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- Despite having awful tan lines, Kiyone gets plenty of cheers from the crowd when she's on display for a beauty contest. For a character that has to put up with Mihoshi and is kind of a Chew Toy, it's nice to see her get something good. There are even tears in her eyes.
- Tenchi Muyo In Love:
- Tenchi seeing Achika in 1970, disobeying Washu's orders so he could see his mother for the first time in years.
- Pretty much any scene involving Achika and Nobuyuki's blossoming relationship. Achika learning about Nobuyuki's dream to be an architect and giving him advice on the dream house he is designing (which will become the Masaki house). Nobuyuki recording Achika with his movie camera and learning her dream to be a bride. Achika looking after the hospitalized Nobuyuki.
- 1979 Katsuhito and an older Nobuyuki (holding his infant son) walk around the Masaki Shrine discussing the present situation (Achika's eventual return from the hospital after giving birth, Nobuyuki's career progress, Nobuyuki's plan to build the dream house for his family). Nobuyuki asks Katsuhito to name his son. Guess what?
- The final scene between Tenchi and Ryoko, in "Tenchi Forever", mirrors the one between his parents at the end of the first film ("Tenchi in Love") - from the location to the dialog, and ends with a sepia toned still frame of them together (from 2:10-3:43).
- In "No Need For Memories!" in Tenchi Universe:
- Katsuhito comments to Nobuyuki about their close relationship despite being in-laws. They then make a veiled comment about how they used to hate the snow (it snowed on the day they lost the woman who was Katsuhito's daughter & Nobuyuki's wife), but don't hate it anymore.
- Tenchi awakens from his fever to see Sasami sleeping beside his bed. He puts a blanket on her, thanking her.
- Sasami follows Tenchi to his mother's grave, admonishing him for being out despite his sickness. Tenchi admits that he was feeling bad, but he feels good now.
- The final scene in Tenchi Universe, in which Ryoko is revealed to have survived and has returned to earth to win Tenchi's heart for herself. And, as she points out, the other members of the Masaki household - who, at this point, had moved on to other things - won't be that far behind her. Things are getting back to a crazy kind of normal...and Tenchi's perfectly fine with that.
- One Kajishima-penned doujinshi has Washu transfer Ryoko's consciousness into a child version of her body, apparently just on a whim. They're both surprised when things turn emotional as they find themselves making up for lost time.
