Kaede, the ninja girl, is found by Mendo and gives her a
job as bodyguard in order to hide her. The old lady ninja master
shows up and Ryoko sets up a race for Kaede to see if she's good
enough for her job.
162. Tomobiki High School Survival! Who Are the Survivors!
Three boys at Tomobiki High school have a motherly love
for tomatoes, and when Jariten accidentally burns their green
house, they beat him up. Jariten takes revenge by sinking the
school roof high into the ground. Everyone gets uneasy and blame
falls on the three tomato boys, who start fighting back.
163. The Mysterious Giant Cake! Love's Fleeing Panic!!
Ryoko invites everyone to a party inside a giant cake
hall. Once everyone has arrived, Ryoko lets it be know that the
cake is infested with bombs all set to go off soon. With a bomb
detector, Lum and the other's try to find all the bombs and end
up at the top of the cake. Where Ryoko is waiting with a machine
gun, tries to convince Tobimaru to marry her. But a puppeteer
tells Ryoko it's time for the bombs to detonate, so she leaves unscathed.
Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, and Mendo planes crash on an island
and meet a girl and her father in a village where large bamboo
shoots instantly grow at noon. The village also has special
mushrooms that make one fall asleep in a burst of light and the
surrounding area becomes one's dream world. The kids each eat
one, but only Ataru's is special.
165. Snow Panic? The Mendo Family Cherry Blossom Display Banquet!
The kids are having a celebration outside and end up all
getting intoxicated and performing a play that takes place in
feudal Japan.
166. From the Far Spring! The Tale of the Lonely Fairy!
A snow fairy is watching Ataru during the day and makes a
date with him for tomorrow. When Tomorrow arrives. Shinobu is
telling Lum's Guards about snow fairies while Ataru is meeting
with her in the forest. She speaks with him in a way that makes
him think of his relation with Lum and when he returns home, he's
in an odd mood.
167. To Dreamland! Darling Battle Royal Abduction
Lum is growing some special Dream-Fruit berries and Ten-chan
secretly gives on to Sakura, and Lum gives one to Ataru. Every night,
Sakura and Ataru meet in there dreams, which is very unpleasing
to Sakura. Thrice is too much and Sakura demands an explanation.
Lum takes a dream-berry and all three of them have a fight in
dreamland over who will marry who, since there are two Ataru's
in this dreamland, the real one and the dream one.
168. Return of the Three Daughters! The Great Scheme to Seduce Darling!
Sugar, Ginger, and Pepper try to seduce Ataru, but fail
miserably. So they use an aphrodisiac spray which causes Ataru to
fall in love with just about everyone and everything but the
three girls.
169. The Scampering Kotatsu Cat! Anything to Get Warm
Kotatsu buy a Kotatsu that refuses to let a blanket be put
on it. After examination, Ataru discovers the Mendo crest on it
calls Mendo...an idiot; but that summons Mendo just as easily.
After a fashion, the kotatsu meets another living kotatsu and the
two go off together.
170. Ryunosuke's Father's Self Sacrificing Devotion! His Wife is Within Images!
Ryu is again pressing her father if information about her
mother. Mr. Fujinami tries to get a new wife to be Ryu's mother,
but his silly attempts are useless. Finally Mr. Fujinami takes
Ryu to a amusement park where he and Masako (Mrs. Fujinami) used
to work before marriage, and he gives Ryu, Masako's work outfit.