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''[[Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari]]'' (also called ''Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar'') is a [[Canon]] [[Spin-Off]] of the ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' [[OVA]] series, and takes place 15 years after ''[[Tenchi Muyo! GXP]]''. The main character, Kenshi, is Tenchi's half brother and depicts him being forcefully taken from his home and his family by unknown forces, and sent to a new [[Alternate Universe]] on a planet called "Geminar". There are a few thinly-veiled references and nods to the ''Tenchi Muyo'' series while [[Omake]] material released in Manga, Novel and Doujinshi formats expands the series and further fleshes out the overall story (something Masaki Kajishima is well known for).
''[[Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar]]'' (''Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari'') is a [[Canon]] [[Spin-Off]] of the original ''[[Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki]'' [[OVA]] series, and takes place 15 years after ''[[Tenchi Muyo! GXP]]''. The main character, Kenshi, is Tenchi's younger half brother and the anime depicts him being forcefully taken from his home and his family by unknown forces, and sent to a new [[Alternate Universe]] on a planet called "Geminar". There are a few thinly-veiled references and nods to the ''Tenchi Muyo'' series while [[Omake]] material released in Manga, Novel and Doujinshi formats expands the series and further fleshes out the overall story (something Masaki Kajishima is well known for).


At the beginning of the show Kenshi has been told he needs to help with an assassination plot in return for going home. The target of assassination is the newly-crowned queen of one of the lands in this world. When faced with killing a girl roughly the same age as him he can't do it. Eventually, he ends up being a servant of the queen while she is attending a super elite school that serves both the nobility and the pilots for the somewhat organic looking super robots. Being the little brother of the guy who pretty much made the [[Harem Genre]] what it is today, it doesn't take long before the good ole [[Chick Magnet|Masaki-charm]] goes to work. Soon, Kenshi is being chased by almost every girl in the school... literally.
At the beginning of the show Kenshi has been told he needs to help with an assassination plot in return for going home. The target of assassination is the newly-crowned queen of one of the lands in this world. When faced with killing a girl roughly the same age as him he can't do it. Eventually, he ends up being a servant of the queen while she is attending a super elite school that serves both the nobility and the pilots for the somewhat organic looking super robots. Being the little brother of the guy who pretty much made the [[Harem Genre]] what it is today, it doesn't take long before the good ole [[Chick Magnet|Masaki-charm]] goes to work. Soon, Kenshi is being chased by almost every girl in the school... literally.
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* [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]]: [[Justified Trope|Justified]] due to the fact that many world leaders' children go to this school. {{spoiler|One episode they elect Kenshi to the school government just so that everyone's attention will be on him and they can actually get work done.}}
* [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]]: [[Justified Trope|Justified]] due to the fact that many world leaders' children go to this school. {{spoiler|One episode they elect Kenshi to the school government just so that everyone's attention will be on him and they can actually get work done.}}
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* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Emera to Dagmyer.
* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Emera to Dagmyer.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Aura's father.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Aura's father.
* [[Book Ends]]: The series begins and ends with screens of text representing a conversation between two unknown individuals who seem to be responsible of Kenshi's transportation to Geminar, suggesting that it is some kind of test or [[Rite of Passage]] for him. (The general opinions among the fandom is that the two "voices" are Washuu and Tokimi or Washuu and Kenshi's mother Reia, but there is no conclusive evidence either way.)
* [[Bookie]]: In episode 7, Lashara tries to run a bookmaking operation on a school-wide athletic competition and bungles it, ending up in the red when she has to make payouts on a large number of bets.
* [[Bookie]]: In episode 7, Lashara tries to run a bookmaking operation on a school-wide athletic competition and bungles it, ending up in the red when she has to make payouts on a large number of bets.
