Its only when he locates her atop a mushroom that he learns how hard it is.
But he can still express thefeelingof those words by telling Carla they should go home and get hitched.
Carla doesnt need to hear the words like Lum.
Shes fully on board with marriage!
In effect, shes willing to punch up clear on theentireUrusei Yatsuraseries.
Even when Ataru hears this, hes not saying the words.
She can go ahead and wipe his memorynowfor all he claims to care.
Ataru wakes up in his mushroom-infested bedroom glad to have not forgotten Lum.
They embrace in mid-air, Lum places his hand on her horn, and declares him the winner.
I for one am glad those stakes gradually fell away and focused more on the uniquely messed-up Lum-Ataru dynamic.
