79 Yasunaga Koichiro $@0B1J9R0lO:(B
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This article is from the Manga FAQ, by Steve Pearl starbuck@cybercomm.net with numerous contributions by others.
79 Yasunaga Koichiro $@0B1J9R0lO:(B
Yasunaga was the pioneer of some now-abused comedic devices, such as the
inappropriate use of nigori $BBy$j(B (voiced consonant marks that look like
backward apostrophes).
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Kenritsu chikyu boeigun $B8)N)CO5eKI1R73(B [Prefectural Earth Defence Force]
- serialized on Shonen Sunday Monthly, 1984, 4 volumes @ Y350, out of print.
Hysterical, nonsensical farce about three highschool students defending
their neighbourhood from Chirusonia, the ultimate incompetent bad guy. An
OVA was wade; the manga is at least as funny, if not funnier, and it's
longer.
Kyonyu Hunter $@5pF}%O%s%?!<(B [D-Cup Hunter] - serialized on Shonen Sunday
Monthly, 1990, 2 volumes @ Y500.
The heroine's boyfriend says, ``I just can't love a girl with small
breasts!'', dumps her, and she snaps. She then goes around disguised as
the ``Kyonyuu Hunter'' (stuffing her bra for the role), collecting
breast-prints of women who use their large breasts for evil purposes.
Incredibly stupid, pretty funny. The two volumes are labeled `left side'
and `right side'.
Rikugun Nakano Yobiko $@N&73CfLnM=Hw9;(B [Nakano Army Prep School] -
serialized on Shonen Sunday Monthly, 1986-present, 6 volumes @ Y360.
It's a lot like Boeigun in its characters and concept. Boeigun is a lot
wilder and funnier, though.
Kaitei Jinrui Anchovy $@3$Dl?MN`%"%s%A%g%S!<(B - currently serialized on
Shonen Sunday Monthly, 1993-present, 4 volumes @ Y500.
The story of Denka, a 14-year old boy who wakes up one morning to discover
webbing between his fingers, and gills on his neck. His father then tells
him that Denka was given to him by the princess of the sea, for safe
keeping until the day came when the boy was to return to the ocean. Well,
today is the day, and Denka (human name is Aramaki, a kind of rice
cracker,) is forcibly kicked out of the house to face the world on his
own. He teams up with a rather dense merman whose job it is to teach Denka
how to behave as a sea-kingdom prince, and has to face the wrath of
Okiamisu (the merwoman currently running the sea-kingdom of Anchovi,) and
her henchmen (including one dense guy named Eel.) In later chapters, Denka
returns to school, and everyone there has to put up with the continued
attacks launched by Okiamisu. Near the end of the book, Denka learns how
to disguise his merman features, and the story then turns into a normal
high school sit-com which pits him against a very ardent, but incompetent
female ninja. [CH]
Ganjo Ningen Spartacus $B4h>f?M4V%9%Q%k%?%+%9(B - currently serialized on
Shonen Captain, 1994-present, 3 volumes @ Y520.
About the ultimate in physical perfection, one girl's mission to gain a
`Gold jacket' (ascension by beating the owner up!) Very funny, and a big
improvement over Anchovy.
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