WashuHakubi

Full Name: Hakubi Washu
Physiological Age: 12 years
Acutal Age: Over 20,000 years
Height: 133 cm (4' 4 1/3")
Blood-type: B (?)
DOB: July 21
Hobby: Genetic engineering and science experiments of all types.
In the OVA series, Washu is the number one genius scientist of the universe, with a very complex past... Over 20,000 years old, she was trapped by Kagato inside the Souja for the last 5,000 years, and "accidently" set free by Mihoshi.
Even though she's over 20,000 years old, she still looks like a little girl. "Why?" you might ask. Almost 20,000 years ago, Washu was the top student at the Galaxy Academy (right around the time the Academy changed its name from "Imperial Science Academy" to "Galaxy Academy"), and later became the first president of the Galaxy Academy. She fell in love with someone, and they had a baby.. but that baby was taken away from her by the man's family because he was from a prestigious family and they said she wasn�t �rich� enough because the man came from a wealthy famialy.
"Lineage, social status... Why should such things matter so much? That's how grown-ups are. If that's so... I'd be happier being a child, never, ever growing up."

But what of Washu's history from before 20,000 years ago?
Before she became the number one scientist in the universe, Washu was actually a goddess, one of Tokimi's sisters. For reasons yet to be revealed Washu's position changed from a goddess to a "normal" person, and even sealed the parts of her memory that relate to being a goddess. Based on Tokimi's comments, it seems that Washu entered the lower dimension of her own free will, her reasons still uncertain.
The character background states for Tokimi to be the one who is always mysterious, so much that at times, even her sisters can't tell what she's thinking, while Washu is the free-spirited type, with Tsunami being the most gentle and kind. Still, there's a lot more to these three goddesses than we know..

And so, we wait, for the next series of the OVAs to tell us more about Washu-chan and her sisters.
In the TV Series
In the TV series, Washu was a famous mad scientist who became exiled 700 years ago, which was how she came to earth. Somehow the earthlings of that time knew Washu would be trouble (she was trapped in a cube of ice or something similar to it), and were able to seal her in a cave.. and thus the Masaki Shrine was created--to keep watch over the cave so that no one would free this "goblin." However, through the "assistance" of Aeka and Ryouko, Washuu was set free.
It should be important to note that, unlike in the OVA series, Washu does not seem to come from a divine origin, she's not Ryoko�s mother, and often her inventions are far from perfect. For these reasons, many Washu fans choose to avoid the TV series like the plague (^^;
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