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No Need for Tenchi! (manga)

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Alternative title:
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (Japanese)
天地無用！魎皇鬼 (Japanese)
Themes: harem
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: A spin-off of Tenchi OVA 1&2, No need for Tenchi follows the usual hijinx of the Tenchi gang, as well as throwing several new characters in the mix including a Ryoko clone, and Washu's other lab assistant.
User Ratings: 120 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 9 votes (Eng:5, dub:3, sub:1)
 Excellent: 14 votes (Eng:10, dub:2, ?:1, sub:1)
 Very good: 22 votes (Eng:13, dub:8, sub:1)
 Good: 33 votes (Eng:15, sub:7, dub:5, ?:2, raw:1, others:3
2 French
1 German
)
 Decent: 18 votes (Eng:8, sub:5, dub:3, ?:1, others:1
1 French
)
 So-so: 11 votes (Eng:6, sub:3, dub:2)
 Not really good: 8 votes (Eng:7, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Bad: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (Eng:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 405 users, rank: #204 (of 7116)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.900 (Good), std. dev.: 1.8771, rank: #3796 (of 8046)
Weighted mean: 6.877 (Good), rank: #4211 (of 8046) (seen all: 7.50 / seen some: 6.74 / won't finish: 4.18)
Bayesian estimate: 6.903 (Good), rank: #2759 (of 3567)
Number of tankoubon: 12
Volumes:
#01. No Need for Tenchi!
#02. Sword Play
#03. Magical Girl Pretty Sammy
#04. Samurai Space Opera
#05. Unreal Genius
#06. Dream a Little Scheme
#07. Tenchi In Love
#08. Chef of Iron
#09. Quest for More Money
#10. Mother Planet
#11. Ayeka's Heart
#12. No Need for Endings
Vintage:
1993-11-09 to 2000-06-09 (Comic Dragon, Dec 1993 - Jul 2000)
1994-12-16 to 2000-09-27
Release dates: We have 24
Trivia: We have 1
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Press Release:
Armiger Entertainment to Re-Release Tenchi Muyo! Comics (Apr 22, 2025)
Other articles: Show:
The Complete Guide to 25 Years of Tenchi Muyo! (May 24, 2017)
Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Manga and Mega Comics (Oct 13, 2011)
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Graphic novel
    No Need for Tenchi! - Dream a Little Scheme (GN 6) 2006-02-07
    No Need for Tenchi! - Mother Planet (GN 10) 2001-11-09 (from $8.99)
    No Need for Tenchi! [2nd Ed] (GN 1) 2004-11-01 (from $5.49)
    No Need for Tenchi! [2nd Ed] (GN 2) 2005-01-01 (from $7.99)
    No Need for Tenchi! [2nd Ed] (GN 3) 2005-05-15
    No Need for Tenchi! [2nd Ed] (GN 4) 2005-08-09
    No Need for Tenchi! [2nd Ed] (GN 5) 2005-11-08
    No Need for Tenchi! [2nd Ed] (GN 6) 2006-02-14
    No Need for Tenchi! [2nd Ed] (GN 7) 2006-05-09 (from $61.54)
    No Need for Tenchi! [2nd Ed] (GN 8) 2006-08-08
    No Need for Tenchi! [2nd Ed] (GN 9) 2006-11-14
    No Need for Tenchi! [2nd Ed] (GN 10) 2007-02-13 (from $124.99)
    No Need for Tenchi! [2nd Ed] (GN 11) 2007-08-14
    No Need for Tenchi! [2nd Ed] (GN 12) 2008-02-12 (from $32.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Hitoshi Okuda
Story: Yōsuke Kuroda (Magical Girl Pretty Sammy)
Original creator: Masaki Kajishima
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten
Serialized In: Comic Dragon Jr.
English staff
English cast
Translation: Shuko Shikata

Adaptation: Fred Burke
Cover Design: Hidemi Sahara
Editing Assistant: Toshifumi Yoshida
Executive Editor: Seiji Horibuchi
Senior Managing Editor: Annette Roman
Touch-up Art & Lettering:
Dan Nakrosis
Wayne Truman
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: Viz Media
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Pika Édition
French cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Carlsen Comics
German cast
(none)
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