Tenchi Muyou!
	Ryououki
Episode 1
translated by Hiromi Hasegawa

Note: Ten=Heaven, Chi=Earth, Muyou=unnecessary, 
useless
	So, "Tenchi Muyou"=No Heaven & Earth

chracters:
Jicchan--speaks rather formally and rigidly
Tenchi Masaki
Amagasaki
Ryouko

[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. :)

