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 No.1909[Reply]

I still go with this gold standard. What do you think?
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 No.1994

>>1993
Ugh. These are way out of order. admin, please fix the upload from quick reply.

 No.2002

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>>1993
>sexy chinese dress that highlights her figure
Mhh well just like her mother, interesting.

 No.2005

>>2002
Now I can’t unsee the similarities between these characters lol, it’s so true

 No.2007

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>>1993
>>2002
The outfit in question. Rumiko just likes these. Apparently, she used to wear them to events here and there.

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 No.1631[Reply]

Nuts to Lum. We need more ATARU and his zany hijinks. He has the energy of a Loony Tunes character.
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 No.1905

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One track mind.

 No.2146

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Chadtaru.



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 No.1663[Reply]

Or weird cross overs in general.
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 No.2102

>>2099
Classic

 No.2103

>>2102
Either she participated in a communist themed slumber party or made a visit to Jusenkyō

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 No.2104[Reply]

She's the best girl that Rumiko has ever made.

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 No.2127

uh… sisters? Our response?

 No.2129

>>2127
Oyuki didn't do anything wrong unless you count being cheap. Benten's shenanigans were also all on the level. They don't compare to Ryoko at all.

Ryoko didn't suffer too much, admittedly. I didn't really mind though, she mostly only tortured Mendo and Tobimaro. Tobimaro absolutely didn't deserve it, which made it a lot funnier. And Mendo being the voice of reason was a fun contrast to his usual self.

 No.2131

>>2129
Not to mention that in addition ryoko is actually funny



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 No.1407[Reply]

We know Rumiko has an interest in mythology, and that Lum, Benten, and Oyuki, are clear parllels to real world mythological figures. Ran is the odd-one out and for 40 years fans have tried to figure out which specific mythological creature Ran actually is.

She has some kind of life-drain kiss so she's a Succubus? Is that the European variety or a Japanese one? No one's ever been able to pin her down exactly.

It's entirely possible Rumiko didn't think of anything specific so it's a red-herring.
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 No.1839

>>1826
Seems about right
>>1821
lol

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>>1658
The 4 space babes stories are by far the least interesting. Even Ran is a downgrade in them. Ran works best paired with Ataru and scheming against lum.

 No.1843

>>1841
I found them hilarious and a personal highlight from my watch through, felt like classic slapstick at times.

 No.2125

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Source supposedly is: "Urusei Yatsura Dancing Star Fan-Book
Rumiko Takahashi Q&A 1-55 English Translations"

"Q13: A QUESTION ABOUT THE BELOVED RAN-CHAN.
LUM IS AN ONI, BENTEN IS ONE OF THE SEVEN LUCKY GODS, KURAMA IS A TENGU, AND OYUKI IS A YUKI-ONNA, EACH OF LUM'S FRIENDS IS BASED ON SOME MYTHICAL BEING OR MONSTER.
BUT WITH RAN-CHAN, IT'S UNCLEAR.
WHAT EXACTLY IS SHE? SINCE SHE CAN SUCK THE YOUTH OUT OF PEOPLE WITH A KISS, COULD SHE POSSIBLY BE A SUCCUBUS?
I THINK A LOT OF FANS ARE WONDERING ABOUT THIS TOO.

TAKAHASHI: I DON'T REALLY KNOW. BUT YEAH, SHE DEFINITELY IS SOMETHING WITH POWERS LIKE THAT. SHE'S A MEMBER OF SOME KIND OF SUPERNATURAL SPECIES."

 No.2130

>>2125

God has waved their hand this day, Ran is Ran.



 No.583[Reply]

So I'm sure we're all familiar with that episode of uy where the school gets a new hard ass teacher who instantly starts crushing on lum (can't remember episode number). anyway, sensei gets called a lolicon for being into lum-chan. but lum isn't what we'd think of a loli. she's married, full sized, and has big tits even if she's the same age as ataru which is still kinda old for a loli. So I went and looked around at the loli hentai that was being made in the mid 80s and so far its what you'd expect. but its not like i'm the lolimaster or something and know what i'm talking about... r-right fed-chan? so did the word's meaning change? did the whole flat chested bratty midget thing come later? afaik lolicon means like "pedophile" in modern Japanese. gotta be a loli history guide somewhere. Anyway I'm high as fuck and probably reading too much into things. Gonna go take a nap.
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 No.2058

>>2057
You can think of early UY as a nexus that many, many, film makers, writers, and animators, were part of who then went on to other things.

