


       Urusei                                                    Yatsura

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                                 Episode #133
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                             _K_i_e_n_a_i!  _R_o_u_g_e _M_a_g_i_c!

                          Version 1.0: D. B. Killings
                                     1987


                           Version 2.0: Jeff Okamoto
                                   06/30/88

       This script is a translation of a copyrighted work, and as such,
           it is subject to applicable international copyright laws.

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               Scene: A ramen restaurant somewhere in Tomobiki.
                        ATARU and LUM are sitting down.
         ATARU is stuffing his mouth while a bored LUM is watching TV.
                     She turns the channel to a talk show.
               A TV HOST has two guests, one man and one woman.

                                    TV HOST
                            Today on the noon show,
               we will get acquainted with two soap opera stars.
                                 (To the man)
                      Is it difficult to do love scenes?

                                    UMPIRE
                                    Strike!
                           LUM changes the channel.
           ATARU, meanwhile, has finished his latest bowl of ramen.

                                     ATARU
                        Cook, one more order of ramem!

                                     CHEF
                             All right, coming up!

                                      LUM
                          You've already eaten a lot!

                                     ATARU
           I don't want to be hungry when I have to study later on.

                                      LUM
                      Then expect to sleep alone tonight.
       LUM turns back to the TV as a commercial break is about to go on.

                                 TV ANNOUNCER
         We will continue with news and information on road conditions
                                after this. . .
                    LUM watches with interest a commercial.
                  A young couple is running along the beach.
         The girl falls, and the young man romantically embraces her.
                              LUM is interested.

                                   YOUNG MAN
                                 So sweet. . .
                                   red lips.
                                  They kiss.
                               LUM is impressed.

                             COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCER
                          The burning-like kiss. . .
                         Those are youthful memories.
          ``Kiss Me'' lipstick, love's elegant make-up, now on sale!

                                  YOUNG GIRL
                          (holding tube of lipstick)
                              For that kiss. . .
                                 Be Prepared!

                                      LUM
            (holding Ataru's cheeks like she's trying to kiss him)
                                   DARLING!

                                     ATARU
                                     Huh!?

                                      LUM
                         For my youthful memories. . .

                                     ATARU
                         What do you think you're. . .

                                      LUM
                                (puckering up)
                               Please hurry. . .
          ATARU spies a girl outside the store and wiggles out of it.

                                     CHEF
                                   Customer!
                                  Your bill!

                                      LUM
                                   Darling?
                     Outside, Ataru is being, well, Ataru.
                  The current target of his pass is about as
          interested as they usually are, which is to say not at all.

                                     ATARU
                                 So sweet. . .
                                   red lips!

                                    GIRL 1
                What reason do you have to break in like this!

                                     ATARU
                             (taking arm of girl)
                        How about my youthful memories?

                                    GIRL 1
                         (slapping him with briefcase)
                                  Get away!!

                                     ATARU
                         How about your phone number?
                                   Miss. . .
       at least let me give you my telephone number or something. . . .
                        ATARU hears someone behind him.
                         He gets up and turns around.
                        The person turns out to be LUM,
              who is not very pleased and extremely disappointed.

                                     ATARU
                           (knowing the inevitable)
                                     Lum!
                                     Wait!
                          I was going to talk to you!
                              Don't use violence!
                            I have ramen leftovers!
                                     Lum!

                                      LUM
                             (thinking to herself)
                                 Darling. . .
                                   you. . .
                       you never want to give me a kiss.
                             (mumbling to herself)
                                 Darling. . .
                                 Darling. . .
                                 YOU FOOL!!!!
                            LUM flies off in anger.
                 ATARU is amazed that he's escaped unscathed.

                                     ATARU
                              No electric attack?
                                    Did it!
             Now that the demon is gone, its time for a Girl Hunt!
                         ATARU is grabbed from behind.

                                     ATARU
                                     Huh?
                               Who hinders me!!

                                     CHEF
                 Customer, you owe for the price of 6 ramen!!
                         ATARU knows he has been had,
          Scene: A restaurant catering to girl high school students.
       SHINOBU, RYUNOSUKE, and two other GIRL STUDENTS are sitting at a table.
                    RYUNOSUKE feels decidedly out of place.

