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*** The third, made by Ataru, is the one where he has a harem... But in the process he became such a jerk he drove Lum off ''and'' isolated her from her childhood friends. [[EveryoneHasStandards Ataru proceeds to clobber his future self once he finds out why Lum has left]].
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*** The third, made by Ataru, is the one where he has a harem... harem in a one-room apartment... But in the process he became such a jerk he drove Lum off ''and'' isolated her from her childhood friends.friends (who are in fact ''happy'' because now there's more space). [[EveryoneHasStandards Ataru proceeds to clobber his future self once he finds out why Lum has left]].
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*** A fifth has Lum marrying Ataru. It's happy... But it's seen only briefly before the Bureau decides to destroy all futures and create new ones, and Ataru and Lum fail to save it.
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*** A fifth has Lum marrying Ataru. It's happy... But it's seen only briefly before right after the Bureau decides decided to destroy all futures and create new ones, and Ataru and Lum fail fails to save it.
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** Also, all the other potential futures explored in the arc (before the Bureau destroys them all). Made worse for the last three because they were made by Ataru, Shinobu, and Lum:
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** Also, all the other potential futures explored in the arc (before the Bureau destroys them all). Made worse for the last three two of them because they were made by Ataru, Shinobu, and Lum:
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*** Lum's future has her marrying Ataru. It's happy... But it's seen only briefly before the Bureau decides to destroy all futures and create new ones, and Ataru and Lum fail to save it.
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*** Lum's future A fifth has her Lum marrying Ataru. It's happy... But it's seen only briefly before the Bureau decides to destroy all futures and create new ones, and Ataru and Lum fail to save it.
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** Also, all the other potential futures explored in the arc (before the Bureau destroys them all):
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** Also, all the other potential futures explored in the arc (before the Bureau destroys them all):all). Made worse for the last three because they were made by Ataru, Shinobu, and Lum:
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*** The third, made by Ataru, is the one where he has a harem... But in the process he became such a jerk he drove Lum off ''and'' isolated her from her childhood friends. [[EveryoneHasStandards Ataru proceeds to clobber his future self once he finds out why Lum has left]].
*** The fourth, made by Shinobu, is basically the present where she's persecuted by weirdoes trying to woo her, only now they're adults.
*** Lum's future has her marrying Ataru. It's happy... But it's seen only briefly before the Bureau decides to destroy all futures and create new ones, and Ataru and Lum fail to save it.
*** The fourth, made by Shinobu, is basically the present where she's persecuted by weirdoes trying to woo her, only now they're adults.
*** Lum's future has her marrying Ataru. It's happy... But it's seen only briefly before the Bureau decides to destroy all futures and create new ones, and Ataru and Lum fail to save it.
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*** The second is a post-apocalyptic world similar to ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', with Ataru as a gang leader, Shinobu as his woman, and Lum desperately trying to save the last rice seeds in the world. The only good thing here is ''Mendo'', as he has become this world's saviour.
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** Also, all the other potential futures explored in the arc (before the Bureau destroys them all):
*** In the first shown, Lum has married Mendo and Ataru works as their rickshaw driver, and Shinobu is a spinster still persecuted by Soban. There's at least two others that are identical except for minor differences (one has Mendo with a moustache, and the other has Lum wearing black and Soban wearing an afro wig).
*** In the first shown, Lum has married Mendo and Ataru works as their rickshaw driver, and Shinobu is a spinster still persecuted by Soban. There's at least two others that are identical except for minor differences (one has Mendo with a moustache, and the other has Lum wearing black and Soban wearing an afro wig).
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* Shinobu's romantic luck, or lack thereof. She starts the series with Ataru at his best, only for Lum to butt in and ruin their relationship ''and'' Ataru (who wasn't anywhere as bad as a pervert early on). Before she breaks up with Ataru she briefly gets a crush on Rei out of his good looks, except she knows he only has those and that Lum would die rather than getting back with him. Then she falls for Mendo, who seems to be like Ataru but better, only for him to quickly turn out even ''worse'' once you strip the money and good looks. Kitsune-ko is nice and kind, but is literally a fox kit and she doesn't even notice he's in love with him... And then there's Soban, [[{{Gonk}} so ugly he doesn't even look human]] and even stupider than that. It goes so far that in the All Stars anime she asks Sakura to be ''exorcised'', because all that ''has'' to be the result of a curse... But Sakura verifies it's not a curse, just her fate. No wonder that she was so enthusiast when she had the chance to [[ScrewDestiny wreck the Fate Production Bureau]]...
* The BadFuture shown early on when Lum and Ataru accidentally traveled ten years in the future, and explored in more detail in the Fate Production Bureau arc:
** Ataru and Lum have long broken up. It's clear they still have feelings for each other, but they can't act on them.
** Ataru was so devastated his once formidable organization skills have gone to hell, and he's mocked by his old classmates even worse than he used to. He also works for Mendo... Who has decided to fire him.
** The only good part of Ataru's future is that he married Shinobu and had a child with her... But their son is incredibly stupid, ''and'' in the present Ataru's attention made her think she was literally cursed.
