At 07:26 PM 5/31/97 -0400, PsychoPixi@aol.com wrote:
>I think somebody asked about getting a synopsis of the episode with Tench=
>i's
>"date"
> with Sasami. Anyway, I typed one up. I don't usually so summaries, so I
>can't guarantee I'll do anymore, but if I have the time I'll try. They
>probably won't be this long though, I don't really have the time to do th=
>is kind of thing. It took longer than I expected. *whew* I hope it helps
somebody.

Yes it does, *Sigh* I have to get the synopsyses of 4-6 up on my web page, as
well as the new Manatsu no Eve info I just got. (Not to mention the really
cool
picture of Sakuya and Tenchi together in a phone booth). 

>Shin Tenchi Muyo
>Episode 6

Can I put this on my web page?

Hey Pixi, is what another poster said about there being an alternate
continuity introduced in 7&8 true?

Pixi said:
Tenchi is doing a bit of spring cleaning. At the beginning, his apartment is
a mess (looks frightenly like my place does every once in a while ^_^;;).=
But he collects all the magazines and ties them together in stacks, fills up 
several trash bags, washes a HUGE pile of dishes (built up over the course of
several weeks no doubt), cleans the toilet, etc. When Tenchi is finished
cleaning up, he then sits down to a nice satisfying cup of tea. That's when
the phone rings, it's Sasami she sounds upset and cries "Save me!"

Comments: Was he cleaning up because Sakuya was coming over?

Title Screen
sasowarete fushigi no kuni no LABIRINSU (kanji: meikyuu)
Led into the Labyrinth of a Mysterious Land

>Tenchi puts the cover on his bed so Sasami can come through the warp hole.
>She comes through with Ryooki looking very upset. Apparently, all the other
>girls tried to take the 17,534 yen she made by entertaining with Ryooki. They
>all snuck into her room at the same time, but separately. It was pitch dark
>and they couldnt see each other. They try to grab Sasami's piggy bank (which
>looks like a miniature Guardian). But just as they all reach for it at the
>same time, the moon comes out from behind the clouds. They all see each other
>and cry out. Sasami then wakes up in astonishment. Everyone begs her to lend
>them money. Sasami panicked and that=92s when she ran away. Tenchi knows how
>the others can be but tells Sasami she can't very well stay with him, after
>all, he has to go to school the next day and everything.  He asks what she is
>going to do. Sasami decides to spend the money.

Hmm, Interesting. Boy, Shin Tenchi really dosen't pull any punches with it's
continued villification of Aeka and Ryouko (I assume Mihoshi and Kiyonne are
not in here, and I would be suprised if Washu is). 

This is the first _strong_ breakup of the family, Sasami against the rest. 

In another place, Yuugi is apparently monitoring the proceedings. She say's an
interesting girl has come and wonders if Sasami will play with her. She will
>invite Sasami to her world. She then calls for Tsugaru ( a feminine looking
>young man in a loose shirt with long sleeves), who promptly appears before
>her.

Ehhh, Nani? WHow boy, Yuugi is really beggining to throw me here. Target three
of Yuugi is Sasami (one and two are Sakuya and Tenchi in reverse order). Come 
to think of it Yuugi's design has allways been a littly young just masked by
the thing. This gives crecidence to my growing belief that yuugi is not the
big enemey Tenchi is going to face. 

>Tenchi and Sasami are walking around town shopping. She considers buying some
>fancy looking chocolates. Ryooki spots what she thinks is a cart full of
>carrots and dives for them, but they aren't real and fall all over the place.
>Tenchi and Sasami laugh at Ryooki. Tenchi tells Sasami that it's like they're

And Tenchi made this comment without Blushing?

>out on a date. Sasami blushes. Then they go off shopping once again. As they
>walk along we see Yuugi suddenly appear behind them, watching. Sasami get's a
>strange feeling and turns, but nothing is there. Yuugi has disappeared.

Hmm, allready Yuugi has noticed something strange about Sasami, on top
of that, Sasami notices first, not Tenchi.

