Tenchi Masaki!

Tenchi Masaki:

Tenchi thought he was an ordinary Japanese student until one day strange women started dropping into his life - literally. Since then he's flown to distant planets, defeated powerful villains, and even traveled through time. Has altering the course of history changed him? Not really - he's still the same modest person, willing to accept life at face value and ready to help those in need. The discovery that he has Jurai royal blood has only reinforced his desire to live an ordinary life. Too bad his peace keeps being interupted by uninvited guests and all those women...

OVA/TV:
Tenchi differs only slightly between the OVA and Television series. In the OVA, Tenchi attends a different school (which is destroyed by Ryoko) and can use wings of the light hawk. In both he faces Kagato and defeats him with the help of Jurai power.

Seedlings:
Normally, only Jurai trees, such as Tsunami, can only create wings of the light hawk ("Ko-oh-yoku"). Tenchi can create wings without a tree's power, and convert those wings into other forms, as he demonstrated in his battle against Kagato (OVA Ep. 6).

Originally, when the series was named, "Tenchi Muyo" was chosen because Tenchi means "heaven and earth" and Muyo means "no need." Later it was discovered these two words also mean "this side up."

Ever wonder who the older woman of the bathhouse is (OVA Ep. 3, 9)? She's Tenchi's great aunt.

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