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2000 Issue 18
Published by Shueisha
Update by Rika Takahashi
What is JUMP?
WEEKLY JUMP,
rival publication of WEEKLY
SHONEN SUNDAY, is a "phone book" anthology published every week,
with a circulation over 4 million. It is filled with
some of today's hottest titles targeted for school age boys, many of them
familiar to anime fans.
JUMP has among its esteemed
alumni: DRAGON BALL, VIDEO GIRL AI,
CITY HUNTER, FIST OF THE NORTH STAR,
KIMAGURE ORANGE ROAD, SAINT SEIYA,
SLAM DUNK, and YUU YUU HAKUSHO /
POLTERGEIST REPORT.

STONE OCEAN (JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE PART 6)
by Araki Hirohiko
Started in #1, 2000

Overview: Joline, the daughter of Johtarou (the hero from
JOJO part 3), was framed
by an unknown identity and convicted of a crime she did not commit.
Johtarou tells her that he is going to help her escape. However, a
sniper named Jongari-A is after their lives, and according to the
mysterious little boy in the baseball cap, the half-melted bone is
her key to escape. It seems as though the Cujoh family managed to
crush Jongari-A into pieces...
This IssueAct 16. Loss of Consciousness - Joline
wonders why the little boy can move about, and about the bone he handed
to her. The kid tells her she shouldn't let go of it yet. Johtarou
wakes up, and together they defeat the sniper once again. But as Joline
continues her conversation with Johtarou, she starts to notice
discrepancies in their storiesthen she notices that the wounds
that the two of them suffered were completely gone! Joline discovers
that what had been happening was all an illusion and, upon waking up,
she realized that the entire meeting room, including the people in it,
was being digested by some unknown entity!
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TENNIS NO OUJI-SAMA
by Konomi Takeshi
Started in #18, 2000 (2 volumes available)

Overview: Echizen Ryouma is a seventh grader with a god-like
gift for tennisso much that even though he's a southpaw, he can
play really well right-handed! As one of the starting members for
his school, Seishun Gakuen, Ryouma is playing his way through a
tournament. He is currently playing the second singles game against
Shinji, who seems to have a few strange quirks of his own.
This IssueGenius 36. Muttering - Ryouma wins the
first game of the match. During the break, Shinji starts to mutter to
himself about how he needed to teach Ryouma a lesson by winning. The
teammates knew that this was when Shinji played his best; this gets
proven in the first serve, a twist-serve just like the ones Ryouma
served in the first game. Shinji still feels something is
missingthen Ryouma decides to switch back to his left hand to
return-ace the next serve.

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