>Sasami is running from store to store and Tenchi can't keep up. Sasami goes
>into an antique shop. After she enters, the door is suddenly blocked off with
>bricks, she doesn't notice. When Tenchi finally arrives at the place where
>the shop is the door is gone so he doesn't know Sasami went inside, he
>wonders where she's gone to.
>

Hmm, this is the first chance to see Yuugi focus on one character (even in
episode 4, there is both Sakuya and Tenchi). 

>Sasami is looking at all the interesting objects in the store. The store
>clerk suddenly comes up behind her, it's Tsugaru! He asks if Sasami if she
>has found something she likes. Ryooki takes an instant disliking to him and
>growls at him. Tsugaru notes that Ryooki seems to be bothered, Sasami tells
>him that she isn't always like that. Tsugaru asks Sasami to let him know if
>she finds something she likes.

So far Ryo-oh-ki has had a very powerfull negitive reaction to both
Homutsu and Tsugaru. 

>Outside, Tenchi is searching for Sasami. Someone taps him on the shoulder, at
>first he thinks it is Sasami, but it is Sakuya. "What a coincidence, are you
>shopping?" she then asks if he has some free time. He tells her no, not
>exactly. She asks him to come with her for just a minute, so he does.
>

Once again, Sakuya operating at a key moment of Yuugi's operation.

>Inside the shop, Sasami and Ryooki find a music box with two glass figures on
>top, a pair of lovers it appears, facing each other, holding onto each
>other's outstretched hands. Sasami reaches for it, suddenly Yuugi is there
>reaching for the music box as well, Sasami looks up in surprise. The music
>box starts playing, the is a close up of the glass figures, the scene then
>changes to Tenchi and Sakuya, standing in a court yard facing each other.
>They look an awful lot like the glass figurines.
>

Kamisama! ....... This is far more complex in terms of Symbolism then any 
of the Tenchi OVA's. Hmm, I wonder if somehow Sakuya has the same time
of friend relationship to Yuugi that Sasami has to Tenchi. This is all
very faked mind you, and is the best villianny since Kagato.


>Meanwhile, back at the ranch Ryoko's stomach growls, she's hungry. Everyone
>at home is missing Sasami, or rather, her cooking, and wonder where she went.
>Aeka says it's everyone else's fault for trying to take Sasami's money. Ryoko
>starts arguing with her about the fact that she was also trying to take the
>money. Ryoko's stomach growls again and she says she doesn='t have the
>strength to fight. Mihoshi volunteers to make supper. Kiyone then proceeds to
>describe the disaster Mihoshi would make of the kitchen where she to go in
>there. Mihoshi calls Kiyone mean and says she wouldn't do that. Everyone
>looks at her as if they rather doubt it. Suddenly, they notice a delicious
>smell coming from the kitchen. They wonder, who's cooking? It's Washu,
>wearing a frilly apron and carrying a covered platter. Everyone is shocked
>and look hungrily at what she's carrying, it  smells delicious. Mihoshi seems
>very impressed prepared the meal without destroying it, Kiyone tells Mihoshi
>she's the one who would do that. Kiyone remarks that she didn't know Washu
>could cook. Washu tells her she can't, everyone's faces fall. She said she
>thought she'd give it a try and whatever is under the platter starts moving
>and tentacles come out from underneath the cover. Everyone else is looking
>more and more disgusted. Washu asks if some one will taste it to see how the
>seasoning is, she starts uncovering it and more tentacles and 3 or 4 eyes
>appear. Everyone starts screaming.
>

This is something that IMHO, Shin Tenchi has been doing better then the
OVA's or 
TenchiTV (But not TMiL), mixing commedy with serious plot line. 