* [[Cast as a Mask]]: Used as a red herring when Mexiah had the same voice actress as the mysterious masked woman Neizai who tended to show up when Mexiah disappeared. {{spoiler|Mexiah was actually the alter ego of Doll (different actress), and Neizai was actually Reia Second (different actress). The show actually throws a red herring in the [[Wham! Episode]], when Ulyte talks to Neizai while the camera shows a closeup of Mexiah with [[Mind Control Eyes]]... with her mouth conveniently obscured.}}
* [[Cast as a Mask]]: Used as a red herring when Mexiah had the same voice actress as the mysterious masked woman Neizai who tended to show up when Mexiah disappeared. {{spoiler|Mexiah was actually the alter ego of Doll (different actress), and Neizai was actually Reia Second (different actress). The show actually throws a red herring in the [[Wham! Episode]], when Ulyte talks to Neizai while the camera shows a closeup of Mexiah with [[Mind Control Eyes]]... with her mouth conveniently obscured.}}
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* [[Chekhov's Gag]]: Wahanly creates a generator for the training [[Powered Armor]] to use it to chase Kenshi down in the fifth episode. {{spoiler|The modified armor gets used for guerilla warfare in the last episode.}}
* [[Chekhov's Gag]]: Wahanly creates a generator for the training [[Powered Armor]] to use it to chase Kenshi down in the fifth episode. {{spoiler|The modified armor gets used for guerilla warfare in the last episode.}}
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Kenshi of course.
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Kenshi of course.
** Due to cooking skills, strength/speed, and all around niceness.
** Due to cooking skills, strength/speed, and all-round niceness.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Lashara when she actually sees affection that might get Kenshi from under her thumb (especially involving her [[The Rival|Rival]]). Chiaia whenever Kenshi appears too happy. Both whenever there's something to blame or exploit.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Lashara when she actually sees affection that might get Kenshi out from under her thumb (especially involving her [[The Rival|Rival]]). Chiaia whenever Kenshi appears too happy. Both whenever there's something to blame or exploit.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: the various Seikijin have colors and outward appearances dependent on who is piloting them.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: the various Seikijin have colors and outward appearances dependent on who is piloting them.
* [[Conveniently Unverifiable Cover Story]]: Lashara and Chiaia decide to hide Kenshi's connection to the white Seikijin that attacked the ''Swan'' in the first episode by having him serve as one of Lashara's servants. Instead of revealing he's from another dimension (which would basically ruin the deception by itself), Kenshi hides his unfamiliarity with the customs of the world of Geminar by claiming to be from "Kouchi" -- the highlands above the Draft of Ena which powers the Seikijin and the other [[Magitek]], and whose residents are conveniently isolated socially as well as physically.
* [[Conveniently Unverifiable Cover Story]]: Lashara and Chiaia decide to hide Kenshi's connection to the white Seikijin that attacked the ''Swan'' in the first episode by having him serve as one of Lashara's servants. Instead of revealing he's from another dimension (which would basically ruin the deception by itself), Kenshi hides his unfamiliarity with the customs of the world of Geminar by claiming to be from "Kouchi" -- the highlands above the Draft of Ena which powers the Seikijin and the other [[Magitek]], and whose residents are conveniently isolated socially as well as physically.
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* [["Happy Ending" Massage]]: Turns out Kenshi's massages give the girls this feeling as an aftereffect.
* [["Happy Ending" Massage]]: Turns out Kenshi's massages give the girls this feeling as an aftereffect.
* [[Honey Trap]]: Maria persuades Yukine into trying to set one for Kenshi, to both [[Shipper on Deck|help her bodyguard win Kenshi's heart]] and [[Schoolgirl Rival|put one over on Lashara]].
* [[Honey Trap]]: Maria persuades Yukine into trying to set one for Kenshi, to both [[Shipper on Deck|help her bodyguard win Kenshi's heart]] and [[Schoolgirl Rival|put one over on Lashara]].
* [[Horrendous Home Remedy]]: The tea Kenshi provides to Lithia is both delicious and healing, but most of the other girls react with horror and disgust when he shows them the "raw" ingredients, including a lizard, beetles, and several noxious-looking fungi and plants. Overlaps into [[I Ate What?]] when they realize that Kenshi ''also'' used them in the delicious stew they just ate.
