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Published by Shueisha Update by Rika Takahashi
What is JUMP?
by Asami Yuuko Started in #44, 1999 Overview: Takara is a Romancer, a being that can make words come to life. In his case, he can make any "lie" a lie in real life. He uses his special talent to help people while searching for others like him. This issue—9. Lying Competition - The episode
starts with a murder faked to be a suicide. The murderer bumps into
the victim's daughter, but thinks nothing of her. The girl finds the
body, and calls the police—but they find nothing suspicious. The
next day, the girl spots the guy she bumped into the night before on TV, and runs to the TV station
to confront him. The guy (who turns out to be a member of the Diet)
denies the fact, and when his bodyguards strike to shoo the girl away,
Takara steps in and escorts her away. That night, after the man was
done with his political speeches, he comes home to find Takara in his
room. The politician tries to lie, but he is no match for Takara and
his powers of lies, and ultimately ends up under arrest.
by Kubo Taito Started in #34, 1999 Overview: In this world, there is a powder called the Zombie Powder that brings the dead back to life and gives the living eternal life. The long journey for Elwood the pickpocket begins when he meets Akutabi Gamma, a Powder Hunter in search of the 12 Rings of the Dead to acquire the Zombie Powder. Gamma successfuly gets the first ring, but finds out the second ring has eaten the soul of Emilio, Wolfina's brother. On top of it, Barmunk has kidnapped Emilio. Wolfina bikes off after Barmunk's train to rescue Emilio, followed shortly by Gamma... This Issue—Track 18. Evergreen in the Birdcage x
append selfdemonizer mix. - Wolfina catches up to the train, where
Barmunk greets her. The magician tells her that he will return Emilio
to her if she kills herself. He proceeds to recite what he knows about
the siblings—that the reason Emilio had been eaten up by the Ring
of the Dead was because Wolfina asked him to get it for her. He
continues to guilt-trip her by saying that even if Emilio were to fully
recover, he wouldn't forgive Wolfina for stealing away 10 years of his
life. Wolfina is about to give up when Gamma catches up... on a
unicycle. Gamma grabs Wolfina and tells her not to give up—that
being hated by someone alive was better than being loved by a dead
one.
story by Hotta Yumi, art by Obata Takeshi, supervised by Umezawa Yukari Started in #2/3, 1999 (4 volumes available) Overview: Hikaru was a normal elementary school student until the spirit of Sai, an ancient master of go, became trapped in his body. At first, Hikaru knew nothing of the game of go, but with Sai's proddings and teaching him the basics, his own ability starts to blossom. Hikaru, upon hearing that Akira has turned into a professional go player, applied and was accepted to the academy for aspiting professionals... However, he is still struggling to win just one match against the other kids. This Issue—47th bout. Room of Simplicity and
Elegance - Hikaru manages to win his first match at the academy.
Waya explains more basics about the world of professional
go—this time about how all the new pros play one match
against the high-ranked veterans. Hikaru gets worried that Akira is
way ahead of him now that Akira is a pro. A few days later, the day
of Akira's match against a veteran arrives. As Sai marvels at the
atmosphere of the room where the match will be held, Akira is posing
for press with his opponent. Zama, the opponent who holds one of the
highest honors of the go world, does not like Akira's attitude
towards him and decides to crush the little pro.
by Takei Hiroyuki Started in #31, 1998 (6 volumes available) Overview: Asakura Yoh is a shaman who wishes to become the best of the shamans—the Shaman King. Supported by his friend Manta and his fiancée Anna, Yoh and his spirit-friend Amidamaru enter the Shaman Fight in Tokyo, the tournament which will decide who the King will be. He luckily makes it through the qualifying matches, but in the month off between the prelims and the real tournament, Yoh almost loses Amidamaru to his rivals... but Ryu (who became a shaman since we last saw him) steps in and saves the day. This Issue—68th revolution. The Road to the Tao
Clan - Hao quitely smiles and contemplates how to harass Yoh next.
Ryu explains how he became a shaman (and how he actually won through the
prelims of the Shaman Fight). Meanwhile, Ren is on a train back home...
and realizes how warm-hearted humans can be when the elderly woman
across the seat offers him a peach bao (I kid you not). He tells
Bason (his spirit) that he had thought for all this time that humans
were cold-hearted like his family, and wanted to become Shaman King to
destroy them all... but he realized that was a mistake when he met Yoh.
Now, he wants to become Shaman King to rid the chain-reaction of hate
creating more hate—but he must defeat his father to do that. A few
days later, Ren poises in front of his house... where dozens of killer
corpses await.
by Togashi Yoshihiro Started in #14, 1998 (6 volumes available) Overview: Gon is a boy who dreamt of becoming a Hunter just like his father Ging. Now that he and his friends Clapika and Reolio passed the Hunter Qualifications Examination and became Hunters, they went their separate ways in search of finding the answers to the questions that led them to become Hunters. Gon and Kirua had their fun at the Heavenly Arena, where Gon was able to fight Hisoka, and went back to Whale Island to visit Gon's "aunt" Mito. There, the two boys found a message from Ging—a challenge for Gon to find his father. Meanwhile, Clapika hasn't been spending his (her?) days idling... This Issue—No.067. House of the Human Body Collector
(1) - While Gon and Kirua were at the Heavenly Tower, Clapika was
able to acquire Nen powers on his own. He asks the guild for a client
with connections to the auction that will soon happen in Yorkshin. The
guild replies with a gun freak, an ancient china collector, and a human
body collector. Clapika chooses the body collector... and at the
orientation, is shown to a room with many others. There, the client
hands everyone a list of what he wants within one month—if they
bring back even one item from the list, the bringer will be hired.
Clapika is upset that one of the items on the list is an eyeball from
the Kuruta clan—frozen in scarlet red, but remains calm on the
outside to be able to infiltrate the "industry" and get rid of them all.
The client has one more condition: he only hires people that are strong
enough to escape from the mansion alive.
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