evilpii wrote:I theorize that Funaho was originally a consort, rather than a queen, and that Yosho was perhaps conceived or born out of wedlock. This would explain Misaki being addressed as “the Empress” in Hexagram. In this case, Yosho would not be a legitimate heir to the throne. Instead, Ayeka would be next in line. This would explain why a conflict would arise if Yosho stayed.I agree with that theory. If you think about it, it could be that the 3 authors created that, but Hasegawa didn’t like the 2 wife-fantasm of Kajishima, and decided to plot it differently. That could be why Funaho didn’t appear in Hexagram.But evilpii wrote: Crazed and Nil corroborated that the subtitles agreed with Hasegawa’s novel. That is, this is the actual Japanese dialogue for the scene as Hasegawa wrote it.Thus, according to Hasegawa, Azusa made the law that the first wife would be of Jurai, and the second would be of another planet. Moreover, Hexagram of Love addresses Misaki as “the Empress of Jurai” without any modifier.A second wife really do exists, and Funaho happens to exist as well. Even though the mariage of Azusa and Funaho might be controversial, Funaho should be a queen along side with Misaki. At this point of the story, it doesn’t really makes sense that she isn’t on earth in Hexagram. I mean she is queen by law, even if the commoners hate it. Maybe we learn more about Azusa / Yosho / Funaho ‘s past in the other novels.. I would love to.Maybe Funaho is just busy and we will see her in another book , as the 2nd queen
I postulate that the reason that Funaho is absent in Hexagram is that she was needed on Jurai.
One reason might be that with the Emperor and First Wife, “the Empress”, having left Jurai, Funaho was left to take charge and run things while they were away. Can’t have all the main authority of Jurai going to one place and not leave someone in charge in case of emergency situation.
Second reason is it is natural for the father and mother of the Ayeka, who became a bride, to come to Earth for the wedding. Funaho is the mother of the son that was engaged to Ayeka, ran off and started a family on Earth and whose descendent is now marrying Ayeka. Her presence would have taken the attention off of the wedding to: Yosho, the engagement, and Funaho, which would have caused a problem there on Earth and back on Jurai. My guess is that to avoid a major problem, and to calm to everyone, Funaho stayed behind to keep thoughts of internal conflict between the Yosho and his descendent from brewing.
From a certain standpoint, Funaho’s presence on Earth would have looked as if saying, “my son is alive, even though ran away, he is still a candidate to marry Ayeka, and I will back this”. The only way to carry on with Tenchi and Ayeka being married off would be for Funaho to stay out of the way in order to move ahead with it.
This is my Thoughts, Critiques and Debate.
