Selected Brief Updates:
1996 Issue 28
Update by Eri Izawa

Me Gumi no Daigo
Soda Masahito

Daigo, still thinking about how much his loved ones worry about him as a firefighter, gets to try a "safer" job --- working in an ambulance. He helps the ambulance staff transport emergency cases through the day, but he suddenly gets a really bad feeling about one patient, who must be transferred to a different hospital....

Love
Ishiwata Osamu

Love, suffering from severe menstrual cramps, is still battling Sazanami. Her game falters for a bit, but then she fights back, not willing to let biology stop her again. Those who know her secret barely manage to keep it to themselves; other watchers are starting to worry about something bad that may happen with her opponent.

Grooming Up!
Yuki Masami

The arrival of Satoru and a very drunk Abumi interrupts what had just been turning into a private moment between Shunpei and Hibiki. Shunpei gets Hibiki to recount the story of her first love --- an anonymous boy who had helped a lost, four-year-old Hibiki years ago. Abumi, still drunk, continues to embarass Satoru (by undressing for bed in front of him); the next day, of course, she's back to her usual cheerful, conservative, housewife-like self.

Ghost Sweeper Mikami
Shiina Takashi

Mikami is in trouble against the specially trained "weapon," the bird-like demon Garuda. Even the demon woman Gura, freed of her brainwashing, sides with Mikami's group: Gura is angry that demonkind, beings with souls, have been treated like mindless tools. Okinu-chan saves the day by having a pile of cheeping, immature Garuda chicks attack Garuda, long enough for Mikami to dispatch the demon. Mikami gets her money, Gura (who seems to still love Yokoshima) resolves to stop eating people, and Yokoshima is, as usual, punished by Mikami for having gotten too friendly with Gura.

Ushio to Tora
Fujita Kazuhiro

Ushio is pursuing the Hakumen; Mayuko and Ushio's mother together spiritually pursue the Hakumen in order to trap it; Kirio and Kuin go off to fight the monster. The Hakumen meanwhile begins laying waste to Japan, smiling in its pleasure and luxuriating in the flavor of fear. But the one opponent who has no fear of the Hakumen comes in to fight it: Tora, who has been battling the Hakumen since its birth.

Major
Mitsuda Takuya

Sawamura has managed to hit Kyuta's ball. Kyuta's strict father severely reprimands him. Kyuta, his confidence shaken, recalls his long struggle to win his baseball-fanatic father's approval. Shimizu and then Maehara both walk when Kyuta's pitching degenerates, giving the losing team fresh hope. Finally, Komori goes up to bat, and swings.....