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MANGA REVIEWS

Weekly Jump (continued)

I"S
by Katsura Masakazu
Started in #19, 1997 (7 volumes available)

Overview: See the manga review in EX 2.8 for more details. In the latest turn of events, Itsuki left for the States, and Iori slapped Ichitaka for him making moves on her... and Ichitaka meets a fourth "I", Izumi.
  In this update: Ichitaka goes back and lies about walking on the beach, but gets found out when Izumi bumps into him back at the lodge. Teratani retaliates by sending Ichitaka into the ladies' bath. He tries to escape without being seen by Iori when he bumps into Izumi. Izumi offers to help him out of this situation if he agrees to be her boyfriend for the summer. Just then, Nami and Iori are heading their way. Izumi pushes the resigned Ichitaka into the water. Izumi further pushes Ichitaka completely under water when Iori and Nami come back, thinking that Izumi was killing someone. Izumi chats with the two girls for a while. Ichitaka, suffocating, jumps out of water for air, right in front of Nami and Iori.


RUROUNI KENSHIN
by Watsuki Nobuhiro
Started in #19, 1994 (22 volumes available)

Overview: Himura Kenshin is a swordsman with the dark past who fights with his reverse-blade sword against evil in the Meiji era. In the current story arc, Enishi (the brother of the late Tomoe) claims he will avenge his sister's death.
  In this update: Kenshin starts to fight back with tremendous power, but gets caught by Kujiranami. Megumi tells Kaoru to run while she can, to save her life so Kenshin has something to protect. However, she gets separated from Megumi in the dust cloud, and bumps into Enishi. Kaoru braces to put up a fight, knowing that she cannot win. Saitou and Sanosuke attack Kujiranami to free Kenshin. Kenshin runs to find Kaoru, and is greeted by hakubaikou, the incense of white ume-plum. Enishi tells Kenshin to follow this scent reminiscent of Tomoe to find the answer to his questions. Kenshin, and later Megumi and Sanosuke who ran after Kenshin, find the lifeless body of Kaoru in the dojo.

JIGOKU SENSEI NU-BE-
story by Makura Shou, art by Okano Takeshi
Started in #38, 1993 (26 volumes available)

Overview: Nueno Meisuke, known as Nu-be-, is a teacher with strong psychic powers and the left hand of an oni (one form of Japanese devils). He uses his Buddhism knowledge and sometimes his oni hand to protect his students. His "weird" friends include Yukime the snow-queen, Tamamo the nine-tailed werefox, and Izuna, a shaman-to-be.
  In this update: Minki reveals that the reason she came down was to make her new panties out of Meisuke, but fails to retrieve her old pair. Powerless and with her panties in Meisuke's hands, she starts the next day as a new student in the Nu-be- class... but manages to get her panties back during a P.E. class. But Meisuke had "tampered" with her panties, so in trying to attack him, Minki burns herself out. Minki decides to stay on earth to figure out what humans were really like when she was presented with a mound of "temporary" underwear from the Nu-be- class. Back to the "normal" life of the Nu-be class... Just when Makoto felt left out because he didn't have a Walking Jampyuu, he finds one on a tree branch. This was special, in that Jampyuu pops out to interact in real life. He was taking good care of it, but soon he went with the other kids for the "newer" fads. This Jampyuu was an illusion created by a spirit, a last cry from all the past "fad" toys to have kids play on them. The spirit disappears, happy that it was able to play with the kids one last time.

HARELUYA II BØY
by Umezawa Haruto
Started in #5, 1992 (30 volumes available)

Overview: The adventures of Hibino Hareluya, the "invincible man" whose back seemingly carries a serious arsenal of weapons, and his friends Ichijyou Makoto (a rocker), Okamoto Kiyoshirou (an aspiring artist), and Yamana Michiru (Kiyoshirou's girlfriend). In the latest story arc, Kiyoshirou decides to go to France to study art, and Michiru decides to take him on a trip to Kyoto with Hareluya and Makoto. But trouble strikes wherever Hareluya goes...
  In this update: The boys come back to an empty room. They find Michiru's camera, and rushes over to a photo lab to develop it. Meanwhile, another Three Eyes member named Zoo joins the kidnappers of Michiru. The photographs showed that Michiru was in trouble, but it wasn't too late to stop the worst from happening. They wonder where the Three Eyes are; the photo developer notes that from one of the pictures, it looked like they were under a bridge.

JOJO NO KIMYOU NA BOUKEN
(Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

by Araki Hirohiko
Started in #1/2, 1987 (60 volumes available)

Overview, part V ("GIOGIO", started #52, 1995): Giorno is an aspiring gangster in Italy. He joins a gang filled with strange people (you guessed it, Stand users). His first big job is to rescue the Boss's daughter Trish, and bring her back to him. But the job became much more than that...
  In this update: Puchratti makes his way to the Coliseum, but Secco starts to attack with rock-spears. The mystery man atop the Coliseum is revealed as Jean Pierre Polnaref, wielder of <Silver Chariots>. Polnaref muses that the Arrow must be destroyed if the gang boys couldn't make it before the Boss's minions. Pucharatti lures Secco over and uses the car around them to puncture the eardrums of Secco. Secco can't hit any of his attacks without using his ears, and is defeated (and carried away in a garbage truck). The injured Pucharatti bumps into Doppio, who insists on helping Pucharatti. Pucharatti accepts Doppio's offer and asks him to help him get to the Coliseum.

Weekly Jump ©1998 Shueisha
¥220


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