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Weekly Jump Briefs (continued)

ONE PIECE
by Oda Eiichiro
Started in #34, 1997 (7 volumes available)

Overview: Monkey D. Ruffy is a boy who set out to sail the Grand Line, find the legendary treasure One Piece and become the king of pirates. His small crew includes swordsman Roronoa Zorro, gunner "Captain" Usopp and chef Sanji. Currently, the guys are chasing their cartographer Nami who took off with their ship and all their belongings. Will Ruffy be able to reunite his whole crew and finally set sail on the Grand Line?
  This Issue—Episode 79: To Live - Belmeil tells the townsfolk that she will raise Nojiko and Nami. The two kids grew up healthy and strong (albeit a little troublesome). The thoughts of all these happy years cross Nojiko and Nami's minds as they watch Arlong's gun emit smoke—and Belmeil's lifeless body falls to the ground. One of the other mermen finds Nami's stack of maps, and decides to take Nami with him. Gen tries to save Nami, but Nami tells him he didn't need to because she didn't want anyone else to die. Later, just as the townsfolk get ready to fight Arlong's crew to get Nami back, she walks back to town to inform them that she was going to join their crew, that she doesn't want to live justly if it meant death. Gen tells her that she was no longer welcome in the town. Nojiko later finds Nami at Belmeil's grave, where she is told that Nami is going to buy the whole town from Arlong for 100 million Berries because there was no other way to survive.


I"S
by Katsura Masakazu
Started in #19, 1997 (9 volumes available)

Overview: This is a story about Seto Ichitaka and his love life (or attempts thereof). The fourth I (and third main female character) of the series, Izumi, created turmoil inside Ichitaka's heart, but he realized that he still loved Iori, the girl he has had a crush on for a long time. Ichitaka finally summoned enough guts to tell Iori that he loves her. Her response seems positive, but...?
  This Issue—Episode 91: Telephone Call - As Teratani listens (most attentively to "how Iori's breasts through a bra felt"), Ichitaka continues his recollection... As he trudged forth for more bare skin, Iori muttered that she didn't mean it to be like that. Ichitaka pulls back, and apologizes. He then asks her if she was interested in a more "serious" relationship. The only response was silence. Ichitaka offers to walk her back to the station (much to Teratani's dismay as he listens to Ichitaka's recollections).... the two feeling very awkward as they walked silently to the station. As she was about to go down to the subway platform, Ichitaka tells Iori to call him. Teratani says Ichitaka is a fool for sending her home so quickly, and gets worried that Ichitaka seems too glum for anything good after that. Ichitaka tells him that he got a cell phone so he wouldn't miss her call, and left the number on Iori's answering machine... but the phone still hasn't rung. Just as Teratani tells Ichitaka that he was dumped, Iori calls on the cell phone—but in a gloomy voice.


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YU-GI-OH!
by Takahashi Kazuki
Started in #42, 1996 (12 volumes available)

Overview: Life for Yuugi, a shy high-school boy, changed when he finished solving the Millenium Puzzle, a 3-D jigsaw puzzle that took him 8 years to solve. From that day on, he developed a second "dark" personality that challenged any wrongdoers to a Shadow Game where losing meant more than just losing a game. In the current arc, Yuugi set out with his friends to battle Pegasus, the creator of the hit card game Magic & Wizards, to save the soul of his grandfather. Yuugi managed to make it to the finals; will his friend Johnouchi make it past Bandit Keith?
  This Issue—Battle 120: Heavy Metal Raiders - Keith starts his hand with Pendulum Blade Torture Machine. Johnouchi starts with "weak" monsters in defense for a good card. He draws Sorcery Knight Guiltia but forgets that machines don't take magic attacks. Keith destroys Guiltia with his TM-1 Launcher Spider. Johnouchi decides to put a card face down on the field, and puts Axe Raider on defense. Keith puts a card facedown and puts a Devilzore on defense. Johnouchi attacks this new creature with Fire Swordsman-Salamandra combo, but falls to Keith's Turn to Metal trap card. Keith then uses Seal Defense and declares victory, but Johnouchi laughs as his trap card, Pitfall, lets him escape alive.


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