S2E23
Boy Meets Girl: I Want You When I Can't Have You
うる星やつら
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First aired 14/Oct/2022
Japan
Japanese
2 season(s)
69 episode(s)
Tokyo, Tomobiki Town. Lum, the gorgeous princess of the invading alien race of Oni is smitten with high school student Ataru Moroboshi. A dedicated womanizer, Ataru is unfazed by Lum’s fierce electric shock attacks and continues his daily hunt for pretty girls. With a host of other unique characters, including girl-next-door Shinobu, elegant shrine maiden Sakura, Lum’s best friends Oyuki, Benten, and Ran, Buddhist Monk Cherry, Ten, the little brat, heir to a wealthy family Shutaro Mendo and the masculine beauty Ryunosuke…it's a classic slapstick love comedy where anything goes!
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 2 · Season 2
Season Overview
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S2E22
Boy Meets Girl: Crooked Heart
S2E21
Boy Meets Girl: Are You Really Getting Married?
S2E20
Boy Meets Girl: The Morning of Farewell
S2E19
Lum's Wrath / Steal My Heart
S2E18
Flower Petals of Love and Courage
S2E17
One Night's Battle / Deadly Peril in the Classroom
S2E16
Nagisa's Fiancé / The Fairy's Parasol
S2E15
A Stormy Date: Part 2
S2E14
Asuka Returns / A Stormy Date: Part 1
S2E13
Wretched Shutaro!!
S2E12
L♥vely Darling in Danger!! / Foxes in the Moonlight / The Home Visit Blues: Mark Onsen Goes to Space
S2E11
The Case of the Battered Principal / The Secret Flower Garden / The Home Visit Blues: Hellish Moroboshi Edition
S2E10
Haunted Mendo / Last Date
S2E9
Open the Door: Part 2 / The Home Visit Blues: Prohibitive Miyake Edition
S2E8
Open the Door – Part 1
S2E7
Eerie Earmuffs / Family Tree
S2E6
Kotatsu Love / Lum Becomes a Cow / The Home Visit Blues: Luxurious Mendo Edition
S2E5
The Continuation of: That Mizunokoji Girl
S2E4
Love Thief / That Mizunokoji Girl
S2E3
Electric Jungle
S2E2
Trickle of Memories / Album of Memories / The Home Visit Blues: Feuding Fujinami Edition
S2E1
Fantasy Balloon Gum / Love Knows No Barriers
Season 1 · Season 1
Season Overview
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S1E46
Boy Meets Girl: I Want You When I Can't Have You
Summary
With the fate of the Earth on the line again, Lum and Ataru’s last game of tag begins.
S1E45
Boy Meets Girl: Crooked Heart
Summary
What started as a misunderstanding ends in a falling out. Now Lum refuses to return until Ataru apologizes.
S1E44
Boy Meets Girl: Are You Really Getting Married?
Summary
Ataru and Mendo team up with Lum’s friends to save her from a forced marriage. But they aren’t the only ones who’re trying to stop the wedding.
S1E43
Boy Meets Girl: The Morning of Farewell
Summary
Lum is not happy when she learns she’s being forced into an arranged marriage thanks to her great grandfather.
S1E42
Lum's Wrath / Steal My Heart
Summary
Ten must apologize for ruining Ataru’s scarf, but how? Later, candy hearts have the same effect as love potions. Meanwhile, the Dark Dominion lies on the horizon.
S1E41
Flower Petals of Love and Courage
Summary
Inaba returns and has an important question for Shinobu.
S1E40
One Night's Battle / Deadly Peril in the Classroom
Summary
Nagisa needs a kiss from Ryunosuke to pass on, which is easier said than done. Later, Mark threatens his class with supplementary lessons if he catches them talking.
S1E39
Nagisa's Fiancé / The Fairy's Parasol
Summary
Ryunosuke and her father are now the proud owners of a seaside cafe and an island after paying a suspiciously cheap price! Later, a fairy asks Ten to find his missing parasol.
S1E38
A Stormy Date (2)
Summary
Asuka and Mendo go on a date and to say things don’t go as planned would be a vast understatement.
S1E37
Asuka Returns / A Stormy Date (1)
Summary
Asuka's mother hatches a plan to help her daughter overcome her fear of men. It appears that drastic measures are on the horizon.
S1E36
Wretched Shutaro!!
Summary
What kind of training is Mendo doing, anyway? Lum and Ataru are going to find out.
