Pioneer owns the copyrights to Tenchi Muyo and to all the characters there in. I wish I owned them so I could be producing more anime. The prelude to this series includes explanations on the screen play annotations. As with the OVA this series is rated PG13 due to depictions of nudity, violence, and sexual innuendo. Prelude to the Tenchi Muyo series by Zervon at zervon@hotmail.com This prelude is to help you understand some background material I used to write my stories. I have tried to stay true to the OVA series. I have stolen freely from both the Tenchi Universe and Tenchi in Tokyo where it fit in with my story. I also included the KAIN movie and Yoshou's wife as mentioned in the third move. 1. A list of current and created characters. 2. My time line I base my stories on. 3. Clarifications. 4. Tenchi's senior year in school. 5. Jurai calendar. 6. Details on what motivates me with the current characters. 7. Details and descriptions of the created characters. 8. Notes on screen play annotations. List of Current Characters: Name Gender Who's who Age Tenchi Masaki Male Main Character 17 Masaki N/A Tenchi's Earth Clan N/A Ryoko Hakubi Female Space Pirate 5000+ Ayeka Jurai Female Crown Princess 718 Sasami Jurai Female Ayeka's Sister 712 Mihoshi Kuramitsu Female Galaxy Policewomen 23 Kiyone Makibi Female Mihoshi's Partner 21 Washu Hakubi Female Goddess, Scientist 20,000+ Ryo-Ohki Female Cabit, Ryoko's Starship 2 Yoshou Jurai Male Tenchi's Grandfather 728 Katsuhito Masaki Male Tenchi's Grandfather's Earth Name Etsuki Masaki Female Yoshou's wife Deceased Nobuyuki Masaki Male Tenchi's Father 44 Achika Masaki Female Tenchi's Mother Deceased Azusa Jurai Male Yoshou's Father, Emperor 1000+ Funaho Jurai Female Yoshou's Mother, Empress 750 Misaki Jurai Female Ayeka's Mother, Empress 1000+ Kamidake Fusechi Male Ayeka's Guardian N/A Azaka Fusechi Male Ayeka's Guardian N/A Yukinojo N/A Mihoshi's Police Ship N/A Yagami N/A Kiyone's Police Ship N/A Doctor Clay Male Mad Scientist, Imprisoned 20,000+ ZERO Female Ryoko's Emotions Assimilated Tokimi Female Goddess N/A Tsunami Female Goddess, Jurai Life Tree N/A KAIN Male Tokimi's Creation Deceased Kagato Male Washu's Enemy Deceased Kazuhiko Amagasaki Male Tenchi's Classmate 17 Ryo-Oh N/A Ayeka's Tree Ship 1 List of Created Characters: Name Gender Who's who Age Koikawa Mikiko Female Misaki's Sister Deceased Shihou Monban Jurai Male Koikawa's Son 727 Daijiro Saionji Male Tenchi's Classmate 17 Ryoe (Wake) Saionji Female Tenchi's Classmate 17 Yuriko Wakatsuki Male Tenchi's Classmate 17 Mr. Ikuko Male Math Teacher 48 Ms. Chisa Female Literature Teacher 28 Mr. Azaka Male Science Teacher 35 Ms. Makiko Female Home Economics Teacher 32 Ms. Kiyone Female Girls Sports Coach 25 Mr. Cuong Male Government Teacher 42 Mr. Hiroshigi Male Business Teacher 53 Ryo-Aikou N/A Shihou's Tree Ship 727 Toku Rikichi Male Shihou's Aide 122 Kurumi Samukawa Male Police Detective 18 Master Male In Charge of Monastery 818 Time Line In the beginning there were three goddesses, the goddess of Truth, the goddess of Love, and the goddess of Justice. They were one with the universe. After a time the goddess of Truth became disillusioned. Her godhead prevented her from seeing the impossible. Without the impossible she could not fail. Without failure she could not learn. Her own godhead prevented her from learning the truth about Truth. She asked her sisters to be made mortal so she could learn. Her sister the goddess of Justice was quick to grant her request. She stripped from the goddess of Truth her godhead. The goddess of Truth was reborn in the mortal realm and took the name Washu. She did not know her past but within her burned the desire to learn. So Washu sets out on her quest to discover pure science. The next goddess to be disillusioned was the goddess of Love. What good was Love if not everyone experienced it? She created the Life Tree and the Jurai people. Thus binding her to an insignificant planet in the vast universe. She became known as Tsunami. The goddess of Justice gloated in her victory over her sisters. She now had sole rule over the universe. Without Truth and Love there was no mercy, and without mercy she became blind to Justice. She became known as Tokimi. And darkness settled over the universe. Time passes. It is 20,000 years ago. Unfortunately for Washu, love, birth, betrayal, and