Urusei is the last anime I thought Id like yet it made its way into my heart. Now I dont care about presenting you the anime lets just get onto why I love it and why I didnt think I would. I thought Urusei Yatsura was a pervert/voyeur anime. And by pervert I dont mean it as ohhh no fanservice boobs I cant watch this anymore it ruined my whole experience I mean it as a delusional phantasm with mere palliative effects for its viewers. The whole point of these stories is to make its viewers virtually obtain something they cant have in real life trapping them into being comforted in their miserable state and using their emotions and lust for the sake of selling. Its malicious and thats what I mean by pervert anime. third time I talk about this in a review lmao With this paragraph you can tell how far I was from liking this anime. I expected it to be about some random waifu who completely and absolutely love a nobody despite him not deserving it. And after watching the first few episodes well... My worries were pretty much confirmed except for Ataru mc boy actually having a personnality which kinda invalidated the perverted selfinsert story theory. I was also pissed off with the Ataru/Shinobu romance bllshit that made no sense. And after few other episodes I realized how utterly wrong I was. To me this anime is nothing perverted if anything its full of love and good intentions for its viewers. Atarus archetype is basically that bratty kid whod really to feel a breast or two doryoku mirai.... I expected good ol personnalityless mckun so it was a good surprise honestly. And whats good is that his attitude isnt an excuse for the author to make it a one sided gender slander thing like oh look how men are beasts that only care about sex. Shinobu whos a female is comically seen as shallow as she was the inital love interest of Ataru but she shifted to the school prince because of his looks and status. Ataru wants the dude dead but he aint even mad at Shinobu. Who would prefer a pathetic dude with no future to an intelligent dude from a good family who holds one ? Though the contrary could also be said. What kind of fool would only search for looks and material things in their partner ? Thats basically the anime. It mocks boys and girls or men and women for their habits of falling in love with anyone for stupid reasons : looks or status. It isnt seen as something illogical but its still being made fun of even though its natural and comprehensive behaviour. It isnt a one gender slander thing or a perverted anime. Urusei Yatsura is also not another waifu oblige anime where all the main girls are just perfect and the guy is the only the dense worthless dude with flaws. No character is put on a pedestal for husbando or waifu sake. Theyre all being made fun of theyre all ridicule and in that sense theyre all equal. Its a wholesome anime with relatable stuff as much as it is exaggerated for comedic purpose its episodic and selfaware and Idk its just good man. To conclude I find Ataru and Lums romance interesting. As I said earlier all the teens in the story fall in love for dumb reasons : grudges status looks jealousy lust etc but Lum is the only character who romantically like Ataru for who he is not for societal titles and Ataru despite being attracted to Lum hates her but slowly falls for her not for her looks but for the genuine loving and caring person she is. Its an unrealistic yet sweet version of love that reminds you what you really want in your partner. Theres a huge difference between that and the destructive self insert I described earlier. Some people probably found it unfuny boring trash or embarassing but I dont care I enjoyed it it has a meaning and from my perspective it perfectly is what its trying to be and its all that matters.