10.0/101 votesLoading...#1 - Boy Meets Girl: I Want You When I Can't Have You
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 6/21/2024
With the fate of the Earth on the line again, Lum and Ataru’s last game of tag begins.
Director: Hideya Takahashi, Yumeko Iwaoka
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
9.0/101 votesLoading...#2 - Open the Door (1)
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 3/1/2024
Shinobu, Lum, and Ataru take an unexpected trip to the future. The good news is they discover who their spouses are. The bad news is their disappointment is immeasurable.
Director: Shugo Tsuneoka
Writer: Hayashi Mori
9.0/101 votesLoading...#3 - Open the Door (2) / The Home Visit Blues: Prohibitive Miyake Edition
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 3/8/2024
The trio are determined to find their ideal futures, but each one they find leave them unsatisfied. And Inaba’s coworkers are not happy with the group’s meddling.
Director: Kyohei Suzuki
Writer: Hayashi Mori
9.0/101 votesLoading...#4 - One Night's Battle / Deadly Peril in the Classroom
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 5/10/2024
Nagisa needs a kiss from Ryunosuke to pass on, which is easier said than done. Later, Mark threatens his class with supplementary lessons if he catches them talking.
Director: Hideya Takahashi, Yumeko Iwaoka
Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi
9.0/101 votesLoading...#5 - Boy Meets Girl: The Morning of Farewell
Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 5/31/2024
Lum is not happy when she learns she’s being forced into an arranged marriage thanks to her great grandfather.
Director: Sumio Watanabe
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
9.0/101 votesLoading...#6 - Boy Meets Girl: Are You Really Getting Married?
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 6/7/2024
Ataru and Mendo team up with Lum’s friends to save her from a forced marriage. But they aren’t the only ones who’re trying to stop the wedding.
Director: Yasuhiro Kimura
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
9.0/101 votesLoading...#7 - Boy Meets Girl: Crooked Heart
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 6/14/2024
What started as a misunderstanding ends in a falling out. Now Lum refuses to return until Ataru apologizes.
Director: Takahiro Kamei
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.6/1072 votesLoading...#8 - Parents' Day Horrors / Since Your Parting
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/2022
Are aliens invading again? Nope — it’s just Ataru, Meno and Lum’s mothers invading Parents’ Day! But a language barrier may turn this meeting of the moms into pure mania.
Director: Shugo Tsuneoka, Jiro Fujimoto
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.3/1043 votesLoading...#9 - Title Match!! The Tomo-1 Queen Contest
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/24/2023
The finalists have different motives. Lum wants Ataru’s attention, Ran wants to get in Lum’s way, Shinobu and Sakura want the money, and Ryunosuke has something to prove.
Director: Yusuke Kubo, Kiyomitsu Sato
Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi
8.1/1076 votesLoading...#10 - Trouble Rains Down!! / Amazed in a Maze
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/28/2022
Two's company. Three's a crowd. And when a FOURTH party enters the Lum/Ataru/Shinobu situation? Things get pretty scary in Ataru's already complex love life!
Director: Takahiro Kamei
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.1/1067 votesLoading...#11 - The Glove of Love and Conflict / How I've Waited for You…
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/2022
Hellooooo, nurse! A new nurse just started working at Ataru's school, and she's a total babe… but wait. Does she look familiar?
Director: Shugo Tsuneoka
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.0/1050 votesLoading...#12 - The Great Off-Campus Snack Battle / A Gift from Ten!
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/2023
The girls in class aren’t the only snacks Ataru has his eye on. When teachers crack down on off-campus snacking, a no-holds-barred snack battle begins!
Director: Fumihiro Ueno
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.0/101 votesLoading...#13 - Trickle of Memories / Album of Memories / The Home Visit Blues: Feuding Fujinami Edition
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/19/2024
Ryunosuke grew up without a mother and wants to know more about her. Unfortunately, her father is keeping an important detail from her.
Director: Yumeko Iwaoka
Writer: Yuta Suzuki
8.0/101 votesLoading...#14 - Electric Jungle
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 1/26/2024
Lum has a new suitor, but it doesn’t take long before there’s trouble in paradise.
