Tokyo Mew Mew — Season 1, Episode 31: Father's Back – One-Game Match for Ichigo!

Episode synopsis

When Ichigo's father finds out that she has a boyfriend, he does not approve. He demands that Masaya defeat him in a kendo match before he will allow them to continue dating. Ichigo complains to her mother, who explains that her father loves her and just wants to protect her. Her mother also tells her that they too had to fight to be together when they were young. Ichigo rushes to stop the fight, reminding her father of the past and how her mother did the same thing for him. Though he does not want to face that his "little girl" is growing up, he grudgingly gives his approval of the relationship.

About Tokyo Mew Mew

On her first date with the cutest boy in school, Ichigo is zapped by a mysterious ray that scrambles her DNA with that of the endangered Iriomote wildcat. The next day, Ichigo discovers that she has developed the agility (and occasionally the ears and tail) of a cat, as well as the power to transform into a pink-haired superheroine, Mew Ichigo. She and four other girls, each endowed with the genes of a different "Red Data" animal, have been selected for the top-secret Mew Project, which aims to protect the Earth from an alien menace known as Deep Blue.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Turning into a Cat – Justice Lies in a Girl in Love ~Nya!
• E2A New Comrade – Justice Lies in a Real Lady ~Nya!
• E3Ghost Story from School: Finding the Ghost's True Identity ~Nya!
• E4A Tearful Date – The Secret I Can't Tell Aoyama-kun ~Nya!
• E5Stormy Rhythmic Gymnastics – Becoming a Star with a Cat's Dance! ~Nya!
• E6The Piano of the Heart – It's the Heart-Pounding Dance Party! ~Nya!
• E7Enter Pudding – The Ears and Tail are Part of the Act!
• E8To the Hot Spring! The Mysterious Mountain's Miracle of Love
• E9Dearly Beloved Brother – The Memories Lie in the Picture
• E10The Last Member – The Legendary Lonely Wolf
• E11Hollywood Mew Mew
• E12Identity Revealed – An Out of Season Cherry Tree Falls Away