OVA
Description
Ryo-Ohki is an artificial life-form created by scientist Washu Hakubi to serve as a conduit, enabling space pirate Ryoko Hakubi to access and control the power within Ryoko's three mysterious gems. This creation binds Ryo-Ohki and Ryoko as sisters, both being hybrids crafted from Washu's genetic material and a polymorphic substance called Masu. Functioning primarily as Ryoko's spacecraft and power conduit, a small gem embedded in Ryo-Ohki's forehead facilitates this connection. Seven hundred years before the main events, their combined power rivaled that of a first-generation Juraian treeship.
Ryo-Ohki possesses shape-shifting abilities, most commonly appearing as a small creature blending feline and leporine features, termed a "cabbit." This cabbit form exhibits animal-like behavior, displaying a particular fondness for carrots and maintaining a childlike mentality centered on simple desires like food and affection. Beyond this form, she transforms into a crystalline spaceship populated with control crystals. Following an incident in the OVA series, Ryo-Ohki gains the ability to assume humanoid forms: one resembling a young child and another an adult. The adult form sees rare use due to Ryo-Ohki's underdeveloped motor skills and preference for simpler forms.
Despite the technical bond with Ryoko, Ryo-Ohki forms a deep attachment to Sasami Jurai, often choosing to spend time with her. This bond extends to Sasami piloting Ryo-Ohki's mechanoid form in the *Tenchi in Tokyo* continuity, where Ryo-Ohki transforms into a large pink robotic entity. Ryo-Ohki also exhibits a non-romantic affection for Tenchi Masaki, often visualized in her thoughts as harvesting carrots together. In *Tenchi Muyo! GXP*, Ryo-Ohki gains a sibling-like relationship with another cabbit life-form named Fuku and demonstrates the newfound ability to speak human language.
Ryo-Ohki's capabilities vary across continuities. In the primary OVA timeline, she is unique and possesses significant combat potential, capable of deploying multiple elemental tactics simultaneously. Mass production of similar entities is feared by the Jurai Empire due to this inherent power. In the *Tenchi Universe* continuity, Ryo-Ohki is not unique, belonging to a species of cabbits where another named Ken-Ohki appears, implying romantic attraction between them. Within the *Pretty Sammy* OVA and television series (*Magical Project S*), Ryo-Ohki is male, speaks fluently, and serves as a magical advisor to Sasami in her transformed state, including taking a young male humanoid form. The *Sasami: Magical Girls Club* continuity retains the cabbit form and shape-shifting trait, though specifics about gender or humanoid forms remain undefined.
Ryo-Ohki's core personality remains consistent: a simple-minded focus on carrots, entertainment like dancing, and loyalty to those she bonds with, especially Sasami. Her origins, relationships, and specific capabilities are reinterpreted depending on the storyline, but the cabbit form and association with Sasami persist throughout all official media.
Ryo-Ohki possesses shape-shifting abilities, most commonly appearing as a small creature blending feline and leporine features, termed a "cabbit." This cabbit form exhibits animal-like behavior, displaying a particular fondness for carrots and maintaining a childlike mentality centered on simple desires like food and affection. Beyond this form, she transforms into a crystalline spaceship populated with control crystals. Following an incident in the OVA series, Ryo-Ohki gains the ability to assume humanoid forms: one resembling a young child and another an adult. The adult form sees rare use due to Ryo-Ohki's underdeveloped motor skills and preference for simpler forms.
Despite the technical bond with Ryoko, Ryo-Ohki forms a deep attachment to Sasami Jurai, often choosing to spend time with her. This bond extends to Sasami piloting Ryo-Ohki's mechanoid form in the *Tenchi in Tokyo* continuity, where Ryo-Ohki transforms into a large pink robotic entity. Ryo-Ohki also exhibits a non-romantic affection for Tenchi Masaki, often visualized in her thoughts as harvesting carrots together. In *Tenchi Muyo! GXP*, Ryo-Ohki gains a sibling-like relationship with another cabbit life-form named Fuku and demonstrates the newfound ability to speak human language.
Ryo-Ohki's capabilities vary across continuities. In the primary OVA timeline, she is unique and possesses significant combat potential, capable of deploying multiple elemental tactics simultaneously. Mass production of similar entities is feared by the Jurai Empire due to this inherent power. In the *Tenchi Universe* continuity, Ryo-Ohki is not unique, belonging to a species of cabbits where another named Ken-Ohki appears, implying romantic attraction between them. Within the *Pretty Sammy* OVA and television series (*Magical Project S*), Ryo-Ohki is male, speaks fluently, and serves as a magical advisor to Sasami in her transformed state, including taking a young male humanoid form. The *Sasami: Magical Girls Club* continuity retains the cabbit form and shape-shifting trait, though specifics about gender or humanoid forms remain undefined.
Ryo-Ohki's core personality remains consistent: a simple-minded focus on carrots, entertainment like dancing, and loyalty to those she bonds with, especially Sasami. Her origins, relationships, and specific capabilities are reinterpreted depending on the storyline, but the cabbit form and association with Sasami persist throughout all official media.