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Nov 28, 1994, 4:34:33 AM11/28/94

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Subject: Dr. Slump Character Guide

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Dr. Slump Character Guide
and Volume Summary

There is a good chance that nearly half of all existing fandom (this
doesn't include newbies) has at least seen one episode of Dr. Slump, or
can recognize the name. Some may be intimately familiar with it, but I'm
betting that there is no character guide yet.
After a few-year absence, the series was resurrected in V-Jump
magazine. But, most Japanese prefer the original series. In fact, it
is an even bet that all Japanese will recognize the name 'Arale-chan.'
So, in an attempt to increase Dr. Slump's visibility in the West, I'm
putting together this guide.

Side Note: In Dragon Ball, the young Son Gokuu chases Blue Shogun
into Penguin Village, and some of the action involves many of the Dr.
Slump cast.

==================================================================

Contents:

Comments
Manga Chronology
Places
Various Cultural Notes
Characters
Inventions
Volume Summaries
Translated Table of Contents for Each Volume
Character Resumes (translated from Volume 4)
American High School Baseball Team Members (from volume 15)
"Who's the Strongest" Tournament Results (from volume 16)
2nd Grand Prix Race Results (from volume 18)
Toriyama asks Senbee questions sent in by the readers (v. 16)
Penguin Village, ten years later (volume 16)
Posters
Characters Who Made the Transition to Dragon Ball

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Comments:

Dr. Slump is a gag manga that was originally serialized in Shonen
Jump magazine, and collected into 18 paperback volumes. Its creator,
Akira Toriyama, is also the author of Dragon Ball, and has worked as
the character designer for the popular Dragon Quest computer games.
As a gag manga, Dr. Slump follows all the patterns found in other gag
manga -- the author frequently appears as a cast member, the characters
occasionally mention that this is a gag manga, and the author is
occasionally accused of being a one-joke comic ("one-pattern.") There
is also a fair amount of toilet humor (as is normally the case with this
genre,) and several characters are overly attracted to coils of shit,
which can easily be found throughout the village.
The artwork is constantly peppered with visual gags, and references
to other popular movie characters (mainly rubber-suit monster movies.)
The character designs are typical Toriyama (caracatures, with simplified
features,) while the backgrounds and mecha are often quite realistic-looking.

Overall, it's a fun little series, that is best enjoyed if you know
at least some Japanese culture and language.

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Manga Chronology Note

In January, 1980, "Dr. Slump" started with issue #5/6 of Shonen Jump,
and ended in August, 1984. There were a few other one-shots ("Chobit,"
"Pink," "Dragon Boy," and "The Adventure of Tongpoo".) The Dr. Slump TV
series started in April, 1981, and ran until Feb., '86. Then, the
Dragon Ball manga burst into Shonen Jump with #51, the November '84
issue. It is still going strong. The DB TV series started in February,
1986, then turned into Dragon Ball Z on April 19, 1989. Along the way,
there have been numerous movies, and video games (Toriyama did the
character designs for the "Dragon Quest I-IV" and "Toruneco's Great
Adventure" TV games.)

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Places:

Penguin Village: The insane home for the insane cast. Birds cry
'aho' (asshole); Godzilla, Ultraman, and Gamera are all students
in school (Mr. Spock is a transfer student in one story);
elephants fly backwards through the air with flames shooting
from their trunks; and wind-up animals announce the beginning of
each new day. The abnormal is normal here, and normal people
are rare. Penguin Village is located on Gengoro Island.

Sonritsu Jr. High: "Threaten the existence of." Arale's first
school. Located beside Sonritsu Sr. High.

Planet Niko-chan: Tiny planet that is the home of Emperor Niko-chan.
the denizens here have their butt on the top of their head, and
their ears on the bottom of their feet. The main crop on the
planet is daikon (Japanese radish.) The planet itself is shaped
to look like the Emperor.

Mount Ichinii: Penguin Village's tallest mountain. This is where
Santa (an old man who likes to fight) and his assistant Booron
live. (Ichini == One Two)

Daitokaijima: Big Island City. Kind of a parody of America, where
one story is told, and the location from which several characters
visit Penguin Village.

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Cultural Notes:

Arale keeps calling Senbee "Hakase," which is a modified form of
the word for anyone who has a doctorate degree.

Toriyama frequently appears in the manga, either as a human with
a mask over his mouth, a cigarette-smoking bird, or a wind-up robot.