S1E35
Lovely Darling in Danger!! / Foxes in the Moonlight / The Home Visit Blues: Mark Onsen Goes to Space
Summary
Lum finds herself in a race against time to save Ataru. Later, a certain fox seeks to recreate an old legend with magic horsetail shoots. Even later, Mark meets Lum's parents.
S1E34
The Case of the Battered Principal / The Secret Garden / The Home Visit Blues: Hellish Moroboshi Edition
Summary
Whodunit? No one saw what happened to the principal despite all of them being in the same room. Later, chaos ensues when flowers start spreading rumors around town.
S1E33
Haunted Mendo / Last Date
Summary
Whether it’s an octopus or a girl burdened by regrets, spirits need assistance from the living. Unexpectedly, Mendo and Ataru find themselves navigating these burdens.
S1E32
Open the Door (2) / The Home Visit Blues: Prohibitive Miyake Edition
Summary
The trio are determined to find their ideal futures, but each one they find leave them unsatisfied. And Inaba’s coworkers are not happy with the group’s meddling.
S1E31
Open the Door (1)
Summary
Shinobu, Lum, and Ataru take an unexpected trip to the future. The good news is they discover who their spouses are. The bad news is their disappointment is immeasurable.
S1E30
Eerie Earmuffs / Family Tree
Summary
No good can come of Ataru and Ten switching bodies, nor using Lum’s shortcut to get to school on time.
S1E29
Kotatsu Love / Lum Becomes a Cow / The Home Visit Blues: Luxurious Mendo Edition
Summary
Life is full of unexpected events, like an extra lively kotatsu purchase and Lum believing she’s turning into a cow.
S1E28
The Continuation of: That Mizunokoji Girl
Summary
As Mendo desperately tries to escape his unwanted engagement, Asuka’s upbringing gives a whole new meaning to the term sheltered.
S1E27
Love Thief / That Mizunokoji Girl
Summary
Relationship drama swiftly follows when Kurama sets her eyes on Rei. Speaking of relationships, Mendo discovers that he’s engaged to Tobimaro’s sister.
S1E26
Electric Jungle
Summary
Lum has a new suitor, but it doesn’t take long before there’s trouble in paradise.
S1E25
Trickle of Memories / Album of Memories / The Home Visit Blues: Feuding Fujinami Edition
Summary
Ryunosuke grew up without a mother and wants to know more about her. Unfortunately, her father is keeping an important detail from her.
S1E24
Fantasy Balloon Gum / Love Knows No Barriers
Summary
Surely Ataru wouldn’t misuse bubble gum that has the power to create whatever he wants. But would that be worse than Lum losing the ability to speak other languages?
S1E23
Title Match!! The Tomo-1 Queen Contest
Summary
The finalists have different motives. Lum wants Ataru’s attention, Ran wants to get in Lum’s way, Shinobu and Sakura want the money, and Ryunosuke has something to prove.
S1E22
Big Bottle, Little Bottle / When Love Strikes
Summary
Lum is quite the handful, no matter what size she is. Later, a shapeshifting fox takes a liking to Shinobu.
S1E21
Cosmo Teacher CAO-2 / Ooh, Scary! Voodoo Doll
Summary
Lum and her friends worry the past will come back to haunt them. Later, Mendo’s life becomes much more complicated thanks to a voodoo doll.
S1E20
Recovering That Which Was Lost
Summary
Three punks challenge Lum and her friends to a duel after stealing Benten’s precious chain.
S1E19
Magic Realm! Jungle of Terror / Pickled
Summary
Pro tip: never hurt an octopus’ feelings and never give an oni pickled plums.
S1E18
Indelible Lipstick Magic!! / Lethal Attacks: Yaminabe!
Summary
There is nothing suspicious about the lipstick Lum wants to put on Ataru. Nope, nothing suspicious at all. Later, Ataru’s class takes the dreaded Yaminabe food challenge!
S1E17
A Chest Full of Longing!! / Wish Upon a Star
Summary
Ryunosuke teams up with three delinquents to help Shinobu ward off an unwanted suitor. Later, Ataru’s family must be careful what they wish for.
S1E16
Family Feud!! / Hello, Sailor Suit!!
Summary
Ataru and his friends were supposed to have a fun beach trip, but they find themselves swept up in Ryunosuke’s family drama instead!
S1E15
Anko Pathos, the Taste of Love?! / Memories and a Close Call... / Adverse Effects
Summary
Lum and Ran are friends, but one can best describe their relationship as prickly.
S1E14
That Mizunokoji Boy / Love Letter Trouble
Summary
All’s fair in love and… baseball? It’s time for a showdown on the baseball diamond! And once the dust settles, a “love letter” stirs up trouble.
