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|title= Tenchi the Movie 2:<br /> The Daughter of Darkness
|image=[[File:Daughter of darkness US pioneer cover.jpg|250px]]<br>[[Pioneer LDC|Pioneer's]] North American DVD box cover.
|japanese=天地無用!真夏のイヴ
|romanization=''Tenchi Muyo! Manatsu no Eve''
|directedby=[[Satoshi Kimura]]
|screenplayby=[[Naoko Hasegawa]]
|starring=[[Masami Kikuchi]]<br />[[Ai Orikasa]]<br />[[Yumi Takada]]<br />[[Chisa Yokoyama]]<br />[[Yuko Mizutani]]<br />[[Yuri Amano]]<br />[[Yuko Kobayashi]]<br />[[Junko Iwao]]<br />[[Yo Inoue]]
|editedby=[[Masashi Furukawa]]<span style="font-size:75%;"> J.S.E.</span>
|musicby=[[Koh Otani]]
|production=[[AIC]]<br />[[Pioneer LDC, Inc.]]<br />[["Tenchi Muyo Manatsu no Eve" Committee]]
|distributedby='''Theatrical'''<br>{{released|Japan|[[Toei Company, Ltd.]]}}  '''Home Video'''<br>{{released|USA|[[Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P.]]}} (1998 - 2003) <br>{{released|USA|[[Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.]]}} (2004 - 2007) <br>{{released|USA|[[FUNimation Entertainment]]}} (2012 - Current)
|releasedate='''Theatrical'''<br>{{released|Japan|August 2, 1997}} '''Home Video'''<br>{{released|Japan|December 10, 1997}} (VHS, LaserDisc)<ref name="MnELDRelease">[[Media:MnE_LD%26Video_Release_Poster.png|Japanese Laserdisc & Video Release Poster]]</ref><br>{{released|USA|March 31, 1998}} (VHS, DVD, LaserDisc) <br>{{released|USA|December 18, 2012}} (Blu-ray)<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Tenchi-Muyo-Movie-Collection-Blu-ray/dp/B009B82F6Y/ref=tmm_mfc_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1642451792&sr=8-2 "Tenchi Muyo!: Movie Collection (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)"]. Amazon.com. Retrieved January 17, 2022.</ref>
|runningtime=60 minutes
|country=Japan
|language=Japanese
}}
'''''Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness''''' (stylized as '''''Tenchi the Movie 2 The Daughter of Darkness''''' and known in Japan as '''''Tenchi Muyo! Manatsu no Eve''''' (天地無用!真夏のイヴ, phonetic: ''Tenchi Muyou! Manatsu no Ibu'') is the second of three films in the ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' franchise, directed by [[Satoshi Kimura]] and written by [[Naoko Hasegawa]]. The film was released theatrically in Japan on August 2, 1997 as a [[double feature]], along with ''[[Slayers Great]]''. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19970525165559/http://www.toei.co.jp/movie/new_mov/kadokawa/index.htm "角川アニメ フェスティバル '97"]. Toei.co.jp. Archived from [http://www.toei.co.jp/movie/new_mov/kadokawa/index.htm the original]. Retrieved January 16, 2022.</ref><ref name="SlayersDoDstub">[[Media:Slayers_Great_-_TM!_DoD_Ticket_Stub.png|Slayers Great & TM! Manatsu no Eve Ticket Stub]]</ref> The film was later released in North America on home video on March 31, 1998. <ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Tenchi-Movie-2-Daughter-Darkness/dp/6304863586/ref=tmm_dvd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1642333579&sr=8-1 "Tenchi the Movie 2 - The Daughter of Darkness"]. Amazon.com. Retrieved January 16, 2022.</ref><ref name="AnimericaDoDAd">[[Media:Animerica_-_February_1998_Daughter_of_Darkness_Ad.png|Animerica - February 1998 Daughter of Darkness Ad]]</ref>