despair is also a part of learning mortality. After losing her son Washu abandons her adulthood for the safety of childhood. She redoubles her efforts to know all there is to know about science. Time passes. It is 10,000 years ago. The Life Trees of Tsunami have proliferated. They evolve into Tree Ships that can span the stars at many times the speed of light. The Jurai spread across the galaxy colonizing many planets to include Earth. The Life Trees could only grow and flourish on the home world of Jurai. Even the Tree Ships had to return to Jurai periodically or they would die in the depths of space. This limited Jurai exploration to 100,000 light years of the home world. To Tokimi the Jurai is a plague encroaching on her domain. She creates KAIN and tells him of the Power of Jurai. Tokimi does not care if Tsunami is captured or destroyed. What Tokimi could not foretell is the technological advances of the Galaxy Police, aided in part by Washu's research. Tokimi also underestimated the Power of Jurai and the willingness of a people to sacrifice for their ideals. Though it cost the Emperor's life, KAIN was captured. Failure was a bitter pill for Tokimi. Time passes. It is 5,000 years ago. Washu makes great strides in her quest for pure science. She discovers the MASS's and how they are the fundamental building blocks of everything. She also discovers an artificial way to produce the Power of Jurai. Tokimi, who always keeps an eye on the other two, sees that the current line of Washu's research could lead her to rediscover her godhead. Tokimi finds one close to Washu in Kagato. She whispers dreams of power in Kagato's ear and he betrays Washu. Kagato steals her starship Soja, Ryoko, and Ryo-Ohki. While he locks Washu in a mirror universe. With time on her hands Washu continues her research. Kagato begins his rein of terror in the universe. Washu sees through the eyes of Ryoko and Ryo-Ohki and learns more about two new lessons in mortality, sadness and pity. Time passes. It is 730 years ago. Emperor Azusa was neither the greatest nor least of Jurai's Emperors. He was a foolish man. His wife, Empress Funaho, was very pregnant. So he went looking for a second wife. He had a brief liaison with Koikawa, Misaki's sister. It was brief because when he saw Misaki he set about winning her hand in marriage. Koikawa, spurned by the Emperor, did not tell Azusa that she was pregnant. She gave birth to her son, eight months after Funaho, in secret. She named him Shihou and started plotting her revenge against the Royal Household. She hired a nursemaid and placed him in a militaristic monastery. Koikawa visited the boy on a few occasions checking on his progress. Only two in the monastery knew her true identity and they would never talk. Time passes. It is 700 years ago. As the Jurai spread across the universe their blood weakens along with the Power of Jurai. Tokimi feels the time is right to strike a blow against Tsunami. Tokimi tells Kagato about the main Life Tree, Tsunami, and the power of Jurai. She has Kagato attack Jurai in hopes capturing Tsunami or destroying her. Koikawa is aboard her Tree Ship entering the Jurai system, after a five-year absence, when the attack came. Her Tree Ship was utterly destroyed. Yoshou follows Ryoko to Earth. Princess Sasami was also nearly killed in the attack. She survived by assimilating Tsunami into herself. Tsunami can now leave Jurai without risk to the Life Trees. Tokimi does not know of Tsunami's new ability. Again Tokimi tastes the bitter pill of failure. Time passes. It is 27 years ago. Tokimi feels her creation KAIN both free and captured at the same time. She senses his presence in the SOL system. She also senses his destruction. Tokimi focus her attention on the SOL system to discover what destroyed KAIN. Time passes. It is 1 year ago. Tokimi has long forgotten about Kagato after his failure on Jurai. She does note his destruction and it could mean only one thing. Washu is free. One of her agents, Doctor Clay, tracks down Washu in the SOL system. He also fails Tokimi, but failure brought knowledge. Tokimi knows of Tenchi in whose blood flows the Power of Jurai, not seen in a 10,000 years. She knows of Washu, Ryoko, and the gems. And she knows Tsunami is free of Jurai inside Sasami. Tokimi also knows her rein of power is in peril. Any offspring