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                                This place. . .
                           it's a girl's stronghold.

                                    SHINOBU
                                  Ryunosuke!

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                                 (looking up)
                                     Huh?

                                    SHINOBU
                    If it isn't too reasonable to ask. . .
                     would you like something more to eat?

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                                   Uhh. . .

                                GIRL STUDENT 2
                        (presenting magazine to group)
                                 Look at this!
        The magazine is set an advertisement for ``Kiss Me'' lipstick.

                                    SHINOBU
                             ``For that kiss. . .
                                Be Prepared!''

                                GIRL STUDENT 3
                    Shinobu, have you experienced your yet?

                                    SHINOBU
                                     Huh?

                                GIRL STUDENT 3
                               (ribbing SHINOBU)
              Of course, its useless to just write about it. . .

                                    SHINOBU
                          What are you talking about?

                                GIRL STUDENT 3
                                  First Kiss!

                                    SHINOBU
                                 (embarrassed)
                         No, I haven't had it yet. . .
                                 not yet. . .

                                GIRL STUDENT 2
                                You're joking!!

                                    SHINOBU
                                   Have you?

                                GIRL STUDENT 2
                          Oh my goodness, of course!

                                    SHINOBU
                                   Really!?

                                GIRL STUDENT 3
                 My First Kiss was with a High School boy. . .
                           and it was late at night.

                                    SHINOBU
                                    Y. . .
                                   you too!?

                                GIRL STUDENT 3
                       Shinobu, its never too early. . .

                                    SHINOBU
                                    So. . .
                         Ryunosuke, too, I'm sure. . .
                 RYUNOSUKE starts to gag at the advertisement.
                           SHINOBU looks concerned.

                                    SHINOBU
                              Ryunosuke, is. . .
                              is something wrong?
                    RYUNOSUKE points to the advertisement.

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                                    Th. . .
                                  this stuff.
                       ``Lipstick'', I wasn't sure. . .

                                GIRL STUDENT 3
                                    So. . .

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                        So this stuff is lipstick, . .
                                      So!
                              You people wear it!
                Is this what turns adult woman's mouths red?!?

                                    SHINOBU
                                   Yes. . .
                                    so. . .
                    The other two girl lean toward SHINOBU.

                                GIRL STUDENT 2
                            You mean this girl. . .

                                GIRL STUDENT 3
                          It's not in her experience.

                                    SHINOBU
                            I'm so embarrassed. . .
                  Scene: LUM is walking through town, alone.
                    The sight of other lovers holding hands
                   and kissing make her even more desperate,

                                      LUM
                                 Darling. . .

                                      LUM
                                  I only. . .
                        I only want to see you want me.
                                 Darling. . .
               She looks up at an advertisement for ``Kiss Me''.

                                      LUM
                             ``For that kiss. . .
                                Be Prepared!''
                          An idea shapes in her head.

                                      LUM
                                  That's it!!
                            Scene: SHINOBU's house.
             She is recalling her conversation at the restaurant,

                                GIRL STUDENT 3
                             (SHINOBU remembering)
                     ``Shinobu, its never too early. . .''
                          SHINOBU thinks to herself.

                                    SHINOBU
                  I think it is too valuable to just happen!
            In one's lifetime, there is only one First, Kiss. . . .
                                   but. . .
                        `For that kiss, Be Prepared!''
                            She giggles to herself.
                            Scene: MEGANE's house.
            He is watching a video tape of the Kiss Me commercial.
            In his room, the walls are covered with posters of LUM,
                       snapshots of LUM, pillows of LUM,
                  just about anything you can imagine of LUM.

                                   YOUNG MAN
                                (in commercial)
                                 So sweet. . .
                                   red lips.

                                   YOUNG MAN
                                (in commercial)
                                 So sweet. . .
                                   red lips.

                                    MEGANE
                             So damn sentimental!!
                             (Much more dialogue)

                             COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCER
                          The burning-like kiss. . .
                         those are youthful memories!
                           MEGANE gets really angry.

