The synopsis was posted by Tenchiken on 9/21.
Here is a copy of what was written.

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Hey guys, here is the first synopsis. If people are interested, I will
do 
these for this series (just like I did for TiT and MNE). Drop me a note
if 
you read it. 

As always feel free to redistribute, but just give me credit if you do
copy 
it or use any part of it on the website.


Everything is dark. Radio signals break in with sounds of destruction
behind 
them. A light races in the darkness illuminating a mobius strip in which
are 
whole galaxies. The light shines bright and is racing at incredible
speed.  
 
* Start Theme Music * 
 
A fleet emerges into space that is far larger then anything we have ever
seen 
in the Tenchiverse before. These ships do not look like anything we have
ever 
seen before, and seem to have a squid motiff. Think Zentradi size fleet.
They 
clearly have forgotten the first rule of Anime which is large fleets
exist to 
be destroyed.  
 
Picture a dark and mysterious man. He focuses on someting and we watch a
ship 
get destroyed. Behind him we can see the rest of the Tokimiverse. The
rest of 
the ships are warned and they immediatly deploy for battle. In the
background 
of the fleet there is a large uprooted tree. Despite the fact that very 
little is every acomplished when a fleet all fires at the same time the 
entire fleet immediatly opens fire.  
 
The figure, also known as times as Hazy Guy and later as Z flies
backwards 
and ignites five Light Hawk Wings. Hazy guys streaches out his hand and
the 
entire fleet is destroyed. (Picture Xellos in Slayers wiping out the 
dragons... not quite as suave, but close). Hazy guy flies closer to one
of 
the strips of lands and waves to one of the floaty whale like things as
he 
effortlessly floats away... 
 
Tenchi Muyo Ryo-oh-ki 
Z drops down thru Tokimi's cathedral. D3 tells him that he did a good
job. Z 
seems to be a bit put out that Clay found Washu before he did. On the
other 
hand he also shows Tsunami to D3 who informs Tokimi. She wonders if
Tenchi is 
something that her sisters came up with. D3 thinks that he does not have

enough power, only three blades. Tokimi laughs. D3 informs Z of Clay's
fate, 
and also revels Mihoshi to him. Tokimi seems to give Z a go ahead,
provided 
he doesn't harm them. Z watches with a scornful look on his face. Behind
Z 
the shadows lift to reval a Jurain to us. It is Noike. (Someone correct
me if 
I am wrong here, but I think that Z plans to try and break up the
family) 
 
"A Visitor from far away" (don't take the title as gospel, my japanese
sucks) 
 
Shot of the cave. It's pouring outside and Azaka and Kamidake have
clearly 
not gone out to paint the town red recently. They are both covered in
moss 
(they never get any respect). Sasami finishes cooking.  Sasami  
sends a (enternally groggy) Ryouko to fetch Mihoshi.  Flashback. Sasami 
finishes cooking and Ryo-oh-ki is perched  on her head. Sasami takes the
food 
out to everyone  with a little to much bounce in her step. Sasami stops,
and 
Ryo-oh-ki flies foward into the drink. Ryo-oh-ki takes a  bath and
Sasami 
cooks it all over again. Mihosi has passed out sitting down in front of
some 
sort of  typed letter. Ryouko wakes up Mihoshi. Hillarity ensues. 
 
Mihoshi hits a button to finish the letter and a little robot raps up
the 
message in a scroll and walks thru a dimensional doorway (literally).
Mihoshi 
tries to go back to sleep. Ryouko wakes her up and drags her barely clad
body 
down the stairs.  A second later Z phases in with the message and the
robot. 
He makes a few changes and the robot hurridly runs off with the modified

letter.  
 
The family (sans tenchi) gathers for food. Ryo-oh-ki nearly goes into
the 
drink again.  
 
Tenchi is visiting his father who has a combination office/apartment in
town. 
Tenchi sees that the school and been rebuilt. 
 
Flashback to Ryouko trashing to school. Two of Tenchi's old friends are
there 
going to school in some temporary buildings. Tenchi's two friends feel 
completly dissed and note that he is living with a bunch of gorgeous
girls. 
Tenchi goes thru various efforts to dissuade them from thinking their
(H) 
thoughts. In the end the pair call up Tenchi's house to try (Ryouko
probably) 
to figure it out.  
 
Insert speculation here as to the exact content of the conversation, but
it 
ends in a cell phone being crunched and Tenchi's friends continuing to
be 
upset. Tenchi seems to realize taht he will neve return to that normal 
lifestyle. 
 
Oh, and Amagaski was so broken hearted about Tenchi leaving, he moved to

Tokyo. Insert shot of him outside the Gates with tears in his eyes.  
 
Flashbacks - To episode 7. 