between Tenchi and the other three women could bring disaster. Time passes. Present. (1996) Tokimi believes that her worst fears are being realized. The chance of Tenchi producing an offspring with any of the three women is too great. She searches for another agent to stop this threat. She finds Jurai's greatest blade master, Shihou. His hobby was bounty hunting especially those wanted dead. The monastery could teach him duty but not love. Darkness hung over Shihou's heart, and darkness was Tokimi's realm. She comes to Shihou in a dream, appearing as Koikawa, and whispers vengeance in his ear. Clarifications Rectifying KAIN's timeline. In the movie it was said that KAIN was captured 100 years ago and the Jurai Emperor died doing it. Since Emperor Azusa has been Emperor for over 700 years there appears to be a conflict. This is not true. Washu accessed the Galaxy Police computer system. The Galaxy Police use the standard Galactic Year for all official reports (with the exception of Mihoshi's reports). A Galactic Year is the time it takes Galaxy Police Headquarters to revolve around the galactic core, or about 100 Jurai years. A Jurai year is close enough to a Solar year as to make no difference. If Washu had accessed a Jurai computer she would have gotten the answer of 10,000 years ago. As Washu continued her research on KAIN she found her own handiwork in his first capture. This simplified Washu's efforts to capture KAIN a second time. Everything you want to know about Mihoshi and Kiyone but were too wise to ask. First we must understand Mihoshi. She is the granddaughter of the Grand Marshall of the Galaxy Police. He loves his granddaughter and would forgive her anything. Mihoshi has the talent of accomplishing the mission but at a very high cost. To balance costs Galaxy Police Headquarters (GPHQ) assigns Mihoshi far away from anything. They quickly promoted her to Detective First Class, and then they tried to forget about her. GPHQ assigned Kiyone (graduated number two in her class) as Mihoshi's watchdog. Kiyone is both stable and frugal. When the going gets tough the GPHQ assigns Mihoshi to the case. The case is always solved but the cost in material and damage balances the score. Kiyone bears the brunt of this by, in her words, ending up in a dead end job. Mihoshi is beyond exhaustive in her reports. All of Mihoshi's reports are branded COSMIC TOP SECRET. Only five people have access to Mihoshi's reports in GPHQ. Four are assigned to summarize Mihoshi's reports. This is their only job and it keeps them very busy. The fifth is the head of special operations for GPHQ. Outside GPHQ the Jurai ruling council also have access to Mihoshi's reports in summarized format. Mihoshi's reports contain a mountain of minutia and a rare nugget vital to the continuation of the galaxy. Kiyone is one to be pitied by some, or demonized by others. One thing is Kiyone does her job. No matter what Kiyone may say out loud, deep in her heart she loves Mihoshi. Kiyone sees in her an innocence she can not find. Kiyone did return to Earth to rescue her partner in the early spring of 1996 (after OVA 13 but before KAIN). After KAIN one of Mihoshi's reports included a performance evaluation of Kiyone. This evaluation of Kiyone made through the censors and into the hands of the Grand Marshall. It turned out to be a wining situation for everyone. Kiyone was promoted to assistant to the Grand Marshall for special investigations. This gave Kiyone the job she always dreamed of and it gave the Grand Marshall friendly eyes in the special operative department. Since the SOL system calls for only one resident officer GPHQ could leave Mihoshi there. Mihoshi having no political agenda is happy with both her rank and assignment. Unfortunately for Kiyone, Mihoshi need only say the word and Kiyone will once again be by her side. I have based Tenchi education on the American standard for school. Since Tenchi was born in 1979 he would graduate high school in 1997. This works out well for me since Tenchi went back 26 years to 1970 for the KAIN episode. Tenchi would have been a junior during that time. So between his sophomore and junior year (summer of 1995) he would have released Ryoko. I based Ryoko's knowledge on being slave to Kagato for 5000 years plus the time with Washu before that. Something from two geniuses is bound to rub off