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NORMANDY HIMITSU CLUB
by Itoh Mikio
Started in #24, 2000 (1 volume available)
Overview: Kurubushi Rodin is a member of Club Mongoose (Normandy High School's Manga-drawing
Club). This club is a bunch of weirdos (well, they are!) led by the strange but charismatic Kaburagi
Seishun. Rodin was hesitant at first about joining the club, but now he is quite at home. However,
the student council president (who isn't too fond of Seishun) decided to get rid of a few
extracurricular activities, including Club Mongoose. Seishun's quick wits led to an all-student
election to vote on whether or not Club Mongoose will live on; but the president's bait of an
Internet room works and the election results show a landslide loss for Club Mongoose.
This Issue—Episode 26: Forsaken By All - All the students are saying how they
voted against Club Mongoose because they wanted their Internet room. However, the students start
feeling guilty when they see Seishun look so depressed; yet the results are the results. Seishun
admits defeat much to the president's delight, but Rodin starts sketching the faces of fellow Club
Mongoose members. As he keeps sketching, tears start to flow—this further makes the students
feel guilty about their choice. The president, trying to prevent a reversal of the vote, says that
the result was determined by popular vote and can't be overturned. But the students speak up and
mention how the student body president has a special authorization once during his term to command
something that cannot be overturned no matter what. Now, the students are clamoring for the
president to use this and prevent Club Mongoose from disbanding...
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NARUTO
by Kishimoto Masashi
Started in #43, 1999 (5 volumes available)
Overview: Uzumaki Naruto is a boy with the 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. A second
group of Konoha ninjas come to aid the ailing trio...
This Issue—Number 55: All-Out War - Ino's team gets ready for the upcoming battle.
Their teamwork and special attacks seem to corner the opponents, but, to their surprise, they feel
nothing about hurting members of their own team! To a shocked group, our antagonists claim that they
weren't at the test for the scrolls, but for Sasuke. To the bewildered two Konoha teams, a third Konoha
team (Lee's team) arrives, but before they can set to fight, Sasuke wakes up—with a strange tattoo
all over his body.
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HIKARU NO GO
story by Hotta Yumi, art by Obata Takeshi, supervised by Umezawa Yukari
Started in #2/3, 1999 (10 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 he 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 newfound confidence he races through
the finals as one of the top players. With one match left, Hikaru's hopes of becoming a pro without
a tiebreaker rests on winning against Ochi; but Hikaru now hears that Akira has been tutoring Ochi.
This Issue—93rd bout: Pro Exam, Last Match - Hikaru asks Ochi why he has been
practicing against Akira. Ochi doesn't want to answer, but slips that Akira will finally notice him
if he wins the match against Hikaru. Meanwhile, everyone else nervously waits for the final day. The
fateful day arrives, and Hikaru sits ready for the match that will determine whether or not he becomes
a pro...
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SHAMAN KING
by Takei Hiroyuki
Started in #31, 1998 (12 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 village where the Patch dwell (in the United
States) for the main competition of the Shaman Fight, he witnessed the Great Spirit that becomes the
Shaman King's spirit. Now, their group split into groups of three for the three-on-three fight back
on a deserted island off the coast of Tokyo, and the Shaman Fight in Tokyo is about to begin...
This Issue—113rd Reincarnation: Fight! - The first round tournament will be a
3-on-3 battle with no time limit, and the team that steps out (or is forced
out) of the ring, or can't maintain their oversoul, loses. The first match is between Ren's group
and one of Hao's henchmen groups. Ren says he will leave it to Chocolove. The little boy was a
little scared in the beginning, but he realizes that the henchmen aren't all that powerful—so
much that his spirit could gobble up all of the Boz' spirits.
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ONE PIECE
by Oda Eiichiro
Started in #34, 1997 (16 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 called the One Piece, they gain two new members:
Vivi, the princess of Alabasta, and Chopper, a reindeer-human who is knowledgeable about medicine. The
group briefly lands at Nanohana (one of Alabasta's main ports) to reload supplies, and Luffy has a
brief reunion with his elder brother Portgus D. Ace. Luffy's ship immediately sets sail to escape
Smoker and his entourage, who were waiting for our protagonists in Nanohana.
This Issue—Episode 160: 8 O'clock at Spiders Cafe - Luffy has Nami sew the piece
of paper he got from Ace into his hat. Vivi explains to the group that they will now head to Yuba,
the oasis that the rebels are using as their base, and that she will stop the violence set forth by
Baroque Works. Meanwhile, at the Spiders Cafe, the Baroque Works officer agents arrive one by one, and
at 8 o'clock, they have all gathered. Miss Doublefinger instructs the group to
head to Rainbase, the city where Crocodile awaits them...
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YU-GI-OH!
by Takahashi Kazuki
Started in #42, 1996 (22 volumes available)
Overview: When Mutou Yuugi solved the Millennium 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, repeatedly challenges him.
The current challenge involves Yuugi's friends—will he be able to save both himself and his friend
Jounouchi from drowning to their doom?
This Issue—Battle 197: The One Card of Life and Death! - Less than ten minutes
left. Jounouchi has 2400LP, Yuugi has 700LP and his
Red Eyes has only 900 attack points. Jounouchi draws a Devil Dice
and Marik commands him to stay silent and wait for time to pass. Yuugi tells Jounouchi that their
promise made in the duelists' kingdom arc hasn't been fulfilled—that Jounouchi still hasn't faced
his sister Shizuka after her surgery. That voice wakes up Jounouchi's instinct, and he puts down two
reverse cards and a Panther Warrior. Yuugi puts the Elemental Mirror facedown and attacks
with the Gilfer Demon. The two trap (dice) cards are opened, while Yuugi nullifies the Angel
Dice. The Devil Dice fails to decrease the Demon's offense, and Jounouchi's
LP falls to 700. While Yuugi seeks a way to tie by both
of them losing all LP in the same turn, Kaiba manages to rescue Mokuba and head towards the duel.
Jounouchi draws Death Meteor (1000pt damage directly to opponent's
LP), and with only three minutes left, what will he do?
Published by Shueisha
¥ 230
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