Goodbye, Covenant! (掟、おさらば!!, Okite, osamaga?), or "Goodbye Rules!!" in the Project ILM Scanlation, is the 138th chapter of the Urusei Yatsura manga.
Summary[]
The secret origin of the rules governing whom Kurama can choose as her mate is revealed at last!
Plot Overview[]
Three days later, Kurama is still sulking over Ataru having won spousal right to her twice. The elder tries to push her to accept fate and mate with Ataru as their law demands, but Kurama demands to know why she should follow the law. It turns out the elder has no idea what will happen if she breaks the law, and he turns to a database of his predecessors' memories, going deeper and deeper as he tries to find which of them knows the secret. Annoyed, Kurama leaves to go and see Mendō, arriving at Tomobiki High. She instantly finds herself the object of desire for both Ataru and Mendō, with different forces trying to keep them away from her. She acknowledges the obvious similarities, but points out that at least Mendō has better looks than Ataru. Suddenly, the elder arrives, with the recording of the very first elder, from 120 generations: he reveals that there is no dire malediction or hidden curse to the law of marriage by first kiss, but rather it was created from pure sentiment, as he met his own wife after waking a female karasutengu with a kiss. Enraged, Kurama declares she will not follow this law, with even the current elder admitting it is stupid. She is about to pick Mendō as her mate, when Ataru intervenes and reveals Mendō's crippling phobias. Disgusted, Kurama declares he is no more suitable than Ataru, and goes off to find herself a truly worthy specimen of a man.
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Trivia[]
- At the end of this chapter, Ataru traps Mendō in a traditional Japanese temple bell. This marks the start of a running gag, and also exposes the fact Mendō is afraid of the dark and of enclosed spaces to the entirety of Class 2-4.