Director: Fumihiro Ueno
Writer: Hayashi Mori
8.0/101 votesLoading...#15 - Love Thief / That Mizunokoji Girl
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 2/2/2024
Relationship drama swiftly follows when Kurama sets her eyes on Rei. Speaking of relationships, Mendo discovers that he’s engaged to Tobimaro’s sister.
Director: Takahiro Kamei, Fumio Maezono
Writer: Yuta Suzuki
8.0/101 votesLoading...#16 - The Continuation of: That Mizunokoji Girl
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 2/9/2024
As Mendo desperately tries to escape his unwanted engagement, Asuka’s upbringing gives a whole new meaning to the term sheltered.
Director: Kiyomitsu Sato
Writer: Yuta Suzuki
8.0/101 votesLoading...#17 - Kotatsu Love / Lum Becomes a Cow / The Home Visit Blues: Luxurious Mendo Edition
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 2/16/2024
Life is full of unexpected events, like an extra lively kotatsu purchase and Lum believing she’s turning into a cow.
Director: Yuki Morita
Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi
8.0/101 votesLoading...#18 - Eerie Earmuffs / Family Tree
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 2/23/2024
No good can come of Ataru and Ten switching bodies, nor using Lum’s shortcut to get to school on time.
Director: Eiichi Kuboyama
Writer: Hayashi Mori
8.0/101 votesLoading...#19 - The Case of the Battered Principal / The Secret Garden / The Home Visit Blues: Hellish Moroboshi Edition
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 3/22/2024
Whodunit? No one saw what happened to the principal despite all of them being in the same room. Later, chaos ensues when flowers start spreading rumors around town.
Director: Fumihiro Ueno
Writer: Yuta Suzuki
8.0/101 votesLoading...#20 - Asuka Returns / A Stormy Date (1)
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 4/19/2024
Asuka's mother hatches a plan to help her daughter overcome her fear of men. It appears that drastic measures are on the horizon.
Director: Yuki Morita
Writer: Hayashi Mori
8.0/101 votesLoading...#21 - A Stormy Date (2)
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 4/26/2024
Asuka and Mendo go on a date and to say things don’t go as planned would be a vast understatement.
Director: Yasuhiro Kimura
Writer: Hayashi Mori
8.0/101 votesLoading...#22 - Nagisa's Fiancé / The Fairy's Parasol
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 5/3/2024
Ryunosuke and her father are now the proud owners of a seaside cafe and an island after paying a suspiciously cheap price! Later, a fairy asks Ten to find his missing parasol.
Director: Kiyomitsu Sato, Shinji Nagata
Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi
8.0/101 votesLoading...#23 - Flower Petals of Love and Courage
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 5/17/2024
Inaba returns and has an important question for Shinobu.
Director: Shugo Tsuneoka
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.0/101 votesLoading...#24 - Lum's Wrath / Steal My Heart
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 5/24/2024
Ten must apologize for ruining Ataru’s scarf, but how? Later, candy hearts have the same effect as love potions. Meanwhile, the Dark Dominion lies on the horizon.
Director: Tetsuharu Nakamura
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.9/1079 votesLoading...#25 - Present for You / The Yellow Ribbon of Happiness
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/2022
Ataru can run, but he can't hide — not from Lum, and not from the gorgeous shrine maiden Sakura's eagle eyes. She can tell at a glance that he's in dire need of exorcism!
Director: Yasuhiro Kimura
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
The Best Episodes of Urusei Yatsura
Every episode of Urusei Yatsura ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Urusei Yatsura!
Tokyo. Tomobiki Town. Lum, the gorgeous daughter of an invading race of Oni Aliens is smitten with High School student Ataru Moroboshi. A dedicated womanizer,...
Genres:AnimationComedyAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Fuji TV
Best Episodes Summary
"Boy Meets Girl: I Want You When I Can't Have You" is the best rated episode of "Urusei Yatsura". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Hideya Takahashi, Yumeko Iwaoka and written by Yuko Kakihara, it aired on 6/21/2024. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Open the Door (1)".