all crazy. just a thought that popped up in my head.
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First thing’s first… 
" /> Episode 4 is now subtitled and available!
" /> Episode 4:Now we’re getting to see what kind of lengths Yuki needs to go through to get this “treasure” she wanted, as mentioned in her bio. And from the sounds of it, the Student Council is after it as well. Unfortunately for Tenchi, he’s got his, erm, nose, stuck into both parties’ business. But it looks like
someone elsehas similar misfortune to have gotten themselves into this situation. Sort of a callback to the labor work they performed in a certain previous Tenchi series. What is it exactly that Yuki is looking for?
Well, perhaps something else was left underground. Knowing how Yosho did the good work in burying Ryoko underground in the OVA and Washu being entombed in Universe, it may be related to some kind of Jurian burial pit that was meant to keep something or someone from ever seeing the light of day again. Could be nothing to do with Jurai, but they tend to be involvedsomehowwhenever something’s shoved that far under the earth’s surface. Great use of timing once again by Negishi and company to expedite Tenchi into his next situation, introduce the power hierarchy and characters involved in the Science Club’s expedition, and set up Tenchi for his next big breakout. Bring on episode 5!
I giggled when Tenchi’s means of escaping detection was to imitate Ryo-ohki’s greeting meows. At least, that’s what I’d like to think!
julia wrote:I think the text reads something along the lines of “For your health, please be in a bright room and sit as far as you can from the television”.
You are correct! We had that subtitled in the first episode but dropped it as we felt it wasn’t really needed since it wasn’t exactly about the show proper.
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It’s a construction site and who’s there?!!! Detective Mihoshi! She’s on the case!The femdom scene this time around was a callback gag (lol puns), so at least it wasn’t thrown in my face from nowhere this time; though towards the end I started to actually fear for Tenchi (that Beni’s a BEAST of a woman)! Well, his “training” with The Girls will see him through any ordeal, I’m sure.
Speaking of Beni…some forum members here definitely called it (maybe in a certain cast we can try to recollect what all we “called” in advance), we have Student Council vs. Science Club, and it seems Momo and Beni are the unofficial ringleaders of each respectively.
Ladies and gents, they’re setting things up for a rivalry very much in homage to
theanime rivalry of all time while following in the gigantic footprints of the franchise’s namesake. ya’ll know I’m talkin Team Ryoko vs Team AyekaHow appropriate for Tenchi be caught up in the middle of it all!
It’s too early for me to say yet, but I’m calling it now, folks: take yer pick! Team Momo? Or Team Beni? There can be only ONE!!!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/Highlander.jpg " /> Afterthought: I had previously thought that The Girls wouldn’t be showing up yet, seeing as how it was implied that Washu sent only Tenchi to this school (dimension?), but a certain blonde-haired gal’s appearance has thrown all of that out the window, and left me excited with the possible implications.
Think about this: Team Momo, Team Beni…what if each of these leaders were being groomed by their own mentor? What if this is the next evolution of that most bitter of rivalries? Lady Ayeka and “Lady” Ryoko, perhaps, in a bid for maturity, see squabbling as beneath them, a thing of the past…okay, we all know that’s not going to happen, but perhaps they’re each trying to put up a front to piss off the other. Well then, if so, what recourse is left to them? Letting the youngins duke it outforthem, of course! Maaaan, I can’t wait! -
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