Urusei Yatsura (うる星やつら)

URUSEI YATSURA

He becomes Scorpio, as the city falls fast asleep tonight.

She becomes Virgo. Dance! "Dancing, Dancing Night!"

When the two cleverly get out of an uneasy situation, there...

at the mysterious edge of the universe, dance! "Dancing, dancing star!"

Hold me, so tightly, and say "I won't let you go!" or something...

'Cause for tonight, I just wanna get tipsy, kissing.

See? You're reflected in my eyes, do you see... ?

See? I'm reflected in your eyes so beautifully.

He'll become stardust, as the night burns out shortly...

She'll become a shooting star. Dance! "Dancing, Dancing Star."

Dance! "Dancing, Dancing Star."

Dance! "Dancing, Dancing Star."

Oh! The Memories Of Mother

Hurry up, will ya? Wait! Almost there!

Hey! Yo!

What the...?! Shige! Sabu! Kazunori!

You're supposed to be house-sitting! What're you doing over here?!

Didn't I tell ya to look after Akemi and Tamiko?!

Ow! Ow...

Hello.

Ryuu!

Hey. He'd dozed off, so I brought him home for ya.

Thank you!

Oh, what will he do next?! Here now, Ten!

Here ya go.

Thanks so much... Nah, don't mention it.

Later! Wait!

If we may! If we may!

Go ahead. We don't have much, but eat as much as you like!

I dunno what to say... it's nice of you to let me have dinner with you.

Your cooking, Ma'am... It's so awesome!

My... Such an honest child! Have this as well.

Oh! That's mine!

Awesome! How did you come up with such an awesome dish as this?!

That one...? Well, you boil water, warm it up for 3 minutes still in its pouch...

then cut it open, and pour it out onto a plate...

Awesome! It's really awesome... Your cooking is great, Ma'am!

"Oden:" stew with fish, tofu, etc.

My Dad can only cook grainy curry, or Oden...

or ramen with almost nothing in it! Talk about a real limited repertoire!

Besides, he makes it in huge batches, so...

we're eating the same damned stuff for the next week!

And, that ain't the end of it!

Sometimes, he even puts spasm- inducing potions in my miso!

My! Such a poor soul!

You're safe here. Have this, too! Oh, that's mine!

Here. Go ahead and enjoy.

Thanks, Ma'am!

This must be what they mean when they say, "tastes like mom's home cooking."

That's right... Ryuu lives with her father, all alone with that loony nut.

Right, she doesn't have a mother..

"Bookstore"

You wanna know about your mother, ya say?!

Why now, why do you wanna know about her?

Your mother died when you were very little, you know.

I know! I know! I'm just asking... what was she like?!

Was she gorgeous? Gentle?

Did she look great in a kimono?

What was her shoe size? Dad...

Dad, you've never talked to me about Mom, not once!

Yo! Say something, Dad! Dad!

Why, you bastard!

What a disrespectful wretch! Enraged about a mere brown-rice bread bun?!

Who asked you about brown-rice bread?!

If it isn't about the brown-rice bread, then why are you so upset?

Why, you... You weren't paying any attention to me, were you?!

It was... yes... when I was 1 5 years old...

She was so beautiful...

It turned out that the young lady's family owned a great conglomerate...

and was seeking relief from the heat at their summer home by the sea.

'Twas my first love...

However... the shy boy's summer was short-lived...

Without even a single good-bye...

the girl left the seaside.

And then...? That was that.

Wait a sec. What were you talking about?!

What else?! My first love!

That was when I was training to become the Hamajaya's third successor...

so I was in China!

You'd better start talking about Mom now!

The dark times were about to come to an end...

and everything was about to be reborn.

Yes... 'Twas the spring of your father's 18th year...

as 15 years of war and civil rebellion came to an end, and the unification...

came to pass. Early morning, on April 25th of that year:

Without warning, the roaring sound...

of cannon destroyed the peace that the people dreamed of.

The Chogaku army, marching under the Red Flag, swiftly advanced...

south of the 38th parallel, and battled the Liberation forces.

Like an unstoppable fire, the war spread across the continent.

Suddenly, international political stability was imperiled!

That same year, at the Imperial Castle, Soga-no-lruka was assassinated by Prince Naka-no-Oe...

who then joined the Nationalist Army, under the banner of the R.O.C.

Amidst these exciting times...

the Imperial Court established the Great Immigration Provision.

Those youths who held onto their dreams, in a great multitude sailed on...

towards the setting sun...on to lskandar! Wait a minute!

Among these young people...

was Ryuunosuke's father, who harbored a great ambition...

to open a Hamajaya branch in Qingdao!

And there it happened, the fateful encounter...

She was a beauty...

"Yukie..."

But, oh, fate can be so cruel!

"Yukie!"

"Yukie! Yukie..."

"Hamajaya - We love you, Sea!"

After their narrow escape from death, they made it to the shore...

It was a beach in Florida.

Together, they put their all into opening up their Hamajaya...

and toiled most strenuously. And, a year later...

A little boy, looking like a little marble, was born.

That, Ryuunosuke, was you!

Why, you! I'm a girl!

But it had to be that way, or there could be no happy life at all!

That year... on May 21st...

a catastrophic earthquake struck Chile.

'Dear! I shall go challenge the waves!"

"Yoko!"

Your mother was a professional surfer...

whose blood boiled when she saw the quake's immense tsunami waves!

Wait a sec... Wasn't Mom a nurse?! And that name!

Shut up and listen!

And your mother was defeated...

'Dear.. I'm very sorry..."

"for leaving you so soon..."

'If you die, Kayoko... Ryuunosuke? What about Ryuunosuke?"

She was born a sickly child...

who grew up in a poor household to boot...

How can a pro surfer be sickly?! And who's this Kayoko?!

'Dear.. See to it that Ryuunosuke grows up to be a fine, respectable man..."

'Kayoko! Kayoko!"

That year, the Prefectural Administration in Minama disbanded.

Japan, whose prosperity was being fueled by its booming economy, was beset by...

domestic Anti-Shogunate factions and International Socialism...

as she unsteadily became involved in a war that would last for 15 years.

It was the start of a long, dark age.

You think I'll just sit here and listen to that pack of stupid lies?

Yo, Dad! Are you or aren't you willing to tell me the truth?!

Like they say, boys can never stop thinking about their mother, no matter how old they get!

Looks like you aren't gonna stop talking about that, or are you?

Ryuunosuke!

What...?

Think of me as your mother!

W...Why you...

That's... That's one thing you weren't supposed to do!

You ass!

Dad, you idiot! You've got no idea what I'm feeling!

Oh? Ryuu! We're running into each other a lot today!

See, our water heater's broken down and...

Darling...

What's wrong? Did something happen to you?

Ma'am! Ryuu! Yow!

Ma'am! Ma'am!

You don't remember your mother, Ryuunosuke?

All I know is that she died when I was little.

I thought that I could remember just a bit of what she looked like...

I wonder what she was like...

Maybe like this?!