Ep. 22: Lum returns home unaware of her father's matchmaking party, prompting Ten to alert Ataru.
Aired on April 7, 1982
Lum travels back to her home planet without realizing that her father is organizing a matchmaking party in her honor. Ten inadvertently reveals this secret to Ataru through a Freudian slip, causing the boy to become deeply disheartened upon learning of the event. Motivated by this news, Ataru launches an intergalactic mission with the specific goal of retrieving Lum before the arranged marriage can proceed. The narrative focuses on his urgent journey across space to intervene in the situation orchestrated by Lum's family.
Episodes
- Ep. 18 · Lums' friend Ran arrives to steal Ataru's youth and invite him
- Ep. 19 · Lum uses time travel to read Ataru's diary while Mendou cares for an alien infant.
- Ep. 20 · Shunmin targets Ataru's class while the group enjoys a peach blossom picnic
- Ep. 21 · Ataru splits into moral and lecherous halves while trapped in a nightmare sequence
- Ep. 22 · Lum returns home unaware of her father's matchmaking party, prompting Ten to alert Ataru.
- Ep. 23 · Ataru visits an underwater kingdom while the group gets lost in a dark cave
- Ep. 24 · Ataru and Ten swap bodies after purchasing earmuffs from an alien vendor
- Ep. 25 · Ataru protects a donated caterpillar from classmates after it consumes their lunches
- Ep. 26 · Ten's Unrequited Affection for Sakura Leads to a Date with Kintaro's Help