                                    MEGANE
                                 WHAT YOUTH!!
                                WHAT MEMORIES!!
            On Valentine's Day people get cards, but I get nothing!
         In the past, present, or future, is there not a girl for me?
                             (Even more dialogue)
               MEGANE begins to caress one of his LUM posters .

                                    MEGANE
                                   Lum. . .
                             You're the angel. . .
                 All I beg is to kiss those lips of yours. . .
                          MEGANE lapses into a dream,

                                   DREAM LUM
                             (overly melodramatic)
                      Megane, you must live with courage!

                                 DREAM MEGANE
                            (super-overly dramatic)
               Please, this torment is more than I can bear. . .
                           You are Moroboshi's. . .

                                   DREAM LUM
                               What is Darling?
                             That was before. . .

                                 DREAM MEGANE
                                   Lum. . .
                          it is already too late. . .
                       my life is already too late. . .
                      it is the beginning of the end. . .

                                   DREAM LUM
                                  Such a. . .
                          at least one last kiss. . .
                MEGANE wakes up just as they are about to kiss.

                                    MEGANE
                                     Damn!
                           What's the point of this!
                     What's the point of imagining things!
       Lum is already tied, and my only hope is catch her unawares. . .
                                   Oh Lum!!
                              Just one hot kiss!
                             I would die for that!
                          My life would be complete!
                              Everyday, everyday.
                                   Lum. . .
                            I live to see that day!
                         But time is running out. . .
                              I'm 17 years old!!
         MEGANE goes crazy and begins running amok on the house roofs.

                                    MEGANE
                                   Waaaaaa!
                                     Lum!
                                     Lum!
                                     Lum!
                                     Lum!
       Scene: 23,000 miles away in geo-synchronous orbit above Tomobiki.
                          LUM is preparing something.

                                      LUM
                                    Ummmm.
                    Now why didn't I think of this before?

                                      LUM
                              This will be good.
                    LUM pours a red substance into a mold.

                                      LUM
                     We'll wait and let this thing harden.
          The hardened substance turns out to be a tube of lipstick.
            After putting it in a lipstick holder, LUM tries it on.

                                      LUM
                        Oh wait until Darling sees me!
                              Scene: ATARU's room
                             ATARU is ``studying''
                       (in other words, reading manga).
           TEN is also in the room, calmly minding his own business.
          LUM enters and tries, to put the lipstick on ATARU's mouth.
                   ATARU, being the sensible male, refuses.
                           A small struggle ensues,
           and LUM does not succeed in getting the lipstick on him.

                                     ATARU
                                    W. . .
                       what do you think you're doing!?!

                                      LUM
                                 (innocently)
             Darling, I just want to put some lipstick on you. . .

                                     ATARU
                        (trying to avoid the lipstick)
                        What ever gave you that idea!!

                                      LUM
                             None of your concern.
                      Now be still while I put this on!!

                                     ATARU
                                  Men. . . .
                                 don't. . . .
                                   wear. . .
                                  lipstick!!!

                                      LUM
                          (still chasing after ATARU)
                                  Put it on!

                                     ATARU
                                      No!
                                   Get away!

                                      LUM
                                  Put it on!
                         As LUM tries to catch ATARU,
                some of the lipstick accidentally gets on TEN.

                                      LUM
                                     Ten!
             LUM and TEN are inexplicably drawn toward each other.
                 The lipstick, apparently, acts like a magnet,
                 drawing others with the lipstick on together.
                               TEN is not happy.

                                      TEN
                                    Waaaaa!
                                   L. . . .
                             Lum, I'm just a baby!
                            I'm your first cousin!!
                       ATARU now knows something is up.

                                     ATARU
               Really, do you think I'd fall for that lipstick?

                                      LUM
                                    W. . .
                         what are you talking about!?

                                     ATARU
                         (grabbing lipstick from her)
                               Don't play dumb!
         You wanted to put that stuff on me to draw our lips together.
                                You set a trap!
                                  Listen Lum.
                        To kiss requires other things.
                              A man and a woman -
                  have to mutually agree to exchange kisses!