>In the antique store, Yuugi asks Sasami if she wants the music box and hands
>it to her. Yuugi introduces herself to Sasami and Sasami introduces herself
>and Ryooki to Yuugi. Ryooki doesn't appear at all bother by Yuugi. Sasami and
>Yuugi play together in the store for a while. Sasami buys the music box,
>Tsugaru rings her up. Yuugi asks Sasami if they are friends and Sasami,
>though surprised, says yes. Yuugi then invites Sasami to come to her place to
>play. She runs to the back of the store. Sasami tells her that the exit is
>the other way but Yuugi tells her that this way is fine. A mirror appears
>behind Yuugi and she steps through it telling Sasami to hurry.  Sasami goes
>through the looking-glass ( I couldn't resist ^_^) and finds herself in a
>long brick hallway. Yuugi is down the hall calling for Sasami to follow.
>Sasami starts toward her and the floor disappears and she falls. She awakens
>in Yuugi=92s world. Yuugi asks her "Shall we play here?" But Sasami says she
>has a bad feeling about the place, a "dark" feeling. Yuugi reacts rather
>strangely to that description, as if she's surprised to hear it described
>that way.  Sasami wants to look for an exit and, taking Yuugi's hand, starts
>running. A shadow is following them. Tsugaru suddenly appears in front of
>them and asks where they are going. He tells them this is the mirror world
>and they cant's get out. He lungs at them with a saber. Sasami grabs Yuugi
>and runs calling for help.
>

Whoa, where to start. Yuugi is clearly lying, or is she? There is a 
classic good criminal bad criminal thing at work here, a lot of yuugi's
stuff depends on imagination, for instance the stupid monsters at the
beggining. 

>In the courtyard, we see Tenchi startled by something Sakuya has just said.
>Sakuya is looking down at her feet. The shot pulls back and we see Tenchi say
>something to Sakuya but we can=92t hear what is said. Sakuya then runs
away and
>Tenchi looks upset.
>

No Sound for this part, dramatic showcasing? Do both Sasami and Yuugi see
this?
Foreshadowing for the entire series?

>There is a slash and the music box falls to the ground, the two figures
>cleaved apart. Sasami and Yuugi fall to the ground. Sasami yells at him,
>telling Tsugaru to send them back. He tells her that they can't leave yet,
>they have to play some more. Sasami tells him not to joke. He asks why would
>she want to do something like go home, he's going to kill her. Tsugaru dives
>at Sasami with his saber. Ryooki bits his hand and he drops it. Tsugaru then
>takes a blade that looks a bit like a boomerang and throws it. It heads
>straight for Yuugi. Sasami protects her and gets hurt. Ryooki gets really
>pissed and transforms into the infamous pink Mecha. Ryooki attacks Tsugaru
>and drives him off. Tsugaru disappears, saying he'll remember this. Sasami
>tells Ryooki to make an exit and she blasts open one. They emerge on the
>street in front of the store. The store disappears behind them.
>

Ok, this is interesting, unfortunitly I think it is a spoof on the
Pixy Misa thingie, but only Yuugi knows. Yuugi has had far too
many sinister laughs at this point for her to be good.

>Tenchi then runs up, saying how worried he had been. Sasami introduces Tenchi
>to her new friend, Yuugi. Yuugi then presents Sasami with the music box,
>whole and in one piece. Sasami is surprised but pleased, she says she was
>certain it had broken. The music box starts playing. Yuugi says that music
>boxes are sad. However happy a song a music box might play, eventually, the
>time when it must stop always comes.
>

Oh, first foreshadowing of the impending doom, and it is given to Sasami?

Tenchi looks at the music box, listening to the music and remembers his
conversation with Sakuya. She asked him to go steady with her. He tells her
>he isn't in a position to do that right now and that he's sorry So it's no
>I guess", she says. He cries out "No! It's just ," but Sakuya is already
>running away crying.
>

Gentlemen, we are off to the races.......
If Yuugi is manipulating Tenchi, she is being far more subtle about it here. 

>Back to the present, Yuugi says "See you later!" to Sasami and runs off,
>leaving Tenchi and Sasami standing in front of the place where the shop used
>to be.

"Every now and then, be nice to your enemey, if confuses the living hell
out of
them" - Rule of Aqusition 103(I may have the number wrong). 


>
>Meanwhile, at the house, everyone is dying of hunger (or acting like they=
>are ^_^). Ryoko calls our for Sasami and then everyone says, "Please come
back!"

Hmm, I wonder how long and permenent this breakup between Tenchi and Sakuya
is, at least 2 episodes, and when Tenchi does have another date, Ryouko screws
it up......

I love shin Tenchi