Girl's Day! Introducing Ran-chan (ひな祭り!ランちゃん登場, Hina Matsuri! Ran-chan Tōjō) and Ran-chan's Invitation (ランちゃんの御招待, Ran-chan no Goshōtai) are the two segments in the 18th episode of Urusei Yatsura.
Summary[]
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Ataru is enchanted by a doll that takes him to Ran, Lum’s childhood friend, who is not so joyful about old times when the topic of Rei comes up.
- b
Ran invites Lum and Ataru into her spaceship for a farewell party, but Lum doesn't believe she has given up on sucking Ataru's youth.
Plot Overview[]
To be added
Characters[]
- Ataru Moroboshi
- Lum
- Ten
- Ataru's Mother
- Ataru's Father
- Shūtarō Mendō
- Megane
- Chibi
- Kakugari
- Perm
- Ran
- Rei
Trivia[]
- First Appearance of Ran.
- Megane sings Uchuu wa Taihen da! in the first part, while an instrumental version of Lum no Love Song plays in the second part.
- This episode was originally produced as the 19th, but became the 18th in the broadcast order.[1]
Differences from the manga[]
- Ten doesn't appear in the manga version of both segments, since he wasn't introduced yet.
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- The manga compartment originally took place on Sport's Day, and Lum recognizes Ran having enrolled in Tomobiki High School when they're in a race together. The conversation about their childhood is the same. They're on opposing teams in the competition where a three-boys team act as horse for a girl, and she kisses Kōsuke Shirai from Ataru and Lum's team.
- Ran would enroll in Tomobiki High School later in Episode 35.
- b
- As there are two more chapters with Ran trying to get revenge on Lum in the manga between her introduction and that chapter, it changes the complexion of the setup a bit.
- The switch of Ataru and the fake one occurs on the ship instead of in a floaty pocket dimension.