on Ryoko. I based Ayeka's knowledge on her being the Crown Princess of Jurai. She would have had private tutors to help her prepare to be Empress of Jurai. This would have been heavy in the studies of commerce, law, and government. Class schedule Period Tenchi Ryoko and Ayeka 1st calculus calculus 2nd calligraphy contemporary literature 3rd advanced physics advanced physics 4th kendo home and family development (freshman course) 5th poetry team sports (field hockey, volleyball, basketball, softball) 6th government government 7th business applications business applications Tenchi is a good student and does well in all of his classes except poetry. He only took poetry to impress the girls. Ryoko is a genius at calculus and advanced physics (PHD Level), and very good at team sports. She is good at business applications and average in government. She is in over her head with contemporary literature and just gets by in home and family development. Ayeka is a genius at government and business applications (PHD Level), and very good at team sports. She is good at calculus and average in advanced physics. She to is in over her head with contemporary literature and holds her own in home and family development. Whenever possible Ayeka and Ryoko choose opposite sides in team sports practice. They do manage to keep their rivalry at a friendly level. Jurai Calendar The Jurai calendar is 366 days. There are 12 months of 30 days each plus a three-day summer solstice and a three-day winter solstice. Each month begins with a First Day and ends with a Last day leaving four seven-day workweeks in the month. This gives a total of 30 holidays in the year. The summer solstice is actually five days long when you include the Last Day and First Day. Day one is for traveling, Day two for set up, Day three for celebration, Day four for recovery, and Day five to return. The winter solstice on the other hand is a time of reflection. It is a combination of the United States Memorial Day and Veterans Day. There is little travel and time is spent with close family members. The Main Characters: (What I think about them and what motivated my writing). TENCHI MASAKI Tenchi is the focus of the series. There is a charisma about him that attracts women like bees to honey. Tenchi is a pacifist at heart. He learns how to use his sword but does so reluctantly. Tenchi tries to ensure everyone wins every time. It is very difficult for him to choose only one of the girls because he does love them all in different ways. I used these traits to force Tenchi into a corner. Between Ayeka and Ryoko teaming up and the Jurai marriage laws Tenchi was trapped. Tenchi remains the levelheaded one of the group. RYOKO HAKUBI Ryoko is self confident, cocky, selfish, possessive, quick to speak, and will use violence without thought. Definitely a tough women to live with. Her powers and the willingness to act quickly are her best traits. Ryoko could eliminate Ayeka at anytime, but she has accepted her instead because she knows that Tenchi loves Ayeka as much as he loves her. She also knows it is two different kinds of love for two very different reasons. I used Ryoko's self confidence to allow Ayeka a lot of leeway. AYEKA JURAI Ayeka is so insecure that she can not express her feelings with any meaning. She is quick tempered and feels everyone is out to get her or at least make fun of her. She does have the ability to make sound judgement, as long as it isn't about her personal life. It was Ayeka that approached Ryoko to compromise on getting Tenchi. Ayeka sees the world in black and white, which lets her give sound, though not always good, advice to Tenchi. She has many other talents that she keeps hidden because she fears rejection. Her knowledge of business and her ability to play the Kato are some examples. SASAMI JURAI It is hard to write for Sasami. She is a little girl over 700 years old. She has some of Tsunami's wisdom inside of her. I have made Sasami a mix of little girl and wise old lady. She is truly unselfish. She will do anything for anyone without question. She still has a playful side, which shows up at the oddest moments. From the outside you would think that Ryo-Ohki belonged to Sasami instead of Ryoko. It is Sasami's ability to enter the dream world and spy on Tokimi that makes her an important part of the team. A good question is