==Titles==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Title
! Language
|-
| 天地無用！真夏のイブ <ref name="PioneerDoDtitle">[[Media:Pioneer_US_DoD_DVD_JP_language_title.png|Pioneer North American DVD Japanese Language Title]]</ref>|| {{released|Japan|Japanese}}
|-
| Tenchi Muyo! Manatsu no Eve <ref name="PioneerMnEtitle">[[Media:TM_MnE_OST_poster_%26_date.jpg|Pioneer JP Soundtrack Release Poster]]</ref> || {{released|Japan|Official Japanese Romanization}}
|-
| Tenchi Muyo! Eve in Midsummer <ref name="MnEPhoneCards">[[Media:TM!_MnE_Phone_Card_group.png|Manatsu no Eve Phone Cards]]</ref> || {{released|Japan|Official Japanese English Translation}}
|-
| Tenchi Muyo! Midsummer's Eve <ref name="PioneerDoDtitle">[[Media:Pioneer_US_DoD_DVD_JP_language_title.png|Pioneer North American DVD Japanese Language Title]]</ref> || {{released|USA|Official Western English Translation}}
|-
| Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness || {{released|USA|First Official English Title}}
|-
| Tenchi Muyo! The Daughter of Darkness <ref name="FuniDoDtitle">[[Media:Funimation_US_DoD_JP_language_title.png|Funimation North American BR/DVD Japanese Language Title]]</ref> || {{released|USA|Second Official English Title}}
|-
| Tenchi Muyo! the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness <ref name="GERDoD">[[Media:SPV_DoD_German_cover.jpg|SPVision German DVD Cover]]</ref> || {{released|Germany|German}}
|-
| Tenchi-Muyo! La película 2 - La hija de la oscuridad <ref name="PioneerDoDAD">[[Media:Pioneer Spanish standup for TMIL & DoD.png|Pioneer Spanish Standup]]</ref> || {{released|Spain|Spanish}}
|-
| Chi ha bisogno di Tenchi? - The Movie - La vigilia dell'estate <ref name="ITADoD">[[Media:DoD_Italian_DVD_front.png|Dynit Italian DVD Cover]]</ref> || {{released|Italy|Italian}}
|-
| 천지무용 - 극장판 애니메이션 - 한여름의 이브 <ref name="KORDoD">[[Media:Korean_DoD_VCD_Front.png|Yuldoguk Korean VCD Cover]]</ref> || {{released|South Korea|Korean}}
|}

==Plot Summary==
In the distant past, a young prince by the name of Yosho met a young girl by the name of Yuzuha. Both  agreed to meet during Jurai’s annual Startica celebration. As the two are playing it is revealed that Yuzuha is a demon, and is driven away by the palace guards. For being scorned, Yuzuha holds onto that grudge for 700 years. After that time Yuzuha wakes up within the underworld and discovers that Yosho is alive and on Earth, celebrating Christmas with his family and all of the new additions to the household over the years. Yuzuha zeroes in on Tenchi being the center of attention and decides to send him a present. Obtaining a lock of Tenchi's hair and taking a piece of her own, Yuzuha creates a a young girl and hatches her plan.

Some time later during the summer, while walking down the steps of the shrine, Tenchi meets a teenage girl named Mayuka, who thinks he is her daddy. Tenchi takes the girl back to the house where she introduces herself as Tenchi's daughter, which shocks everyone in the household. Ryoko immediately attacks Mayuka and demands real answers, but Mayuka defends herself by summoning an energy sword of her own. Katsuhito steps in to diffuse the situation. In the midst of the confusion, Washu took a sample of Mayuka’s hair to confirm if she is truly Tenchi’s daughter and surprisingly she is.

Mayuka now becomes the intrigue of the entire household, why was she here and where did she come from? The most popular theory is that she's somehow from the future. Unbeknownst to them, Mayuka was being manipulated by Yuzuha for her own enjoyment. Being able to watch from her crystal ball, Yuzuha would take advantage of the moments where the girls were preoccupied and away from everyone to play with him and eventually try and steal him away. Before she is able to, Ryoko breaks the trance and carries Mayuka above the lake. Mayuka is brought back to the house where she once again tries to bring Tenchi to Yuzuha. Katsuhito and Washu interfere and Mayuka disappears into the forest.

