On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Ryan Anderson wrote:

> > 
> > 	I'm sure she would not kill him-- Ryoko can control how much 
> > energy her sword exerts.  She could have simply forced him back against 
> > the fence.
> > 	We discussed this in September, if I recall.  She was simply 
> > venting a bit of steam.  I have wondered why she did not persue Yosho.  
> > Well, probably because she was still too weak from having her jewels 
> > removed (see TM101 #36-#40).  Ara! I just answered mo own question!
> 
> yeah, I seem to remeber in that thread last september on of the other
> theories we discussed was that it might actually be ryouko's way of
> flirting with tenchi! you see, she's lead such a sheltered life in the
> OAVs that it's quite possible that she doesn't know how to go about
> expressing her feelings to him, so she figures that a playful fight my be
> a good way for them to get to know each other and have a little fun... too
> bad tenchi didn't think so.

Remember how Tenchi ran for his life on the roof, while Ryoko flew along
and talked to him? If she had wanted him dead, he would have ended up
being. 
OTOH, It is possible that Ryoko overdid it, being used to much stronger
opponents, so maybe there was real danger to Tenchi.


Michael "Brazil" Borgwardt / 089-3616887 / borgward@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
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