#im balling rn brb

So I’d just gotten to the chapter Darling in Danger! In the Urusei Yatsura manga and like this chapter-

Seeing Lum so desperately trying to find Ran because Ataru’s life is on the line and literally running around this huge forest just to save his life-

Only to get that flatline from her machine telling her that she failed (even though she didn’t really) just……

Her face says it all. Lum is devastated by the possibility of Ataru’s death. Like she just stops functioning entirely as soon as she processes what she’s looking at. Like this chapter really nailed it in for me that Lum’s feelings for Ataru are 110% real. This isn’t a crush she’s got, no she’s head over heels in love with him and the thought of him no longer being there in her life is something she can’t imagine.

Just holy shit Rumiko Takahashi really nailed it and this chapter surprisingly hurt even though it’s a comedy. Well done holy fuck.

Edit:

RUMIKO TAKAHASHI WHY DID YOU MAKE ME CRY AND HURT ME IN THIS WAY?????

THE RELIEF ON HER FACE AND THE WAY SHE LIKE SHAKES FROM ALL THE EMOTIONS THAT HIT HER AT ONCE. AND THE WAY ATARU LET’S HER HUG HIM BECAUSE HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON BUT HE KNOWS SOMETHING’S WRONG BECAUSE SHE’S LIKE A FUCKING WRECK AND OMFG MRS. TAKAHASHI YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO MAKE ME GET SO EMOTIONAL OVER THESE TWO I HAVEN’T BEEN THIS EMOTIONAL OVER A COUPLE LIKE THIS SINCE KAGOME AND INUYASHA FUCK ME DUDE-