Mark Craven wrote:
> 
> Tomar said:
> 
> ---snip---
> > ...  Imagine...what does Mihoshi's
> > homeworld look like?  I still maintain that the headband around
> > Kiyone's head isn't really a headband at all, but a marking that
> > all of her species have(I know it's silly speculation, but has
> > anyone seen her without that headband?  Hmmm... ^_^).
> 
> In episode 20 of Tenchi TV (the one at the beach with the beauty/bathing suit
> contest) Kiyone appears without her head band. Also I recall other episodes
> here the head band is a different color than the usual red.

	Maybe that head band is actually used as a sign of status in her race. 
you know, different color, different social status.

						- Serpent mage