how long will Sasami look like a little sister to Tenchi, and how long before Sasami decides she wants to be more than a little sister to Tenchi. WASHU HAKUBI Little Washu (I don't want to be zapped) is the glue that holds the group together. It is hard to determine just what Washu's objectives are. She studies Tenchi endlessly. Then again she looks at the whole group as a pack of guinea pigs. It is important to note there is one person that Washu has no data on. Every time she tries to get data on Mihoshi something goes wrong with her machinery. One thing about Washu's life is 20,000 years ago. You would think she could have put her lost husband and child behind her by now, but she can't let go. This motivates Washu in a lot of things she does to include a budding romance with Grandfather. RYO-OHKI Ryo-Ohki has a great deal of empathy with the entire cast. She can be a lot of things for a lot of people. From her Cabit form to her girl form to her spaceship form Ryo-Ohki will be there for you. Not bad for someone without any speaking parts. Mostly Ryo-Ohki is background material. She is often seen without any real impact on the scene. Still just having her around brings comfort to everyone. MIHOSHI KURAMITSU Mihoshi is a very rare individual. She has the ability to make things seem work out right in her own mind. This is not always what is best for those around her. Mihoshi's greatest trait is her undivided loyalty. She is currently loyal to Tenchi above all else. This loyalty is challenged when Kiyone is present. If there was ever conflicting objectives between Kiyone and Tenchi it would put Mihoshi in a very difficult situation. When Mihoshi went through the police academy she was what they called "and now the rest of the graduating class". She was quickly promoted to Detective First Class and pigeonholed away to nowhere. Mihoshi has no problem with this because she is happy where she is. As long as she can stay with Tenchi she have no problems with Galaxy Police Headquarters. Mihoshi is (surprisingly) a very good detective. Sometimes under stress a side of her shows that sounds very mature and confident. Mihoshi believes that side of her is the act, and her natural air headed way is the real her. YUKINOJO Mihoshi's Galaxy Police Ship. Could this be someone that truly understands Mihoshi? Yukinojo helps to counter some of Mihoshi's wildest ideas but seldom will he directly interfere with her. Mihoshi's overall success is not something you can ignore. KIYONE MAKIBI Kiyone is a difficult person to be with. She is a perfectionist. If she had been number one in her class she would have had assignment of choice. As number two, a failure in her eyes, she got Mihoshi. Of course Mihoshi is the best thing for Kiyone's career. Mihoshi's thoroughness of reports has gotten Kiyone noticed by many in the top political circles. Kiyone can't get it out of her mind that Mihoshi is responsible for her promotions. Kiyone feels she can do it on her own, and the truth is that she did. I hope I softened how others look at Kiyone and show how much she truly loves Mihoshi. I decided not to go any further with Kiyone and Mihoshi's relationship other than they are close and dear friends. YAGAMI Kiyone's Galaxy Police Ship. Yagami is quite a bit different from Yukinojo. Of course Yagami reflects the personality of Kiyone. Still Yagami is an efficient police ship. AZUSA JURAI About as pig headed as they come. Will not listen to good advice even if it was what he wanted to do. Need I say anymore about the man? Now is a good time to discuss how succession works on Jurai. When the person on the throne wants to retire they offer the crown in public to their chosen successor. For the successor to accept the job they take the crown and turn their back on the current ruler, and then they place the crown on their head. If the successor does not want the job they return the crown to the current ruler's head. This will help explain Azusa, Ayeka, and Sasami's actions. FUNAHO JURAI Not bad for an Earth women. She is the true ruling force in Jurai. Unfortunately she has to be careful in advising Azusa or he will do the opposite of what she wants. Funaho cares deeply about the entire Masaki clan. MISAKI JURAI A card short of a full deck? A brick short of a full load? The truth is she is just too happy a person to worry about such