Jurai

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Jurai (樹雷星, Jurai-sei^?) is a planet in the AIC anime Tenchi Muyo!, and also the name of its royal family.

The Jurian empire came to be as the man who would become the first king of Jurai stumbled upon a sleeping Tsunami-kami-sama. She than guaranteed to protect the Masaki line for generations to come.It should be noted that Tsunami seemed to have been at that spot a long time, no doubt the chousin's ability to see ahead into the future.

The planet Jurai is ruled by a royal family, the Imperial House of Jurai (樹雷皇家, Jurai-ouke^?), all of whom have "Jurai" as part of their names. The most notable of them is First Princess Ayeka Masaki Jurai, who is in love with the anime's main character Tenchi Masaki. She is the daughter of the Emperor of Jurai, Azusa Masaki Jurai. Azusa Jurai's two wives are Funaho Masaki Jurai, First Queen, and Misaki Kamiki Jurai, Second Queen.

The child of Azusa Jurai and Funaho is Yosho aka Katsuhito Masaki, who is Tenchi's grandfather; the children of Azusa Jurai and Misaki are Ayeka and Sasami Masaki Jurai, who came to Earth to look for Yosho when he disappeared. In some versions the relationship between Yosho and Ayeka is stated to be more distant.

Other members of the Jurai family are Seto Kamiki Jurai, Misaki's mother, and Noike Jurai, Seto's adopted daughter.

There are four royal houses on jurai, these being - House Masaki, House Kamiki, House Tatsuki and House Amaki. Probably the most famous house is Kamiki, this being that it has the famed 'devil princess of Jurai', Seto Kamiki Jurai. Seto is also the reason House Masaki are current rulers as she stopped the house from becoming extinct when numerous members kept running away or left Jurai.

The planet Jurai is home to a species of intelligent trees (Tree of the Imperial House (皇家の樹, Ouke no ki^?)), descended from the goddess Tsunami-kami-sama. In fact the name "Jurai" is a combination of the kanji 樹 tree and 雷 thunder. These trees are capable of bestowing great powers and long life to those Juraian royals who are partnered with them, and are activated by special devices known as keys. These trees are also used to provide power to Juraian spaceships. All power supplied to the tree ships comes from Tsunami-no-ki from a subspace network.

Juraians are also feared throughout the Galaxy for their superhuman strength, as demonstrated in the True Tenchi Novels where a trained Galaxy Police officer was not considered a threat to even regular civilians.

In the Pretty Sammy spinoffs of Tenchi Muyo, the planet Jurai is instead characterized as a magical realm called Juraihelm.