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 ask sorry Haruna for the sudden invitation and the girl ask wah't happen to their bathroom. Mikan explain 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 bot smile awkwardly. The group then runs into Yami who is in the bathhouse and Mikan ask 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 want see naked and lie to Panther it will be more easy fight her if embarassed. Panther is ready to fight, but Tigger stop him because thay can't fight Yami directly and they will use the result of his research.

Later, Rito is in the male bath thinking to the girls in the other side when Panther bumps into him. In the female side, Lala is amazed by all the different bathsand drag Haruna with her. Mikan comment Lala act like a child and ask Yami if they want prove the other baths too, but Yami refuse. Mikan asks Yami why she is always so distant because this keep away the possibility to get friends. Mikan try to invite her to go in some shops, but Yami (calling Mikan in formal way with surname and name) tells Mikan that it is better if she doesn't get acquainted with her.

Just then she go, the wall blows open and a giant spider-like robot, controlled by the Tiger, comes into the room scaring the cusotomers. Yami comment that is a robot built from the organizzation Solgam and someone is controlling it. Tigger, aroused from see Yami in towel, expalin they com for the bounty and attack her (mostly for remove the towel). But Yami quickly destroys the robot head whith her bare hand saying she don't need to use her powers.

While Lala and Haruna come running over, Tigger compliments Yami for her ability and Yami say she'll find him. Then Tigger send in their next weapon. It's Rito, controlled like a puppet by a special antenna that has on his head. Tigger say 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 the Episode 1 of Motto To LOVE-Ru. Howewer the anime put the story more later compared to manga timeline.