Omake -- Japanese for "something in addition." The Omake pages
in the manga include various gags, pin-up pictures, etc.

"n-cha" -- This is a shortened form of "Konnichiwa", or "good day."
It's how Arale normally greets people. However,
by putting a lot of energy behind it, Arale can turn
any form of greeting into a lethal blast.

There is a Japanese folktale that goes along the lines of the
western Rip van Winkle. A fisherman saves a turtle that is being
tormented by small children. The grateful turtle takes the
fisher to an undersea world, where he is entertained by the
people there. Time passes, and when he is about to return home,
he is given a present, with an admonition to never open it. When
he gets home, the fisher learns that 100 years had passed, and
that all of his friends and family have died. Eventually, he
opens the present, and all of the time that had passed him by is
released. He instantly ages. Toriyama uses this story as the
basis for several gags.

The calendar in Penguin Village is based mainly on fish names.
However, the actual ordering has never been given.

Hakofugo == A blowfish
Tobiuo == Flying fish
Purankuton == Plankton
Shiirakanasu == A type of fish, once thought to be extinct
Zarigani == Crayfish
Harisenbon == 1000 needles*
Anmonite == Ammonite

1000 needles* -- A common practice among Japanese children is to
seal a promise by hooking together the little fingers of one hand,
and chanting a short rhyme. The gist is: Whoever breaks the promise
should swallow 1000 needles.

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[fa:vnnn] First appears in volume nnn.
[la:vnnn] Last appears in volume nnn.
[ls:vnnn] Last seen in volume nnn.
[oa:vnnn] Only appears in volume nnn.

Characters:

Senbee Norimaki -- Perverted young inventor. Curly black hair,
moustache, short and fat. Always smoking cigarettes.
Sometimes, he tries to become sexy or heroic, at which time he
becomes briefly "realistically drawn," an effect that only lasts
3 minutes. Senbee loves reading dirty magazines, and will create
inventions just so that he can see women in the nude. Since
something usually goes wrong with his creations, he has been
nicknamed "Dr. Slump." (Senbe Norimaki is a kind of rice cracker.)
[fa:v1] (A note concerning Senbee's parentage: Senbee's father and
mother both died 20 years earlier (5 years before "little sister"
Arale was supposedly born) of unspecified causes. We do get to
see Senbee's father on video tape, in Vol. 3. Also, Senbee's
paternal grandfather is still alive, residing in a mountain
village. The grandfather and a nephew visit Penguin Village in
Vol. 11. After Senbee and Yamabuki get married, they have one
son -- Turbo. We are not told about any other relatives.)

Arale Norimaki -- AKA: Arale-chan. The little girl robot that
Senbee creates in volume one. While she is supposed to be
perfect, her eyesight is bad, and she has no common sense. In
later volumes, she is characterized by her thick glasses, a cap
that reads 'Arale-chan', her common greeting of N-cha (a
shortened form of "hello"), and a love for playing with turds,
and pro-wrestling. Very, very strong. Starts out as Senbee's
"little sister," and is enrolled in junior high school as a test
of his inventing skills. (Arale is a smaller rice cracker.)
[fa:v1]

Ga-chan -- A trip to the past provides Arale and Senbee with an egg that
they take with them to the present. The egg hatches to reveal --
a humanoid child with green hair, antenna, and wings. Arale
combines "Godzilla" with "Gamera" to get "Gajira"; shortened to
Ga-chan. Ga-chan speaks in nonsense peeping that only Arale can
interpret, and will eat anything, including dirt, but with the
exception of rubber. Vol. 1 Later, Ga-chan grows a cocoon to
give birth to Ga-chan 2. It is revealed in volume 17 that
Ga-chan is an angel, left here in its egg, by God (Kami-sama.)

