--- On Thu, 9/3/09, mandalis <mandalis@earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: mandalis <mandalis@earthlink.net>
> Subject: [tenchi:106450] Re: latest Kenshi OAVs
> To: tenchi@usagi.org
> Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 5:51 PM

> Well all I can say is it's been a long time since we have
> seen Washu in 
> any ep where she shows her true colors.


Eh...  I don't think her brief appearence in episode 4 qualifies.  Based on the dialogue
and context, I'm guessing that she...

*Minor Spoiler!*



... hypnotized Kenshi to keep him from telling anyone about the rides in his "sister's"
spaceship.  Wouldn't want the neighbors asking embarassing questions about Kenshi's
"wild stories", after all...

And speaking of Tenchi and cast, there are a few interesting odds and ends...

- I think that the Washu shown in that scene was the adult Washu, although it's hard
to be certain since her face was shadowed.  Kenshi obviously knows at least a little
bit about her, as he refers to her as a "Mad Scientist".
- Ryo-ohki is quite obviously the "spaceship" that's mentioned, and is even partly
shown in her space battleship form rising out of the lake by the house.
- In episode 3, Kenshi mentions multiple sisters.  At one point, he mentions helping
a sister (probably Sasami) prepare meals.  During another conversation, he mentions
three sisters - one that breaks lots of things around the house (probably
Mihoshi), one that helps with the housework (Sasami or Aeka - probably the latter),
and one that's not very good at housework (almost certainly Ryoko).
- Tenchi's still living in the house by the lake.  Given Kenshi's comments about "sisters"
and learning from them, Nobuyuki is presumeably either living there as well now or
spends a lot of time there with his wife and second son.
- Kenshi mentions that his father does construction (something that we already knew,
but good to see mentioned again).
- When asked about his skill at Kenjutsu, Kenshi states that he learned from his grandfather
(obviously Yosho), who is "just an old man living in the country".
- Despite Kenshi's obvious familiarity with the cast of Tenchi Muyo, I doubt that
he's aware of the connection to Jurai at this point or that there's even anything
unusual about his family.  He seemed rather surprised when it was finally pointed
out
to him that having a family member with a spaceship was rather unusual even though
he had enough facts to put it together logically.  I wouldn't be surprised if he also
knows that Ryoko can teleport, fly, and phase through walls, or that Ryo-ohki is a

spaceship that turns into a cabbit (Ryoko's not the type to hide those abilities,
and he's obviously familiar with Ryo-ohki's spaceship form).  But beyond that I suspect
that he's in the dark about exactly where most of his family members originally
come from. 

Of course, that's purely speculation since there's not much to go on when building
that hypothesis.



junior