Ayeka Masaki Jurai
Ayeka Masaki Jurai is a female anime and manga character who features in Tenchi Muyo!.
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Biography
Ayeka Masaki Jurai (Japanese: 柾木 阿重霞 樹雷, Hepburn: Masaki Aeka Jurai) was a female inhabitant of the planet Jurai where she was the daughter of Emperor Azusa Masaki Jurai and his second wife Misaki Masaki Jurai. As First Princess, she was the younger half-sister of Yōshō Masaki Jurai who was the emperor's first wife who was a human woman from Earth. As she was growing up, Ayeka was enamoured with her older half-brother and in fact fell in love with him. Around this time, there was some contention over the throne of Jurai with Prince Yosho's claim being disputed by some as they opposed to his status as a half-breed. In an attempt to ease tensions, an arranged marriage was made between Prince Yosho and Princess Ayeka with such unions not being uncommon amongst the people of Jurai. Around this time centuries ago, the planet Jurai came under attack from the menacing space pirate Ryoko with Prince Yosho battling her with their fight going into space. Prince Yosho never returned with Princess Ayeka conducting a search over the course of the following centuries to find him.
During this series, she was on a search for her missing brother, Yosho. When her search led her to Earth, she didn't find her brother or his ship, but did find Ryoko.
Overview
Personality and attributes
For the most part, Ayeka is shy, demure and proper, but can become just as violent as Ryoko. When her temper is roused, Ayeka becomes very loud and aggressive, without regard for current conditions. However, she only resorts to physical aggression with Ryoko, and even these fights have diminished over time.
Ayeka was a rival of Ryoko for Tenchi's affections. Often the conflict between the two comes out of their decidedly different personalities and backgrounds, with Ryoko being more blunt, open and sexual in her attempts to gain Tenchi's love. The level of the rivalry can vary between being equatable to a pair of bickering siblings to an all-out feud. Ryoko's teasing and efforts often bring out some of Ayeka's worse aspects. However, there are times when Ayeka puts aside her rivalry whenever Tenchi is in danger, such as the battle with Kagato.
Powers and abilities
As the daughter of the emperor, she was a member of the royal family of the planet Jurai.
Ayeka possesses various superhuman powers: she can fire energy blasts, summon a very powerful forcefield, has the ability to summon guardians that also have various abilities, such as possessing arc electricity, and capturing spaceships. She also has the ability to fly at very high speeds and possesses superhuman strength.
Ayeka's spaceship is named Ryu-Oh. Unfortunately, it is damaged in a crash landing on Earth after an escape attempt by Ryoko. It did begin to regenerate, but was blown away by Kagato's ship, Sōja. However, due to help from Tsunami, Ayeka received a seed that would grow into a new Ryu-Oh.
Ryu-Oh has the ability to produce three kō-ō-yoku ("light-hawk-wings"). Ayeka had bonded with the ship shortly before Ryoko and Ryo-ohki attacked the Juraian castle, Tenju. Despite warnings made by the castle's attendants, 14-year-old Ayeka launched the young, underdeveloped ship to fend Ryoko's attacks. According to the True Tenchi Novels, "Ayeka had just finished the selection ceremony and didn't have the key to help her connect with Ryu-oh. Also her ship had just equipped, thus was not fully synchronized with the external armor, so Ayeka and Ryu-oh could not fully control the power of the Royal tree. But Ayeka did not give up and continued the battle. However, she could not help the situation just by defending herself. It was only by virtue of the second generation Royal tree's power that she could hold off the attack, and it was also because Ryo-ohki and Ryoko were just teasing her and not fighting with full power." Ayeka was also able to use the light-hawk-wings to attack (though their purpose is for defense) and was able to hit Ryo-ohki, which no other ship could do. This feat is noted by Noike when she speaks to Tenchi.
Notes
- Ayeka Masaki Jurai was created by Masaki Kajishima where she featured in the Tenchi Universe.
Appearances
- Tenchi Muyo!:
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