On Mon, 3 May 2004 14:29:23 -0700 (PDT), "nik" <silvourbolt@yahoo.com> 
wrote:
>--- Alan Zabaro <azabaro@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>I came to the same conclusion about Mihoshi's altered letter
>>after I watched episode 16 a few times. I'm not sure that Z
>>wants to provoke a war between the Kuramitsu and anybody else;
>>rather, I think that he want to provoke Tenchi into displaying
>>his abilities.
>interesting...  what prompts this opinion?

Seems pretty obvious to me...  Tokimi tells Z to not lay hands on 
Tenchi.  Z thought he would still do something anyway, and heads off to 
the Masaki household, then proceeds to modify a letter Mihoshi's sending.

Next thing we know, Mihoshi's grandfather and brother are up in arms 
about how badly Mihoshi's being treated, and sends out one of their most 
powerful ships to "rescue" her.

The people who know of Tenchi's prowess expect him to win ("I'll sit 
back and watch")...  I wouldn't expect Z to think otherwise, since he 
also saw Dr. Clay's report.


So why set-off all this trouble?  Why that sinister smile when he sees 
the Kuramitsu ship launched?


He wants to see Tenchi in action first hand, rather than from a report.



Glenn