Urusei Yatsura Season 2 Ep 8: Release Date, Speculations, Watch Online

Episode 7 of ‘Urusei Yatsura Season 2’ is titled “Eerie Earmuffs.” In this episode, Ataru buys earmuffs from some shady dealer.

Ataru convinces Ten to try the earmuffs with him, and they both put it on together. As a result of the magic earmuffs, the two switch bodies. Ataru uses this opportunity to cuddle with women thanks to Ten’s small and cute body. However, Lum discovers both Ataru and Ten acting weird and gets suspicious.

The situation escalates after interacting with Lum and Sakura, and Ataru returns to normal. However, the trauma that Ataru inflicted on Ten will never be forgotten.

Here are the latest updates.

1. Episode 8 Release Date

Episode 8 of ‘Urusei Yatsura Season 2’ will be released on Thursday, February 29, 2024. It is a weekly anime, and new episodes are released every Thursday. You can watch ‘Urusei Yatsura Season 2’ anime on HIDIVE.

I. Is Urusei Yatsura Season 2 on a Break?

‘Urusei Yatsura Season 2’ is not on a break this week. Episode 8 has not been delayed and will be released on the above-stated date.

2. Episode 8 Speculation

As a result of Lum and Ataru’s time-traveling adventures, they were both traumatized by their visions. Ataru sees his future child running to some other old woman and is depressed as a result. However, Ataru’s reality was marrying Shinobu Moroboshi, which would make him very happy.

Lum is depressed since Ataru does not marry her in the future, which is a reality. However, the future can still be changed, especially since they witnessed it. A time rabbit has caught wind of this anomaly and will likely interfere in the next episode. The rabbit may have the power to erase their memories and probably use it on Ataru and Lum to restore the timeline.

3. Recap of Episode 7

Ataru finds a shady man selling earmuffs for 150 yen a piece and considers the offer. Ataru thinks a lot and tries to leave, but the seller offers two for 200 yen. Ataru happily goes with the earmuffs and tells Ten to pay him 100 yen for one of them. The two wear the earmuffs and then switch bodies.

Ataru in Ten’s body starts flying away to find women to cuddle with. Ten sees Lum and tries to run away but then distracts her with Ataru. Ten walks up to some random women and hugs them. Meanwhile, Ten in Ataru’s body tries to explain what happened, but Lum assumes he’s lost his mind.

Ataru flies into Sakura but gets whacked by her bag on instinct. Although Sakura tries to treat Ataru like Ten, she feels malicious intent. Ataru gaslights both Sakura and Lum into saying Ten is the evil one. Meanwhile, the aliens are embarrassed that they can only sell three earmuffs. 

Eventually, the two remove their earmuffs and switch back to their original bodies. The following day, Lum wants to show Ataru a cool new gadget. The gadget creates a portal that takes them to school through another dimension. However, the school is empty, and Ataru finds a bunch of adults in his class.

One of the men starts talking about how familiar Ataru looks. Onsen has also become really old, and all the classmates seem like adult versions of themselves. Ataru realizes what Lum did and angrily steps out of the school. As Ataru eats food outside, a small child shows up and tries to steal some of his food.

Lum realizes that the child looks just like Ataru. Meanwhile, the Moroboshi girl is looking for Kokeru around the school. Lum realizes that Ataru had a child with someone else in the future and breaks down. Kokeru is returned to school, and Ataru misunderstands who he marries.

After returning to the present, Ataru and Lum are traumatized by their visions of the future. A time rabbit runs down a dimension of multiple doors, worried about being late.

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5. About Urusei Yatsura

Urusei Yatsura is a manga series by Rumiko Takahashi. It has a total of 374 chapters and was published from 1978 to 1987. Its anime adaptation received 195 episodes from 1981 to 1986. A new anime adaptation with selected stories began airing in October 2022.

In the series, a humanoid alien race invades the Earth but agrees that if the protagonist wins in a game of tag, they will leave it unharmed. Ataru wins against the alien girl, Lum.

Lum misunderstands and thinks Ataru is proposing marriage, and starts living with him and joins his high school. Ataru is a trouble magnet and gets stuck in weird situations pretty often.