* [[Horrendous Home Remedy]]: The tea Kenshi provides to Ulyte and Lithia is both delicious and healing, but most of the other girls react with horror and disgust when he shows them the "raw" ingredients, including a lizard, beetles, and several noxious-looking fungi and plants. Overlaps into [[I Ate What?]] when they realize that Kenshi ''also'' used them in the delicious stew they just ate.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: King of Shurifon, who's chewing the scenery in almost all his scenes. Quite an unusual behavior for an ''elf''.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: King of Shurifon, who's chewing the scenery in almost all his scenes. Quite an unusual behavior for an ''elf''.
* [[Hot for Student]]: Mexiah {{spoiler|and maybe "Ulyte"}} for Kenshi.
* [[Hot for Student]]: Mexiah {{spoiler|and maybe "Ulyte"}} for Kenshi.
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* [[I Ate What?]]: The reaction of most of the girls when they realize that the flavor of Kenshi's delicious stew is due to it sharing some disgusting ingredients with the [[Horrendous Home Remedy]] he made for Lithia.
* [[I Ate What?]]: The reaction of most of the girls when they realize that the flavor of Kenshi's delicious stew is due to it sharing some disgusting ingredients with the [[Horrendous Home Remedy]] he made for Lithia.
* [[I Didn't Mean to Turn You On]]: Kenshi is a rather bizarre case. In episode 3, Mexiah somehow brainwashes him to make him turn into a "berserker massage machine" at her command. Then she gets Wahan, Aura, Lithia, Yukine, and various other girls to help him practice without getting into the specifics. Afterwards, all of them are left in states of heightened arousal and sensitivity; in Yukine's case, ''just being lightly tapped on the back'' nearly triggered an orgasm. In episode 6, Lashara and Maria trigger his "massage machine" state again to get payback from Queen Flora for their earlier humiliations in that episode -- knowing only that Kenshi's massages leave girls "paralyzed", and not the nature of said "paralysis". This backfires on them; they are forced to stay up all night to make sure Flora didn't take things any further, {{spoiler|and from that moment on Flora has an [[Shotacon|interest]] in poor Kenshi}}.
* [[I Didn't Mean to Turn You On]]: Kenshi is a rather bizarre case. In episode 3, Mexiah somehow brainwashes him to make him turn into a "berserker massage machine" at her command. Then she gets Wahan, Aura, Lithia, Yukine, and various other girls to help him practice without getting into the specifics. Afterwards, all of them are left in states of heightened arousal and sensitivity; in Yukine's case, ''just being lightly tapped on the back'' nearly triggered an orgasm. In episode 6, Lashara and Maria trigger his "massage machine" state again to get payback from Queen Flora for their earlier humiliations in that episode -- knowing only that Kenshi's massages leave girls "paralyzed", and not the nature of said "paralysis". This backfires on them; they are forced to stay up all night to make sure Flora didn't take things any further, {{spoiler|and from that moment on Flora has an [[Shotacon|interest]] in poor Kenshi}}.
* [[If It's You It's Okay]]: The girls like Kenshi so much they are willing to let him wash their backs, as in Hotsprings bath.
* [[If It's You It's Okay]]: The girls like Kenshi so much they are willing to let him wash their backs, as in hot springs bath.
* [[In Medias Res]]: The action starts with Kenshi already in Geminar and pressed into service as a mecha pilot/assassin for the bad guys. We never find out how he got there (although there are tantalizing hints at the beginning of the first episode and the end of the last) or how the bad guys got their hands on him.
* [[Karmic Death]]: In episode 11, {{spoiler|Cliff kidnaps Ceres and Hazuki and [[I Have Your Wife|uses Hazuki]] to force Ceres to become an [[Action Bomb]] in a bid to kill Kenshi}}. Needless to say, {{spoiler|Cliff meets his end less than halfway through the episode}}. Also a case of [[Laser-Guided Karma]]. {{spoiler|Dagmyer}}, who reluctantly approved of the plan in the first place, {{spoiler|suffers a milder karmic punishment in the form of a [[Freak-Out]] and [[Villainous Breakdown]] that he doesn't recover from until the end of the ''next'' episode}}.
