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Ataru is a regular high school student who finds himself chosen to fight an alien invasion in a game of tag. But his opponent Lum has other ideas.

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Lum’s cousin Ten visits from space. While cute, he turns out to have a split personality that drives Ataru into a rage.

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Lum’s ex-fiancé Rei appears to win her back. He seems like a nice guy but when angered he turns into a monster. Ataru and Rei’s fight over Lum begins!

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A little boy, Kintaro, gets lost on a field trip in space. His beautiful teacher comes searching for him. It’s love at first sight for Ataru.

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Ataru runs away to end the bizarre love triangle. A beautiful girl he meets on the way says he is possessed by evil spirits and drags him to a shrine.

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Lum uses her UFO to jam the signal in a phone call between Ataru and Shinobu. Ataru and Shinobu fight back and clear more than the air.

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A cute yellow ribbon on Lum’s horn turns out to be a special seal from a Buddhist monk, but Ataru may be celebrating prematurely.

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Ataru finds a blizzard in his closet and learns it’s connected to Neptune, but when he follows the Queen of Neptune, Lum suddenly appears.

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Princess Kurama is bound to sleep until a kiss awakens her, and must then sleep with the man who kissed her. Unfortunately that man is Ataru.

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Lum’s personal guard takes offense at Ataru’s insolence and puts in motion a plan to have him punished. When Lum finds out, she must make a choice.

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The Oni army from the 23rd century attacks Heian Japan. Will they take over the world? Ataru Genji sides with the Oni army, instead of fighting them.

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Ataru heads to a disco on Sakura’s invitation. Sakura’s lover arrives in a black cape and appears to have magical powers, but something seems off.

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Everyone is enjoying a Hawaiian vacation, but when Ataru and the guys see Sakura in her bathing suit they decide to steal it.

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Ataru’s lifelong rival Shutaro uses his money and power to transfer into the same school, immediately setting off a bizarre duel between them.

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The annual battle between the Oni and the Gods of Wealth arrives. They fight in a game of tossing balls into a basket. Lum’s childhood friend appears.

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A new teacher arrives with the goal of normalizing Ataru’s troublesome high school class, but his methods border on being violent.

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A treasured camera passed down in the Mendo family turns out to cast its subjects into another dimension -- and Ataru happens to be one of them.

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As the cherry blossoms fall, a beautiful girl named Ran appears. Ran is Lum’s childhood friend, but her reason for coming to Earth is revenge.

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Lum accurately predicts all of Ataru’s actions. The truth is much more shocking -- she has brought his diary back from the future.

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Spring arrives, and the classroom is full of snoring students. However, this turns out to be the work of a ghostly former drop-out.

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Ataru accidentally eats Lum’s super spicy candy and Cherry’s disaster-sealing buns at the same time, splitting himself into good and evil personas.

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It turns out that all of the Moroboshi family’s endless bad luck and bizarre hangers-on might actually be Ataru’s mother’s fault.

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Lum returns to her home planet. When Ataru finds out it’s for an arranged marriage, he embarks on a crazy trip to destroy the match.

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A fun picnic is ruined by Ataru’s bad luck. Between running into kappa monsters and spotting stranded aliens, there’s never a dull moment.

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Ataru unknowingly puts on a body-switching pair of earmuffs and finds himself swapped with Ten. Then Ataru uses Ten’s body to go after Sakura.

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A strange caterpillar keeps eating people’s lunches, leading Mendo to try to eradicate it. But Ataru feels a strange affinity and attempts to save it.

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Ten tries to write Sakura a love letter but fails miserably. With Lum’s help he finally gets a date, and decides to confess his feelings at the end.

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Count Dracula’s servants begin gathering the blood of cute girls, and Ataru decides to help in return for an introduction to one of them.

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Lum decides to go back in time and train Ataru out of his infidelity as a child. When Ataru finds out he embarks on a plot to stop her.

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Thanks to Ten’s efforts and Urusei technology, some flowers bought at a local shop become gigantic. Ataru attempts to use them to get a date.

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A beautiful girl is cursed so that rain follows her wherever she goes. In order to break this curse, Ataru asks her out on a date.

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Ataru and Ten get into a fight, during which Ten’s fire disappears and his horns fall off. Ataru seizes the moment to mock Ten mercilessly.

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With the library shelves in disarray, the characters in the books begin to materialize. A girl named Wendy asks Ataru’s help, but bad luck follows.

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A passionate young teacher arrives at Tomobiki High and mistakenly thinks Lum is in need of help -- which he does his utmost to give her.

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A pessimistic monster is ousted from his hotel pool home and then Ataru’s bathtub, winding up in the ocean. Suddenly Sakura and Tsubame appear.

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Ran recalls her unhappy childhood with Lum and takes her anger out on a fearful Lum. However, Ran’s revenge is only just beginning.

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A pleasant study hall session is interrupted by the warning of Rei’s arrival. Unable to give up on Lum, Rei easily avoids Ataru’s defenses.

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The night of the student disco party arrives, bringing fears that a legendary red-caped being will return from the past.

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Ran’s new revenge involves duplicating Ataru and switching out the original, but Lum’s return attack leads to the duplication getting out of hand.

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Ataru orders Lum to dress like a normal girl for their first date, but whether they go swimming or rollerskating she’s always the center of attention.

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A summery day at the beach is spoiled by a giant watermelon and some villagers in pursuit. Then a sentimental monster goes and spoils the mood.

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Lum and Ten plan a picnic for their first typhoon but it is much bigger than expected. Tired of leaks and flooding, Lum tries to control the weather.

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