                                      LUM
                But Darling, you never ask me to kiss you. . .

                                     ATARU
                              But this is wrong!
          ATARU acts like he is throwing the lipstick out the window.
                     Actually, he palms it under his hand,

                                     ATARU
                   To use such a prop to get me to kiss you.
                               It's not right!!

                                      LUM
                                    Ohhhh.
                      And I went to all that trouble, . ,

                                     ATARU
                                   Too bad.
                               LUM picks up TEN.

                                      LUM
              Ten, lets find a way to get that stuff off of you.
                     (the two attract to each other again)
                                    Sorry.
                                  (to ATARU)
                              Darling, you fool!!
                              LUM and TEN leave.
                         ATARU smiles a wolfish grin.

                                     ATARU
                                 They're gone!
                      He looks over the palmed lipstick.

                                     ATARU
                   Now I have something to use on the girls!
                               Hehehehehe. . . .
                                   At last!
                     ATARU raises the lipstick in triumph.

                                     ATARU
            With this hand, I can mass produce youthful memories!!!
                               COMMERCIAL BREAK
                           Scene: The next morning.
                     ATARU is walking joyously to school.

                                     ATARU
            This morning I come to High School to entertain myself!
                            Cut to: The classroom.
                        SHINOBU is thinking to herself.

                                    SHINOBU
                                What a day. . .
                           such a sweet morning. . .
         Though I'm not sure, I have a feeling something will happen.
                     Maybe a premonition of My First Kiss?
                              I wonder who. . . .
                   At this moment, ATARU chooses to appear,

                                     ATARU
                                 Hey, Shinobu!
                                 Good Morning!
                          Isn't it a lovely morning!
                             SHINOBU is horrified.
                           She kneels down to pray.

                                    SHINOBU
                                 Please, God.
                             Don't let it be him.
             ATARU is looking around, eager to start on his quest.

                                     ATARU
                                 (to himself)
                             Who shall I start on?
                               All the same. . .
              I should start straight out with the correct girl.
                             ATARU finds his prey.

                                     ATARU
                                  Ryunosuke.

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                                      Eh?

                                     ATARU
                           Do you know what this is?
                     RYUNOSUKE looks at it incredulously.

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                                    It. . .
                              it's lipstick. . .

                                     ATARU
                         It's a woman's necessity. . .

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                                 Is that good?

                                     ATARU
                                  Of course!!

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                                  Is that so?
                           So this is lipstick. . .

                                     ATARU
                          Would you like to apply it?

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                                    Y. . .
                                     yes.

                                     ATARU
         (producing a mirror which he ``just happened'' to have along)
                                  OK, mirror.
         By now, quite a number of the other male members of the class
          have gathered around, including MENDO, MEGANE, PAMA, CHIBI,
                                 and KAKUGARI.
             RYUNOSUKE, meanwhile, admires herself in the mirror.

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                                 (to herself)
                           I look so beautiful. . .
                             it's almost a crime.
       MENDO, however, is amazed to see ATARU putting the lipstick on as well.

                                     MENDO
                                     Huh!
                     Moroboshi, that's in very bad taste.
            ATARU ignores him and turns his head towards RYUNOSUKE.
                  Instantly they begin to attract each other.

                                     ATARU
                                  Ryunosuke!
       RYUNOSUKE stops him the best way possible -- a fist right in the face.
                             Everyone is appalled.

                                    PALMER
                                     What!

                                     MENDO
                                  (to ATARU)
                           Now what are you up to!?

                                    MEGANE
                                  (to ATARU)
                            You've got lipstick on.
                     Do you care for nothing, you villain!
                         LUM arrives from behind them.

                                      LUM
                          What's going on, everybody.

                                    MEGANE
                          (in a very friendly voice)
                                      Oh!
                              Good morning, Lum!
            LUM, however, notices that her Darling is on the floor.
            MEGANE, however, notices that LUM too has lipstick on.

                                      LUM
                                   Darling!
                              What are you doing?

                                    MEGANE
                           Lum is wearing lipstick.
                             What does this mean?

