3 : The Coming: Of Rei, The Handsome Shapechange...

Rei has a literally bottomless stomach. He doesn't just eat; he inhales food like a black hole, often causing a scene in local restaurants.

He isn't exactly a conversationalist. His vocabulary consists almost entirely of food names and grunts. Plot Highlights 3 : The Coming of Rei, the Handsome Shapechange...

The episode quickly devolves into classic Urusei Yatsura chaos. Ataru and Rei engage in a legendary . Despite Rei’s alien biology, Ataru’s sheer desperation to keep Lum (or maybe just his pride) leads to a frantic showdown involving piles of beef bowls and general mayhem. Why This Episode Matters Rei has a literally bottomless stomach

In this episode, happens upon the "tiger-cow" in town and, finding it strangely cute, brings it home—only for it to transform into the stunningly handsome Rei. Lum is immediately dismayed, as she dumped Rei for his obsession with food over her. His vocabulary consists almost entirely of food names

If you thought Ataru and Lum’s relationship couldn’t get any more chaotic, think again. Just as things were settling into a "normal" rhythm of electrocutions and failed dates, the ultimate ex-boyfriend crashes onto the scene: , the handsome Oni shapechanger. Who is Rei?

When Rei gets emotional (usually because he's hungry or seeing Lum), he transforms into a giant, tiger-striped "cow-monster" (ushitora).