Boy Meets Girl, Act 7 - Crooked Heart (ボーイ ミーツ ガール ねじれたハートで, Boi mitsu garu; Act.7 Nejireta haato de?), also known as "Boy Meets Girl; Act.7 The Wrenched Heart" in the Project ILM Scanlation, is the 362nd chapter of the Urusei Yatsura manga.
Summary[]
Trying to avoid the rampaging Carla, will Ataru and Lum clear up their misconceptions? Or could this be the end of their long and tumultuous relationship?
Plot Overview[]
Back on Earth, Inaba tells Shinobu that the handles being made by the Destiny Production Management Bureau are turning out jet-black, and creating only doors that lead to impenetrable darkness. The young couple is startled by the arrival of Cherry, who observes that this sounds highly ominous. The would-be rescue party of Oyuki, Benten, Ran, Rei, Mendo and Ten are finally drawing upon the marriage hall, their collective weight pushing Benten's hoverbike to its limit, when they see the explosions devastating the tower-like structure. Ataru and Rupa are forced onto the roof, where Karula holds them at gunpoint. Lum knocks her gun away, giving Rupa a chance to run for shelter behind Lum, when Uba arrives in a blimp. Ruba grabs the rope ladder and lets it begin carrying him and Lum away, whilst Lum begs for Ataru to come and save her. But Ataru, unable to forget what her copyshroom clone said to him in the marriage hall, refuses to follow. Karula then begins opening fire on Rupa and Lum, and Ataru distracts them in the only way he would think; proclaiming he's going to marry Karula instead. This confuses everybody long enough for Mendo to finally get close enough with Benten's hoverbike to cut the rope ladder, dropping Rupa and Lum to the roof. But they fall and knock over Ataru and Karula, with all four sliding towards the edge. Okyuki tries to help with a volley of icicle spears, but only manages to pin Rupa, who saves Karula (and then denies doing so on purpose), and Ataru, leaving Lum to go flying off into space. Unthinkingly, Ataru leaps from the roof to catch Lum, but once he does, she slaps him and denounces him for leaving her to Rupa and then proclaiming he was going to marry Karula instead. Ataru reacts by angrily flaunting the phony license he signed for Karula and declaring them through. Whether through timing or sheer rage, Lum's horns suddenly grow back and she zaps Ataru like never before, then glides them safely bac to the ground. There, Rupa is sarcastically congratulating Karula on finding a guy willing to marry her, resulting in a four-person argument with Lum and Ataru both "accepting" their Darkworlder "spouse" out of spite for each other.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Inaba
- Shinobu Miyake
- Cherry
- Shūtarō Mendō
- Benten
- Oyuki
- Rei
- Ran
- Ten
- Ataru Moroboshi
- Carla
- Rupa
- Lum
- Upa
- Sakura
Trivia[]
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