Urusei Yatsura/Chapter 295

Title
Official English Title	Slippery Soap
Kanji Title	つるつるソープ
Rōmaji Title	Tsurutsuru sōpu
Information
Release date	Before January 15th, 1986
Media	Manga
Studio or Magazine	Weekly Shonen Sunday
Content
Scene Type	Shower & Bath
Sex of Bathers	Female
Length
Timestamp or Pages
Segment	Cover & Chapter

Urusei Yatsura chapter 295 is a bathing scene in the Urusei Yatsura manga series.

Summary

The cover features Lum Invader and Sakura sharing a Bubble Bath in an Unspecified Freestanding Bathtub. Lum is holding a Shower Head and showering as well while Sakura is washing her hair. In the chapter itself, there is a Shower Room scene where both Lum and Sakura are taking Showers in neighboring Shower Stalls. Lum who is washing her arm with a special Soap Bar accidentally slips out of her hand into Sakura's stall. Sakura who was currently Shampooing her hair isn't able to see well at the moment from it, gives Lum the wrong soap bar back and Lum continues to wash her arm with it. Sakura then proceeds to use Lum's magic soap bar which creates an enormous amount of Soap Suds turning the shower into a bubble bath.

Bathers

• Lum Invader
• Sakura

Appearing Tropes

• Arm Resting: Done by Lum Invader in an unspecified freestanding bathtub on the chapter cover.
• Arm Washing: Done by Lum Invader with soap and later a sponge while showering in a shower stall.
• Bath: Taken by Lum Invader and Sakura in an unspecified freestanding bathtub on the chapter cover.
• Bath Bonding: Between Lum Invader and Sakura, talking through shower stalls.
• Bathtub Sharing: Lum Invader and Sakura on the chapter cover in an unspecified freestanding bathtub.
• Bubble Bath: In the bath that Lum Invader and Sakura are having in an unspecified freestanding bathtub on the chapter cover.
• Convenient Censoring: Lum Invader and Sakura's long hair extends long enough to cover the nipples on their breasts. Sakura's elbow covers obscures one breast as she is shampooing and Lum's are blocked by her arm when she is washing her arm with a sponge.
• Hair Down Bath: Both Lum Invader and Sakura have their hair down while they are having a bath together on the chapter cover.
• Japan Setting: The shower scene takes place in a shower room located in Tomobiki High School which is in the fictional Japanese town of Tomobiki located in Nerima, a ward of Tokyo.
• Leg Curling: Done by both Lum Invader and Sakura while sharing a bubble bath on the chapter cover.
• Over Soaping: Done by Sakura when accidentally getting Lum Invader's special soap bar and filling the entire shower stall as well as Lum's with up to neck amounts of soap suds.
• Shampoo: Used by Sakura in the shower stall
• Shower: Taken by Sakura and Lum Invader in shower stalls in a shower room.
• Shower Head: Held by Lum Invader and spraying on her self while taking a bath in an unspecified freestanding bathtub on the chapter cover. In the chapter itself, they are seen in the shower room above the shower stalls and used by Sakura and Lum.
• Shower Room: The setting of the shower scene which is in the Tomobiki High School's girls locker room, filled with shower stalls that are used by Sakura and Lum.
• Shower Stall: Multiple in the shower room that two are seen being used by Sakura and Lum Invader.
• Simultaneous Bath and Shower: On the chapter cover, Lum Invader is seen spraying a shower head on her while she is having a bubble bath in an unspecified freestanding bathtub.
• Soap Bar: Lum Invader makes a special soap bar that accidentally slides out of her hand and into Sakura's stall where it gets mixed up with her soap bar. Both are seen being used by Lum and Sakura, and Sakura who ends up giving Lum the wrong soap ends up with extra soap suds.
• Soap Suds: Bubble bath seen in Lum Invader and Sakura's bath on the chapter cover, Shampoo in Sakura's hair during her shower in the chapter and suds created by the soap bars of Lum and Sakura.
• Unspecified Freestanding Bathtub: White tub on the chapter cover that Lum Invader and Sakura are seen having a bubble bath together in. Since the bottom of the tub isn't shown, it's unknown if it was a Clawfoot Bathtub, Flat Bathtub or a Pedestal Bathtub
• Washing In Bath: Done in a bubble bath in an unspecified freestanding bathtub on the chapter cover where Lum is showering herself and Sakura is seen washing her hair with a few soap suds on both of them.

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Release

This chapter released in Japan sometime before January 15th, 1986 in Weekly Shonen Sunday which is when it was compiled into the 28th manga volume in Japan.

Anime Differences

Anime version of this scene.

Main article: Urusei Yatsura/Episode 182

This scene was adapted into the 182nd episode of the Urusei Yatsura anime series.