No Need for Tenchi!, Volume 2 (No Need for Tenchi) (ISBN 159116611X)

Book Description:
It started when high school student Tenchi freed the alien pirate Ryoko from captivity on Earth. This volume promises more trials for the young hero. Breaching the barriers of time and space, Tenchi's household mounts a rescue operation to save Ayeka and Sasami from the planet Oku II. But the force that controls Ayeka now seeks to kill Tenchi. Can he defeat his vicious nemesis?

guess I'm in the minority here...:
This book starts with what I think is a many page explanation of everything that's happened before the events of the beginning of this volume. Since this is the first volume, as far as I know, I guess that means that this is an explanation of things that happened in the series. I've never seen any of the series, something which I think crippled my enjoyment of this book. The explanation at the beginning seemed like it should have helped, but all it did was confuse me more. I had a hard time keeping track of who all the characters were, what they were, and why they were there. The rest of the book didn't explain that all for me either. I spent a lot of time vaguely interested, but mostly confused. So, if you've never heard of this before or you've never seen the series, then this is probably not the book for you.

"No Need for Endings" is not the end of Tenchi! Whew!:
No doubt about it...I love Tenchi! And I have really enjoyed the "No Need for Tenchi" series by Hitoshi Okuda. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Vol. 12 is the last of the "No Need for Tenchi" series. I was very sad to think that I wasn't going to be able to get a fresh Tenchi fix anymore! I have enjoyed the continuing adventures of Tenchi in this series so much that, as Ryoko says on the final page of the final story, "I can't imagine living apart from Tenchi...from everyone...anymore...." Then I discovered that Hitoshi Okuda has embarked upon a NEW comic series featuring Tenchi and company. Now I'm anxiously awaiting the next issue of "The All-New Tenchi Muyo!" Yippee! So get volume 12 of this great series, and enjoy -- there really is no need for endings!

No Need For Tenchi! Book 1:
Well, you're definitely going to be confused if you've never seen this series' anime version (it used to air on Cartoon Network), but it's still worth checking out even if you haven't. I am a huge fan of the Tenchi franchise but I was a bit disappointed with this manga because the storyline was different from the anime (the original 13 episodes, otherwise known as the OVA) I love so much, but it does have its good points: the artwork is among the best I've ever seen for its genre and the content is funny and interesting. (or at least to me it was) Unfortunately, I was also disappointed to find out that it had been "flopped" and was much bigger in size than the original volume, not to mention the full-color inserts had not been kept in, but I was kind of expecting that. Anyways, I really enjoyed it nonetheless and highly recommend it, although I personally think the anime is better. It was great to see this series in manga format, though.

No Need for Tenchi, volume 3:
NNfT3 contains three standalone character-driven stories. Sasami, the most popular girl in the Tenchi Muyo series, is the lead in "Wolf at the Door", reprinted in the "Tenchi Muyo: Sasami Stories". Sasami leads the rescue of an escaped wolf who's broken his leg -- and is being pursued by the neighborhood gun club. Yet another girl who's fallen in love with Tenchi appears in "The Way We Were". But she has only a few days to live and wants to make sure Ryoko and Ayeka are worthy of him -- and uses one of Washu's insane inventions to dream-test them. These stories are par for the NNfT books, but the highlight is the third storyarc, "Magical Girl Pretty Sammy", not reprinted in "Sasami Stories". At only two parts, the story has a difficult time familiarizing those who haven't seen the MGPS OVA (and why haven't you seen the OVA?!?), yet does an excellent job as the manga equivalent of a thirty-minute OVA episode. I'm expecially impressed that almost *every* MGPS character from the OVA is in this story, with enough panels to show off their bits of their character -- especially Tsunami. I was rather surprised at how well the author captured the MGPS OVA in this story, and highly recommend it for anyone who needs a MGPS fix.

No Need For Other Mangas!:
this book is great!! when i bought this Manga i thought it wouldn't be that good...now it's my Favoite Anime and Manga! you must get the whole collection! (it might be a little confusing but you'll catch up! ^_~)