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Published by Shogakukan
Update by Eri Izawa
What is SHONEN 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.
Last
issue's SHONEN SUNDAY
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INUYASHA
by Takahashi Rumiko

Overview: Kagome is a modern student who teamed up with
the strange boy Inuyasha in fifteenth or sixteenth century
Japan, seeking to retrieve the fragments of the magical Shikon
no Tama.
This issue: Inuyasha had
sent Kagome back to modern-day Japan and had tried to seal up
the magic well. But now, under a brutal attack by monsters sent
by his arch-enemy Naraku, Inuyasha and his friends are in
trouble. But Kagome, through her concern and desire to see
Inuyasha again, somehow manages to make it through the well.
Scenting Kagome, Inuyasha suddenly becomes stronger and easily
defeats the monsters, and Inuyasha and Kagome are reunited in a
touching scene that dissolves into bickering. Naraku realizes
that Kagome is the lone unexpected element in his schemes; even
as he does so, Kagome senses him and both Miroku and Inuyasha
confront their long-time enemy. Naraku agrees to tell them the
history behind his long campaign against them.... |
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ME GUMI NO DAIGO
by Soda Masahito

Overview: Asahina Daigo is a young firefighter
with the "Me" Company, who has an unusual ability to find and rescue people in danger.
This issue: Daigo,
unwillingly made to take a week off by Gomi (who had
sensed that Daigo was becoming unstable), is in a remote
town where he hears the legend of a wooden temple saved
by a lone fireman fifteen years before. It turns out
the "lone fireman" was probably Gomi himself, who shook
the villagers out of their despair and organized the
bucket-brigade that saved the temple. Gomi, Daigo
pieces together, was in town for a mysterious, personal
reason. After hearing the story, Daigo decides to leave
town early to talk to Gomi. As he's leaving in the
train, however, a plume of smoke is rising up behind
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LOVE
by Ishiwata Osamu

Overview: Takagi Ai ("Love") is a girl who, in a bid to
have a re-match with her old tennis rival, has entered a high
school tennis club disguised as a boy.
This issue: Love is facing a good-natured tennis player
(Nakasuken) whose style is that of a precise, sharp fisherman -
reminiscent of her own father. Her opponent, for his part, is
feeling uncomfortable because he had been told of Love's secret
by Youhei's jealous would-be girlfriend, who wants him to crush
Love's dreams by defeating her. And meanwhile, a slimy gossip
columnist has caught the scent of scandal and is watching Love
like a vulture.... |
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JYAJYA UMA DE 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.
This issue: Much
is going on at the farm, as foals are born and the
family gossips about Strike Eagle's racing prospects ...
as well as about eldest daughter Abumi's dates with a
would-be fiancee. Father Watarai in particular is
growing increasingly nervous about both Strike Eagle and
his daughter.... |
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GHOST SWEEPER MIKAMI GOKURAKU
DAISAKUSEN!!
by Shiina Takashi

Overview: Mikami Reiko is a money-hungry, gorgeous female
ghost buster, aided by her sex-starved and underpaid male
assistant Yokoshima Tadao, as well as kind and gentle female
ex-ghost O-kinu.
This issue: The final
battle with Ashtaroth has been put off for a while, and our
heroes, with demons Luciola (in love with Yokoshima) and young
Papillio, have returned to Japan. Luciola and Papillio are
under intense scrutiny by the mistrustful ghost sweepers'
assocation. But now, Papillio, still loyal to Ashtaroth, has
escaped from Mikami and Luciola's control. Mikami, to protect
Luciola from the ghost sweepers' association, wants to keep
Papillio's escape secret, but guesses that Papillio will come
seeking revenge. Sure enough, Papillio returns with a cloud of
toxic magic butterflies. She downs Yokoshima, and in doing so
draws Luciola's full wrath.... |
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MAJOR
by Mitsuda Takuya

Overview: It has been 4 years since Honda Goro
put together the Mifune Little League. Now, in junior
high school, he is reunited with his old friends and is
faced with a new baseball crisis.
This issue: Satou
Toshiya, after his narrow defeat, has at last decided to
"team up" with Honda at Mifune High School in the future
and, together, defeat baseball-powerhouse Kaidou High
School. Satou stops by Honda's Mifune junior high game
against Kaidou's junior high team, and is stunned to see
the score: 19 to 0 against Honda's team. Later, in the
locker room, Honda tells a disbelieving Satou that they
were both deluded to have ever thought they could beat
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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.
This issue: For his
friends' safety, Masaru has decided to leave home and school -
and his new-found friends. As they leave, he talks with
Shirogane about how strange it is that adults seem to depend on,
and be ruled by, money. They run into the trio of desperate
circusmen who'd helped them out before, and Masaru realizes that
Shirogane might find some happiness working in the circus. The
depressed circus trio protest that they've lost their tent, but
Masaru points out the purpose of a circus is not to display a
tent. Before long, the circusmen and Shirogane are strutting
their stuff on the street and have attracted a large,
appreciative crowd. Masaru notices that these circus people are
sincere, hard-working, good-natured people not ruled by money,
and decides he wants to work with them too.... |
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RECCA NO HONOO
by Anzai Nobuyuki

Overview: Recca is a fire-wielding high school
freshman ninja. He and his friends, who are aligned
with the four elements, are in a long-running deadly
tournament.
This issue: Recca
is facing his arch-enemy and fellow fire ninja Kurei for
their final showdown. The stadium has been evacuated of
all of the audience. Recca's friends reassure each
other about Recca's safety from outside the stadium.
But when Recca and Kurei finally let loose their fire
elementals at each other, the stadium explodes and rains
destruction and death down upon those outside.
Meanwhile, the sinister Mori is far away, in the process
of awakening a mysterious figure.... |
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DANDOH!!
by Sakata Nobuhiro and Banjou Daichi

Overview: Dandoh is a earnest young boy who has found a
calling in golf. With his friend Yuka and Shou, he uses
sincerity and determination as his guides for becoming a
pro-golfer.
This issue: Dandoh,
exhausted and worn, is in a tough situation: his ball is under a
tree, which prevents him from getting the lift he needs to get
it over the water and to the next hole. He has only one
long-shot to keep his dream alive, so he uses his driver and
actually skips the ball across the water and - amazingly - into
the hole. One of the other golfers, Ben, asks him how he
chooses his shots, and Dandoh replies that he picks whatever
shot excites his spirit most. The answer reminds Ben of himself
long ago, before he'd given up that pure joy in favor of the
sheer pursuit of winning.... |
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KATTE NI KAIZOU
by Kumeta Kouji

This is a new series by
the author of POKA POKA. This
one, like the author's previous series, looks like it
will contain the same silly and bizarre, often
sexually-themed, bad jokes. Katsu Kaizou is the main
character; he is an incredibly gullible, simple-minded,
and science-fiction-addicted student. He sees alien
conspiracies around him. When knocked out by an
accidentally dropped biology model and wakes up in the
science lab, he concludes that he has been secretly
altered to become a superhuman cyborg agent meant to
fight against evil [nah, never heard of THAT plot
before]. He also joins the science club, which he is
convinced is the secret organization that is fighting
against evil. And so the story
begins... |
Shonen Sunday ©1997 Shogakugan
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