Kanako's films were part of the "pink film" genre of erotic softcore films and ran under the Nikkatsu Roman Porno line. So it's telling that right after UY, he's directing erotic films that are quasi pornographic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_film
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nikkatsu_Roman_Porno_films

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Ran's in-world fanbase is mostly pedos who like her childishness and innocence.

 No.2101

>>2100
I didn’t notice that pac-man looking fucker before but did notably laugh at that quote

 No.2114

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Curious what the Japanese term is here.

 No.2126

>>2114
If you take a listen to what she is actually saying, the localizers were actually having some fun. Shinobu is being referred to as a Zashiki-Warashi, as she was sometimes compared to early on in the series. This is a yokai that resembles a child and is commonly shown with a similar haircut as Shinobu.

"Ep. 9, Story 17: "Princess Kurama, Sleeping Beauty"



First Impression: Kurama's first impression of Shinobu is not at all flattering. Kurama calls Shinobu "Zashikiwarashi," which are household guardian spirits in the Toohoku ("Northeast") region of Japan, which is the area of Honshuu (the largest of the four main islands of Japan) north of Kantoo, and is known for being cold and covered in snow a lot of the time. These spirits typically have the appearance of a plain, immature, round-faced, rosy-cheeked girl with a bob haircut, which happens to describe Shinobu very nicely at this point in the series.

…"

https://archive.animeigo.com/liner/out-print/urusei-yatsura-tv-series.html

Animeigo is the source of these subtitles as far as I can tell and these are their liner notes. They're also why some fans think Ten is named Jariten.



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 No.1855[Reply]

Expressions not meant to be absurd but look it when taken as stills.
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 No.140[Reply]

Thread dedicated to the one and only Ryuu-chan.
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>>140
These three rarely got paired up together.

 No.2121

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Ryuunosuke is better than Benten because her I-don't-know-how-to-be-a-girl shtick is hilarious, and also because she is more attractive. She also gets her boobs out more

 No.2122

>>2121
>Ryuunosuke is better than Benten

I'm sorry, but I highly disagree with your statement.

 No.2123

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>>2121
Rumiko added Ryu-chan instead of starting a new comic because she was bored of UY. Ryu actually fits the new setting and theme of the series which is revolving around the whacky hijinks at Tomobiki high school. Benten is more of a left-over from the original design where the comic would revolve around alien-yokai that show up and harass Ataru because he's unlucky.



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 No.246[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

pretty Ran deservers to be here I love you Ran
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>>444
Sorry if I replied so late, but I agree with your statements. But I will form a quick counterargument that some people would make about your opinion on the backgrounds of the reboot.

Many would probably say that having high quality backgrounds won't matter because of how fast the reboot's pace is. On top of that, some people may say that you're nitpicking every last detail of the original so you can give it a much lower rating.

Now I don't really believe in that counterargument but I decided to write it out for you so can debate it.

As for standalone viewing I can agree that this episode is not very good.
I also did rewatch the original's first episode just for reference and I can see how it does things way better the reboot. Like it being actually funny (mostly part 2 of the episode).

Overall thou I can understand your arguments on why my ratings for the original are null. I just wanted to give the reboot a shot.

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Hope everyone appreciates all the little interface changes I've made around here, mostly just to make everything feel tidier. Also, this thread is going to be archived, probably at the end of the month, since >>>/lum/ is up now (unless people really want it still around). Made some new banners and standardized the look and resolutions of the older ones. We should push to get more users from 4lum on here imo.

 No.456

>>455
I think it could be moved to /lum/ like that /vr/ thread. Since this thread is currently the most popular one on the site right now.

 No.457

>>456
That's true. I just want this thread to level off eventually so fresher threads can be made.

 No.2119

>>353
ran seems evil though.



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 No.668[Reply]

Are they really perfect for each other or is this a Stockholm syndrom situation?
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 No.1670

Many relationships in Takahashi's works are stockholm syndrome but Lum and Ataru aren't

 No.1929

Focus on the times when they are not bickering, and they get along extremely well. They literally go out on dates in matching outfits.

They get angry with each other when Ataru flirts with other girls. If you ignore that, they're a perfect couple with extremely high compatibility.

>>670
Boy meets girl is a shit ending, partially because the Inaba the Dream Maker storyline ALREADY is the end, and that should have been it. They get to see the various endings for each other, including Ataru's perfect ending of a harem and Lum has left him.

 No.1932

>>1398
>>1398
This is AI dogshit

 No.2116

They actually get along really well when they're NOT bickering. They go out on dates constantly.

 No.2118

>>671
Shinobu and Ataru have known each other since kindergarten, and she just sorta chose him as her future husband right then and there. Ataru kinda went along with it.



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