Tenchi Muyou!	RyououkiEpisode 1translated by Hiromi HasegawaNote: Ten=Heaven, Chi=Earth, Muyou=unnecessary, useless	So, "Tenchi Muyou"=No Heaven & Earthchracters:Jicchan--speaks rather formally and rigidlyTenchi MasakiAmagasakiRyouko[description, comments](thinking, inner voice)"quoted by someone else"{something written on the screen}/ possible separating point in a mid sentence[Jicchan comes back to the Masaki Shrine]Jicchan:	Tenchi, Tenchi?		Where did he go?[Tenchi searching for something in Jicchan's room]Jicchan:	Weren't you supposed to be cleaning, Tenchi?		Are you looking for...this?Tenchi:		So you had it...Jicchan:	Were you trying to sneak into that place 		while I was away?Tenchi:		No, I wouldn't sneak in!Jicchan:	Even YOU can't be an exception to the 		ancestral tradition of the Masaki Shrine. 		But, you DO want to go in there, don't you?Tenchi:		Yes!Jicchan:	I have it here.		You've been training yourself everyday. 		Would you like to test your ability?[Tenchi thrown away by Jicchan]Jicchan:	You've yet to learn.		Do as you are told.FIRST EPISODE: REVIVAL OF RYOUKO[Running to the cave]Tenchi:		If you were told not to, you'd WANT to do it, 		anyways...right?FLASHBACK:Jicchan:	Hey, Tenchi! How many times have I told you 		not to come here!Tenchi:		Why, Grandpa!Jicchan:	Because, an Oni is sleeping here.Tenchi:		Eh, Oni!? 	[Oni = Japanese demon]Jicchan:	[switches to a fairy tale mode of lang.]		Long, long time ago, a savage Oni came down 		from the sky. / With a single step, it could 		jump over three mountains. / With a single 		blow, it could change the shape of a huge 		mountain. / It destroyed the village and burnt 		down the fields. / People suffered 		tremendously from its evil power.Tenchi:		Then, what happened to that Oni?Jicchan:	Then, following the Oni, a Samurai came, 		riding on a dragon steed./ Well, he was our 		ancestor who had a sword with tremendous 		spiritual power within. / He challenged the 		Oni, eventually defeated it, and sealed the 		Oni in this cave shrine. / The Oni is still 		sleeping here, and beside it is the sword, / 		plunged into the ground, guarding the Oni.[takes out the sword from a small shrine]Tenchi:		Hey, it's all rusty and crumbly. Far from what 		I expected. / Who said "it can even split 		rock?!"[rock splits in half and then the hanging rock falls]Tenchi:		Ahh, w,what should I do!?Tenchi:		? A passage...?[goes into the passage]Tenchi:		Ahh, chilly! Water...?[slids down][approaches the light source]Tenchi:		What the hell... It's only a ball shining. 		Scared me./		N,no way!		Could this possibly be the Oni that my 		ancestor had sealed away?		I didn't think it was real![drops the sword]Tenchi:		Phew, surprised me.[hand grasped by Oni]Tenchi:		Let go-![runs up and seals again]SCHOOL:	{Okayama Prefecture Kurashiki West---(name of HS)}Amagasaki:	Yo, Tenchi. Hey, what's that?Tenchi:		Oh, it's nothing.Amagasaki:	Well, Tenchi, how was your vacation?Tenchi:		Ah, same as every summer. I did chores and 		errands all day long at my grandpa's./ I guess 		that's part of the training.Amagasaki:	You are such an unromantic guy./ Weren't 		there any babes?Tenchi:		Do you think anyone like that would come to a		rundown shrine deep in a mountain?Amagasaki:	Hmm...true.Tenchi:		Even in the village, all you see is old men 		and women.Amagasaki:	How disgusting! So you spent your summer 		with 'mummies' then?[miira - mummified (not wrapped up) corpse]Tenchi:		That's terrible calling them 'mummies'.Tenchi:		'Mummy'?[remembers]Amagasaki:	Hey, what's wrong, Tenchi? / Don't tell me 		that you lost yourself and / did it (yacchi 		matta = fucked) with a mummy?![POW!!]Tenchi:		Shut the fuck up!! (Baka iunja neeyo!)OKUJO [roof top, yet to be destroyed]:Tenchi:		(Nothing happened since then. I've heard 		nothing from Grandpa, either. / How could 		anyone possibly imagine that the legend was 		true...?)NIGHT:Tenchi:		Ah? uh-oh, I fell a sleep. Ahhh, shoot. / I 		skipped (missed all) afternoon clas... Ah?[sees a cat]Tenchi:		It's...Chibi. Why are you here? [Chibi disappears]Tenchi:		W,what?Ryouko:		RYOUKO...is my name.Tenchi:		It can't be... / It can't possibly be IT!!		