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Shonen Sunday (continued)
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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: Shirogane is helping out at the circus where she once
worked; right now, she is dressed as a clown and has told Masaru to
give a flower to the beast-tamer girl. Using her puppet to stop him,
she creates a comedic show. Masaru is overjoyed to see the audience
laughing, and is even more pleased to see Shirogane smiling. Alas, it
turns out her smile was just for the show, but nevertheless, he's glad
that Shirogane at least seemed to enjoy herself. Masaru becomes
determined to one day be able to bring his friends' circus before
such a big audience.
TUXEDO GIN
by Matsuura Tokihiko

Overview: Kusanagi Ginji is a young man in love with Sasebo Minako,
who also loves him. Due to a fatal motorcycle incident, Ginji is
reborn as a penguin and now must live out his natural life as Minako's
pet before he can return to his body.
This issue: Ginji has been asked by his new friend, an ex-human girl
now-reborn-as-a-raptor, to check on her long-ago boyfriend. At first
glance, it appears the man has a new girlfriend every hour. Ginji
follows him and finds, to his shock, Minako in his home. Luckily, it
turns out the mystery man is a teacher they'd met before; it also
turns out he was merely tutoring, not dating. Ginji gets a hold of a
treasured photo album that contains pictures of the raptor as she used
to be as a human, and very soon after, the reassured bird takes up
residence on the teacher's balcony.
DANDOH!!
by Sakata Nobuhiro and Banjou Daichi

Overview: Dandoh is an earnest young boy who has found a calling in
golf. With his friend Yuka and Kouhei, he uses sincerity and
determination as his guides for becoming a pro-golfer.
This issue: Terao is unable to go the Asian Match, so now Dandoh, with
his rival's warm blessings (and good luck charm), is headed to
Thailand. Meanwhile, Kouhei is moving to the US. Yuka, Dandoh and
Kouhei reminisce about their younger days, such as how Dandoh lost
Kouhei's prized Jetman toy during a game of "buried treasure." The
playground where the toy had been buried is soon to become a
construction site. But the next day, as Kouhei prepares to leave for
his flight, he finds the Jetman returned; Dandoh and Yukah had spent
the entire night digging their old playground for the lost toy... A
few days later, Dandoh is on his way to Thailand. And finally,
Dandoh's mentor has decided to also move forward... but to what?
ACCIDENTS
by Yamada Takatoshi

Overview: Kujiragi Yuu ("Kujira") is a professional investigator of
accidents; his keen insights help resolve what really happened at the
usually-fatal scene.
This issue: This is the final episode of this series! Kujira and
three others have been trapped in a small air pocket in a collapsed
tunnel. As the space begins to fill with water, his old friends and
rivalsthose not already at the scene trying to figure out where he
is buriedbegin to hear of his plight. Later, Kujira dives under
the water in an attempt to clear away rubble. Seeing the light of a
rescue diver but unable to catch the rescuer's attention, he cuts open
his own arm and uses the blood as a signal. Though the action nearly
kills him, he awakens to a large gathering of all his friends. His
long-time rival investigator closes the case with the note that, while
investigating accidents seems sometimes to bring only despair and a
sense of powerlessness, incidents like this remind him that a sense of
hope is the most vital and important thing about the job. Somehow, a
day will come when no more accidents
occur. 
Shonen Sunday ©1998 Shogakugan
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