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HIKARU NO GO
story by Hotta Yumi, art by Obata Takeshi, supervised by Umezawa Yukari
Started in #2/3, 1999 (6 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. Hikaru's own innate ability for go starts to blossom as a
result; now he is one of the higher-ranked students in the go
academy, and even qualified to take the exam to become a professional
go player to follow in his rival Akira's footsteps. Hikaru
manages to barely pass the prelims; Waya steps in to help him conquer
his fear of older opponents.
This Issue—69th bout: A Team is Created! - Waya,
Isumi, and Hikaru step into a go parlor and asks for a
three-on-three. The adults at the parlor places a bet: if they win, they
don't have to pay, but if they lose, they pay and wash every stone
in the parlor. The boys agree to the terms, and starts playing. They
win their first match; they ask that the adults get an initial two-stone
advantage for round two. Just as the boys win the second round, a
strange guy walks in musing about how Ogata lost his match, and joins
the game. The boys start round three, now with a three-stone handicap...
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SHAMAN KING
by Takei Hiroyuki
Started in #31, 1998 (8 volumes available)
Overview: Asakura Yoh is a shaman who wishes to become the best
of the shamans—the Shaman King. Supported by his friends, Yoh has
made it to the United States for the main competition of the Shaman
Fight. However, their next mission is to arrive at the competition
site. With the help of Lilirara, they are able to head to the Patch
village. Meanwhile, Yoh's grandfather Yohmei has something for Anna,
his fiancee...
This Issue—90th Reincarnation: Bad News from the
Stars - Yohmei leads Anna into the underground cavern of the
Asakura estate, where they had sealed off their founder and their
greatest enemy, Asakura Hao. Anna asks why they were so afraid of
someone who has been dead for a thousand years, but Yohmei replies that
Hao isn't dead; rather he has been reincarnated and shows his face in
front of Yoh. Tamao argues that Yoh was never informed of this, and
that he should come back home. Anna replies that Yoh must defeat Hao
and become the Shaman King. Yohmei further explains to the two girls
that they have an ancient text describing all the spells Hao had used
a millenium ago, but it was sealed off with two spirits that serve
Hao. Tamao accidentally removes the seal—but Anna, grabbing the
book, instantly defeats the two spirits by reading a passage out of it.
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ONE PIECE
by Oda Eiichiro
Started in #34, 1997 (13 volumes available)
Overview: Monkey D. Luffy is the leader of a five-man pirate
ship. Soon after their entry into the Grand Line in search of the
legendary treasure One Piece, they came across Vivi, the princess
of Alabasta. Their current mission is to safely escort Vivi back to
her home country before something serious happens to her family and
country. But Nami fell ill, and upon landing on Drum Kingdom on a
snowy island, they get involved in a feud against killer bear-rabbits
named Lapahn as well as the civil war in that country...
This Issue—Episode 136: The Man Named Dolton -
The group of Lapahn bounce up and down on top of the mountain, and
gives Sanji a bad feeling. Meanwhile, the village men pick up their
weapons to head to Big Horn to fight Wapol. Usopp and Vivi speed
their sleigh towards Gyasta in hopes of finding Kureha, but they miss
the sign to turn. At Big Horn, Dolton stands up against Wapol,
saying that banning all doctors but the 20 lab
doctors working for the king is no way to run a country. Dolton, who
had eaten the Ushi-Ushi (CowCow) nut, turns into a bull to attack—but
when the king's men shoot arrows at the villagers, Dolton acts as their
shield and gets hit. Meanwhile, Sanji tells Luffy to run as far and
as high a ground as he can, because the Lapahn with all their jumping
started an avalanche.
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YU-GI-OH!
by Takahashi Kazuki
Started in #42, 1996 (18 volumes available)
Overview: When Mutou Yuugi solved the Millenium Puzzle, he
developed a second "dark" personality who excelled at gaming. Now, the
two faces of Yuugi are working together to win the latest Magic & Wizards
CCG tournament—with the ultimate prize for
them being memories of dark Yuugi from his past life. Marik, one of the
guardians of Yuugi's past life, challenges him. Can Yuugi win against
Marik and his virtually impenetrable card combination?
This Issue—Battle 174: God's Combination - Marik's
Saint Dragon - The God of Osiris with 5
cards in hand (5000 off / 5000
def) defeats Yuugi's Buster Blader (2600+500
/ 2300) and drops Yuugi's LP
down to 2100. Yuugi sacrifices his Kuriboh
to summon Black Magician Girl (2000 /
1700) in defensive mode—but Osiris can
inflict a 2000-point damage to newly summoned
monsters. Yuugi manages to keep her alive using the Magical Silk
Hat that he had reversed. Yuugi further places two reversed cards on
the field and ends his turn. Marik smiles as he places the eternal magic
Infitite Hand (which removes the 8-card
limit in his hand) to complete his combination and attacks the Silk
Hat with the Girl. Yuugi had hidden a Magic Cylinder
trap (which sends a monster or any attack straight back at the opponent)
and Hexagram Bind (which lowers the offensive points by
700), but the attack never reaches Osiris
as the Slime takes damage, regenerates, and Marik takes three more
cards in hand (to make 8). All magic against
Osiris works only for one turn, and in Marik's next turn the
dragon (now at 9000 off) destroys the Girl.
Yuugi sees no way to win against this combination... but Seto arrives at
the scene to say that there is a way for Yuugi to win against the God.
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HOUSHIN ENGI
by Fujisaki Ryu, based on the translation by Anou Tsutomu
Started in #28, 1996 (19 volumes available)
Overview: Taikoubou and his entourage of sennin (wizards
of sorts) have successfully helped dethrone Chuuou (the Chu King) who
was ruining his land and his people under the control of the evil
temptress Dakki. The Houshin Project, a project to seal away Dakki
and her mastermind Joka to prevent their takeover of Earth, is slowly
nearing completion. Now, the entourage is on Houraitou, fighting up
their way for the final showdown against Dakki and Joka.
This Issue—Episode 183: Guideline of History part
12 ~ "Reworked" Paopei Human! - While
Outenkun muses that he feels a strange attraction to Taikoubou, the
battle goes on. Oukijin has strung her strings all over the field,
which Nataku blows up with his powered-up attacks. However, it wasn't
enough to defeat Oukijin, who strikes back at Nataku and destroys
both his paopei. She futher gouges his chest area and laughs
that Nataku is now dead, but quite the contrary—Nataku is quite
alive and is undergoing some strange transformation.
Published by Shueisha
¥ 220
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