Tenchi Muyo!: Sasami Stories

    (Viz, 2004)
™ and © 2004 Viz Communications, Inc.

Sasami is known as a good little 8-year-old girl among the cantankerous crowd of females who surround Tenchi. But she does have a nose for trouble, as this collection of three stories attest.

First, she finds herself in the middle of a controversial wolf hunt, when she wanders away from a picnic and discovers an injured leader of the pack. Will he help her after she helps him? Next, Sasami gets on a Tokyo TV cooking show and must compete against another young contestant whose father vows to defeat all his rivals at any cost. Last, Sasami comes down with a serious case of the hiccups—will the legend that you will die after your 100th hiccup come true?

Created to capitalize on renewed TV interest in the series, this paperback comprises upbeat tales culled from three prior graphic novels plus 40 more pages of new gag comic strips from Pioneer’s fan club newsletter. Die-hard Tenchi-ites who have extra allowance money will be tempted to add this to their collection, but others will consider them surplus stories.

— Oliver Chin
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