War At The Public Bathhouse

War At The Public Bathhouse is the eighty-seventh chapter of To LOVE-Ru.

Plot
Two alien bounty hunters, Tigger and Panther, come to Earth to collect a bounty on Yami.

Rito, Lala, Haruna, and Mikan are on their way to the Poka Poka Hotspring (a public bath). Lala says sorry Haruna for the sudden invitation. When Haruna asks what happen to their bathroom, Mikan explains Lala broke the Yuuki's bathtub with her lava bath from the previous chapter. Rito is very nervous to go in a public bath with Haruna and smiles awkwardly. The group then runs into Yami who is in the bathhouse, and Mikan asks her to take a bath together.

Tigger and Panther then laugh at the idea of fighting Yami in a public bath, especially Tigger because he wants to see her naked and lies to Panther that it will be more easy to fight her if embarrassed. Panther is ready to fight, but Tigger stops him because they can't fight Yami directly, and they will use the result of his research.

Later, Rito is in the male bath, thinking about the girls on the other side when Panther bumps into him. On the female side, Lala is amazed by all the different bath sands and drags Haruna with her. Mikan comments that Lala acts like a child and asks Yami if they want to prove the other baths too, but Yami refuses. Mikan asks Yami why she is always so distant because this keeps away the possibility to get friends. Mikan tries to invite her to go to some shops, but Yami (calling Mikan in a formal way with surname and name) tells Mikan that it is better if she doesn't get acquainted with her.

Just then, she goes, the wall blows open and a giant spider-like robot, controlled by the Tiger, comes into the room scaring the customers. Yami comments that the robot is built by the organization Solgam and someone is controlling it. Tigger, aroused from seeing Yami in her towel, explains that they come for the bounty and attack her (mostly for removing the towel). But Yami quickly destroys the robot's head with her bare hand, saying she doesn't need to use her powers.

While Lala and Haruna come running over, Tigger compliments Yami for her ability, and Yami says she'll find him. Then, Tigger sends in the next weapon. It's Rito, controlled like a puppet by a special antenna that is on his head. Tigger says he discovered Rito is the only person Yami did not kill and is the ideal ally. Scared, Rito realizes that he now must fight Yami.

Character First Appearances

 * Panther
 * Tigger

Anime

 * The chapter is adapted in Episode 1 of Motto To LOVE-Ru. However, the anime put the story more later compared to the manga timeline.