                                     ATARU
                                    Oh no!
                                     Lum!
             Instantly the two begin to attract toward each other
                 and LUM prepares for the kiss of a lifetime.
       When it doesn't come, she opens her eyes to see half the male class
                              holding ATARU down.
                          MENDO tries to console her.

                                     MENDO
                       The danger has passed, Miss Lum.

                                      LUM
                      But I didn't want your good deeds!!

                                     MENDO
                            But what on Earth. . .

                                      LUM
                 Darling, why are you wearing that lipstick!?

                                     ATARU
                     What did you expect me to do with it?

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                                   (to LUM)
                                     Hey!
                        What is it with this lipstick!
                 RYUNOSUKE starts to be forced closer to LUM.
                          The two try to break away.

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                                     Lum!
                                 I'm a girl!!

                                      LUM
                                  Ryunosuke!
                    How did you get the lipstick on you!!?
                            MENDO has seen enough.
                         He grabs ATARU by the collar,

                                     MENDO
                                  Moroboshi!!
                             What have you done!!

                                     ATARU
                               The truth is. . .

                                 ENTIRE CLASS
                                    What!?!

                                     MENDO
                               MAGIC LIPSTICK!?!
                                    Y. . .
           You mean, lipstick that will draw others lips to yours!?

                                    MEGANE
                                  Ataru. . .
                                  Rrrreally!?

                                     MENDO
                                  Moroboshi!
                 It is not proper to take what is not offered!

                                    SHINOBU
                                   Unclean!
                      It is not right to do that to lips!

                                     MENDO
                            Thats true, Moroboshi!!
                        Women's lips are a work of art!
                 To use this unfeeling method is disgraceful!
                         It would be damage to beauty!

                                 GIRL STUDENTS
                        (rallying around their savior)
                              Truly, Mr. Mendo!!

                                     ATARU
                                    Humph!
                                  Loudmouth!

                                    MEGANE
                             (thinking to himself)
                                     Wait!
                        Maybe my day has finally come!
          I had long since resigned myself to never seeing this day,
                        but maybe it has finally come!
                  That lipstick over there may bring me Lum!
                        (grabbing lipstick from ATARU)
                                    Ataru!
                                Give it to me!!

                                     ATARU
                                    Idiot!!
                     What man would want borrow lipstick?
                         The GIRL STUDENTS, meanwhile,
          have begun to realize what kind of power that lipstick has,
            especially when it comes to their own hearthrob, MENDO.
                     They start being VERY nice to ATARU.

                                 GIRL STUDENTS
                                Oh, Ataru. . .
                               Can we borrow it?
                                     Hmm?
                                    Can we?
                                    Can we?
                              ATARU can't resist.
                    All his dreams are at last coming true.

                                     ATARU
                             (thinking to himself)
                          Oh what delicious lips. . .
                            (to the GIRL STUDENTS)
                            Yes, line up, line up!!

                                     GIRL
                                 Not with you!
           One of the GIRL STUDENTS presents the lipstick to MENDO.

                                     MENDO
                                Just a moment.
                             What are you doing!?

                                    GIRL 2
                          Shutaro, please put it on!

                                     MENDO
                             (surrounded by girls)
                                   No, wait!
                                    Please!
           Moroboshi tried to exchange kisses with you the same way!
                          My pride will not allow it!
                   A kiss is a sacred ceremony of love. . .
                         MENDO's mind begins to reel.

                                     MENDO
                             (thinking to himself)
                                Wait a minute!!
                  If I apply the lipstick and Lum draws near,
                        we could ``accidentally''. . .
                               accidentally. . ,
               MENDO begins to daydream about what might happen.

                                DAYDREAM MENDO
                          (accidentally kissing LUM)
                     I beg your pardon, I'm so sorry. . .

                                 DAYDREAM LUM
                 Oh, once more, for my youthful memories. . .
                                Daydream ends.

                                     MENDO
                             (thinking to himself)
                               Its simple logic.
                     If I kiss her, she will fall for me.
                  There will be nothing unfair about it. . .
                           He puts on the lipstick.
                   ATARU jumps for another try at RYUNOSUKE.