things. Looking at Ayeka you would never guess she was Misaki's daughter. Still Misaki can do something the rest can not. She can generate five blades of the Light Hawk Wings. That reason alone tells you she is not someone you want to mess with. Together with Funaho she makes a formable opponent. AZAKA and KAMIDAKE FUSECHI These two returned to Jurai after the KAIN incident having returned to their true form. Although they are supposed to be guardians of the Royal family they are really just a couple of boys out to have some fun. KAZUHIKO AMAGASAKI Tenchi's best friend since both of them started school. Before Ryoko moved Tenchi's house, Tenchi and Kazuhiko would often be together. Even after the move to the country Kazuhiko and Tenchi would share their school days together. Kazuhiko's understanding of the Art of War will be of great help to Tenchi in the future. GRANDFATHER (KATSUHITO MASAKI) (YOSHOU JURAI) Grandfather has a past he would as soon forget. If we examine it we would find that he, Azusa, and Shihou have a lot in common. It was one of the reasons he did not return to Jurai when he found himself incapable of killing Ryoko. Time on Earth along with his wife and daughter has greatly changed Yoshou's outlook on life. Yoshou will always carry the burden of what he did to Ayeka. And only time will tell how he reacts to Washu's advances. FATHER (NOBUYUKI MASAKI) Father is an enigma. He is sometimes the dirty old man. Other times he is the caring gentleman that Achika saw. He is the only one that works for a living and supports the whole group. All the girls like to tease and flirt with him because they know he knows it is nothing serious. Just wait until Tenchi gets home and finds the new house his dad designed and built for him. TSUNAMI She is a goddess, what more can I say. She knows the truth about Washu, but is bound to not tell her. She helps indirectly by using Sasami's dreams. The fact that Tsunami can leave Jurai as a part of Sasami is her most dangerous weapon. TOKIMI Yet another goddess. She has free rein over the universe since Washu and Tsunami have stepped out of her way. Only Tokimi is obsessed over Tenchi. None of the goddess are omnipotent or omniscient. If they were it would be a short show. Tokimi is looking for a universal truth. She believes Tenchi holds the answer she seeks and is testing him to find out. Tokimi has no feelings of love or hate, or right and wrong. Therefore she is unaffected by the trials and troubles of those she manipulates. The characters I created: (Descriptions and traits). DAIJIRO SAIONJI Male, 17 years old, 5' 11" tall, about 170 pounds. He has black hair worn loose about and hangs to just below the shoulders. His eyes are brown. He is athletic. Daijiro secretly married Ryoe in the early summer of 1996 before their senior year. He is an above average student and has been accepted to Tokyo University. Daijiro is a science fiction fan and watches all the TV shows about space adventures. He has a good idea of what his future held for him until he visited the Masaki household. He is very loyal to Ryoe and will defer to her decisions. He does have a good martial arts background, but no military training. RYOE SAIONJI (WAKE) Female, 17 years old, 5' 5" tall, about 95 pounds. She has light brown hair normally worn in a braid that starts high on her head and reaches nearly to her waist. Her eyes are a light green (hazel) color. She is athletic. Ryoe secretly married Daijiro in the summer of 1996 before their senior year. She is an average student and has no plans for college. She wishes to stay at home and take care of the children and the household. She is loyal to Daijiro, but she knows he will go where she leads. She likes adventure and will do some crazy stunts just for the thrill. She is very outgoing and friendly to anyone she meets unless they prove unworthy of her friendship. YURIKO WAKATSUKI Male, 17 years old, 5'10" tall, about 150 pounds. He has dark brown hair cut short. His eyes are a dark gray. He is athletic. Yuriko's father is very wealthy. His father shows his love by throwing money at Yuriko. Yuriko has all the newest toys and gadgets and drives a fancy car. He pays off his friends (henchmen) to keep them loyal. Yuriko believes he is royalty and feels he should be treated as such. He and Tenchi have never got along. MR. IKUKO Male, 