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Copyright © 2000 Shogakukan
Last Issue's Update
[2000 Issue 24]
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2000 Issue 32
Published by Shogakukan
Update by Eri Izawa
What is SUNDAY?
SHONEN SUNDAY is one of the largest weekly
manga magazines in Japan. Containing some of the latest and hottest
boys' manga series in Japan, SUNDAY has hosted
such notables as RANMA 1/2 and the currently
popular MEITANTEI CONAN.
INUYASHA
by Takahashi Rumiko
Overview: Kagome is a modern day 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: With Inuyasha having declared his intention to
protect Kikyou from Naraku's evil love, Kagome feels dumped and has returned
to the present day. Her friends find her faked mask of cheer frightening.
Back in the past, the others are telling Inuyasha to at least go to Kagome and
ask for the sliver of the Shikon No Tama that she took with her. Kaede points
out that Kikyou is actually dead, but Inuyasha replies that he will go with
her to Hell, if it's their destiny. Back in the modern day, Kagome is
considering going back to return the sliver, and is suddenly struck by the
ugly thought that, if only Kikyou were to go away... Repulsed by her own
selfishness, she nonetheless searches her feelings and discovers she wants to
meet Inuyasha again; she realizes just how much she had come to like him.
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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: Satoru's car accident brought Abumi running to the
hospital. Her would-be suitor, meanwhile, is not at all pleased that she went
missing the very day he'd arranged for the matchmaker. He confronts her at the
hospital and gives her a lecture, and he clearly thinks it inappropriate that she
screwed up his plans just to see a guy who merely broke his leg. Abumi counters
that he never asked for her opinions. She suggests he wants a submissive wife
who does his bidding; he replies he can make that wife happy. She asks him if
it requires him to make her happy, and so on. The upshot is that Abumi dumps him.
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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: Fujiki, undergoing ostracism for being a perceived
pervert, wonders how Yasuda tolerates the label. He finds Yasuda reading the
magic book that transformed Megumi, but inadvertently also discovers that, without
his glasses on, Yasuda looks just like a girl. Yasuda takes that idea and runs
with it. Locking up Fujiki and Genzou and tricking Kobayashi, Yasuda goes off
and tells Megumi he's been transformed into a girl—all for the sake of wanting
to see Megumi as he's never seen her before. He gets to watch her on a swing set
for a while before Genzou comes and wreaks revenge.
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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: Narumi and Lucille have tracked down Narumi's old
martial arts teacher in China, but now Narumi is having "flashbacks" into the life
of the first Shirogane puppet-hunter, an alchemist named Bai-in who lived hundreds
of years ago. Bai-in had fallen in love with a beautiful but poverty-stricken
young woman named Francine, known for her selflessness and compassion for others.
In this episode, Bai-in marries Francine, but his younger brother Bai-jin, struck
by intense hatred and jealousy, kidnaps the bride. For eight long years, Bai-in
travels across the land, seeking them. In the summer of the ninth year, he tracks
them down at last...
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DANDOH!! XI
by Sakata Nobuhiro and Banjou Daichi
Overview: Dandoh is an earnest young boy who has found a calling in
golf. With his girlfriend Yuka, he uses sincerity and determination as his
guides for becoming a pro-golfer.
This Issue: Dandoh, trying to reach Taku in England, has rashly
jumped on a plane. At a layover in Bangkok, his wallet and golf clubs are stolen.
Assisted by a helpful local, Dandoh tracks his clubs to a walled mansion, where he
is nearly killed by the security forces. Luckily, an old acquaintance, a boy named
Lamia, appears to live there. Lamia's father is a rich, dangerous and twisted man.
To get his clubs back, Dandoh winds up agreeing to a golfing match, but Dandoh only
has the use of a shovel, and the threat of being sold into slavery if he loses!
Still, with his first shot, Dandoh proves he is not going to give up...
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