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    Damn it, I put Hasegawa instead of Eternal Memory. That needs to be reworded immediately.

    I was hoping you wouldn’t mind the shout out, but I’m not going to lie, I tend to learn a lot and get pointed in a lot of good discussions through your comments.

    I really do like OVA 2 a lot. It is my exposure to Tenchi and I do like seeing the girls in new situations. However, there does need to be a balance of what you are trying to show in an episode. Tone is very important when it comes to storytelling and it can make or break an invested story. Thankfully, I do recall a better balance when it comes to the last five episodes, especially the review I’m working on now.

    When we get to OVA 3…less so. I’m not looking forward to that. Not at all.

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    http://noneedtoreviewtenchi.blogspot.com/2015/07/tenchi-muyo-episode-eight-hello-baby.html

    OVA 2 is finally here and we are going to be introduced to the newest member of the Masaki household…a baby! Join us as we see the girls change diapers, make bottles, and realize that Washu might actually be a character after all. Intrigued? Read more and find out!

    drillmaster
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    I haven’t ruled out doing GXP yet Segaman4, but that will be something I do after Universe and Tokyo. Geminar though…it doesn’t really have that much to do with Tenchi in general besides a cameo from Washu and the harem-esque qualities of the females on Geminar. Who knows? Maybe I will review it in time. As for Episode Seven, it is not that I didn’t enjoy it, but the humor kind of hurts the characters in the end. Washu, as much as I love her, is really not likeable when she forces herself like that. It is the same thing that I will no doubt bring up in Episode 13.5 when she leaves Ryoko chained up and exploits her fear. These things are played for laughs, but if you care about the characters it stops being funny. Nurse Washu will forever be a famous part of her character and there is humor that can be taken from it, but Tenchi reminds you exactly what is taking place.

    Chaud, I plan to do practically everything I can get my hands on. This includes the rest of Okuda’s manga, any translations of the Shin Tenchi Novels, the Hasegawa Novels if they get translated (God I would love to compare Daughter of Darkness to the novel.), the Pioneer comics, and probably the Pretty Sammy OVA. I love what you guys are doing with the Hasegawa novels and if all I can do is promote it, then promote it I shall.

    The Hasegawa stuff will probably come after OVA 3 or after Universe. Either way, it will be before Tokyo.

    As for Jurai…I mentioned already how many times Kajishima loves to mention things that will happen. “Here we are fighting at a chapel ( just like Tenchi will) and Azusa is perplexed at Kagato’s power (because he does not know about Kagato’s assimilation with the Naja clone). He uses a mysterious technique (which he will use in that fateful duel with Tenchi)…etc.” It is fascinating on a story level to know all of these things, but damn, the man is repetitive.

    Thanks for reading guys. It does my heart good to know my work is getting out there and finding an audience.

    drillmaster
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    Hey Charlie and Chaud, I want to say thank you for both of you commenting on my blog. It means a lot that you guys took the time to share your own perspective on Tenchi with me. That was a hope of mine when I started this blog.

    I was always going to review the manga in bits. I converted an old scanned version into a PDF awhile ago so I could put them on my Ipad, which is why the screenshots have little bars on the side occassionally. I’m just too lazy to clean them up.

    Still, I’ve been working on this all night, but I just finished the Second Volume review:

    http://noneedtoreviewtenchi.blogspot.com/2015/07/no-need-for-tenchi-volume-two-sword-play.html

    In our second special foray into the Okuda canon, the Yakage conflict concludes in a manner that you would not expect. Join me as we get drunk with a coward-bully-cad-and-thief and realize just how amazing Okuda is at utilizing these characters. Intrigued? Read more and find out!

    Enjoy this review, because next time is “Hello Baby!”, which is so appropriate for me it hurts blush1

    Edit: I’ve also started a general hub for all of my OVA Reviews:

    http://noneedtoreviewtenchi.blogspot.com/p/tenchi-muyo-ryo-ohki-ova-canon.html

    It can be accessed for now in the Continuity post, but I am toying with a permanent post in the Index Bar.

    drillmaster
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    Hey welcome to the forum!

    I advise you to check out a lot of the Tenchi projects, like the translations of the Hasegawa novels, if you haven’t done so already.

    Plus Tenchcicast. You need to catch up on Tenchicast.

    drillmaster
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    We get two blog posts today! One I have been working on for a while but never finished, the other is one I have been excited about:

    http://noneedtoreviewtenchi.blogspot.com/2015/07/tenchi-continuity-brief-guide-to.html

    Tenchi Continuity: I know I have mentioned that there are more than one Tenchi continuity that I plan on reviewing, but what IS continuity? Join me as I discuss Superman, Dragonball, and Tenchi. Intrigued? Read more and find out!

    http://noneedtoreviewtenchi.blogspot.com/2015/07/no-need-for-tenchi-volume-one-no-need.html

    No Need for Tenchi Manga Volume One: It is the beginning of a special feature that will run on again and off again until I finish every volume! In this first volume, meet the gang again and discover that Ryoko has a clone or a twin! Plus, watch Tenchi get hilarious again! Intrigued? Read more and find out!

    That’s right, I’m reviewing the Okuda manga too.

    drillmaster
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    http://noneedtoreviewtenchi.blogspot.com/2015/07/tenchi-muyo-episode-seven-night-before.html

    We have reached a new era of Tenchi Muyo! where nearly all of the original creative team has jumped ship. This changes things in very significant ways. Join me as I stomach through several jokes of poor taste and practically fall asleep at times. Intrigued? Read more and find out!

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    Thanks as always for the comments Chaud. You always seem to point out something new. I vaguely recall reading Ryoko was based on I Dream of Jeanie, but I totally forgot that. I wish I knew more about the Hayashi/ Kajishima falling out, it seems so mysterious. I get a Gary Kurtz/ George Lucas vibe from the whole thing (seriously, I can’t make up these Star Wars references. I think only Transformers the Movie and Spaceballs have Tenchi topped)

    I have a new appreciation for OVA 1. The storytelling was pretty tight, everything had a purpose to some degre (incest withstanding), and was really well done. Tenchi grew a bit and proves why these girls like him. All of this is done without the over the top flirting or eve the abundance of rape jokes that litter Night Before the Carnival.

    The sharp change from OVA 1 to Night Before the Carnival was far more jogging than I remembered. Everyone always talks about how Mihoshi’s character traits were exaggerated in Universe, but does anyone ever talk about the jarring shift in Ryoko’s character from Episode Six to Seven? It really stands out to me.

    Don’t get me wrong, I love the “slice of life” stories, but there should be some kind of progression in the plot or characters when working with animation like this. Okuda can get away with a lot of random things and short chapters because they build upon character moments or even side characters. It also helps that there is a good balance of seriousness and comedy. This episode…is all over the place and is kind of confusing at times.

    I finally finished the review today, and I will admit it is going to be long, but I am as fair as I can be with an episode that has barely any plot. I just need to format it and add the screen caps I took as I watched the episode.

    After this episode? I think I may do something different…

    drillmaster
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    That was an awesome read. I’ve read before the fight so now I’m happy to know exactly what happened.

    Kajishima really likes to spell out the obvious, doesn’t he? He reminds us too often that Kagato’s body is Ryoko’s prototype body. We get it.

    Thanks Chaud. You rule.

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    http://noneedtoreviewtenchi.blogspot.com/p/tenchi-muyo-episode-six-we-need-tenchi.html

    This is it! The final episode of the first OVA! Join me as we listen to the greatest instrumental piece of music in the franchise and see what happens when our main protagonist is dead! Intrigued? Read more and find out!

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