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After chatting with several others members, as well as speculatinginfan fictionTo begin, I had been thinking about the three trees that are known to be on Earth: Ryu-Oh, Funaho, and Haruna’s tree. How connected are these three? Do they actively communicate with one another, through Tsunami or otherwise?
One idea that was put forth between Shadowsfall and me tonight was that they might work as a network through Tsunami. This seems to fit along with some of the descriptions given in Okuda’s manga, specifically how Bizen was able to dominate and endanger the entire fleet sent to stop her.
However, this raises some questions. Would Ryu-Oh not recognize Funaho when she arrived on Earth, either in OVA1 or Universe? Similarly, Haruna’s tree would have existed on Earth when Ryu-Oh first arrived as well. Now, it has been said that Juraian trees lose their power and sentience in soil, but Funaho and Haruna’s trees have been shown to be exceptions, whether by Ryoko’s gems or by the influence of Haruna’s spirit.
If the trees actively recognize and communicate, this causes some major problems.
In OVA1, Ayeka would have known Yosho was alive immediately upon arrival, but she found Ryoko instead. This might be due to Funaho using Ryoko’s gems to maintain her power, as well as Yosho’s life.
- In Universe, she would have found Haruna’s tree and known that a Juraian presence already existed there immediately, rather than becoming suspicious watching Tenchi and Katsuhito spar. This could be mitigated by saying the trees are not connected through Tsunami, though if the
Eternal Memorymanga is included, Tsunami does exist in the Universe continuity. - When Tenchi disappears in TM!iL2, Ryu-Oh might have known and alerted the family to the event, and perhaps its cause. This could be written off as Haruna’s spirit somehow masking or blurring that her tree’s existence, considering the plant was dying.
How does one resolve these issues?
However, the trees actively communicating does raise some interesting possibilities.
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- What conversations might they have, unbeknownst to their respective masters?
What are your thoughts on these questions, or others? [nagi3]
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I would imagine that as the Tsunami portion of herself manifests in her as she ages that she will become more aware of her powers and abilities as a chousin. One can only assume that this includes access to the family of Jurai trees and the network they form. Quite an interesting thought ML, thanks for bringing it up 
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With a particular tree showing up in today’s episode ofAi TenchiTenchismile In particular, I was watching a documentary on National Geographic about thebaobab treehollowthemselveswth2 One baobab has even beenconverted into a barWANT1 Now, one compares the baobab and its uses as a real world habitat,
http://www.bigbaobab.co.za/imagegallery/Images_of_our_Flats/baobab_30.jpg " /> to the Juraian trees, fictionally used as living quarters and spaceships.
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To continue resuscitating this thread, I would like to relate some information on the trees I scrounged up while working on the Powers ThreadTenchismile UniverseWhile not heavily emphasized in the TV series, the films do link Jurai’s power to the trees. In
TMiL2, Katsuhito mentioned explicitly that every Juraian has their own tree, referencing specifically Haruna’s camellia. 
http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p661/evilpii/Forum/camellia1_zps8904887d.png " /> Likewise, Washu uses those camellia trees with the Science Academy’s dimension-locking equipment to break into Haruna’s world. Moreover, she used trees at the Fudo temples in
TMiL1to mimic Jurai’s power to capture Kain in subspace. 
http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p661/evilpii/Forum/washu-image_zpsb7ced077.png " /> Considering all the imagery for Jurai in
Universeis arboral, the connection between Jurai’s mystical energies and their trees is probably more than coincidence. In particular, the guardians suggest to Sasami to use Ryu-Oh’s sap in episode 9 to cure Tenchi’s illness. 
http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p661/evilpii/Forum/sasami-ryu-oh_zps52403637.png " /> At the end of said episode, the guardians wonder whether or not Ryu-Oh’s sap should work on Terrans, not yet realizing that Tenchi had Juraian lineage. Moreover, Sasami accesses the trees on Jurai itself in
TMiL2to help break into Haruna’s realm. 
http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p661/evilpii/Forum/sasami-jurai_zps23295d5c.png " /> One could easily speculate that there is a symbiosis between the Juraian nobility and the trees, though the details are never made explicit in the series or films.
