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Copyright © 2000 Shueisha
Last Issue's Update
[2000 Issue 32]
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2000 Issue 44
Published by Shueisha
Update by Minako and 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 four 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.
Selected News:
A strange short comic started back in #38. The title is
PYU-TTO FUKU! JAGGER, and it's drawn by Usuta Kyousuke, the
author of SEXY COMMANDO GAIDEN: SUGOIYO!! MASARU-SAN and
BUSHIZAWA RECEIVE. You can't miss it when there is an episode
in JUMP; it's the short comic at the very end of the magazine.
It's almost that time of the year again, where we say "out with the old, in
with the new." The newest series to hit JUMP was also the
first to leave this season; Kiyu's ROCKET DE TSUKINUKERO! ended
this issue.
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HIKARU NO GO
story by Hotta Yumi, art by Obata Takeshi, supervised by Umezawa Yukari
Started in #2/3, 1999 (9 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-ranking 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,
but with new found confidence he races through the finals as one of the top players.
This Issue—87th bout: Who is playing black? - The pro exam is at the
20th match. At this point Hikaru is 17-3,
tied for third, and the top five are in a heated battle for the three available professional
spots. Meanwhile, Ochi, who is 19-1, continues to receive private
tutorage from Akira. Akira pushes Ochi hard, and Ochi asks him the reason why he is obsessed
with Hikaru. Akira shows him a match that he had played two years ago where he was beaten
by his opponent who was playing black. Akira reveals that his opponent was Hikaru. Ochi
cannot believe that this was Hikaru two years ago and asks what is Hikaru. Akira replies that
is what he wants to find out.
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ONE PIECE
by Oda Eiichiro
Started in #34, 1997 (15 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 they got
involved in Drum Kingdom's civil war. After defeating Wapol and bringing to life Hiruluk's
dream, Luffy manages to recruit reindeer-human Chopper as their ship doctor, and the crew
head for Alabasta...
This Issue—Episode 154: To Alabasta - After Luffy's ship leaves, Dr.
Kureha and Dolton find out who Luffy was. They also find out that a man called "Ace" had
left a message for Luffy—that he will be waiting for him in Alabasta for ten days. Dr.
Kureha then asks Dolton and his men if they know the story of Gol "D" Roger, now currently
known as Gold Roger...Meanwhile back on Little Garden, Mr. 2
(Bon Couile) had arrived with a mission to terminate Mr. 3 who was
believed to be headed for Alabasta. Since they didn't meet anyone on the way to Little
Garden, they head straight back to Alabasta to look for a ship so Mr. 2
can complete his mission. On Sandy Island in the Alabasta Kingdom, Sir Crocodile (Mr.
0) who is one of the Shichibukai, sets out to suppress all of the
pirates who have come to the kingdom which is in turmoil. For the Shichibukai are heroes
of the masses—pirates who hunt down other pirates...
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NARUTO
by Kishimoto Masashi
Started in #43, 1999 (4 volumes available)
Overview: Uzumaki Naruto is a boy with hidden powers of the nine-tailed fox that
almost destroyed the Konoha Gakure clan of ninjas. What's different about him is that he
is now one of the Konoha Gakure ninjas, striving to be the best in the clan's long history.
Together with Uchiwa Sasuke and Haruno Sakura, Naruto passed the test to be a "genin"
(lowest level ninja), and now the three are taking the Second Level Test to be a "chunin"
(mid-level). The three are given a scroll of "Heaven"; their objective is to defeat
another threesome and grab one of the scrolls of "Earth" before they run out of time;
however, the opponent they face is a tougher match than they thought...
This Issue—Number 49: Coward - The ninjas of Konoha find three dead
bodies of students from the Kusa Gakure ninjas, with one of the bodies missing the head.
Anko, who is in charge of the second exam, realizes that someone had killed these students
in order to borrow the face of one of them, and that opponent turns out to be the one that
Naruto's group have been fighting since they entered the Second Level Test. Anko places a
request for at least two squads of the assassination order, while she herself gets up to
hunt down the imposter. Meanwhile, Naruto's power is resealed by the opponent, and the
"Heaven" scroll of the group is taken. Sasuke then overcomes his fear and attacks, but to
no avail. The imposter calls himself "Orochimaru" and tells Sasuke to defeat the three
Otonin who are under him if Sasuke wants to meet him again, and with that, Orochimaru places
a mark on Sasuke's neck.
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