At 05:15 PM 6/1/96 -0700, you wrote:
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>Hey, Yoshou has no problem living with Ryouko too. I admit that what
>Ryouko did to Jurai was beyond her control. However, one can make a
>similar argument for Ifurita, since she was built to be a weapon.
>Further more, wasn't Ryouko also a full-time space pirate before she was
>under Kagato's control?
>
>K I R A T I   L A I S A T H I T                    kirati@u.washington.edu
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Negative, it is explicitly told in episodes 5&6 that Ryoko believed that she
had been created and trained solely by Kagato. In episode 8, Ryoko quite
vehemently retorts to Washu's pretensions of a mother role, that indeed
Washu had no role in raising her.
        It must be concluded that Kagato was on the scene when Ryoko was
born (or created, depending on your source), and betrayed Washu so soon
afterward that Ryoko could not know.
        It was only when Kagato began his spiel about "could have made you a
stone, etc.," that Ryoko began to realize that Kagato was a liar and a
charlatain, though she obviously hated and feared him.  Even though she
attempted to resist, there is no evidence that Ryoko believed, prior to the
death of Tenchi, that she could break free of Kagato's control.
        Episode 10, as I have pointed out before, provides a ready and seems
to be a clear explanation of how Ryoko was controlled, both by Kagato, and
by Funaho(the ship).  Her Masu component, or any Masu will obey the most
powerful mind available.  The gems exposed Ryoko telepathically to Kagato,
and until she could convince her Masu component that she was superior to
Kagato mentally, he could control her.  Funaho, simply grew roots into her
and her presumably superior intellect took over.
                        
                                Greg M.