Achika
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The mother of Tenchi and daughter of Yosho, Achika, is a direct descendant of the Royal Family of Jurai. If she had lived on Jurai, she would have been a Princess like Ayeka. Achika is introduced to us in the movie Tenchi Muyo! in Love, where the movie centered around and solved some mysteries about Tenchi's mother. She also appeared in the OAVs as flash backs.Achika passed away when Tenchi was six years old, but Tenchi thinks of his mother often. When Achika died, Tenchi was deeply hurt. In the OAV, we know very little of Achika other than Tenchi loves and thinks of her often. Tenchi still has Achika's belongings like his mother's Kimono, which Tenchi cherishes very much. When Ryoko wore the Kimono to impress Tenchi, which she did for a brief moment, it reminded him very much of his mother. Then Ryoko accidentally tore one of the Kimono's sleeve. After one of the sleeve was torn, she tore the other one to make a match. Tenchi was upset to say the least and said, "I hate you!!" A sentence Tenchi never said before. In the movie, Tenchi Muyo! in Love!, we got a chance to see Achika during her young and fruitful age, high school. Like the OAV hinted, Achika is indeed a kind and gentle soul. Since she is a descendent of Yosho, she also possess Juraian powers. She can use the Tenchiken and magnify its power, something Tenchi can not do. Following the entity known as Kain after the destruction of the Galaxy Police HQ, Kiyone and Mihoshi track him to Earth, the only catch being that he has gone 20 years into the past to try and stop the Masaki family line, and thus crush the Royal family of Jurai. Upon the disturbance in Tenchi's family line Tenchi and crew had to go back to 1970 to try and save his mom. In the beginning, they all knew something happened to Achika but no one was quite sure what really happened, but as soon as Kain was discovered to be the source of the disturbance Tenchi realized how grave the situation truly was! Eventually in the show-down with Kain, Achika's awesome powers were unleashed ( She makes Tenchi's powers look very weak ^_- ) and she was able to stop Kain for a while. Unfortunately in order to stop the immensely powerful Kain she had to use so much power that she shortened her life greatly and only lived to see Tenchi's 5th birthday. The cause of her death is up to question. Many fans believe she died from expending too much of her Juraian energy when battling the powerful criminal, Kain. Speculation has it that because she expended too much energy defeating Kain, it shortened her life. Also, the former Emperor of Jurai died shortly after putting Kain in subspace for the same reasons that took Achika's life. This is also Tenchi's speculation. Luckily, her powers passed on to Tenchi. She and Nobuyoki met during high school. Disregarding the universal tradition, she pursued Nobuyoki. Not much else is known about Achika, except with the information from the movie. Hopefully, we'll find out more about Achika from the upcoming second movie of TMiL, or else AIC/Pioneer LDC will make another TV series which include more information about Achika. "Time is short, but Nobuyoki and I will live our lives to the fullest I swear. That's all that really matters." - Achika Masaki
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