One More Time, Starting Here

One More Time, Starting Here is the forty-ninth chapter of To LOVE-Ru.

The chapter marks the one-year anniversary of the manga's serialization on Weekly Shonen Jump.

Plot
At Yuki's home, Rito waters Celine, wondering if Haruna will be in his class in the new semester. Then Mikan calls him in for dinner. When Rito comes inside, Lala is standing there naked, telling Rito how excited she is to be a second-year student. Blushed, Rito tells Lala not to stand around the house naked. Lala then explains that Peke isn't awake, but Rito tells her to at least act a little shy about being naked. Lala interprets and tells Rito that she will act more shy when she stands around the house naked. Peke then wakes up, and Lala gets dressed. Mikan tells them to hurry up or else, they'll be late. Rito then wonders what will come of the relationship between him and Lala, now that the fiance-charade is off.

Later, Lala and Rito are late for school. In a hurry, Lala grabs Rito's hand and starts running at super speed. Rito can't breathe with the air in his face, and he tells Lala to stop. She does abruptly, sending Rito flying far into the sky. Rito then lands on Yami on top of a building. Yami then hits Rito back to Lala, who takes the blame for throwing him so far. Rito then wonders why this happens to him so early in the morning.

Lala then explains to Rito that they are in the same spot where he "Confessed his love to her" one year ago to the day. Lala now knows that it wasn't meant for her, and tries to remember who else was there (ignoring Haruna). Lala then tells Rito that she wants to tell him something and she finds the setting fitting. Lala declares her love to Rito, saying she loves him more than anyone else in the universe and that she is going to try her best to make him love her too. Rito is shocked and doesn't know what to say. Lala then breaks the silence, telling him they need to get going so they won't be late.

Lala then summons her invention "Skip-Skip Warp-Kun", a new version of "Pyon-Pyon Warp-Kun" and she guarantees it has been fixed; Rito still worries. Rito and Lala then warp to the shoe rack of the school. But Rito is naked, as Lala, and exactly right under Haruna's skirt. Haruna then slaps Rito and runs off. Lala then explains that she fixed the invention, so it would teleport to a specific spot. Rito scolds her because it still can't warp clothes, the main issue. Meanwhile, a girl watches Rito and Lala, saying she will not allow them to ruin the school's morals.

Character First Appearances

 * Yui Kotegawa

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 and Yui's scene is absent because the first anime has introduced her already.