What the hell is happening in this film!? I'm starting to find an overall theme with these last couple of films where "Reality is being altered and Lum may or may not have anything to do with it." These storylines are starting to become more mundane. However, this is one of the better Urusei Yatsura movies I've seen so far. It's so close to being on the same level as Beautiful Dreamer, I just wish the story was a little more coherent and less esoteric in it's direction. Things just happen and aren't explained very well. Spoilers incoming. Megane and the rest of the gang arefilming a movie called, "Legend of the Oni Princess." A pretty simple start, so far. Ataru, as usual, is causing issues with the recording of the film and Lum plays the Oni Princess. There's a specific scene where Ataru is meant to cut off this massive sakura tree called, Tarouzakura, a three hundred year old tree. This is the point of no return, because after Ataru cuts down the tree, it melts into this green, disgusting looking goo, and that's what causes the events of the film to play out. Slowly, but surely, Lum's powers begin to weaken. The first instance of this was the classroom scene where Ataru was being the typical pervert he is, and Lum shocks him. However, her electricity has no effect on him and he throws her electricity right back at her. It's almost like he's rubber and she's glue, everything she does bounces back and sticks onto you, I mean her. Even her flying ability is lacking, not being able to go as fast as she once did. Ataru takes advantage of this, of course.

And it's not just her powers, her presence is dwindling, as well. It's almost like a metaphor for how Lum's presence in the anime community as the ultimate waifu is rapidly deteriorating with time. People are forgetting about Lum OH NOOOOO! She's starting to leave people's minds and fade out of photographs. Mendo is the first to realize this, but Ataru doesn't care all that much. Now, this is the point in the film where it completely lost me. Well, kinda. Two-thirds of the way in, the narrative takes a jarring shift and becomes something entirely different. Mendo is this ultimate badass character who is beating the shit out of people and having mass weddings. So I hate him even more now. Remember that episode of Gurren Lagann where the characters were thrown into alternate universes by the anti-spiral? Yeah, the exact same thing happens here. Time and space being manipulated once again isn't anything new for this movie series, but I think it's pulled off well here. I just wish the movie did a better job at explaining what was going on instead of changing the story out of nowhere.

It soon becomes an all out battle between reality vs. the alternative realities, I think. It's then revealed that the town of Tomobiki is on the verge of collapse, all because of the film Megane and the gang filmed earlier in the movie. The Oni Princess was real the whole time, I think. It was the tree that Ataru cut down that was bleeding the green juice, I think. That's why reality was falling apart and combining with other universes, I think. After the big battle, which was very well animated, Lum awakens from her....trance and everything is resolved. The ending was very wholesome and sweet. This was an odd one. I definitely like it more than movies 1 & 3. Once again, the visual presentation in this film was stunning to look at. The soundtrack was fine, I guess. None of the songs sound all that distinctive in this film, which is sad. It was a good experience; not quite on the same level as movie 2, but that's okay. This movie gets a 7 out of 10.

Movies: 3 < 1 < 4 < 2

Story: 7/10
Art: 8/10
Sound: 6/10
Character: 6/10
Enjoyment: 7/10
Overall: 7/10