No Need for Tenchi, Volumes 7 and 8

Volume 7

There's some backstory and then Washu starts up her 'love love' plan for Tenchi. Washu's plot is to have Tenchi wear something on his head that is basically cause him to be more attracted to Ryoko and Ayeka. Things don't work out the way Washu planned, though, thanks to Mihoshi's clumsiness.

A couple sales calls come over the phone so Washu redoes the phone. Now a person can listen to a sales pitch and then cause the seller's phone to explode. Tenchi tries to teach all the women the proper way to use a phone. It doesn't go well.

Then Washu comes up with a second phone, but Ryo-oh-ki gets affected by it. A giant carrot ends up in the lake.

A camera team comes to make a film about Tenchi's house but everything goes crazily for them.

Mihoshi's boss comes to check on her. He's actually coming to force her to return with him. Then there's an invasion of space bikers that Mihoshi doesn't want to kill.

The series then goes on to serialize the movie Tenchi in Love. It's about a time-changing thing so Tenchi's family will die and he won't exist in the present reality. Some of them go back in time to find out what happened and change it. There they encounter Tenchi's yet-to-be parents. The evil villain is Kain who has escaped from custody.

Kain arrives in Tokyo at the Tokyo Tower. His to-be parents are taken prisoner. The group works to save them and in the process Achika, his to-be mother, defeats Kain. Her memories, though, have to be changed to she doesn't remember (it would mess up the time line).

Volume 8

A couple of crooks steal Tenchi's wallet but Washu deals with them. She has a flying camera following him to find out what he's up to.

An experiment in Washu's lab involving Ryoko goes wrong and Ryoko loses her ability to teleport. Later Ryoko and Tenchi talk about Tenchi's mother. Mihoshi then messes up Washu's lab and one of her creatures gets loose.v

It even attacks Tenchi. Ryoko manages to save the day, though.

The next story is about the Ferrous Chef, an obvious takeoff on Iron Chef. Later the television show running the contest wants Sasami to appear. A guy associated with her competition basically asks Sasami to throw the contest. The kid's father is willing to cheat so he wins.

The first part of the contest, washing dishes, Sasami wins. She does well in the second round and goes on to the final cooking contest itself. Another contest tries to cheat by damaging Sasami's knife. Sasami wins and everything turns out well for the boy who was her main competition.

There's a bit of a flashback about Yosho, then the rest of the story section is told from his viewpoint.

A funny section concerns Yume's return and her joining the group in a hot springs. Ryoko this time causes things to go wrong and the group has to confront what appears to be an unstoppable monster.

Which turns out to be a friend of Mihoshi. Really, really cute story.