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Urusei Yatsura [Lum, those obnoxious aliens]

wide-ban vol 8

ISBN4-09-122808-9

Preface

One Full Color Page.

Chapter
001

pages
003-018
ikari no ramuchan!!
[Angry Lum!!]
怒りのラムちゃん!!
Lum has just finished the muffler she has made for her darling. She's sure he'll be very happy with it. Ataru is fighting with Ten again and has just smacked him into the wall when Lum comes in and gives him the muffler. Ten is unaware of what just happened and torches Ataru and the muffler...

Chapter
002

pages
019-034
saraba onsenmaaku!!
[Farewell Onsenmark!!]
さらば温泉マーク!!
Word has it that Onsen is going to transfer to another school. The man is sitting in the principal's office to make a final request: a marathon for the students. For Ataru this is his last chance to get even for all the things Onsen has done to him. The same goes for Onsen, though. {GBL}

Chapter
003

pages
035-050
uchira no setsubun kenkamatsuri da-cha!!
[Our Setsubun is a fighting-feast!!]
うちらの節分ケンカ祭りだちゃ!!
Setsubun has been cancelled again, so Lum and Benten decide to hold it on Earth again. Lum is certain that Ataru will want to team up with Benten again, so she comes up with the idea of glueing a couple of horns to his head. He won't have much choice this time. {GBL}

Chapter
004

pages
051-066
chichi to ko no ai no barentain!!
[A father and child's Valentine of love!!]
父と娘の愛のバレンタイン!!
Ryunosuke is on her way to school (after the morning fight with her father) when a girl comes to her and gives her a chocolate heart. In the school, the only one with a pile of the stuff is Mendou again...not! Ryunosuke comes in with a truckload of it, causing Mendou to get an instant depression. Ryunosuke herself is kinda bothered with it because... Yeah, why? {GBL}

Chapter
005

pages
067-082
hissatsukenka shounen suppon no ten!!
[The certain kill boy: snapping turtle Ten]
必殺ケンカ少年、すっぽんのテン!!
It looks like Ataru and Ten will never stop fighting. Ataru manages to get Ten really mad this time: the boy is going to practice his secret technique. The next day, Ataru comes to school with his arm is bandages. Whatever it was Ten did to him, it must have been awful. {GBL}

Chapter
006

pages
083-098
anko kanashiya, koi no aji
あんこ悲しや、恋の味!?
Lum flies into Ran, who is just buying 50 portions of taiyaki. She asks her if she is going on a date with Rei. Ran isn't very coopertative and the conversation quickly results in Ran's usual paranoid accusations. On her date, Rei kisses her for the first time (sort of) and she can't wait to see Lum's reaction when she will tell her the news. {GBL}

Chapter
007

pages
099-114
kienai ruujumajikku!!
[Lasting rouge-magic!!]
きえないルージュマジック!!
Ah, the wonders of advanced technology: it's even possible to make lipstick that will attract someone to you...their lips anyway. Ataru refuses to have it put on him. Men and lipstick don't match. Not until he finds out what it can do anyway. {GBL}

Chapter
008

pages
115-130
maibotsu kyoushitsu!!
[Buried classroom!!]
埋没教室!!
Ten's habit of breathing fire whenever he gets angry gets him into deep trouble this time: he burns down a greenhouse in which one of the schools' clubs grows it's tomatoes. A few right words from Ataru quickly changes their feelings of forgiveniss and they bury him between the vegetables. Lum doesn't show much sympathy for him either. {GBL}

Chapter
009

pages
131-146
adesugata sakura no o-harai!!
[Charming Sakura's exorcism]
艶姿桜の御はらい!!
Ten offers to help Sakura to dust off her things, but she refuses to let him do it on the grounds that the stuff is too important. She has to go answer a phonecall and ask him to to keep watch. Thanks to the cat Tarojima Ten screws up again. When Sakura comes back she has to put everything back in order. It's all still there, except for one thing...

Chapter
010

pages
147-162
hanami desumatchi
[Hanami deathmatch]
花見デスマチ
[NO:15]
No synopsis.

Chapter
011

pages
163-178
omoide boroboro!?
[Tattered memories!?]
思い出ボロボロ!?
While on her way back home from the bath Ryunosuke sees Ten sleeping on a tree branch. She takes him home and by way o thanks Lum offers her to stay and have dinner with them. For Ryunosuke this is the first time she's had such good food and she's starts wondering obout her own mother.