* [[Karmic Death]]: In episode 11, {{spoiler|Cliff kidnaps Ceres and Hazuki and [[I Have Your Wife|uses Hazuki]] to force Ceres to become an [[Action Bomb]] in a bid to kill Kenshi}}. Needless to say, {{spoiler|Cliff meets his end less than halfway through the episode}}. Also a case of [[Laser-Guided Karma]]. {{spoiler|Dagmyer}}, who reluctantly approved of the plan in the first place, {{spoiler|suffers a milder karmic punishment in the form of a [[Freak-Out]] and [[Villainous Breakdown]] that he doesn't recover from until the end of the ''next'' episode}}.
** This is a borderline example, since {{spoiler|Kenshi did throw Cliff off a cliff}}. However, since {{spoiler|it was Cliff's scheme that sent Kenshi into [[Unstoppable Rage]] in the first place}} it still fits.
** This is a borderline example, since {{spoiler|Kenshi did throw Cliff off a cliff}}. However, since {{spoiler|it was Cliff's scheme that sent Kenshi into [[Unstoppable Rage]] in the first place}} it still fits.
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* [[Unlucky Everydude]]: Kenshi ''appears'' to be this at first, what with the whole "launched into a strange world [[Unwanted Harem|surrounded by crazy women]] thing...[[God Mode Sue|until he starts proving how]] ''[[God Mode Sue|vastly]]'' [[God Mode Sue|superior he is to almost everyone around him.]] The funny thing is that as he mentions himself, he isn't used to this, since [[Overshadowed by Awesome|he was always weak compared to the outrageously powerful "sisters" he grew up with]]. However, put in a more "downscaled" environment, only Doll and the strongest dark elves even come close to his abilities.
* [[Unlucky Everydude]]: Kenshi ''appears'' to be this at first, what with the whole "launched into a strange world [[Unwanted Harem|surrounded by crazy women]] thing...[[God Mode Sue|until he starts proving how]] ''[[God Mode Sue|vastly]]'' [[God Mode Sue|superior he is to almost everyone around him.]] The funny thing is that as he mentions himself, he isn't used to this, since [[Overshadowed by Awesome|he was always weak compared to the outrageously powerful "sisters" he grew up with]]. However, put in a more "downscaled" environment, only Doll and the strongest dark elves even come close to his abilities.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Subverted. Kenshi's rage does give him the power to escape from a deadly trap on his own and grants his Seikijin increased strength, but it also causes the mecha to reach its operational limits even faster.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Subverted. Kenshi's rage does give him the power to escape from a deadly trap on his own and grants his Seikijin increased strength, but it also causes the mecha to reach its operational limits even faster.
* [[Unwanted Harem]]: It ''is'' a ''Tenchi'' spinoff, after all.
* [[Unwanted Harem]]: It ''is'' a ''Tenchi'' spinoff, after all. Kenshi manages to top his big brother by unintentionally getting a good ''couple hundred'' girls after him.
* [[Villain Decay]]: If he didn't [[Kick the Dog]] so many times, you'd almost feel sorry for {{spoiler|Dagmyer}}.
* [[Villain Decay]]: If he didn't [[Kick the Dog]] so many times, you'd almost feel sorry for {{spoiler|Dagmyer}}.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Dagmyer}} has one spanning most of the series due to growing fear and resentment of Kenshi. It culminates in a [[Freak-Out]] and complete mental collapse in episode 11 {{spoiler|after Kenshi goes ''[[Unstoppable Rage|berserk]]'' in his Seikishi, brutally kills one of his comrades, and nearly does the same to Dagmyer, scaring him shitless}}.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Dagmyer}} has one spanning most of the series due to growing fear and resentment of Kenshi. It culminates in a [[Freak-Out]] and complete mental collapse in episode 11 {{spoiler|after Kenshi goes ''[[Unstoppable Rage|berserk]]'' in his Seikishi, brutally kills one of his comrades, and nearly does the same to Dagmyer, scaring him shitless}}.
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