                                     ATARU
                                  Ryunosuke!

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                             Don't talk nonsense!
                                     Die!
       RYUNOSUKE hits ATARU, who totters around dazed -- right toward MENDO.
                                   SMACK!!!
                  LUM and everyone in the class is horrified.

                                    PALMER
                                  Impossible.

                                      LUM
                                      No!

                                     ATARU
                                 (to himself)
                        How can I live with myself now?

                                     MENDO
                                 (to himself)
                                  Father. . .
                                  Mother. . .
                         please forgive your Shutaro.
                ATARU and MENDO turn their backs to each other
                  so as not to be forced into kissing again.

                                     MENDO
                                  Moroboshi!

                                     ATARU
                                    Mendo!!
                                   Bastard!
                     This morning I even brushed my teeth!

                                     MENDO
                    Just what did you expect to accomplish,
                    with that garlic taste in your mouth?!

                                    PALMER
               Why are they quarreling with their backs turned?
                         The GIRL STUDENTS, meanwhile,
             are not going to let this chance get away from them.

                                GIRL STUDENT 2
                        Now's my chance for Mr. Mendo!!

                                GIRL STUDENT 3
                                  Oh, gimme!
                                    Me too!

                                  SHINOBU(?)
                                     Here.

                                     ATARU
                                  This is it!
                            This is my big chance!!
             ATARU leaps -- and lands right on the lips of CHERRY.

                                     ATARU
                                  CHERRY!!!!

                                    CHERRY
                                     ???.
            By now, all the GIRL STUDENTS have put the lipstick on,
                         and have begun chasing MENDO.

                                 GIRL STUDENTS
                                  Mr. Mendo!
                       We'll take out the bitter taste!
                       We'll take out the bitter taste!!
          Seeing all this take place, PALMER becomes a rabble rouser.

                                    PALMER
                                     Damn!
                          Mendo thinks he's the best!
                           Men, we go into battle!!
                         They ALL put on the lipstick.

                                   MEGANE(?)
                                Give it to me!
                               Chaos now reigns.
          SHINOBU stands off to the side trying not to get involved.

                                    SHINOBU
                                 (to herself)
                       I will not take part in this. . .
               GIRL STUDENT 2 comes up to her with the lipstick.

                                GIRL STUDENT 2
                                   Shinobu!
                You don't seem to be one who gets in on things.
                             Come on and join us!
       Before SHINOBU can do anything to stop her, the lipstick is on her lips.
                      ATARU now chooses his next target.

                                     ATARU
                                   Shinobu!
                        SHINOBU stops him with a desk.

                                    SHINOBU
             The First Kiss is too valuable a thing to give away!!

                                     ATARU
                              (being thrown away)
                                   Waaaaaaa!

                                    SHINOBU
                                 Go to hell!!
       SHINOBU now has to defend herself against other would-be Romeo's.
                         Bodies fly in all directions.

                                    SHINOBU
                              I will protect. . .
                              I will protect. . .
                                My First Kiss!!
               Just when things seem to about to overwhelm her,
                        RYUNOSUKE pops into the rescue.

                                   VOICE (?)
                                   Got you!

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                                     ???.

                                    SHINOBU
                                  Ryunosuke!
              The attacking male students all look like zombies.

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                                     ???.

                                    SHINOBU
                                      Ok.

                                MALE STUDENT 1
                                Hehehehe. . . .
                        give us your youthful memories!

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                           What villains, zombies!!
                           They all move in closer.

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                              You asked for it!!
                SHINOBU starts waving a desk at the attackers,
                 effectively knocking them all over the place.

                                    SHINOBU
                                  Take that!
                                   And that!
                                  And, that!

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                              Look out, Shinobu!

                                    SHINOBU
                                     Stop!
                              Don't turn around!!
                                   Too late.
                        Their lips are drawn together.
                           Both of them are aghast.
               The MALE STUDENTS think this is really funny. . .

