Family
Ryoko's lineage! See the greatness from which she descends. Possible spoilers ahead.
Washu - Mother
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She may have created Ryoko in her lab, with the likely reason so Ryoko could manifest the three sacred gems she uses to generate her stronger powers, but these two are still considered family even if Ryoko is reluctant to admit it. They have a quintessential mother-daughter relationship that is common in this day and age: constant arguments and disagreements.
Washu is the greatest scientific genius in the universe, or so she says (and considering some of her inventions this is a true self-proclamation). There's more to her past than meets the eye. Actually, Washu is a goddess-like being--literally! She, along with her sisters Tsunami and Tokimi, also fellow goddesses, is responsible for creating the universe. But she was unhappy in her current state, and decided, in order to increase her knowledge, transformed herself into a human-like being so she may live among many of the other races in the universe and increase her knowledge of the world.
She appears to be a twelve-year-old girl when she meets up with Tenchi and the gang and decides to stay with them, but she's thousands of years old (she has to be if she assisted in creating the universe and everyone and everything in it). She has the ability to change her physical appearance from that of a preteen young girl to a full-grown woman. She definitely has a quirky personality, and isn't shy to perform embarrassing experiments on her fellow housemates in the name of research. She has a cocky air about her, and is often confident in her scientific abilities to help and overcome any intergalactic problems Tenchi and the gang may face (and there's plenty!).
Washu is the greatest scientific genius in the universe, or so she says (and considering some of her inventions this is a true self-proclamation). There's more to her past than meets the eye. Actually, Washu is a goddess-like being--literally! She, along with her sisters Tsunami and Tokimi, also fellow goddesses, is responsible for creating the universe. But she was unhappy in her current state, and decided, in order to increase her knowledge, transformed herself into a human-like being so she may live among many of the other races in the universe and increase her knowledge of the world.
She appears to be a twelve-year-old girl when she meets up with Tenchi and the gang and decides to stay with them, but she's thousands of years old (she has to be if she assisted in creating the universe and everyone and everything in it). She has the ability to change her physical appearance from that of a preteen young girl to a full-grown woman. She definitely has a quirky personality, and isn't shy to perform embarrassing experiments on her fellow housemates in the name of research. She has a cocky air about her, and is often confident in her scientific abilities to help and overcome any intergalactic problems Tenchi and the gang may face (and there's plenty!).
Tsunami - Aunt
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Tsunami is the younger sister of Washu, although the older sister of Tokimi. It was Tsunami who created the planet Jurai, and she is also the strongest ship in the Juraian fleet. When Sasami was very young, she had a near-fatal fall off a tall platform. As she laid dying, the spirit of Tsunami came to her and revived her in addition to taking on some of Sasami's physical characteristics and taking refuge inside of Sasami. In the OVA when Sasami's emotions over Tenchi's safety got the better of her, she transformed into Tsunami and blocked an attack from Tokimi.
Unlike Tokimi's vengeful attitude and Washu's boisterous personality, Tsunami is a soft spoken and kind heart person, similar to Sasami. She's more of a pacifist compared to her sisters, and is willing to risk her well-being for Tenchi due to Sasami's feelings towards him.
Unlike Tokimi's vengeful attitude and Washu's boisterous personality, Tsunami is a soft spoken and kind heart person, similar to Sasami. She's more of a pacifist compared to her sisters, and is willing to risk her well-being for Tenchi due to Sasami's feelings towards him.
Tokimi - Aunt
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Tokimi, the youngest sister of Washu and Tsunami, is one of the three goddesses responsible for creating the universe and all its phenomena and anomalies. Unlike her older sisters, Tokimi at first is much more cruel and sadistic, willing to waste a life without any qualms for the greater good. But it seems at the end of the OVA series Tokimi's hardened demeanor has softened. Her unique abilities are far more destructive than those of her sister's, as she was able to destroy an entire star systems with one blast. Tokimi's role isn't too large until towards the end of the OVA, and even then some information is still discreet.
Ryo-Ohki - Sister
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In the OVA, Ryoko refers to Ryo-Ohki as her sister. A couple of theories could be formulated as to the actual meaning behind this. One could be that they have a sisterly bond due to the days when Ryoko was an active space pirate and both terrorized the galaxies. Another is that since Washu created both Ryo-Ohki and Ryoko that that is what makes them sisters. Pick your favorite pretty much.
Ryo-Ohki has the ability to transform into three different forms: her standard cabbit form where she appears more like a small animal, a humanoid young child form where she has the body of a three or four year-old little girl with a lighter shade of brown fur covering her body and cyan-colored hair along with her large ears, and another very similar to her small child form except now she has the shape of a fifteen or sixteen year-old girl. And we can't forget her most amazing transformation yet: a giant spikey space ship fully equipped with laser cannons.
Ryo-Ohki has a unique ability that she shares with Ryoko only: telekinetic communication. When Ryo-Ohki goes missing, Ryoko uses this ability to locate her and bring her home. Seeing her fear and vulnerability causes Ryoko to take on a protective older-sister complex with Ryo-Ohki, much to Sasami's jealousy. But Ryo-Ohki has such a social personality and is someone who tends to warm up to most anyone who she comes in contact with. However she is rather naive, which usually gets her into trouble (innocently so).
Ryo-Ohki has the ability to transform into three different forms: her standard cabbit form where she appears more like a small animal, a humanoid young child form where she has the body of a three or four year-old little girl with a lighter shade of brown fur covering her body and cyan-colored hair along with her large ears, and another very similar to her small child form except now she has the shape of a fifteen or sixteen year-old girl. And we can't forget her most amazing transformation yet: a giant spikey space ship fully equipped with laser cannons.
Ryo-Ohki has a unique ability that she shares with Ryoko only: telekinetic communication. When Ryo-Ohki goes missing, Ryoko uses this ability to locate her and bring her home. Seeing her fear and vulnerability causes Ryoko to take on a protective older-sister complex with Ryo-Ohki, much to Sasami's jealousy. But Ryo-Ohki has such a social personality and is someone who tends to warm up to most anyone who she comes in contact with. However she is rather naive, which usually gets her into trouble (innocently so).
Mikumo Kuramitsu - Half-Brother
Years and years ago, before Ryoko was born, Washu developed a romantic relationship with a member of the Kuramitsu family and had a son named Mikumo. Unfortunately, the Kuramitsu family did not approve of their member's (Mikamo Kuramitsu) relationship with someone with so little to no nobility in her family, and forbid him to ever see her again, which meant that he had to take their son away. Not much more is revealed in the series other than that, in fact we don't know how the child is doing presently. Actually, because of this, Ryoko has a blood-tie to a number of the Kuramitsu family members, including *drum roll* Mihoshi!
Minagi - Sister? Clone? Daughter?
Minagi, who only appears in the manga but is basically just like Zero who appeared in the OVA, is physically identical to Ryoko right down to their powers. Minagi was created by Yakage using a piece of Ryoko's DNA. Some have speculated as to what her actual tie to Ryoko is in terms of title, such as if she is her daughter, sister or just a clone. This is definitely the more complicated member of Ryoko's family, or at least her bloodline.