Finally seeing that the time is now, Yuzuha erases Mayuka's memories and takes Sasami hostage before heading back to the underworld, which leads Tenchi and Ryoko to enter Yuzuha's realm to save them. Tenchi is warned he can't use his powers there, giving Yuzuha the advantage. Now being just a hollow shell for Yuzuha’s amusement, Mayuka attacks Ryoko and injures her. Mayuka then attacks Tenchi, but after hearing Sasami telling her that the whole group loves her, Mayuka breaks free of Yuzuha's control. Yuzuha kills Mayuka for her betrayal and transforms into a gigantic, demonic form. Ayeka appears and gives Tenchi a branch from the Tree of Light to utilize his powers. He swiftly defeats Yuzuha and she laments on her past. Returned home with only her red crystal, Washu tells everyone she can resurrect Mayuka, but only as long as everyone agrees to it. Despite Ryoko being against Mayuka at first, she  promises to train her as only she can. As the credits roll, scenes of the next Christmas appear and each of the members of the Masaki house preparing. The resurrection of Mayuka is shown, culminating in her becoming an infant.

==Cast==
{{Main|List of Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness cast members}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Role
! {{released|Japan|Japanese Actor}}
! {{released|USA|American Actor}}
! {{released|Spain|Spanish Actor}}
|-
| [[Tenchi Masaki]] || [[Masami Kikuchi]] || [[Matt K. Miller]] || [[Albert Trifol Segarra]]
|-
| [[Ryoko]] || [[Ai Orikasa]] || [[Petrea Burchard]] || [[Elisa Beuter]]
|-
| [[Ayeka Masaki Jurai|Ayeka]] || [[Yumi Takada]] || [[Jennifer Darling]] || [[Marta Barbará]]
|-
| [[Sasami Masaki Jurai|Sasami]] || [[Chisa Yokoyama]] || [[Sherry Lynn]] || [[Núria Trifol]]
|-
| [[Mihoshi Kuramitsu|Mihoshi]]|| [[Yūko Mizutani]] || [[Rebecca Forstadt]] || [[Montse Moreno]]
|-
| [[Kiyone Makibi|Kiyone]]|| [[Yuri Amano]] || [[Wendee Lee]] || [[Maria Moscardó]]
|-
| [[Washu Hakubi|Washu]]|| [[Yuko Kobayashi]] || [[Kate T. Vogt]] || [[María Pilar Quesada]]
|-
| [[Katsuhito Masaki|Katsuhito]] & [[Nobuyuki Masaki]] || [[Takeshi Aono]] || [[Bob Papenbrook]] || [[Alberto Trifol]] & <br /> [[Alex Meseguer]]
|-
| [[Mayuka]] || [[Junko Iwao]] || [[Julie Maddalena]] || [[Marta Ullod]]
|-
| [[Yuzuha]] || [[Yo Inoue]] || [[Barbara Goodson]] || [[Alicia Laorden]]
|}

