The show centers on a young couple that are thrown together by circumstances out of their control. He's an 18-year-old student with a rare medical condition that causes him to fall asleep at the drop of a hat and she's an intergalactic observer for the Galaxy Police that he stumbled upon at an inopportune moment. He's forced to marry her or he'll disappear. The quirk is that she's his teacher, they must keep the marriage a secret, and they aren't sharing marital bliss (if you catch my drift) as well as one of his fellow students has a crush on him and he doesn't know what to do about it all.

Episode 11: Teacher:
Kei, while in a standstill brought on by the events of the last episode, works out a number of issues in his subconscious mind. Mizuho, using her advanced technology, enters his mind in order to see if she can help. She comes to the realization that the only way she can help Kei is to remove all traces of her existence from his memory (and those around him).

Episode 12: Teacher Once Again:
Mizuho, in a hearing in front of her superiors, is found guilty of various crimes and banished from service as an observer of the life forms on Earth. A year passes by and she is re-integrated as a teacher at the school but no one knows her due to the memory procedures that took place. In short, it's a chance to start all over again.

Episode 13: Secret Couple:
Mizuho's mother and sister visit yet again and complicate the situation on Earth. All three vie for Kei's attention and the situation gets out of hand before the two visitors leave. I'd expect no less from the two considering they are constantly on the prowl and they elevated the volume enough to keep the rating as high as it was.

My biggest gripe about this set of episodes was how the show all but started over again after the exposition episodes (#11 & 12). While I was glad the science fiction aspects returned in full force, they were mostly window dressing and the show once again dipped into familiar territory by essentially re-inventing the wheel. With only three episodes and a lack of character development, I felt a rating of Rent It was the fairest way to go here. Aside from the problem with the subtitles, the anime looked like it was lower budget with less movement on screen and the same old romance stuff happening every episode. I just hope the next volume picks up the pace a bit. Don't get me wrong, I think the romantic comedies in anime are cute, but when the elements get repetitive, it weakens the outcome more than it should.

Picture: The picture was presented in 1.33:1 ratio full frame color. It looked very clear with few, if any, problems. I saw no artifacts, compression problems, or other transfer related issues.

Sound: The audio was presented with a choice between Dolby Digital stereo English or Japanese with English subtitles. I really liked the music track and the Japanese audio was almost as good as the English dub (both were solidly produced).

Extras: The extras were a short music video, trailers, textless opening and closing, a design gallery, dvd credits and a double sided dvd cover with an insert.

Final Thoughts: I like the Tenchi aspects of the show (if you hate Tenchi, you'll probably hate this one too) but with an emphasis on the romance here and not the action, I think it's designed to appeal to a very limited market. That market is one that enjoys seeing nonsensical emotional outbursts when the characters get caught in the multitude of misunderstandings that took place. It's not a bad series and as a lower priced release, I'd have felt more comfortable giving it a higher rating. The technical values were pretty solid and the content isn't bad, just repetitive at times. If you're unfamiliar with the show, you'll probably do better to rent Volume 1 before buying this one.