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Shonen Sunday Briefs (continued)
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 to becoming a pro-golfer.
This issue: Dandoh is playing against the great
but aged golfer Nicholas, and has deliberately physically handicapped
himself to match Nicholas' weakened condition (as Nicholas' young
friends find out in this issue). Now, the suffering and exhausted
Dandoh faces what looks like an impossible shot, but he sees the
light through a tree and knows the "course hasn't yet disowned" him.
He sends the ball through the tree branches and gets a miraculous
birdie.
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 (temporarily)
returned to his human body, and is now pursuing Minako, who,
not realizing Ginji is near, has gone off and become trapped
in a snowy mountain cabin. Ginji sees that another man is nearby,
and for a while is stuck in frozen disbeliefand then
realizes his body is turning back into a penguin. Minako,
meanwhile, is thinking of Ginji while she thanks the man for
helping her out. She doesn't realize until too late that the
man is actually an escaped criminal. Ginji, with the last of
his strength, breaks down the door to save Minako from being
strangled to death....
ARMS
by Minagawa Ryouji (with help from Nanatsuki Kyouichi)

Overview: Takatsuki Ryou and friends have been infected
with strange and powerful metallic lifeforms and are now engaged
in a deadly conflict.
This issue: Ryou has
realized that his powers weren't enough to save all the people
he was trying to protect. Now, in his grief and rage, he's about
to set the "Jabberwock" program on a destructive course ... but
the dying Yugo appears in his mind in the form of Katsumi, and
leads him out of hatred and back to his desire to protect others.
But Yugo is saved, and the poison gas of the area is neutralized,
by the last sacrificial action of the sad, lonely, ancient
"Azazel," who disintegrates as Ryou reaches out to touch
her.
Note about Shonen Sunday 16:
The next issue, SHONEN SUNDAY volume 16, begins
a 4-part series looking at the last four decades. This special takes
note of historical events (such as JFK's
assassination or the popularity of the Beatles) and highlights famous
authors of WEEKLY SHONEN SUNDAY's past (such as
Tezuka Osamu, Ishomori Shotaro and Fujiko Fujio). Here's some more
trivia: the first WEEKLY SHONEN SUNDAY issue
was April 5th, 1959. It cost a whopping 30 Yen, and had 92 pages
(compare that to the just over 500 pages of volume 16!). Any readers
interested in manga and anime history are encouraged to take a look at
Shonen Sunday 16 and other upcoming issues. 
Note: Good news! If you've been meaning to buy SHONEN SUNDAY but didn't know where to order it from, you
can now order them from the Sasuga Japanese
Bookstore, which does both USA and international mail orders.
Shonen Sunday ©1998 Shogakugan, ¥230
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