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- March 9, 2015 at 1:51 AM
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Yukinojo
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Is the powers in the Tenchi-verses supernatural or scientific power?

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- - March 9, 2015 at 4:48 AM
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  Disco Steve
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  Very interesting thought.
  
  Washu would tell you it’s all science, wouldn’t she… I would say it’s all science with the exception of the choushin and the Light Hawk powers.
  
  But shit… what about Jurain power butts1
- - March 9, 2015 at 4:58 AM
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  Yukinojo
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  ~~Disco Steve wrote:~~
  
  Very interesting thought.
  
  Washu would tell you it’s all science, wouldn’t she… I would say it’s all science with the exception of the choushin and the Light Hawk powers.
  
  But shit… what about Jurain power butts1
  
  Juraian and those with Trees, Powers
  
  Trees of Jurai
  
  The Tenchi-verse is a mix of things, I was wondering which is more dominant power, science or magic?
  
  These links could help you
- - March 9, 2015 at 6:29 AM
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  SnowQueen
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  ~~https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/3f/1f/85/3f1f851a79284cd8a13fd6f2139721ba.jpg" />~~
- - March 9, 2015 at 12:09 PM
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  Yukinojo
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  Even still Snow, there is more than one force of power, tech, high tech, and other. The powers are evident if you watch the anime closely and manga.
- - March 9, 2015 at 3:19 PM
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  Anonymous
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  ~~Ukinojo92 wrote:~~
  
  Even still Snow, there is more than one force of power, tech, high tech, and other. The powers are evident if you watch the anime closely and manga.
  
  I think the better word to use would be “Magic” not “Supernatural”, Supernatural is more implied towards Ghosts or other such things, Tenchi Muyo! Is much like Star Wars, it might be a high-tech fantasy, but it is still more a fantasy than Sci-Fi, a term I like to use called “Sci-Fantasy”.
- - March 9, 2015 at 3:52 PM
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  Yukinojo
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  ~~Dagon123 wrote:~~
  
  I think the better word to use would be “Magic” not “Supernatural”, Supernatural is more implied towards Ghosts or other such things, Tenchi Muyo! Is much like Star Wars, it might be a high-tech fantasy, but it is still more a fantasy than Sci-Fi, a term I like to use called “Sci-Fantasy”.
  
  I’m kind of going back and forth from “Magic” or “Supernatural” terms, because of OVA ep 4 Mihoshi Falls to the Land of Stars. The part where Ryoko calls forth spirits and creates a bigger one to fight Ayeka. Also Tenchi Universe ep 18, No Need for a Ghost! But yeah, I think Sci-Fantasy would be the term for now.
  
  By the way, going to put this up before any Washu fans:
  
  ~~http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/214/3/d/washu_meme_5_by_kanjo007-d59m2ee.jpg" />~~
- - March 9, 2015 at 5:56 PM
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  mitsuki lover
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  I have to agree with Snow on this one. Magic is simply science for those who don’t understand science,going back to Clark’s Law of course.
  
  And this is what the whole thing with power in Tenchi Moyu is all about:it’s superior science
  
  that according to Clark’s Law appears to be the same as Magic.
- - March 9, 2015 at 6:37 PM
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  Yukinojo
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  Ghosts
  
  ~~http://i.ytimg.com/vi/-CkrTyeytsw/hqdefault.jpg" />~~
  
  ~~and Evil Spirits~~
  
  ~~http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/200H/i/2013/087/e/a/evil_spirits_by_imistress-d5zn360.png" />~~
- - March 9, 2015 at 9:35 PM
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  SnowQueen
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  I think Tenchi Muyo has it all. Science, “Magic”, and Supernatural elements. I guess it depends on one’s personal beliefs and how they view the real world as well.
- - March 10, 2015 at 12:43 AM
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  wwwwhhhhoooo
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  I think “Science Fantasy” is as close as a descriptive one-liner for such TM! elements. This is a great topic, and it’s one of the many reasons I love TM! so much! Much like Outlaw Star, it really is a healthy mixture of science and magic, and individual people choosing what belongs on which category or what categories there really are lends to its staying power.
  
  Though due to my own experiences I tend to view science as the “fun buster” in writing and my own life, objectively speaking everything and anything falls under “science” if it’s objectively observable or quantifiable. So, though from my own personal view I would contend “The Devil Caller” Ryoko conjuring spirits falls in the spiritual/fantastic/magic realm, I am also aware that Washu is likely responsible for all of Ryoko’s abilities, including evocation…which means in Washu terms, even Shinto-esque fiddling around with souls or the essence of the divine found in even inanimate things is SCIENCE!!!
- - March 10, 2015 at 4:47 AM
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  Yukinojo
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  ~~wwwwhhhhoooo wrote:~~
  
  I think “Science Fantasy” is as close as a descriptive one-liner for such TM! elements. This is a great topic, and it’s one of the many reasons I love TM! so much! Much like Outlaw Star, it really is a healthy mixture of science and magic, and individual people choosing what belongs on which category or what categories there really are lends to its staying power.
  
  Though due to my own experiences I tend to view science as the “fun buster” in writing and my own life, objectively speaking everything and anything falls under “science” if it’s objectively observable or quantifiable. So, though from my own personal view I would contend “The Devil Caller” Ryoko conjuring spirits falls in the spiritual/fantastic/magic realm, I am also aware that Washu is likely responsible for all of Ryoko’s abilities, including evocation…which means in Washu terms, even Shinto-esque fiddling around with souls or the essence of the divine found in even inanimate things is SCIENCE!!!
  