Sensei Midori Yamabuki -- Arale's teacher, and the object of Senbee's
constant sexual attentions. Very beautiful, tall and blonde,
she is also intelligent, and unfazed by nearly everything that
happens around her. Eventually marries Senbee. [fa:v1]

Turbo Norimaki -- Senbee and Midori's son. (How this happened is not
quite clear, as Senbee is still trying to simply look at Midori's
panties, and it's difficult to believe that he has actually had
the chance to have sex with her.) Killed by aliens who then
resurrect him using incomplete data for humans, little baby
Turbo has amazing powers: telekinesis, the ability to speak, and
is a greater technical genius than Senbee (while Senbee can
create a spaceship within a week, Turbo can make one materialize
in a couple of seconds.) A bit smaller than Ga-chan, with a bit
of blond hair in front, and flies around in his bib. [fa:v15]

The Cops:
(Names never given.)
There are two patrol cops in a pat-car, who always get smashed up
because Arale trashes them as she runs down the street. One is
tall and thin, with a moustache, and the other is a short, fat
negro. Their commanding officer is an incompetent, hefty guy who is
bald on top, and the fringe of his hair swoops down his sideburns
to connect to his moustache. One supporting cop is a midget wearing
a Star Wars Imperial Trooper helmet, and another is an airheaded
metermaid (looks like a cross between Yamabuki and Akane) with an
itchy trigger finger.

The Kimidori Family:
(Kimidori is a yellowish-green color):
Akane Kimidori -- Arale's classmate. Tall, curly blonde, and initially
very tough. Usually just a sidekick, but occasionally enjoys
playing pranks on people, and using heavy weapons.
Akane means "dark red." [fa:v1]

Aoi Kimidori -- Waitress at the Coffee Pot, and Akane's older sister.
Tall, straight blonde hair, and kind of plain-looking.
Supporting character only. Aoi means "blue". [fa:v1]

Kon Kimidori -- Akane's father. A "normal" person. Ie --ignorable.
Kon means "dark blue." [fa:v4]

Murasaki Kimidori -- Akane's mother. An airhead sex-bomb. Murasaki
means "purple." [oa:v10]

The Soramame Family:
(Soramame is a kind of bean):
Tarou Soramame -- Akane's older friend, and son of Clint Soramame.
Wears sunglasses and smokes cigarettes in jr. high. Initially
very tough, then relegated to position of sidekick. Grows up
to become a cop. Develops a crush on Tsururin-chan. [fa:v1]

Peeske Soramame -- Tarou's wimpy little brother. Always wears a
cat-ear hat. Develops a crush on Hiyoko. [fa:v1]

Clinton Soramame -- Parody of Clint Eastwood in the Dirty Harry
movies. Runs the Soramame Barbershop. [fa:v2]

Mame Soramame -- Tarou's mother. Note: Mame means "bean."
Short, fat, cheerful, always wears a mouse-ear hat. [fa:v2]

Kaminari -- The weather demon who controls the rain (through a big
faucet), thunder (big drum set) and lightning (big spark generator.)
Doesn't like being called a demon, though. Is dating Pikko.
Not seen much. [fa:v2]

Bubibin-man -- A big, humanoid fly that travels to Earth to visit
Superman. Dreams of becoming a super hero, and tries to deny that
he is a fly. Likes eating shit. [fa:v2]

Donbe -- A Kitsune, or trickster fox. Donbe likes changing into monsters
to scare people, but has no effect at all on Arale. They become
friends. [fa:v3]

Niko-chan -- Emperor of the planet with the same name. He and his loyal
minion are out roaming the spaceways, planning to take over Earth,
when they pick up Arale and Ga-chan as Earthling samples. Ga-chan
eats the ship, stranding the would-be conqueror on Earth. They
take up a variety of part-time jobs with the intent to buy a new
rocket and return home. [Note: Niko-chan speaks with a Nagoya
dialect.] [fa:v3] [ls:v16]

Kinoko Sarada -- A parody of a popular Japanese marketing character.
Runs away from home to become a biker mama when her father eats the
strawberries off her dessert. Wants to be a tough girl, but can
not deal with Arale or Ga-chan. ("Kinoko" means "fungus", and can
be used to describe her haircut. "Sarada" can be translated as
"salad.") [fa:v1, but not identified as Kinoko until #5]

Doranpaia -- Doranpire. This is a sexy vampire, that is more interested
in stealing money, than she is at sucking people's blood. She
returns in volume 16 as a part-time Grim Reaper, when she arrives to
collect Senbee's soul. [fa:v5] [ls:v16]

Hiyoko -- A cute girl that Peeske falls for. He rescues her from a
horn beetle when Arale shrinks her to ant size. Lives in a tree
stump. [fa:v5] [ls:v16]

The Fly Milk Gang -- A would-be gang of tough bikers that wear fly head
helmets. Consists of the Boss, a minion, and Toriyama in his
robot-form. [fa:v6]

