Urusei Yatsura: Only You

Urusei Yatsura: Only You

Love, eleven years in the making... not that he remembers!

Directed by Mamoru Oshii

Produced by Kitty Films, Pierrot

1983101 min6.1 / 10

A lighthearted romantic comedy built on absurdist premise and alien culture clash, where forgotten childhood promises collide with present-day relationships.

Six-year-old Ataru steps on Elle's shadow during an impromptu game of shadow-tag; in Elle's culture, this is viewed as a marriage proposal. Eleven years later, Elle returns to Earth in order to marry Ataru — by which time not only had he forgotten the events of his childhood, but he was also going out with Lum. The rest of the plot focuses on Lum's attempts to prevent the marriage.

Questions people ask

  • Does Urusei Yatsura: Only You end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 85% of films.

  • Is Urusei Yatsura: Only You easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Is Urusei Yatsura: Only You scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Urusei Yatsura: Only You sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is Urusei Yatsura: Only You violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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