Chapter
012

pages
179-194
omoide no arubamu
[Memory Lane]
思い出のアルバム
Ryunosuke is dreaming about her mother. The woman is hiding her face behind her hands. When The woman takes her hands away she reveals the face of...her father! Okay, it was just a nightmare, but there's got to be a photoalbum with her mother's picture in it somewhere, right? {GBL}

Chapter
013

pages
195-210
mijimekko, shuutarou!!
[Pitiful child, Shutaro!!]
みじめっ子、終太郎!!
Mendou desperately wants to get rid of his fear of the dark. Up until now all his efforts have been vain. He asks some of his (very worried) friends over to help him. Lum comes up with a solution: go back in time and find out why he's become so afraid of the dark. {GBL}

Chapter
014

pages
211-226
gyakujou, shuutarou!!
[Madness, Shutaro]
逆上、終太郎!!
It's not every day that you're the subject of someone's sadistical passtime, especially when it's your younger self doing it under the guidance of the one you dislike the most. In any case, the girls are getting ready to come to the rescue. And we're finally going to find out why Mendou is scared of dark, cramped spaces. {GBL}

Chapter
015

pages
227-242
kosmo tiichaa CAO-2/wakusei kyoushi CAO-2
[Cosmo teacher CAO-2]
惑星教師CAO-2
Flashback: Lum's school when she was still a kid. She and Benten aren't paying attention and are punished for it by the teacher. They want to get back to him but even a 500t weight can't harm him. In the end, they can finally get rid of him... {GBL}

Chapter
016

pages
243-258
muga no myouyaku!!
[The self effacement miracle drug!!
無我の妙薬!!CH17
Cherry is busy making another one of his potions: this one should be able to separate your soul from your body. Sakura obviously doesn't want to eat of it so he gives it to an unaware Kotatsu-neko so he can test it. The cat doesn't seem to really trust Cherry either and gives Ataru a piece to see what the effect on him is. {GBL}

Chapter
017

pages
259-274
tonchan no kakeochi!
[Ton's defeat]
トンちゃんの駆け落ち!
Ton is after Mendou again. He wants to let him know he's coming by means of a message attached to an arrow but isn't strong enough to handle the bow so his donkey has to take over. Unfortunately for Ton, the message is intercepted by Ryoko, who immediately goes to warn her brother. {GBL}

Chapter
018

pages
275-290
yoru o futari de!!
[just the two of us tonight]
夜を二人で!!
Ataru's parents are going on a trip. This is something he has a lot of problems with since the only other person in the house who can cook is Lum, and we all know how that'll taste. His friends are having problems with it as well. Ataru and Lum together? Alone? No way!

Chapter
019

pages
291-306
akogare o mune ni!! sono 1
あこがれを胸に!!その1
Ryuunosuke is determined to buy herself a bra this time. There's just one problem: she doesn't have enough money to buy one! And her father sure knows where to hide his cash. Shinobu is having some problems all of her own: she's being followed by some fish-lipped guy who keeps shouting he loves her. {GBL}

Chapter
020

pages
307-320
akogare o mune ni!! sono 2
あこがれを胸に!!その2
[NO:20]
No synopsis.

Chapter
021

pages
321-336
misu tomobiki kontesuto; yobisen
[Miss Tomobiki contest; prelimanaries]
ミス友引コンテスト;予備選
Once again Onsen has to interrupt his classes because his students are busy doing something else. This time all the boys are voting who's the most beautiful girl. Strangely enough, the school principal (where'd he come from) isn't opposed to the idea, unlike the girls, who think judging a woman just by her looks is...well, you know. {GBL}

Chapter
022

pages
337-352
misu tomobiki kontesuto; honsen
ミス友引コンテスト;本選
The girls got what they wanted: they won't be judged on just their looks any more. Actually, Ataru's idea of the whole thing look suspiciously much like a wrestling ring and, er, an "intelligence" test of some sort. In the meantime Ran is planning to make Lum look ridiculous. {GBL}

Chapter
023

pages
353-368
misu tomobiki kontesuto; mizugi shinsa
[Miss Tomobiki contest; the swimming suit inspection]
ミス友引コンテスト;水着審査
Okay, so Ran's plan to ridicule Lum has failed. Lum gave her swimming suit to Ryuunosuke, who is still getting ready. She's thwarted again by her father: the man just won't let her wear anything realted to girl's clothing. They end up fighting it out in the ring. And right before the contest really begins we see Ran kissing the others (except for Lum).

Chapter
024

pages
369-384
misu tomobiki kontesuto; tatakau onnatachi
[Miss Tomobiki contest; fighting women]
ミス友引コンテスト;戦う女たち
Next stage in the Miss Tomobiki contest: the fighting part. All the opponents are animals: a gorilla and a chain-wielding bear to name but a few. Will the "defenseless" ladies be able to stand their ground against these ferocious animals, knowing that Ran has stolen their youth? {GBL}

Chapter
025

pages
385-400
misu tomobiki kontesuto; kekka happyuou
[Miss Tomobiki contest; final announcement]
ミス友引コンテスト;結果発表
Ran saw that they were going to loose if she didn't return the girls' youth. That is what she is doing now by kissing them a second time (they are even more reluctant now). Due to Ran's doing the girls had some initial troubles but now they're making minced meat out of their opponents. It's the final stretch before the winner can be announced. {GBL}
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