What are your thoughts?
Tenchismile Ai TenchiThe Juraian tree-ship
Toshikawas at the heart of much of the goings-on for the series. Her and the pink-hilted sword were the “treasure” being hunted by the Science Club the entire time. Much like Haruna’s camellia, Momo’s peach tree seemed to have the ability to warp spacetime, particularly noted by sending Tenchi and Momo tumbling through time in episode 55.
However, it is a point of fact that Beni could use the tree without a key. According to Washu in episode 58, Beni needed “authorization” to do so, and being Momo’s guardian, she seemed to have it.
Also, as demonstrated in episode 60, Toshika was returned to her ship form after being interred for 1300 years, something neither Ryu-Oh nor Funaho has done.
Now, was this the tree’s ability to transform, or time being rewritten to before she crashed?
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mitsuki lover wrote:
I would question the meaning of Yosho’s words:”Each of us in Jurai has our own tree.” as whether or not he meant it has being
everyoneor just the nobles and royalsof Jurai. I mean everyonedoesn’t have to mean the entire population of Jurai.Certainly that would mean the planet would be one humunguous forest if that were the case.So I’m thinking he meant it in the
limited sense and not in the all inclusive sense.
Admittedly, Jurai
isa gigantic forest. qt1 Just about every scenery shot or background shot of Jurai in every continuity shows it as a huge arboretum, such as this image fromUniverseepisode 24. 
http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p661/evilpii/Forum/jurai_zps2f73c527.png " /> As such, your argument about every Juraian not having a tree because of the terrain of the planet is invalid.
mitsuki lover wrote:Also if he did mean
everyone,then where would the people who were tasked with guarding the trees come from such as the clan that protected the Un-Named Tree in that one manga story?
Since Okuda’s manga tangents from the OVA storyline, it has no bearing on the storyline of Universe, except for the manga adaptation ofTMiL1in NNFTvolume 7. Truthfully, as
Universedoes not address the bond between Juraian and tree until the films, and even then only in passing, there is no evidence for or against the theory that every Juraian in the Universehas his or her own tree. That being said, my personal theory is that it is only the nobility in Universeare symbiotically linked to such powerful partners, like in the OVA. My reasoning is that Universeis essentially a reenvisioning of the OVA, not for any reason given in the series itself. From what is stated in the series itself, someone can be of the opinion that every Juraian, noble or otherwise, has a tree and not contradict the anime. -
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I have a question about Misaki and Funaho’s trees. It seems that it’s common knowledge that they are twins trees and their names are respectively
Karinand Mizuho. I acknowledge their twins state, ’cause it is said in the summary of
STM Jurai, and I have been able to check it out my self in the book Jurai. But, their names are nowhere to be found
hereThe first time I saw their name was here
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/34/1439929847-tenchi-muyo-vol-10-ch-06-071a.jpg " /> But it is Okuda’s continuity!
I was wondering where, in Kajishima’s work, their names are displayed? A doujinshi maybe?
mmmm1 I doubt Hasegawa has anything to do with it.
And if you have pictures too, now that we’re at it.
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I want to note something, not really groundbreaking but something to point out. Karin and Mizuho can split and merge with each other
look at them on the right
http://cdnstatic.visualizeus.com/thumbs/3f/65/anime-3f6524a631ea8a49d87f5ef68e094df2_h.jpg " /> now at both sides
http://cdnstatic.visualizeus.com/thumbs/d3/6b/anime-d36bc6cd2e691855c29b6e432f217739_h.jpg " /> you can tell they are different because Mizuho doesn’t have the straight middle as before on the right in the second picture. Just wanted to point that out in case anyone got confused with only seeing one ship, like in the panel below:
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