100 Man Pound no Ai

This is another one-volume series by Reiko Shimizu. There are 3 stories in the book, the futuristic "Noah's Space Ship", sentimental "Metal and the Bride", and "Funeral March". 1. **Noa no Uchuusen** (ノアの宇宙船); Wendy 1985 Summer 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... 2. **Metal to Hanayome** (メタルと花嫁); LaLa 1985-02 Daizoukangou 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... 3. **Funeral March** (ヒューネラル・マーチ); LaLa 1984-12 Daizoukangou A high school kid has a crush on the young and beautiful Home Economics teacher. Meanwhile, he was arranged to date and possibly marry someone...

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)

**Note**: This entry represents the original publication with only 4 chapters. Do not submit chapter changes to 7. 1. **Mou Hitotsu no Shinwa** (もうひとつの神話); LaLa DX 1985-03 Eva is pregnant! What a shock... since she's the only human aboard this spaceship! 150 years ago, the sudden "shrinkage" of the Sun caused the destruction of the Earth, the Moon and Mars. Eva's parents and several technicians at Jupiter's base were the only survivors. The icy planet wasn't suitable for permanent dwelling, so they sent a fertilized egg into the space. Four robots were given the duty of raising the baby and finding a mate for her. They had spotted a man in a faraway planet and created an identical robot, Adam, to be Eva's husband. But they thought a human and a robot can't be a perfect match... no matter how much they love each other. Their plan is to leave Eva on the planet with the human Adam... 2. **Napoleon Solo** (ナポレオン・ソロ); LaLa 1986-01 During an annual robots' party Napoleon, an egg shaped robot, gloats about his owner and lover. "She's the most beautiful woman in the world and she loves me! She said I'm better than all the men." When she was 5 years old, she used to say "Round, round Napoleon is cuter than anyone else! Don't ever leave me! I want to marry you when I grow up!" Thus, Napoleon (nicknamed Mr. Egg Head by his fellow robots) is very happy about his appearance. But she's now a woman. She no longer remembers all those childhood promises nor would they mean anything to her. She wants to remake the old robot because she finds it embarrassing to have a servant who looks like an egg... 3. **Otogibanashi no Judas** (お伽話のユダ); LaLa DX 1985-01 There's a special group of people who possess wings and are able to fly like birds. Because of their trait, they are caged and displayed like animals. They believe that a hero will rescue them someday. 4. **100-man Pond no Ai** (100万ポンドの愛); LaLa 1984-05 Daizoukan A 80 year-old lady ask a 20 year-old playboy to marry her as a last wish, in exchange for one million pounds.

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.

A 80 year-old lady asks a 20 year-old playboy to marry her as a last wish, in exchange for one million pounds. *Note: Published in LaLa 1984-05 Daizoukan*

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...