Neoghoster Akira

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  • Neoghoster Akira
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    You got it right again. The show is so rich with religious reference concerning japanese spiritual heritage that Yugi atacks Shrines bringing apparently inanimate matter into life (actually from sleeping matter or dormant life/energy). And this way it is like Tenchi Muyo is saying that at their universe spirits already inhabit stones, trees, grains of sand… Probably due to the producers beliefs or we could say that at least for Tenchi Tokyo there is a cycle of soul migration from the lowest to the highest form following the asian spiritual tradition. Imagine that… I guess that in that case probably Sakuya would have to wait an eternity to go from stone to plant, from plant to animal, and from animal do person do reach minimum human level. sadface1

    In Tenchi Muyo TV the periphery seems to be always wacthing.

    Neoghoster Akira
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    ^^^^^

    You got the idea. We too could pick another mutant like Rogue for an evolution approach. In a universe with tree godesses with human features (like the greek gods) we end up producing beings with non-pure personalities (like our world where it is rare to find someone with a pure profile), a convoluted mix”soup” of incomplete or potential desires like Ryoko (referring to the case of half-humans being foster of gods).

    To the point of one wondering how hard youth must have been for Ryoko, Rogue and Storm, to learn and survive to the basics of their power. Specifically Ryoko who complains that even though Washu should have been responsible she didn’t raise her at all.

    *Concerning the timeline and concept of the movies, there is an interesting detail that appears during the music score of Tenchi franchise which is one of the tracks (one of the most beautiful song of the album) from Tenchi Daughter of Darkness OST being named “Complications”. Which means that something that was created simple walking towards a higher order of complexity (from bad, ignorant and meaningless to someone good and important through some sort of sacrifice). For instance, Sakuya being born simple and dark, but changing orientation (future) and escaping her old fate (being stolen by stronger powers) to become something else and defying her evil master. In the movie Mayuka receives a second chance and we see it, but as for Sakuya, in the series, there are only clues that show that the part of energy that once belonged to Yugi (to build Sakuya) may have ran away (because of Tenchi) and could even be inhabiting some weird kind of plane promising to keep alive those happy memories from Mr. Masaki. (An enslaved form of energy that is capable of finding freedom? Or someone (a type of spirit) from another plane trapped by Yugi to serve her wishes? That is food for thought.)

    Neoghoster Akira
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    wwwwhhhhoooo wrote:

    One of the more mature, well-thought-out opinions concerning Sakuya and Tokyo in general that I’ve read in quite some time. I also agree with you on most points, and because we’re all entitled to our opinions, I must disagree with one of them:

    Neoghoster Akira wrote:

    In this sense, Sakuya is a great success because Tenchi nature deals with taming wild girls to better, more gentle women.

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    Ryoko’s a firecracker, a veritable force of nature. There’s no hope of “taming” her, and she wouldn’t be “better” any other way. badass1

    Hi and thank you for the feedback!

    Yep, I think I get what you mean for we are really looking at someone that is already amazing (about need to improve).

    I guess Ryoko would be comparable to one of XMen female charachters, Storm. Those types of women store inside them a great amount of power and would carry along a bigger force of nature than, say, a poor common guy like Tenchi’s friend, Amagasaki kiyonesmile1 One would be a star (Ryoko) and the other would be a grain of sand (Tenchi’s friend, Amagasaki). They both would have influence (as a force) over nature but Ryoko has infinitely more direct authority over matter (needless to mention that she looks much better than Amagasaki). kiyonesmile1

    Looking back at XMen movies and comparing to Tenchi’s part in the story it looks like the role of professor X (Xavier), as someone helping others to balance love with power while he too learns about things that he didn´t know.

    I imagine that it is no wonder Sakuya felt a desire to change sides, because Tenchi’s power over a specific area of nature (women as a female part of the universe) seems capable of physically stealing solid chunks of power from entities that are less aware about it, like Yugi for instance. Which remembers me that Tenchi would be a dangerous guy to have around if we are with a girlfriend, he could penetrate our field of action without being noticed.

    In other words, It is cool to think that Ryoko isn’t the kind of force of nature that only changes for bad, or a kind of person that doesn’t change at all. Fortunatley Tenchi appears to be capable of administrating those girls for their good, like you know, evoking from them only the best of their efforts instead of cruelty (Aeka, Ryoko and Sakuya all had great potential for that).

    Truth be told I am inclined to think that Sakuya was lucky too. During the movie Daughter of Darkness Yuzuha symbolically represents the sort of energy that no matter what we do is always lost (space cannibalized her as negative energy). So unlike Yuzuha Sakuya got the chance of becoming more positive in the end (sparking a wave of rage inside Tenchi against Yugi in episode 25 after her last flashback).

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    Neoghoster Akira
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    Here goes the list:

    1-Kiyone (Mihoshi Partner)

    2-Tsunami (Separated from Sasami)

    3-Achika

    4-Sakuya

    5-Mirei (No need for Ghosts)

    6-Aeka

    7-Ryoko

    8-Washu

    9-Mihoshi

    10-Sasami

    —-

    11-Nobouyuki

    12-Yosho

    13-Ryo-Oh-Ki

    14-Amagasaki

    15-Ken-Oh-Ki

    16-Nagi Bounty Hunter

    17-Mayuka

    18-Funaho

    19-Misaki

    20-Kagato

    Tenchi should choose? Ryoko.

    Neoghoster Akira
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    I am going to analyse that question about Sakuya too.

    I have heard that Tenchi is among the characters in anime that protect a concept of integrity and I must agree. I perceive his attraction towards Sakuya as something authentic because he will always recognize the good features of people even if the good point belongs to a bad person or enemy and there is something that shines inside Sakuya as well that connects with an important part of Tenchi’s nature (aside Yugi’s magic).

    Having said that I can see that both Aeka and Ryoko dreamed about taking Tenchi away from his simple life he always loved and treasured. For Ryoko she would love to travel the galaxy with a “crime partner”… Whereas Aeka dreams of transforming him into some sort of noble husband. In both cases (Ryoko and Aeka) I truly think that Tenchi knows they have those desires out of love. He aknowledges the girls strong qualities and love them for who they are.

    In the end I think that Tenchi took a lemon (a dangerous shadow) and transformed it (Sakuya) into a wonderful lemonade and honorable enough to deserve love (not only pity). I mean, it is like Sakuya becomes more and more human (alive) to a point that out of mercyfulness she should become real. And I think that is what is cool to me about her, that she is trying to be better, to improve when she could more easily choose to be like the other shadows of Yugi.

    Although this kind of evolution is hardly accepted by the main girls however it is a feature that I see is shared by Aeka, Ryoko and Sakuya (at the same time).

    Perhaps Tenchi noticed the good potential within Sakuya and channeled that “energy” for the best purpose. In this sense, Sakuya is a great success because Tenchi nature deals with taming wild girls to better, more gentle women.

    I can’t help thinking that with proper treatment she would become one of Tenchi’s most loyal soldiers. So, Go Sakuya, be happy and I like you! And Go Ryoko, go grab Tenchi so that the other girls can have a life too… (Tenchi-Ryoko fan mode)

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