Tenchi walks past his old house, and remembers Noboyuki showing Tenchi
and 
his mom the outlines for the home. Tenchi remembers visiting the shrine
after 
his mothers death. Kiriko, Seto, Azusa's parents and at least two other 
Jurains are there. Reya (Noboyuki's secretary) meets Tenchi at the door.
Reya 
asks how Tenchi and Co are doing. She apologizes for being noisy. Reya
is 
there as a school girls. She walks up give her condolences to Noboyuki. 
Noboyuki in the shrine later. He can't find Tenchi. Everyone is outside 
(Including either Minaho or Kiriko's mother) yelling for Tenchi. Reya is

behind Noboyuki who is looking for Tenchi in the snow. It looks like
Reya 
hears something, or thinks of something and looks at the hills. She runs
up 
and sees Tenchi asleep outside the cave on the ground. In the circle
around 
Tenchi there is no snow and Tenchi has his mothers umbrella.  
 
(whole bunch of Japanese I didn't get here). I think that Noboyuki is
going 
to build a new place. Tenchi asks where. Reya is scared for a second. I
think 
the construction site is where the house used to be. I could be
completly 
wrong about that. Either Reya tries to figure out how tall Tenchi is, or
asks 
Tenchi for a hug. Insert gratuitous clevage encounter here. They are the
same 
height.  
 
Noboyuki and Tenchi leave. Reya packed them something (??). Noboyuki
clearly 
has Reya on his mind. Tenchi remembers Reya cooking in their house after

Tenchi's mother passed away (still in school girl garb). Reya acted as
sort 
of a surrogate mother after Kiyone's death. Noboyuki tries 
to talk to Tenchi about something, but freezes. Tenchi asks Noboyuki how

Kiyone died. (I think). Noboyuki does not respond. He says wait a bit. 



Cabbit, by the way is now part of the canon. Picture Sasami at her
cutest 
bouncing back and forth. As she bounces happily along with Ryo-oh-ki she

repeats "bunny"...  "cat".....  "bunnny".....  "cat".... She takes off 
running. She stops to talk to Tenchi, who offers Ryo-oh-ki a sacrifical 
carrot, only to discover that Ryo-oh-ki is no longer there. 

Noboyuki is praying in front of Kiyone's grave. Yousho walks up behind
him 
and asks Noboyuki if Tenchi finally asked what happened to Kiyone. I
missed 
the rest of the conversation. Noboyuki cries remembering Kiyonne.
Noboyuki 
says that it will be a shock to Tenchi. Sasami and Aeka go to enlist
Washu's 
aid in looking for Ryo-oh-ki. 

Washu calls Ryouko down. All three girls make doe eyes at Ryouko. 

Ryouko goes looking for Ryo-oh-ki. Ryo-oh-ki is lost in front of a tree 
crying . Water falls on Ryo-oh-ki freaking her out. Ryouko phases in the
tree 
above Ryouko.  Ryo-oh-ki can hear her voice but not see her. She looks
around 
frantically for her, then tries to climb the tree. Ryouko pops down to
her, 
Ryo-oh-ki bear hugs her. Ryouko is surprised and weakly returns the hug.


Ryouko accesses Ryo-oh-ki's operating system and gives her a downlink to

where she is at.

Tenchi runs up, after looking for Ryo-oh-ki. Washu walks up. Sasami
starts 
crying over loosing Ryo-oh-ki. Washu does a misaki like bear hug on
Sasami 
saying that it is cute that they are so attached to a computer unit. (I
mean 
the full Misaki hug)

Ryouko walks up to them, but puts Ryo-oh-ki on her own head instead of 
Sasamis. Ryouko goes up to the onsen with Ryo-oh-ki and scrubs her back 
(remember the maternal instinct between Ryo-oh-ki and Ryouko in ep3?).
Sasami 
looks lost without Ryo-oh-ki. 

Ryouko has fun babying Ryo-oh-ki. Everyone else notices it and is kinda 
shocked... And Sasami looks kinda sad. 

Noboyuki is fixing a computer for everyone. Washu is looking at it and 
grinning and enjoying watching it. Aeka seems horribly scandalized by
the 
whole process. Ryo-0oh-ki is
sleeping on a (equally) asleep Mihoshi. I _badly_ need to see a
translation 
of this. Noboyuki seems to reflect on how much this has become a new
family 
and is staring at Washu. Washu seems to be completly turned on by
Noboyuki 
playing with computer hardware. 

The doorbell rings and Ryouko goes downstairs to open it. She refuses 
thinking that it might be Misaki at the door. The voice at the door says
that 
it isn't Her. Ryouko doesn't believe her. 

Sasami comes downstairs to answer the door. She opens it while Ryouko
hides 
behind a wall. Ryouko recongizes it. 

Back upstairs the screen is going nuts, even though it's not plugged in.

Tenchi sees Ryouko's face. She looks terrorfied. Sasami comes in and
tells 
Tenchi that he has a guest. Tenchi leaves before Ryouko can stop him. 

Who looks just like Kiyone.

"Mother?" Tenchi asks.
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--------- Original Message ---------

DATE: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 14:34:32 
> From: nik <silvourbolt@yahoo.com>
>seems a bit too quiet for the arrival of the 3rd OVA.
>I haven't even seen a detailed synopsis post.
>would anybody like to share their thoughts on the new episode?