  Just finished Hexagram of Love and I would totally agree and your points are merited.
- - March 10, 2015 at 5:37 PM
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  mitsuki lover
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  It’s comparable to a lot of Dr.Who especially when Sylvester McCoy played the Seventh Doctor.
  
  Lot of stories revolving around the Supernatural/Preternatural/Paranormal.
- - March 11, 2015 at 6:45 AM
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  Yukinojo
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  ~~Quote:~~
  
  SnowQueen:
  
  I think Tenchi Muyo has it all. Science, “Magic”, and Supernatural elements. I guess it depends on one’s personal beliefs and how they view the real world as well.
  
  I am starting to think in a way, this is how Tenchi is written, a thing (like a certain dress) that would look like what most people would recognize. Some would see something as a unexplained science, a natural phenomenon, a supernatural event, etc. It’s like the bridge and glue of all the scatter pieces everywhere that Tenchi has in it, hence the term Sci-Fantasy.
- - March 11, 2015 at 5:30 PM
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  mitsuki lover
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  So what you’re saying is it’s in the eye of the beholder then?
- - March 11, 2015 at 5:56 PM
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  Nobuyuki
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  ^ All ten of them.
- - March 11, 2015 at 10:54 PM
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  Yukinojo
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  ~~mitsuki lover wrote:~~
  
  So what you’re saying is it’s in the eye of the beholder then?
  
  Umm, as best as it can I describe, yes
- - March 13, 2015 at 5:42 PM
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  mitsuki lover
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  Then we are back to Clarke’s Law again.
- - March 14, 2015 at 4:58 AM
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  Yukinojo
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  ~~mitsuki lover wrote:~~
  
  Then we are back to Clarke’s Law again.
  
  Maybe? With Tenchi anything can go out the window in a second, especially with Washu and Mihoshi around
- - March 14, 2015 at 5:51 PM
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  mitsuki lover
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  True enough.
- - March 14, 2015 at 9:48 PM
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  Yukinojo
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  I just had to put here:
  
  ~~http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/200H/i/2012/219/c/8/seiryo_meme_by_kanjo007-d5a4qjt.jpg" />~~
- - March 16, 2015 at 6:05 PM
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  mitsuki lover
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  😆 😆 😆 😆
  
  Though the song actually is:She Blinded Me With Science
- - March 16, 2015 at 7:14 PM
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  Yukinojo
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  ~~mitsuki lover wrote:~~
  
  😆 😆 😆 😆
  
  Though the song actually is:She Blinded Me With Science
  
  ~~http://webpages.charter.net/smerrow/posters/washu.jpg" />~~
- - March 17, 2015 at 5:05 PM
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  mitsuki lover
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  I was re-watching episode 24 of Betterman yesterday night and realized that that was yet another series where science and supernatural combine.
- - March 17, 2015 at 7:53 PM
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  Yukinojo
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  A Certain Magical Index and A Scientific Railgun would also be a point and example of how it is in Tenchi.
- - March 18, 2015 at 6:07 PM
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  mitsuki lover
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  With Betterman it wa Asami who was the Voice of Reason and she would come up with an
  
  explanation for all the weirdness in one episode in the following one.
  
  Kind of like Washu is supposedly the Voice of Reason in Tenchi.
- - March 18, 2015 at 10:08 PM
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  Yukinojo
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  Tenchi in Tokyo is in my opinion, leaning more towards the supernatural than the rest of the Tenchi series.
- - March 19, 2015 at 8:41 PM
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  mitsuki lover
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  How so?
- - March 19, 2015 at 10:00 PM
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  Yukinojo
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  ~~mitsuki lover wrote:~~
  
  How so?
  
  They kept throwing in spirits and stuff in the beginning episodes alot.
- - March 20, 2015 at 6:20 PM
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  mitsuki lover
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  Oh…having not seen it I’m pretty ignorant of what goes on in TiT.
- - March 20, 2015 at 7:40 PM
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  Yukinojo
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  ~~mitsuki lover wrote:~~
  
  Oh…having not seen it I’m pretty ignorant of what goes on in TiT.
  
  See it, then come back and debate after seeing supernatural stuff and science in one episode
- - March 21, 2015 at 5:08 PM
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  mitsuki lover
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  😆
  
  It would depend if I have enough room for it in my collection.
  
  Both OVA 1 and 2 and Universe are probably the most Science-related as far as I know, and then Tenchi Forever seems to combine a bit of the two, but again mostly Science-related.
- - March 21, 2015 at 7:02 PM
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  Yukinojo
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  ~~mitsuki lover wrote:~~
  
  😆
  
  It would depend if I have enough room for it in my collection.
  
  Both OVA 1 and 2 and Universe are probably the most Science-related as far as I know, and then Tenchi Forever seems to combine a bit of the two, but again mostly Science-related.
  
  26 episodes and a special that was translated by the Tenchiforum translation crew
  
  TiT Omake Special~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_7fm__a7EM” class=”bbcode_url”>~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_7fm__a7EM
- - March 23, 2015 at 6:16 PM
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  mitsuki lover
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  I prefer to own. It’s just the way I am.
- - March 23, 2015 at 9:10 PM
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  Yukinojo
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  ITunes has the series
- - March 23, 2015 at 9:15 PM
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  Nobuyuki
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  He means discs.
- - March 23, 2015 at 10:03 PM
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  Yukinojo
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  ~~Nobuyuki wrote:~~
  
  He means discs.
  
  Try funimation or ebay
- - March 24, 2015 at 7:57 PM
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  mitsuki lover
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  Well Rightstuf still has them available…
- - March 24, 2015 at 10:21 PM
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  Yukinojo
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  Well, Hulu has all 26 episodes but only in subs, theres only 4 episodes dubs

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