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ONE PIECE
by Oda Eiichiro
Started in #34, 1997 (11 volumes available)
Overview: Monkey D. Luffy is a boy set out to sail the Grand
Line, find the legendary treasure One Piece and become the king of
pirates. His small crew consists of swordsman Roronoa Zorro,
navigator/cartographer Nami, gunner "Captain" Usopp and chef Sanji.
These five, after an eventful stop at Logue Town, manage to get
themselves on the Grand Line, a navigational route where anything can
happen. At the second stop, Little Garden, the group meets the two
giants of Elbuff who have been sparring with each other for an entire
century. However, the agents of Baroque Works manage to sabotage a
peace offering from Luffy's crew and skews the deadlocked battle one
way, all while Luffy is stuck under a boulder...
This Issue—Episode 120: The Red Demon Cried - The
century-long battle comes to an end as Dolly falls to Brogy's axe
attack. There, Mr.3 chuckles that Brogy has already fallen to his
powers. Usopp stands up to protect Vivi. Luffy notices shadows coming
out of the forest—Mr.5 and Miss Valentine are back, with Vivi's
bird Karuu. Usopp and Vivi fight the two officers from Baroque Works,
but prove to be no match for the Devil Nut-powered officers. Mr.5 tells
Vivi that they were only there to capture her, on order from Mr.3—the
Candle Man who ate the DleDle Nut and who can create and shape wax into
whatever form he pleases.
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I"S
by Katsura Masakazu
Started in #19, 1997 (12 volumes available)
Overview: This is a story about Seto Ichitaka and his love
life. Ichitaka and Iori had overcome their doubts to have a wonderful
relationship. However, with Iori's workload increasing, and her agent
not wanting Ichitaka as her boyfriend, things were getting shaky.
Ichitaka was starting to feel more comfortable with his new neighbor
Iko (or rather, Aiko) while Iori seemed to be happier with a costar
in Ichitaka's eyes. The agent approaches Ichitaka with a plan to go
on a "secret" date with Iori...
This Issue—Episode 128. A Fun Day - Ichitaka
gets nervous as he gets ready for the first official date with Iori,
and secretly wishes Iko good luck with her long-distance boyfriend
who was supposed to visit that day. Ichitaka's date gets off to a bad
start as he spots Iori surrounded by fans who want an autograph—and
he has to call her cell phone to tell her he will wait in the theater.
It gets even worse, as the movie was long and it couldn't hold
Ichitaka's interest (he fell asleep for most of it), and fans kept
accosting Iori wherever they went. The only option for dinner was food
from a convenience store eaten atop a pedestrian bridge. Ichitaka's
frustration bursts out and he tells Iori that he didn't go to the
movies to help Iori learn how to act, and why she can't forget work
for one day. He continues by asking if the movie was recommended by the
guy Iori was with at the studio the day before, and he lies that he
knew she went off with that guy. Ichitaka loses it upon realizing that,
from Iori's reaction, his lie wasn't exactly a lie. He screams that
while he had thought she was just too busy, she had time to see other
guys, that he didn't feel like listening to her anymore. He runs off.
Returning to the apartment upset about the possibility of Iori cheating
on him, Ichitaka wonders how he and Iori really feel about each other.
He looks over towards Iko's apartment, wondering if she was having a
good time with her boyfriend, when he notices her waiting outside.
Ichitaka asks Iko what was wrong, and she replies that her boyfriend
never showed up....
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HOUSHIN ENGI
by Fujisaki Ryu, based on the translation by Anou Tsutomu
Started in #28, 1996 (17 volumes available)
Overview: Taikoubou is a sennin (a wizard of sorts) sent
on a mission to seal away the souls of the evil temptress Dakki and
her henchmen because she is ruining the land of Chouka by controlling
its emperor. This project, called the Houshin Project, is more than
meets the eye—but the project is slowly nearing completion.
Taikoubou's Paopei (magical weapon of sorts), the
Dashinben, gets an upgrade; but when he rejoins his troops in the
final battle against Chouka, a "modified" version of Chuuou, the king,
was waiting along with Dakki and her sisters. Chuuou seems to be
possessed by a powerful spirit . Can Taikoubou and his troupe of
sennin defeat Dakki's entourage—and Joka, the powerful
mastermind entity who lurks in the shadows behind the temptress?
This Issue—Episode 168: Battle on the Prairie part
7 ~ Chuuou Finds Loneliness on the Prairie - As Youzen and Nataku
try to lure Chuuou while protecting an innocent human village, Tenka
stands up against the possessed king. Tenka, wielding his paopei
(or should I say lightsaber?) manages to lock Chuuou inside a boulder,
and tells the king that nobody thinks of him as king anymore. Chuuou
scoffs Tenka's comment and takes in the boulder around him to turn
into a giant golem, but Tenka continues that all of Chuuou's followers
have long since left him. Chuuou looks over and sees his people calling
him a monster. Taikoubou gets up and tells Chuuou to look at his feet,
at the corpses of his own people that he stomped to death. The rocks
around Chuuou's body starts to crumble, and the king asks for Dakki's
help. When all the rocks fall to the ground, the group sees the king
curled up on the ground.
Published by Shueisha
¥ 220
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