Haré+Guu (Japanese: ジャングルはいつもハレのちグゥ, Hepburn: Janguru wa Itsumo Hare nochi Gū, lit.
"The Jungle Was Always Sunny, Then Came Guu") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Renjuro Kindaichi which ran in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine from 1997 to 2002.
The series focuses on the story of a 10-year-old boy named Haré who lives in the jungle and his misadventures with Guu, a liminal being who usually presents herself as a young girl.
It then flashes forward to the present where Haré is a typical boy living in an unnamed village in an unidentified jungle with his lazy mother Weda.
Scared, he runs back to the house where his mom has decided to have a new guest, a cute girl named Guu.
The next morning, Haré wakes up to find Guu a completely different person who is no longer cute, social, or energetic.
Guu starts causing shenanigans around the jungle that are meant to keep her amused (like holding a contest for Weda).
She adds another resident to her stomach world, Miss Hiroko Yamada, and shows an adult form that she uses to defend Haré.
Another person who appears is Dama, a hairdresser from the next village over who obsesses over her long-lost husband with white hair that she mistakes Dr. Clive for.
Guu causes more disasters around the jungle such as creating a blizzard and bringing down the wrath of Dama upon Clive.
After they marry, Haré starts hating the idea of another sibling as he will be the one to take care of the child due to his parents' laziness.
When it looked like he was about to win, Dama shows up at the last minute to fight the bank robber.
Dama returns as one of the assassins hired to kill Weda, but Robert manages to talk her into going back to life with her husband.
He finds himself back in the RPG world where he discovers Guu has eaten the Baka Couple and Grandma Dama.
After some heartfelt goodbyes with their classmates, the kids of the jungle return home except for Wigle who stays to attend college.
But, because Yumi-sensei offered her life for his safety, Toposte realized how she cared for him and accepted and returned her love.
Later, Haré and Guu decide to find where pokutes come from, learning that they reside in a dark cave deep in the jungle where they are also able to talk.
Gupta wants to reveal his love for Ravenna but he can't get up the courage, so Guu goes with him for a practice date.
First published in 1997 in the Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine, the series kept a strong devoted following till its final chapters in 2002.
Theron Martin of Anime News Network notes of the early episodes that watching the series "involves taking a walk on the weird side.
[4] Reviewing the DVD release of the latter part of the series, Carl Kimlinger, of the same publication, states that it is "a fitting send-off for of one of last year's better comedies.".