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Utsutsumi Kamiki Jurai (神木 内海 樹雷, Kamiki Utsutsumi Jurai) is the Head of the Royal House Kamiki, in the empire of the planet, Jurai. He is the husband of the commander of the Juraian Fleet, Lady Seto and father to 2nd Empress, Misaki Masaki Jurai.

Background

In a conversation with Seina (in the GXP anime), Utsutsumi says that, back during their academy days, Lady Seto had given him a choice: marriage or death, and that he chose the harder route out of habit.[1] The fuller canon story is described in True Tenchi Muyo! Volume 2: Yosho. When he was 9 years old, the headmaster of the Jurai Military Academy asked him to find Seto, who was skipping out on the entrance ceremony. He found her napping in a garden and tripped and fell on her. She decided to tease the boy (Seto was said to be 4500 years old at the time), feigned weakness and accused him of attacking her and groping her breasts. She told him he had no choice but to marry her. He ran away terrified. But 130 years later, he told her that he would take responsibility and proposed. She burst out laughing, but accepted.

Truthfully, his wife is much more powerful than him, and the emperor that preceded Azusa even wanted her to take over as ruler of Jurai, but she never desired to be in the forefront of power and not only turned down the emperor, but also gave the Head of House Kamiki position to Utsutsumi.

Though he is one of the few that feels free to call Seto "That Old Hag," he seems quite in love with her. Though part of him still fears "The Devil Princess of Jurai", as much as the rest of the galaxy does. He tells Seina that he's glad that Seto has put all of her interest in him and has gotten off of his back, something echoed later on by his adopted-daughter, Noike.

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At one point he held a grudge against Azusa, for choosing Funaho over Misaki as first empress, but after Funaho proved her worth to him (by beating him badly in a fight) he made up with him. In the anime, he and son-in-law worked closely trying to locate a missing Jurai tree seed, later recovered from the clutches of Tarant Shank by Seina. He also accompanied Azusa when Kiriko was bonded with her tree Mizuki. He is also seen in the final episode of the GXP anime, practicing a speech he was to give at Seina's wedding, before it was disrupted.

  1. Old Reveals and New Deals
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