                                MALE STUDENT 2
                                   Hahahaha!
                            Girl students kissing!!
               MALE STUDENT 2, however, says this to his buddy,
                    and then their lips are drawn together.
                    Now we have two male students kissing.
                    RYUNOSUKE and SHINOBU are now annoyed.

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                                     ???.
                                   You men!!

                                    SHINOBU
                      So, you want ``youthful memories''?
                       The two start kicking severe ass.
             Meanwhile, MEGANE is under a pile of discarded desks,
                   a casualty of the beginning of the chaos.
                 He still hasn't gotten hold of the lipstick,
                      but he sees it underneath the mess.

                                    MEGANE
                                 The lipstick!
                        If I can just get it I can. . .
                            just a little more. . .
                                    did it!

                                    MEGANE
                              For that kiss. . .
                              I AM NOW PREPARED!!
            MEGANE breaks free of the desks in spectacular fashion.

                                    MEGANE
       Now, the century's biggest youthful memory is about to be realized!!
                                    LUM!!!
               ATARU, meanwhile, is still trying to get someone.
                           He sneaks up on SHINOBU.

                                    SHINOBU
                                  Take that!
                                You filthy. . .
          LUM, meanwhile, has all the while been trying to get ATARU.
                                She grabs him.

                                      LUM
                                 Hey, Darling!
                               Look toward me!!
                              ATARU breaks free.

                                     ATARU
                                 Tomoyo-chan!

                                      LUM
                      Darling, I will not permit this!!!
         LUM starts to build a sizable display of electric potential,
                      which she discharges coincidentally
                     just as MEGANE begins his attack run.

                                    MEGANE
                                    Lum!!!!
                                    (ZAP!!)
                     MEGANE falls to the floor, defeated.

                                     ATARU
                                Ryunosuke. . .

                                    MEGANE
                             (mumbling to himself)
                       Goodbye youthful memories. . . .
                               Goodbye Lum. . .
            Meanwhile, RYUNOSUKE and SHINOBU are still kicking ass.
                           Chaos is now everywhere,
           and LUM decides it's time to take matters into her hands.

                                      LUM
                                 Everyone. . .
                                  STOP IT!!!

                                     ATARU
                                  Ryunosuke!

                                   RYUNOSUKE
                             Stop it, you idiot!!
                     LUM starts her blue streak up again.

                                      LUM
                                   Darling!
                             Stop this right now!!
                                     ZAP!!
                                    BOOM!!
                 Once more, Tomobiki high school need repairs.
               Scene: Another ramen restaurant, later that day.
                       LUM is seated, looking dejected.

                             RESTAURANT PROPRIETOR
               For a girl, you're not all that desperate to eat.

                                      LUM
                         (thinking about other things)
                                    No. . .
                       I'm not all that charming . . . .

                             RESTAURANT PROPRIETOR
       On the contrary, that red lipstick makes you look very charming.
                        This seems to lift her spirits.

                                      LUM
                                    REALLY!

                             RESTAURANT PROPRIETOR
                              Would I lie to you?
                                You look nice!

                                      LUM
                 But how can I make Darling understand. . . .
              >From outside come the sounds of a familiar scene.

                                     ATARU
                               (voice offstage)
                                Hey, Miss. . .

                                GIRL STUDENT 4
                   What kind of a guy would wear lipstick?!!
                                 ATARU is hit.
                                    Again.

                                     ATARU
                                     Wait!
                             Wait till next time!!
         LUM gets up walks to the window trying to get his attention.

                                      LUM
                                   Darling!
                                   Darling!
       ATARU is unable to resist the force drawing him toward the restaurant.
       His lips smash against the glass and the two exchange a kiss of sorts.
            The RESTAURANT PROPRIETOR is overcome with romanticism.

                             RESTAURANT PROPRIETOR
                         Aaah, youthful memories. . .
         Cut to: The lipstick tube, taking its place among the stars.
          An epilogue is heard from CHERRY as the lipstick goes away.

                                    CHERRY
       In one's youth, love is like a hot passion which changes young men.
             Sometimes an instrument is needed to help that love.
                       Go to heaven, instrument of love!

                                      END

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