In the remote galaxy, there's a place called Dragon Planet. Dragons no longer roam about the planet for humans now inhabit it. Not only have the humans endangered the dragon population, they but also brought war. The major conflict is between a group of people ruled by Queen Katea and the group ruled by King Ribushea. The two group had fought for generations, and their current leaders are only continuing the feud. Can Jack and Elena stop this war?
About a sexless robot, Elena, who won't die, won't grow old, and of course will never be able to reproduce. But he has superior intelligence and physical power, and also can communicate with animals. Elena suffers a lot because he lives with humans, but he realizes he can never live like a human.
About a robot, Jack, who appears frequently in Shimizu's SF stories. He's a robot with very human-like psyche. He once believed that he was human and he can even consume food, unlike many of the other robots of those times. While performing bounty-hunting duties on a strange planet, he has a flashback to the time he believes he was human... In this flashback, he and his partner are imprisoned and are given scarce food everyday. They share that meager meal, half and half. Yet as the days pass, the delivery of food becomes more scarce. His partner's strength is waining (she's a human being), yet Jack, though he feels the same consuming hunger as his partner, is physically still very apt. They're rescued several months later, but his partner had already died from starvation. Jack, who finds out for the first time that he's not human, still lives. (Source: PRISMS)
First of Jack & Elena series, where Jack meets Elena. The two are robots. They can live forever. Do they want to? Maybe yes, since they found each other.
This is the series in which Jack made his first appearance. He was trained into a hit man and he was instructed to assassinate a political figure by getting close to the man's daughter...
Joey was the head pilot of the space ship. His life was endangered while fixing the ship's engine. The crew had to temporarily delete part of Joey's memory in order to save him. Joey became the 14 year old he once was. He longed for Earth, the ranch, and Beauty, his little pony. He couldn't understand how he could have left all that behind and hopped on a space ship...
A collection of oneshots which have been previously published in other Reiko Shimizu collections. Includes: 1. **100-man Pound no Ai** (100万ポンドの愛); LaLa 1984-05 Daizoukan A 80 year-old lady asks a 20 year-old playboy to marry her as a last wish, in exchange for one million pounds. 2. **Otogibanashi no Judas** (お伽話のユダ); LaLa DX 1985-01 The Nobles can fly, are as white as snow, maybe whiter and even brighter. 3. **Noah no Uchuusen** (ノアの宇宙船); Wendy 1985-01 The eighteen year old Junior is suddenly switched with the fourteen year old Junior. 4. **Metal to Hanayome** (メタルと花嫁); LaLa 1985-01-10 Jack is a talented man, or is he? ...and three others.
