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Tenchi Forever - Tenchi the Movie

Tenchi Forever - Tenchi the Movie

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The third tenchi Muyo Movie!!!!!
Review: This is the third Tenchi movie and the second one in the "Tenchi Universe" continuity. The movie starts out as a standard Tenchi fare with Ayeka and Ryoko fighting over a broom. They rush to Tenchi to resolve the dispute which he is loathe to do. Finally, Ayeka has had enough and demands Tenchi choose between herself and Ryoko -- which girl does he want to be with? Tenchi doesn't want to hurt either girl so he distracts them and runs off into the woods where he disappears into a tree.

Six months later, Tenchi is still missing and everyone is searching. Sasami returns to Jurai to use their network. Washu uses her vast scientific knowledge and resources, enlisting Kiyone and Mihoshi to assist her. Finally, Ryoko and Ayeka put aside their differences and head to Tokyo where Washu has determined Tenchi to be.

While this starts as a standard Tenchi fare, this quickly turns into a serious tale of maturity, love, and loss. People who enjoyed the various Tenchi sagas for their humor may be put off by this movie. However, if you can accept this as a serious story, it is a very good one. Watching all of the girls in the Masaki household putting everything aside for Tenchi is very touching, especially when it comes to Ayeka and Ryoko working well together.

As I mention in my title, Tenchi does choose between the girls, but not in a way that some might expect. Personally, I think Tenchi made his choice in the "Tenchi Universe" series. As we are shown Tenchi's new life where he can't remember his past, one girl continues to come to his mind. He draws her and paints her though he doesn't remember her. As to the girls, one conceeds defeat in order to save Tenchi while the other takes one more chance to rescue Tenchi despite the danger not to mention apparently being rejected earlier.

Bottom line: As a story, this one is truely a good one. The standard complaints against Pioneer's subtitles (translations & readability) still stand and the extras are nothing to write home about. Fans of good romantic stories will enjoy this as will most Tenchi fans. Anime fans should also appreciate this title.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Blaaahhhh
Review: This movie was average, so I gave it three stars. I absolutely loved Tenchi Muyo!, Tenchi Universe and the first movie. Tenchi Forever, on the other hand, disappointed me. I felt this movie was a little boring, predictable and nothing new to the Tenchi community. And you should really follow the R rating....

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Tenchi forever?....lol
Review: nway, the title kinda seems funny, u'll see after you're half way through the movie. Basically Yosho's former lover Haruna, lol, seduced tenchi into this tree of hers and created an illusion world to keep tenchi there with her in order to finish her dream with yosho. well, yosho kinda ran off with her from jurai, but haruna got sick during the journey and died. It's kinda like...personally i think, she's taking revenge for the fact that yosho married someone else after the whole vow he took saying he'd love her forever and stuff.
I think it's pretty good, but the theme's really different from the first 2 tenchi movies, pure romance, the music's great if you like those slow romantic ones, the ending's really sweet, lol, the question is, is it just me or ayeka kinda admit at the end she gave up on tenchi...lol, u'll see wha i'm talking about after u've seen the movie.


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