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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 IssueEpisode 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 smokeand 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 IssueEpisode 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 phonebut in a gloomy voice.
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 IssueBattle 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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