S1E13
The Great Off-Campus Snack Battle / A Gift from Ten!
Summary
The girls in class aren’t the only snacks Ataru has his eye on. When teachers crack down on off-campus snacking, a no-holds-barred snack battle begins!
S1E12
Ten Is Here / A Date for Just the Two of Us
Summary
Lum’s cousin Ten thinks Lum should look for greener romantic pastures! And if Lum can’t see reason, Ten will burn her relationship with Ataru to the ground.
S1E11
Mendo Siblings!! / A Strange New Year at the Mendo Estate
Summary
What’s this? A handkerchief? It smells divine, so it MUST belong to a total hottie. Definitely not a nightmare creature or anything like that. Ataru’s nose cannot be fooled!
S1E10
Parents' Day Horrors / Since Your Parting
Summary
Are aliens invading again? Nope — it's just Ataru, Meno and Lum’s mothers invading Parents’ Day! But a language barrier may turn this meeting of the moms into pure mania.
S1E9
To Kill with Love / Studying Mayhem
Summary
An ominous omen. A pessimistic portent. A scary sign. Call it whatever you want, but one thing is clear: Fate will not be kind to Ataru today!
S1E8
Transfer Student Close Call... / Farewell Party Close Call...
Summary
Is Ataru seeing double, or are there really two hot new transfer students at school? And what does the super cute newbie Ran want from him and Lum!?
S1E7
Home Is Where You Find It / Marine Garbage Disposal
Summary
A monster lurks in the depths of the hotel pool, but it's not half as creepy as the ne'er-do-wells lurking around Nurse Sakura at the beach…
S1E6
Good Day for a Departure / Oyuki / Ataru Retires
Summary
They say all's fair in love and war, and that's why Lum drags Ataru kicking and screaming onto a battlefield!
S1E5
The Glove of Love and Conflict / How I've Waited for You…
Summary
Hellooooo, nurse! A new nurse just started working at Ataru's school, and she's a total babe… but wait. Does she look familiar?
S1E4
Sealed with a Kiss!!
Summary
Lum ain't the only alien princess in town. The new arrival has her sights set on a certain boy — but her vassals are keeping a scandalous secret from their ruler!
S1E3
Trouble Rains Down!! / Amazed in a Maze
Summary
Two's company. Three's a crowd. And when a FOURTH party enters the Lum/Ataru/Shinobu situation? Things get pretty scary in Ataru's already complex love life!
S1E2
Present for You / The Yellow Ribbon of Happiness
Summary
Ataru can run, but he can't hide — not from Lum, and not from the gorgeous shrine maiden Sakura's eagle eyes. She can tell at a glance that he's in dire need of exorcism!
S1E1
Young Love on the Run / Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Summary
To save Earth, unlucky Ataru must win a high-stakes game of tag against a beautiful alien. Luckily his friend Shinobu has offered a helping hand (in marriage) as motivation!
Cast
Main cast members.
Hiroshi Kamiya
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
Sumire Uesaka
Lum (voice)
Maaya Uchida
Shinobu Miyake (voice)
Mamoru Miyano
Shutaro Mendo (voice)
Wataru Takagi
Cherry (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Sakura (voice)
Jun Inoue
Hokuto (voice)
Satoshi Dairaku
Announcer (voice)
Daisuke Takahashi
Newscaster (voice)
Takehiro Hasu
Commentator (voice)
Setsuji Sato
Satoshi (voice)
Daisuke Sakaguchi
Akira (voice)
Hiroshi Iwasaki
Mendo's grandfather (voice)
Shino Kakinuma
Lady from the Cat & Caboodle Diner (voice)
Kazumasa Fukagawa
Communication (voice)
Naoki Tatsuta
Previous Crow Tengu elder (voice)
Nobuo Tobita
First Crow Tengu elder (voice)
Daisuke Hirakawa
Crow Tengu (voice)
Crew
Creators, directors, writers, and production crew.
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Kaoru Aoki
Art Designer
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Masanobu Nomura
Art Direction
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Chiyuki Kojima
Assistant Director of Photography
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B. Jutamart
Background Designer
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B. Nantasak
Background Designer
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B. Pakrada
Background Designer
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Boonruksa Rawangngarn
Background Designer
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Bui Hieu
Background Designer
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Bui Phuong
Background Designer
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Jia Lin
Background Designer
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Jutima Rawangngarn
Background Designer
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K. Natranan
Background Designer
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