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INUYASHA
by Takahashi Rumiko
Overview: Kagome is a modern student teamed up with the strange boy
Inuyasha in 15th or 16th
century Japan, seeking to retrieve the fragments of the magical Shikon No
Tama, and trying to stay one step ahead of the evil Naraku.
This Issue: Inuyasha and friends are up against Naraku's
latest creations: Kageroumaru and Jyuuroumaru. The former is a tiny,
praying-mantis-like creature with incredible speed; the latter is his
mindless, puppet-like "brother." Both share the same facial features and
long hair, though Jyuuroumaru's expression is distinctly vacant. None of our
heroes are fast enough to stand up to Kageroumaru; in fact, it takes the
unexpected arrival of wolf-boy Kouga to save Kagome from an attack so fast
she hadn't even noticed it.
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JAJAUMA GROOMING UP!
by Yuki Masami
Overview: Although originally a city boy, young Kuze Shunpei has
taken to working as a farm hand at the Watarai racing horse breeding farm;
he also has taken to Watarai Hibiki, one of the Watarai daughters. The two
marry.
This Issue: Off on their honeymoon at a hot springs resort
hotel, Shunpei and Hibiki run into Shunpei's old girlfriend, Nikaidou, much
to Shunpei's dismay. The newlyweds are led to their room, which has a
private bath, but both decide to try out the bigger (gender-separated)
public baths first. Hibiki winds up talking with Nikaidou, and Shunpei is
mortified as he overhears them talking about Hibiki's pregnancy, Shunpei's
past with Nikaidou and so on. Later, Shunpei and Hibiki share a quite
moment in their room. They decide to step out into their private bath,
where Shunpei, carefully embracing his wife's belly, declares himself the
happiest person in Japan.
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MAJOR
by Mitsuda Takuya
Overview: Honda (Shigeno) Gorou, from his early years in grade
school, has been striving to become a professional baseball player like
his deceased father. Now, in Kaidou high school, he is facing new
challenges.
This Issue: Shizuka and Gorou are observing the elite
Kaidou team practice. Gorou is astounded when he realizes Shizuka knows
where every batter will put the ball: each batter can very deliberately
and precisely drive the ball to specific points on the field. Gorou also
gets to see the first rank's ace pitcher: "gyro baller" Enomoto Naoki.
Rather than being overwhelmed by the display of power and precision, Gorou
is excited by the challenge. Later, Shizuka, seeing his honest
determination to demolish Kaidou's first rank, is reminded of her brother
and his entry into a then-unknown Kaidou for the purpose of defeating the
"big ones." She earnestly tells Gorou to try his best; she has at last
accepted him and his vision.
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TENSHI NA KONAMAIKI ("A CHEEKY ANGEL")
by Nishimori Hiroyuki
Overview: As a young boy, Amatsuka Megumi was magically transformed
into a pretty girl. Now a totally gorgeous high school student, she has
been cursed with misfortune, and she and her constant admirers must deal
with the consequences...
This Issue: Back in Tokyo at her family's mansion, Megumi is
once again greeted by Genzou's insistence upon having a date, and she
actually agrees to meet him. Meanwhile, Fujiki has gotten into trouble on
his way home, in the form of some punks who want to beat him up. He finds
Genzou, who is on his way to the date. Fujiki winds up agreeing to deal with
his problem on his own, and let Genzou go on to meet Megumi. Yet, even though
Genzou theoretically would and should sacrifice anything and everything to
meet Megumi on time, he winds up coming to Fujiki's rescue and even lying
about the time of the date so Fujiki would not worry. Megumi is waiting at
the agreed-upon spot...
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KARAKURI CIRCUS
by Fujita Kazuhiro
Overview: Masaru is a grade school boy who is the heir to a vast
fortune. Shirogane, a French woman who controls a powerful puppet, is
his bodyguard. Far away, their friend Narumi is becoming embroiled in
an ancient battle against evil living puppets.
This Issue: The Nakamachi Circus is cleaning up after
the near-disastrous crash landing of the jet on which the shirogane had
been fighting the automata. As they do so, Ryouko spots a piece of
wreckage on which lies the delirious Guy. Meanwhile, Narumi and Lucille
have journeyed to China, pursuing the image in a photo in an attempt to
track down the automata. They discuss the aqua vitae, the dissolving
liquid of life, into which the first Shirogane had thrown himself long
ago, and of how that man's knowledge and very soul had thus been given out
to all those who had drunk of it. Narumi comes to the village where his
martial arts teacher lives—except he is attacked by the teacher's
daughter, who angrily tells him that her father has contracted the
automata-induced, deadly Zonopha Disease.
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DANDOH!!
by Sakata Nobuhiro and Banjou Daichi
Overview: Dandoh is an earnest young boy who has found a calling
in golf. With his friend Yuka and Kouhei, he uses sincerity and
determination as his guides for becoming a pro-golfer.
This Issue: Dandoh, with the help of a thin beam of light
in the gathering gloom, and the equally necessary confidence in his friends
and their shared love of facing challenge with courage, manages to send his
golf ball through a maze of trees and out into the green...right into the
cup, for an eagle.
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MEITANTEI CONAN
by Aoyama Goushou
Overview: Grade-school boy Conan is secretly high school detective
Kudou Shinichi, made younger against his will by a strange Organization
(which thinks he is dead). Now, he and his girlfriend Ran help solve
murder incidents.
This Issue: Conan, Ran and her loser father are heading to
the Twilight Manor as a result of a strange invitation. Along the way they
pick up an old woman who turns out to be a famous detective, and once they
arrive they meet up with other detectives with various personalities. At
dinner, a masked host (who turns out to be a speaker playing a recording)
tells the detectives to help him find the hidden treasure and, in the
meantime, all means of escape have been cut off. The detectives at the
table, using analysis of clues, determine that "Kid the Phantom thief"
plays a key role. For some reason, our hero is smiling...
Published by Shogakukan
¥220
Where to buy
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