Nuppuru

Nuppuru is a Minerarun of the galaxy Aquan. Its the pet of one Mikado's patient and a very rare animal.

Appearance and Personality
Nuppuru looks like a watery monster with eyes and a nucleus which is supposed to be his heart and brain. His normal size is very small, but it could became more bigger once mixed with earth water (into the pool it measures about one metre in width).

According to Nana, Minerarun have low intelligence and have the habit to play with living things that approach them.

Abilities
It doesn't seems to have great powers or abilities, only appears to be able to absorb water for making itself very large.


 * Water Absorption: It can absorb water for becoming gigantic. In the story-arc all amount of the swimming pool became the part of its body.
 * Watery Tentacles: It uses water of its body which can create slimy tentacles for capturing people.
 * Waves: It creates waves for capturing people, it is seen when it captures Lala.
 * Watery Prison: It can capture people with its own body until they drown.

Plot
Nuppuru appear from the chapter 159 to the chapter 161 of To LOVE-Ru as part of last story-arc of series (adapted in the last episode of Motto To LOVE-Ru).

Nuppuru is mentioned from an alien patient of Mikado who tells her that he is getting constant-headaches because his pet ran away a couple days back. It eventually hide in the new pool of Sainan where all main cast gets together. He appear in the water of swimming pool at the end of the chapter 159.

Nuppuru full reveal himself in next chapter where, while Run and Kyouko are performing a special show, it hit the Principal who had leapt towards the girls. Nuppuru then capure Run and Kyouko with its watery tentacles but Kyoko makes them free by casting her fire powers. Later, Nuppuru captures Momo and Rito putting them, especially Momo, in embarassing situation because the tentacles are slimy. It almost strip Yui and captures Risa, Mio, Celine and Saruyama, but Yami comes and free all thanks her powers while Momo break free she and Rito using the ray of her tail. Yami observes that, since the monster is a liquid life form, try to cut it is useless. Momo ask Nana to talk to the monster and make it stop, but Nana tells that she can't because its intelligence is too low. Suddenly Nuppuru captures Haruna and eats her. Lala tries to save the friend, but Nuppuru uses its waves for capturing Lala too.

In the chapter 161, Nuppuru try to capture Mikan but Yami impedes it. However, Nuppuru take to chance to grab Yami with its tentacles which are slimy and this is her weakness. Rito then jump into Nuppuru and rescues Haruna and Lala throwing them out of the monster, but he is still inside. Nana then suggest to find and hit the nucleus to weaken Nuppuru. Yami then transforms into a mermaid and swims inside it where she found and hit the nucleus. Meanwhile Lala summon her All Purpose Tool and turn it into a sword. She then cuts Nuppuru releasing Rito. Once defeated, it return to his normal size and is back to the owner from Mikado.