The Shape of Tenacity (執念の形, Yume de aetara; daigessen?) is the 259th chapter of the Urusei Yatsura manga.
Summary[]
Shinobu Miyake is invited to the school of her young kitsune admirer.
Plot Overview[]
One evening, the young kitsune with a crush on Shinobu Miyake attends the class of the animals, where he is asked to draw his favorite thing. Naturally, he draws Shinobu. However, the teacher commands that all the students bring the thing they drew to the next class, or else they'll be punished - and the thing they drew will be broken. So he heads to Tomobiki, making his way to Class 2-4, who are currently arguing with Onsen Mark because most of the boys forgot to bring their homework. Glad of the interruption, they beat up their teacher and follow the kitsune back to his school in the forest. Ironically, the kitsune's teacher forgot he even assigned his students homework.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Kitsune
- Shinobu Miyake
- Ataru Moroboshi
- Lum
- Shūtarō Mendō
- Kōsuke Shirai
- Onsen-Mark
- Hokuto
- Cherry
- Kotatsu-neko
- Tomobiki High School Principal
Trivia[]
- This is the only chapter where Hokuto's name is mentioned, as well as marking the first time he is named in the manga.
- The chapter's punchline where the cat teacher has forgotten he assigned homework is based on an old Japanese folk-saying about the forgetfulness and lack of gratitude of cats.