** As for Lum, she ended up marrying ''Rei''. Not only she got back with her stalker, but Ran now has ruined her own life in the hope to drag Lum and Rei down with her.
** Mendo, in the meantime, has lost every semblance of friendship he had lost and left Tomobiki, only returning because he and Ataru went back for so long he felt he should fire him in person.
** The All Stars anime adds a mention of Ryunosuke missing the class reunion because she's with her father to Mount Fuji trying to open a beachside cafe there, unable to get the madman out of her life.
** Sakura and Tsubame have at least married and have a normal life... But they're still facing the RunningGag of people barging on them every time they try and get intimate.
* The BadFuture shown early on when Lum and Ataru accidentally traveled ten years in the future, and explored in more detail in the Fate Production Bureau arc:
** Ataru and Lum have long broken up. It's clear they still have feelings for each other, but they can't act on them.
** Ataru was so devastated his once formidable organization skills have gone to hell, and he's mocked by his old classmates even worse than he used to. He also works for Mendo... Who has decided to fire him.
** The only good part of Ataru's future is that he married Shinobu and had a child with her... But their son is incredibly stupid, ''and'' in the present Ataru's attention made her think she was literally cursed.
** As for Lum, she ended up marrying ''Rei''. Not only she got back with her stalker, but Ran now has ruined her own life in the hope to drag Lum and Rei down with her.
** Mendo, in the meantime, has lost every semblance of friendship he had lost and left Tomobiki, only returning because he and Ataru went back for so long he felt he should fire him in person.
** The All Stars anime adds a mention of Ryunosuke missing the class reunion because she's with her father to Mount Fuji trying to open a beachside cafe there, unable to get the madman out of her life.
** Sakura and Tsubame have at least married and have a normal life... But they're still facing the RunningGag of people barging on them every time they try and get intimate.
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* ''Ten-chan's Strange Love Story''. Ten falls in love with a CuteGhostGirl. First we're shown a flashback to her death from an undisclosed illness, ''[[AdultFear complete with her parents breaking down at her bedside]]''. Then we learn that she has the UnfinishedBusiness of hugging a neighbor's dog's puppies, but as an incorporeal ghost, can no longer do so. But she says that after accomplishing this, she'll be able to play with Ten. So Ten allows her to possess his body. Then, after hugging the puppies [[spoiler:the girl discovers she has to "move on", and actually can't play, thus breaking Ten's heart (as well as ours).]] Even Cherry (who narrates the beginning and end of the story) seems choked up at the end. [[spoiler:She sends him an apology note at the end of the episode, though, and at the end of the last TV anime episode, we briefly see them flying together.]]
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* ''Ten-chan's Strange Love Story''. Ten falls in love with a CuteGhostGirl. First we're shown a flashback to her death from an undisclosed illness, ''[[AdultFear complete ''complete with her parents breaking down at her bedside]]''.bedside''. Then we learn that she has the UnfinishedBusiness of hugging a neighbor's dog's puppies, but as an incorporeal ghost, can no longer do so. But she says that after accomplishing this, she'll be able to play with Ten. So Ten allows her to possess his body. Then, after hugging the puppies [[spoiler:the girl discovers she has to "move on", and actually can't play, thus breaking Ten's heart (as well as ours).]] Even Cherry (who narrates the beginning and end of the story) seems choked up at the end. [[spoiler:She sends him an apology note at the end of the episode, though, and at the end of the last TV anime episode, we briefly see them flying together.]]
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* ''Ten-chan's Strange Love Story''. Ten falls in love with a CuteGhostGirl. First we're shown a flashback to her death from an undisclosed illness, ''[[AdultFear complete with her parents breaking down at her bedside]]''. Then we learn that she has the UnfinishedBusiness of hugging a neighbor's dogs puppies, but as an incorporeal ghost, can no longer do so. But she says that after accomplishing this, she'll be able to play with Ten. So Ten allows her to possess his body. Then, after hugging the puppies [[spoiler:the girl discovers she has to "move on", and actually can't play, thus breaking Ten's heart (as well as ours).]] Even Cherry (who narrates the beginning and end of the story) seems choked up at the end. [[spoiler:She sends him an apology note at the end of the episode, though, and at the end of the last TV anime episode, we briefly see them flying together.]]
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* ''Ten-chan's Strange Love Story''. Ten falls in love with a CuteGhostGirl. First we're shown a flashback to her death from an undisclosed illness, ''[[AdultFear complete with her parents breaking down at her bedside]]''. Then we learn that she has the UnfinishedBusiness of hugging a neighbor's dogs dog's puppies, but as an incorporeal ghost, can no longer do so. But she says that after accomplishing this, she'll be able to play with Ten. So Ten allows her to possess his body. Then, after hugging the puppies [[spoiler:the girl discovers she has to "move on", and actually can't play, thus breaking Ten's heart (as well as ours).]] Even Cherry (who narrates the beginning and end of the story) seems choked up at the end. [[spoiler:She sends him an apology note at the end of the episode, though, and at the end of the last TV anime episode, we briefly see them flying together.]]