/ THAT Mummy!?Ryouko:		That place was dark and cold. / I'd been 		sealed in that cave for 700 years... / How 		much I suffered... / You just wouldn't 		understand!Tenchi:		So that's why you came for revenge?Ryouko:		Right.Tenchi:		It wasn't me. It was my ancestor,/ YOSHO or 		something, who did it.Ryouko:		That's OK. I just want to vent my fury (anger)!!Tenchi:		Don't you know that it's called 'taking it out 		on somebody'!!Ryouko:		Hey, what's wrong, Tenchi?		It's boring if you only run around.Tenchi:		Damn you![takes out an iron rod]Ryouko:		Come on, c'mon.Tenchi:		Don't make a fool of me--![falls down the stairs]Ryouko:		Don't fall apart before I have some fun![hits the wall]Tenchi:		Oouch![goes into a science lab]Tenchi:		In any case, I better stay here hiding, 		then...huh? / What's this smell? Oh, I know. 		It's the smell of gas../ GAS?! / From her 		shock (attack). / I've got to do something 		fast!Ryouko:		Tenchi.Tenchi:		W,what's that--?Ryouko:		Hello, hello. You're fun. You're full of 		energy, huh, Tenchi?[Ryoukos passes through wall]Tenchi:		NO!! Stupid, idiot! / The gas is leaking, the 		GAS!!Ryouko:		Gas? / What's that?Tenchi:		I can't let it explode! Otherwise, it'll be on 		all the headlines tomorrow morning!!{NEWSPAPER: "Midnight Mishap. K Tech(nological) High School Exploded. A burnt student body found in the ruins"}Tenchi:		I don't want to die here!! / If I knew I was 		going to die, I should have fooled around 		instead of doing all that work during summer 		vacation!  (Wait, maybe I can attract her 		attention with something else...)		Hey!! What's that thing outside the window!?		Noo! There's no way this is going to work...Ryouko:		What, what, is something out there?		Hey, where, where, where is it?		Hey, where, where, what's...Oh!!		Damn!![EXPLOSION]Tenchi:		She did it. She was pretty though... Oops, 		habit...Ryouko:		I, I'm going to get him...!Tenchi:		S,she's alive!![Ryouko stops at mirror] Ryouko:		Oh, dear! Look at me!Tenchi:		What should I do now? She makes a huge hole in 		the ceiling, survives that explosion, on top 		of that, she can pass through walls! In any 		case, I better escape.Ryouko:		Good! Now.[Fire alarm rings]Tenchi:		Hell, it's only a fire alarm...scared me.		It's ringing too late, gosh, the school's 		using the cheapest ones! / (Wait, the ball on 		her arm, that's the source of her power. It 		was in the legend, too.. those balls are her 		source of power. / If she doesn't have that 		power, she's only a girl, not an Oni! / Maybe 		I can send her back into the cave again as 		well...!!) / It's so SIMPLE!Ryouko:		Gotcha![explosion]OUTSIDE:[bumps into Ryouko]Tenchi:		?...what?Ryouko:		Don't be so scared. It's all right. It won't 		hurt.Tenchi:		Liar![the bag splits and light comes from inside]Ryouko:		Shit. [the sword coming out]Ryouko:		Damn![charges]Ryouko:		Too slow![prevented by the beam sword]Ryouko:		Impossible, Tenchi!Tenchi:		I, I can't help it...!		Who would want to fight a monster like you!Ryouko:		Mon...Wha..what about me makes me a MONSTER--?!?Tenchi:		Surviving the explosion, passing through 		walls, blowing holes in the ceiling, and 		flying around!!Ryouko:		True, but I'm not convinced![cuts her hand off and kaboom!]Ryouko:		So I lost again. It was disgraceful, too. 	[sees her hand cut off] Huh?Tenchi:		The sword moved, I mean, I didn't mean 		to...I...I'M SORRY!Ryouko:	[hand comes out] Ta dah. / So long[Ryouko disappears, kaboom!]]Tenchi:		Oh, no. If I stick around here, people'll 		think that I'm the one who did all of this. / 		In any case, I better get out of here.IN THE ROOM [with that sliding western looking door!]:Tenchi:		I didn't think this sword had such power. What 		happened to that SHE DEVIL? Is it all over 		now? Anyways, [falls on the bed] I'm TIRED![realizes that something is underneath]Tenchi:		(It, it can't be...)[Ryouko wakes up]Ryouko:		Welcome home, Tenchi.[clap, clap. boong]Chan chan. Episode 1 owari. :)

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