In this reboot of a sci-fi/rom-com anime from 1981 (41 years ago) we’re introduced to Moroboshi Ataru (Kamiya Hiroshi), an unrepentant horndog in a Waldo shirt who ogles a comely jogger mere …
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「いい日旅立ち / お雪 / あたるの引退」 (Ii Hi Tabidachi / Oyuki / Ataru no Intai) "Good Day for a Departure / Oyuki / Ataru Retires" A Good Day to Retire Hard.
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「口づけと共に契らん！！」 (Kuchizuke Totomoni Chigiran!!) "Sealed with a Kiss!!" She waited in her pod for her true love, and true love's first kiss. Like THAT's ever gonna happen!
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「戦慄の参観日 / 君去りし後」 (Senritsu no Sankanbi / Kimi Sarishi Ato) "Parents` Day Horrors / Since Your Parting" Lum’s mom having the same eyes as the retro Lum and Ataru’s dad…
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「トラブルは舞い降りた!! / 迷路でメロメロ」 (Trouble wa Maiorita!! / Meiro de Melomelo) "Trouble Rains Down!! / Amazed in a Maze" There is an idea of a Mendou; some kind of abstraction.
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「転入生, 危機一髪... / お別れパーティー危機一髪...」 (Tennyuusei, Kikiippatsu... / Owakare Party Kikiippatsu...) "Transfer Student Close Call... / Farewell Party Close Call..." I'd want to speak with someone if I kept getting cast…
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「愛で殺したい / 自習騒動」 (Ai de Koroshitai / Jishuu Soudou) "To Kill with Love / Studying Mayhem" The eye of a glutton.
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「面堂兄妹!! / 面倒邸新年怪」 (Mendou Kyoudai!! / Mendou-tei Shinnen Kai) "Mendo Siblings!! / A Strange New Year at the Mendo Estate" There's no Mend-ing this sibling rivalry.
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「住めば都 / 生ゴミ, 海へ」 (Sumeba Miyako / Namagomi, Umi e) "Home Is Where You Find It / Marine Garbage Disposal" CHERRY, WHAT DID YOU DO!?
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「あなたにあげる / 幸せの黄色いリボン」 (Anata ni Ageru / Shiawase no Kiiroi Ribon) "Present for You / The Yellow Ribbon of Happiness" "Who’s afraid of a little thunder?"
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「愛と闘魂のグローブ / 君待てども…」 (Ai to Toukon no Guroubu / Kimi Matedomo …) "The Glove of Love and Conflict / How I've Waited for You…" “Let me tell you the story…
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