Ode to Ryo-Ohki

Tenchi Muyo! was not my favorite pastime anime. It doesn’t breach Top 5; hell I don’t think it would even hit my Top 10. To best honest, as an adult, I find a couple of themes that run through it are grossly misogynistic and problematic. There is only so much harem anime a bitch can take. Tenchi Muyo follows teenager Tenchi Masaki, whose peaceful existence is disrupted when he discovers he comes from a line of alien royalty and several alien women decide to live with him in his house. They soon get into all sorts of wacky shit. And in true harem definition, pretty much all these women have a crush on Tenchi. This poor dude shows very little interest in being romantically involved with any of them. However, this fact does very little in deterring them from throwing themselves at the hapless Shinto priest in-training. I guess that kind of humor just is not very entertaining to me. But one thing that I definitely reflect upon fondly, all these years later, is the ‘cabbit’(cat/rabbit hybrid) Ryo-Ohki!  

Those of you who know me personally, understand that cats are my life. I think they are one of the greatest organic creations to ever grace this universe, period. I’m not a large rabbit fan but, you know, they’re fine. They’re around, just rabbiting, being specks of prey. Now while Ryo-Ohki isn’t a feline proper, they definitely fit the mold of a cute, cuddly companion. BUT ALSO, THEY ARE A DANGEROUS AND FIERCE LITTLE COMET THAT WILL FUCK YOU UP. HARD. A bit of background info…