Washu
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Another of the essential character in TM!, Washu is undoubtably the smartest scientific genius in the universe. She is the creator of both Ryoko and Ryo-ohki, and sees herself as Ryoko's mother. She is really eccentric, and cute, even considering she's a 20,000 years old goddess (with the other two being Tsunami and Lady Tokimi). She likes being referred to as "Washu-chan". Not to mention that she has a lot of nifty equiptment that helps her to achieve what would normally be seen as impossible... and ALL of it fits in her tiny room... which is gigantic once you enter ! When we first see Washu, she is trapped in an alternate mirror dimension. Mihoshi stumbles on this tiny universe and awakens Washu. When Ryoko is defeated by Kagato, the bad guy who trapped Washu in his space ship, the Soja (later she was rescued by Mihoshi, guess that's why later she helps correct everything that Mihoshi messes up(or destroys, or breaks, or sits on, or... ~_^), she pulls Ryoko's "soul" into the dimension and reveals to her that she was in fact created by Washu. As it turns out in a later episode, Washu reveals that long ago she had a husband and a child, but they were taken away because she had a lower social ranking than her husband. The grief and sorrow she had led her to eventually create Ryoko as her "child." The top scientific genius in the universe! She created everything in any incarnations from electronic gadgets to biological life forms. She appears in all of the Tenchi Muyo! series. Washu has a tragic and unique past as we discovering her true form (and past) in OVA #8: Her past is as complex and mysterious as the other goddesses. No one really knows why she gave up her divinity to become a "mortal". Her past is slightly revealed in the OAV when she spoke about how she joined the Royal Space Academy 20,000 years ago, met a fellow student, and fell in love. She married her fellow student and had a child. Unfortunately, the child and her husband was taken from her because her husband is from a prestigious family. She still mourns over the loss of the her child to this day. I believe because of the dramatic loss of her first child, she created Ryoko, her other child. Also, because of this certain event, she decided to stay as a 12 year old girl, alleviating any "lineage, status", and political aspects of the adult world. Ryoko is currently her most treasured creation, mainly because Washuu used her ova and a life form called "Mass" in creating Ryoko. She also created Ryo-Ohki, Ryoko's space ship from "Mass". In creating Ryoko, she used her "Power Gems" to enhance Ryoko's power. The Power Gems are so powerful in that it can rival Jurai's space trees and space ships. In fear losing dominant force, the Juraian Royal Family met with Washuu about this concern. Washuu assured the Juraian family she will not create another Ryoko and Ryo-Ohki. This only proves that she indeed cares for Ryoko like her own daughter and not as a creation. In fact, she is quite proud of Ryoko as a mother would have. On the personal side, she is very caring, comical, and sometimes on special occasions, plays the mad scientist. When she first meets Tenchi after seeing him create the Light Hawk Wings to destroy Kagato, her first words were, "Thank you for saving my life. Will you be my guinea pig!" @_@ Being Tenchi, he agreed. During the experiments, Washuu can not find any trace of how Tenchi created the Light Hawk Wings. She finally realized she needs a special specimen from Tenchi, his semen. She quickly transformed herself in to what seems to be a nurse or "Angel of Mercy." This is very funny indeed. However, she uses her comical side to hide the pain of her loss 20,000 years ago. In evidence of her genius, her laboratory spans in to other dimensions with numerous alien specimens. She spends most of her time in her laboratory delving in to her work. Washuu's voice actor for the Japanese OAV is
Kobayashi Yuko,
and for the English dub is
K.T. Vogt.
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