48 years old, 5' 8" tall, about 180 pounds. He has thin black hair cut short. His eyes are brown. He is over weight. Mr. Ikuko is the schools math teacher and teaches all grades. He is highly impressed by Ryoko's performance. MS. CHISA Female, 28 years old, 5' 7" tall, about 120 pounds. She has long reddish black hair worn loose. Her eyes are a pale blue. Ms. Chisa is the schools literature teacher. She feels that true literature is written in book format and dislikes comics, cartoons, and all television shows. Neither Ayeka nor Ryoko care for her. MR. AZAKA Male, 35 years old, 5'11" tall, about 170 pounds. He has long black hair worn loose and gathered at the bottom (like Grandfather). His eyes are a steel blue. Mr. Azaka is the schools science teacher. He is working on his PHD on space and aeronautics. He is using Ryoko to help him with his research and will give her anything for her assistance. Even let her in the teacher's lounge. MS. MAKIKO Female, 32 years old, 4'10" tall, about 80 pounds. Her hair is a dark blond worn short. Her eyes are a clear blue. Ms. Makiko is teaches home economics. She is an excellent cook and very well organized. Ayeka gets a lot out of the class. Ryoko learns a little about organization but still can't grasp cooking. MS. KIYONE Female, 25 years old, 5' 11" tall, about 150 pounds. She is very athletic. Her hair is black and kept about shoulder length. Her eyes are a dark brown. She is the coach for all the girl teams and teaches gym class. The school won all of its championships this year thanks in part to Ayeka and Ryoko. MR. CUONG Male, 42 years old, 5' 9" tall, about 160 pounds. He is bald. His eyes are brown. Mr. Cuong teaches government. He was once in the Lower House. Mr. Cuong has a very laid back personality. MR. HIROSHIGI Male, 53 years old, 5" 8" tall, about 200 pounds. He has short mousy brown hair. His eyes are a light brown. He teaches business and economics at school. Mr. Hiroshigi is overweight and short-tempered. Ayeka can play him for a big teddy bear. KOIKAWA MIKIKO She looks like Misaki's twin except her hair is auburn in color. She does not have the Power of Jurai markings. Ryoko and Ryo-Ohki killed her when Koikawa's ship entered the Jurai system during Kagato's attack. She resented her sister from the day Azusa proposed to Misaki. She hated both of Misaki's children. Misaki always loved her sister and never understood why she rejected her children. SHIHOU JURAI (MONBAN) Male, 8 months younger than Yoshou (looks 25), 5' 11" tall, about 170 pounds. He wears his blue black hair long in the warrior's style. His eyes are gray. Shihou is famous throughout Jurai because of his swordsmanship. He has always been a loner and loyal to his monastery. Shihou earned his money as a bounty hunter. He gave most of his wealth back to the monastery and led a simple life. TOKU RIKICHI Male, 124 years old (looks about 20), 5' 11" tall, about 150 pounds. He wears his blue gray hair long in the warrior's style. His eyes are golden yellow. Toku was a teacher at the monastery, and has chosen to follow Shihou. MASTER Male, 812 years old (looks about 60), 5' 8" tall, about 160 pounds. He is bald. His eyes are a pale tan color. The Master has been in charge of the monastery for about 450 years. He was there when Koikawa first brought Shihou. He was sworn to secrecy about the true identity of Koikawa, Shihou, and Shihou's father. He raised Shihou as his own son. STUDENTS All the students are male from 5 to 18 years of age. They have a wide variety of skin, hair, and eye color. All of them are athletically built. MONASTERY TEACHERS All the teachers are male from 25 to 250 years of age. They have a wide variety of skin, hair, and eye color. All of them are athletically built. SHIHOU'S SOLDIERS All the soldiers are male from 18 to 100 years old. They all come from the monastery and are completely loyal to Shihou. KURUMI SAMUKAWA Male, 18 years old, 5' 11" tall, about 165 pounds. He has short light brown hair. His eyes are green. He is fresh from the academy and holds the rank of detective basic. Tends to talk too much. Screen play annotations: INT. An interior shot (i.e. inside a house or starship) EXT. An exterior shot (i.e. outside or in space) O.C. Off Camera (the character is not visible while speaking) All speaking parts are headed by the speaker's name in CAPS.