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Furoku distributed alongside Hana to Yume 1993/17 issue
63Shiori is the top girl at a hostess bar, the best at convincing men to open expensive champagne. She is well-paid for it, but all her money goes into spoiling her cat Bon-chan, who promptly spends it all on pachinko. Bad cat! But he's so cute when he begs for money that she just can't resist.
This one shot follows the underwater adventures of a small triton called Sui-Sui. He meets and discuss with several fish of different species, notably an eel called Mahimahi. At the end of the story, Toriyama tells us about the different eel species around the world.
The thing my cat picked up from the river was a rare "talking fish"... (Source: Shogakukan, translated)
The "Xenogears Comic Anthology" is a collection of short stories that take place throughout the present and future of the Xenogears timeline. Most are comical, but there are a few serious character pieces.
Short story that goes with superheroes and samurai in feudal Japan. It’s Akira Toriyama’s very first manga. *Note: It was realized in 1977 to participate at the Monthly Young Jump Award. It was made public in Bird Land Press, but it never received a tankobon release because the original work has been stolen.*
The story tells about Hiroshi Shiba, a car racer who is mortally wounded on a laboratory accident, but restored to life by his father, Professor Shiba, a talented scientist/archeologist, who is incidentally investigating the relics of the ancient Yamatai Kingdom. The professor discovers a tiny bronze bell with sorcerous powers, and shortly afterwards he is murdered by the henchmen of Queen Himika, the ruler of the Yamatai (sometimes translated as Jamatai) Kingdom, who wants to seize the ancient bell and its power.
Short *”Star Wars” *parody. It’s Akira Toriyama’s second manga. *Note: It was realized in 1978 to participate at the Monthly Young Jump Award. It was made public in Bird Land Press, but it never received a tankobon release, since the original work has been stolen.***