==Reception==
===Contemporary Reviews (Within 5 years)===
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|myanimelist= '''7.12/10''' <ref>[https://myanimelist.net/anime/1101/Tenchi_Muyou_Manatsu_no_Eve "Tenchi Muyou! Manatsu no Eve"]. ''MyAnimeList''. Retrieved January 12, 2022.</ref> (7400+)
|animenewsnetwork= '''7/10''' <ref>[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=664 "Tenchi The Movie 2 - The Daughter of Darkness"]. ''Anime News Network''. Retrieved January 12, 2022.</ref> (900+ / Mean Average)
|animeplanet= '''3.64/5''' <ref>[https://www.anime-planet.com/anime/tenchi-the-movie-2-the-daughter-of-darkness "Tenchi The Movie 2: The Daughter Of Darkness"]. ''anime-planet''. Retrieved January 12, 2022.</ref> (3100+)
|imdb= '''6.9/10''' <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0152979/?ref_=ttmi_tt "Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness"]. ''IMDb''. Retrieved January 12, 2022.</ref> (700+)
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Akio Nagatomi reviewed the film's [[Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness (Pioneer DVD) | Pioneer DVD]] release for The Anime Cafe on April 24, 1998, and gave it "three out of five stars". Akio's review was mostly neutral, with noted praise of the directing and editing, referring to it as "surprising[ly] engrossing" saying "I was most impressed with how the edits were done; the revelation of what really transpired during Ryoko and Mayuka's confrontation above the lake is no real surprise, but was very skillfully implemented. The movie ''was'' entertaining". Though, Akio also noted that "the plot line is fairly predictable, and I found that the characterisations were getting a little wearysome." <ref>Nagatomi, Akio (April 14, 1998). [https://www.abcb.com/tenchi/ten_m002.htm "Tenchi the Movie 2 Manatsu No Eve (Daughter of Darkness)"]. ''the anime cafe''. Retrieved January 15, 2022.</ref>

Jared Wietbrock reviewed the film's [[Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness (Pioneer DVD) | Pioneer DVD]] release for Mania on February 18, 2002, and gave it an overall score of "A". Jared's review of the film was positive, praising the film for being "just plain fun" and seemingly "following the pattern of the first six OVAs". Though, Jared did note that the film felt "a little too short. Portions of the film seem rushed to me, especially the beginning." <ref>Wietbrock, Jared (February 18, 2002). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121002073419/http://www.mania.com/tenchi-muyo-daughter-darkness_article_81167.html "Tenchi Muyo: Daughter of Darkness"]. ''Mania''. Archived from [http://www.mania.com/tenchi-muyo-daughter-darkness_article_81167.html the original] on October 2, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2022.</ref>


===Retrospective Reviews (After 10+ years)===

Carlo Santos reviewed the film for Anime News Network on Jan 23, 2013 as part of a general review for FUNimation's ''[[Tenchi Muyo! The Movie Collection]]'' release. Carlo's review of the film was mostly negative, noting "Here's a perfect example of what people dislike about Tenchi: too much mindless hanging-out with the girls". Though no individual grade was given to each film, Carlo noted at the end of the review that "It may be old-fashioned and simple, but Tenchi does prove that even the tale of 'an ordinary guy surrounded by cute girls' can, from time to time, be a whole lot more." <ref>Santos, Carlo (Jan 23, 2013). [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/tenchi-muyo-the-movie-collection/bd+dvd "Tenchi Muyo! The Movie Collection BD+DVD"]. ''Anime News Network''. Retrieved January 16, 2022.</ref>

==Music==
{{Main|Tenchi the Movie 2 The Daughter of Darkness: Original Movie Soundtrack }}

Koh Otani composed the music for the film. The main theme "Manatsu no Eve" was released as a single on July 9, 1997 <ref name="MnESinglePoster">[[Media:MnE_Mariko_Nagai_Single_Release_Poster_Front.png|真夏のイヴ Mariko Nagai Single Release Poster Front]]</ref> for ¥1,020.<ref name="MnESinglePostercorner">[[Media:MnE_Mariko_Nagai_Single_Release_Poster_bottom_right_corner.png|真夏のイヴ Mariko Nagai Single Release Poster bottom right corner]]</ref> The single was produced and arranged by Masato Nakamura with lyrics and vocals by Mariko Nagai.<ref name="PioneerUSCD">[[Media:Daughter_of_Darkness_American_CD_back_of_main_book.png|Pioneer NA Soundtrack CD Book]]</ref> The soundtrack released on July 23, 1997, roughly one week before the film's release for ¥3,059. <ref name="PioneerMnEtitle">[[Media:TM_MnE_OST_poster_%26_date.jpg|Pioneer JP Soundtrack Release Poster]]</ref>

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