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* ''Ten-chan's Strange Love Story''. Ten falls in love with a CuteGhostGirl. First we're shown a flashback to her death from an illness, ''[[AdultFear complete with her parents breaking down at her bedside]]''. Then we learn that she has the UnfinishedBusiness of hugging a neighbor's dogs puppies, but as an incorporeal ghost, can no longer do so. But after accomplishing this, she says she'll be able to play with Ten. So Ten allows her to possess his body. Then, after hugging the puppies [[spoiler:the girl discovers she has to "move on", and actually can't play, thus breaking Ten's heart (as well as ours).]] Even Cherry (who narrates the beginning and end of the story) seems choked up at the end. [[spoiler:She sends him an apology note at the end of the episode, though, and at the end of the last TV anime episode, we briefly see them flying together.]]
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* ''Ten-chan's Strange Love Story''. Ten falls in love with a CuteGhostGirl. First we're shown a flashback to her death from an undisclosed illness, ''[[AdultFear complete with her parents breaking down at her bedside]]''. Then we learn that she has the UnfinishedBusiness of hugging a neighbor's dogs puppies, but as an incorporeal ghost, can no longer do so. But she says that after accomplishing this, she says she'll be able to play with Ten. So Ten allows her to possess his body. Then, after hugging the puppies [[spoiler:the girl discovers she has to "move on", and actually can't play, thus breaking Ten's heart (as well as ours).]] Even Cherry (who narrates the beginning and end of the story) seems choked up at the end. [[spoiler:She sends him an apology note at the end of the episode, though, and at the end of the last TV anime episode, we briefly see them flying together.]]
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* ''Ten-chan's Strange Love Story''. Ten falls in love with a CuteGhostGirl. First we're shown a flashback to her death from an illness, ''[[AdultFear complete with her parents breaking down at her bedside]]''. Then we learn that she has the UnfinishedBusiness of hugging a neighbor's dogs puppies, but as an incorporeal ghost, can no longer do so. But after accomplishing this, she says she'll be able to play with Ten. So Ten allows her to possess his body. Then, after hugging the puppies [[spoiler:the girl discovers she has to "move on", and actually can't play, thus breaking Ten's heart (as well as ours).]] Even Cherry (who narrates the beginning and end of the story) seems choked up at the end. [[spoiler:She sends him an apology note at the end of the episode, though, and at the end of the last TV anime episode, we briefly see them flying together.]]
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--->'''Ataru:''' Please, Lum... (''Shuts his eyes tightly and slumps against the wall'') ...[[PleaseDontGo Don't leave me]]...
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--->'''Ataru:''' Please, Lum... (''Shuts his eyes tightly and slumps against the wall'') ...[[PleaseDontGo [[PleaseDontLeaveMe Don't leave me]]...
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** The 2022/2023 remake makes this scene hit even harder. As the other classmates speculate that Lum finally got fed up with Ataru and left Earth, Ataru himself breaks into denial and goes running off. He visits every location of significance related to his dynamics with Lum (the sports field where he caught her in their game of tag, the cafe where she saved him from the fake date, and the grassy field where he first realized how lovely she was), flashing back to their time together. Eventually, he ends up at the sidewalk where she earlier asked him about autumn leaves, and pulls out the doll she left him. With no sign of her anywhere, he's left to wonder if she really ''did'' leave him...and from the stricken look on his face, this hits him ''hard.''
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--->'''Ataru:''' Please, Lum... (''Shuts his eyes tightly and slumps against the wall'') ...[[PleaseDontGo Don't leave me]]...
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** The first dream. What is certain that you ''will'' grow old, and it's likely that you will outlive your spouse[[note]]In Japan, women [[https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00250/life-expectancy-for-japanese-men-and-women-at-new-record-high.html tends to live longer than men]] and [[http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/handbook/pdf/2014all.pdf marry older men]][[/note]]. At that time, you mind fails to tell your grandson from your son. It is implied that Mrs. Moroboshi is still not relieved from the housewife's duty even then, either because the family still depends on her or because it has been ingrained too deep in her mind.
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** The first dream. What is certain that you ''will'' grow old, and it's likely that you will outlive your spouse[[note]]In Japan, women [[https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00250/life-expectancy-for-japanese-men-and-women-at-new-record-high.html tends to live longer than men]] and [[http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/handbook/pdf/2014all.pdf marry older men]][[/note]]. At that time, you your mind fails to tell your grandson from your son. It is implied that Mrs. Moroboshi is still not relieved from the housewife's duty even then, either because the family still depends on her or because it has been ingrained too deep in her mind.
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* In the final story, Ataru tells Lum that he won't say "I love you" to her because if he does, she'll never be able to stop wondering if it's just a lie that he said to win, never be able to doubt if their relationship is real. This highlights some of the unpleasant truths about their relationship, which was, after all, [[AccidentalMarriage born of a misunderstanding]] and [[ClingyJealousGirl forced by Lum]]. But it veers back into Heartwarming, because it shows that whilst Ataru is ''aware'' of this, he no longer cares -- even if he can't admit it to himself, he genuinely loves Lum by this point, and he doesn't want to hurt her that way.
