The squad in their costumes for their stage production of ‘Carmen’.
First up we have full body shots of Lum and Shinobu in their outfits.
(Oh, and Lum hasn’t gotten her shoes yet…)
Up next, we have a 3/4 body shot of Mendo in his outfit.
And finally we have Ataru. Sadly he didn’t get a full body shot (not even a 3/4 like Mendo) so instead we have Ataru wearing his outfit during a bullfight with Lum.
So as y'all know I've been reading Urusei Yatsura lately and I've been slowly becoming endeared to the main character Ataru and the reason for why is stuff like this:
Like Ataru doesn't know this monster, and he has every right to stay out of the situation of Mendo kicking this little monster out of his family's hotel's pool. But instead he sticks up for this monster and speaks up for him trying to plead for him in a way. And this isn't the only time he's done something like this in the series I've noticed.
There was also the time when he'd adopted a caterpillar in the earlier parts of the series and he took care of it and feed it and gave it love. And when the caterpillar had started trouble the whole class turned against it and wanted to literally kill it. And what does Ataru do?
He says no and sticks up for this smaller creature. Like he literally fights his entire classroom just for this one caterpillar and is downright horrified in a way when they want to kill it.
It's little stuff like this that makes Ataru so endearing and charming to me. Like he doesn't have to do this stuff yet he does without thinking too much about the consequences. Ataru Moroboshi can be a major pervert and an asshat at times, but it's moments like this that show us that underneath those things is actually a somewhat kind guy who'll fight for those who in a way can't fight for themselves.
And I find that trait of his very admirable. And it's this trait that most likely makes Lum love him the way she does.
Long time no see! Sorry everyone I was busy at work but I finally finished this! I took as a reference the volume 4 cover of #zom100bucketlistofthedead 💕
I wish there wass a Tobimaro x Reader story out there, I wonder how he'd react to someone that actually treated him nicely.
Hai there, hope you're doing great!!
I don't really have an opinion on 'X reader' fics (if you like them good on you!! :D) but since you asked about how he'd react to someone treating him niceIy, I think he'll be a bit tsundere, though still a bit open? I feel like he's the kind who would want to do everything by himself so he would seem cool and manly (even if he fails at it) so if someone helps out, he would tell them that he could do it himself and he doesn't need help and shoo them away but still be a bit grateful for it, I guess lol. Ton isn't really a character with that variety of interactions, it's either his family or the Mendos, but from his little interactions with women who doesn't fall under either (mainly it's like only Lum I think) this is what I can infer from it.
By Rumiko Takahashi. Released in Japan in two separate volumes by Shogakukan, serialized in the magazine Shonen Sunday. Released in North America by Viz Media. Translated by Camellia Nieh.
I’ll be honest, I wasn’t looking forward to this volume quite so much. Don’t get me wrong, I love UY with all my heart. But I knew we were going to get a heaping helping of Ten here, and Jariten has always grated on me. That said, as I re-read these manga chapters, he didn’t come off quite as badly as I’d expected. The thing is, Ten was SUPER popular when he first appeared in Japan – if not with the readers, then definitely with the animators of the soon-to-come anime series, which took the liberty of inserting Ten into the third episode and having him shoehorned into most episodes after that. But “bratty little kid” has always been a harder sell in the West, particularly if they’re not the ‘sarcastic adult’ kind of brat – look at the four or five failed attempts to sell Crayon Shin-chan here. So it was always hard for me to not just grit my teeth. But here, in the manga chapters written specifically for him, he’s a lot of fun.
Ten, like Mendo before him, is meant to set up a basic truth of the series. Many of the male characters are set up to be contrasts to Ataru, only for it to turn out in the end that they’re exactly the same as Ataru. Ten is a “cute little baby” to most of the women around him, which he uses shamelessly, as he notes he’s not into young girls his own age. (What age that is is left up in the air – he certainly seems very angry when someone calls his tiger skin a diaper.) But of course, Ataru never gets anywhere with any girl not named Lum, and the same applies to Ten – sure, he can snuggle in some bosoms, but he’s essentially just as much of a sad sack as everyone else in the book. He’s also naive enough to be taken in by Ataru’s really, really obvious schemes – see the chapter where he and Sakura go on a “date” that is meant to have her beat him like Ataru but doesn’t work as Ten is a x-year-old boy.
Elsewhere, Ran settles in as a main cast member, though when the focus isn’t on her, her characterization can vary – during the poetry competition, she seems like a different person! There’s a 3-volume arc set during the Heian period… sort of, note they’re all watching TV and have electricity… which is basically there to show that the cast’s crazy adventures are timeless. Probably my favorite chapter is one where Ataru has made an “anti-teenage gang” movie for the school. It’s absolutely terrible, and Mendo tries to have it destroyed, but instead, thanks to Lum’s alien projector, the delinquents in the movie come to life and terrorize the school… then fend off an invasion by delinquents from another school. From seeing the main cast dressed up as stereotypical delinquents, to movie-Ataru’s ‘LOVE AND PEACE!’, to movie-Lum and Shinobu literally being able to fire huge missiles from under their skirts, it’s pure Takahashi hilarity.
With Ten’s arrival, we’re almost at UY’s middle period here. Takahashi has settled in and is doing what she does best – writing zaniness. Anyone who loves seeing what comedy manga was like at its peak should be reading this.