Ryokos Stepdad

I count AI as the “another” spin-off.

I’d go so far as to say it is almost as if no one would want the OVA to actually continue or follow the adventures of Tenchi’s offspring.

Probably the reason that Ai is being made in the first place and the kids and their lives are only being used in “what if” scenario doujins.

Besides there is no story to tell, all they do is grow up, and that is hilariously boring coming from Tenchi’s past of space travel and galactic gods, and even if there was any conflict that might arise to keep us interested, the suspension of disbelief is gone when one of the aunt’s can literally will that person out of existence.

So the OVA literally has nothing left to do, scratch that, it had plenty of things they COULD have done, but can no longer do because of the current state of the household.

Kajishima got what he wanted in the end, he wanted to end the “goddess arc” as it were and literally erase conflict from the main cast OVA continuity, and he did, and he’ll probably never get another anime contract because of it.

What is a slice of life, Alex?
Do not forget Tenchi is essentially a God at this point. There is no one above him, and everyone is now below him. With that in mind and saying we might never get another Kajishima anime contract, we all might as well call it GG and go play with our not-internet friends.

Come on now. Between hearing clamoring of rebooting and wanting the main continuity to end, people seem like they shouldn’t care about Kajishima’s work, but here we are discussing his newest doujins on the very same board where such opinions take root. You’re essentially saying there should be no more possibility of WoG continuations, no new anime for any new characters he adds, or anything of the like.

In the end, it is a conundrum that will never be solved. Perhaps it should be for the best he stops making doujins and letting the Tenchi franchise lay at rest, but for the time being, I like seeing how he would continue the story in any way he sees fit.

I’m still clinging on to the hope they bring back the classic characters, even in some way as you suggest. My concern is five minutes per episode isn’t much and leads me to believe it might turn out to be some sort of Go! Go! Nippon! thing where the focus is misleading; I think you’d get more mileage out of using the established characters instead of forcing onto us these new, obviously quickly shat out newcomers.

Ai Tenchi Muyo from the beginning was being touted as a “celebration of the franchise”

I won’t put it past them to do what Crapcom did with Mega Man’s 25th anniversary by essentially authorizing a Fan game and saying it celebrates the franchise, aka without them putting forth any actual effort. I’ll reserve further judgement when the anime starts to air and I can see what they put forth as a celebration of the series, and hopefully not just a sort of quick cash in on the name and license. I’d like to see a potential spark of interest in a new canon series or OVA lines. I feel the future of the series hinges on this, and so far I’m skeptical as to what this announcement is leading to.

Yeah. Me.