Dr. Mashirito -- Toriyama's editor, and Dr. Slump's rival mad
scientist. Builds robots to try to destroy Arale. A
curly-haired nutcase, missing one tooth in front. He will
occasionally answer the phone with "botsu" ("Your manuscript is
rejected"), and correct himself with "Mashirito here."
Mashirito is actually "Torishima" spelled backwards. [fa:v6]
[ls:v16] As Caramel-man #8/9 (he got the numbering wrong, and
had to correct it with a magic marker,) Mashirito is finally
killed in vol. 16. However, a country-hick, with short hair, who
looks just like Mashirito, appears in vol. 17. Actually, the
'hick' is the author of Wingman, making a cameo appearance to
steal background scenery ideas.

Chiberu -- Little Devil. A demon child who arrives at the village to
wreak havock. In volume 16, we learn that he has gotten the job
of directing recently dead evil souls into a pirate ship heading
for Hell. Enjoys causing havock, but has a weak spot for Arale.
[fa:v6] [ls:v16]

The S???-man (well, not really) family:
Suppaman -- Parody of Superman, this guy eats umibochi (tart pickled
plums (suppai means 'tart' or 'sour',)) to gain his great powers.
In actuality, he's a short, stocky, cowardly braggart who likes
using a gun and handgrenades to solve personal problems. Claims to
be working for world peace. [fa:v1, and is seen again in volume 2.
Is really introduced in v3.]

Shoppaman -- Suppaman's little brother, who comes to visit Earth for
one chapter. Wears an Elizabethian costume, with a tall hat
marked with the hiragana character 'sho'. To get his super
powers, Shoppaman eats salty squid-intestines (Shiokara).
(Shoppai means 'strong salt taste.') [oa:v14]

Daigorou Kurigashira -- Big Almond Head Gorou. A new teacher at
Arale's new high school. Although his head is 5 times bigger than
his body, he considers the rest of Penguin Village to be weird. His
favorite form of punishment is "Punishment of Love", where he
bops someone with his forehead. [fa:v9]

The Tsun Family:
NOTE: When talking amongst themselves, the Tsun family speak
Japanese, but the kanji they use all have nonsense meanings.
Tsuruten Tsun -- Father, inventor, and dirty old man. He creates a
spaceship to fly the family from China, to the moon. However, his
wife forgets something, and they have to return. On the way back,
the spaceship is shot down by Arale, and the Tsun family decides
to live in Penguin Village until the ship is repaired. [fa:v10]

Tsuntsunodanoteiyuugou Tsun -- (Her name includes the name of a car.)
Tsuruten's pretty martial artist wife. She always beats up her
husband when he gets too lecherous with other women. [fa:v10]

Tsukutsun Tsun -- Older son. A good martial artist, but turns into a
tigerman when touched by a girl (touching a boy turns him back.)
Akane initially finds him attractive. Naive. [fa:v10]

Tsururin Tsun -- Youngest daughter. Has psychic powers that she likes
to use against her brother. Is very cute and short, and is
partially attracted to Tarou. [fa:v10]

Betty -- A pig from the neighboring village. The pig that lives at
Senbee's house has a crush on her. [oa:v10]

Ga-chan 2 -- Ga-chan's twin. Hatched from a cocoon. Looks
just like Ga-chan, and eats everything except rubber. [fa:v11]

Unchi-kun -- Mr. Shit. An animated coil with feet. Kind of a running
gag. Seen occasionally in most volumes. His origins are given
in volume 14 (Senbee had to take a "relief break" while driving
through the woods on the way towards town.) Unchi-kun wanders
into town, is discovered by Arale, and taken to the Norimaki's
home to live in the toilet bowl there. [first case of Arale playing
with any kind of unchi occurs in volume 1.]

Hanako Yamada -- An attractive young woman (age 23) with short black
hair. Is hit and killed by a truck just about the time that the
Norimaki's go out to the restaurant in vol. 15. Two weeks later,
Hanako's ghost arrives at Senbee's door in the middle of the
night, to request that Senbee bring her back to life so that she
can get married in 4 months (if not, she will haunt him every
night for the rest of his life. In return, she gifts Senbee with
his own tombstone.) [oa:v15]

Kami-sama -- God. An old sukebe, bald with bushy eyebrows, moustache,
and beard. He rides around on a small hoverjet (he treats it like
a skateboard) and carries a wooden club that he uses as his
magic-casting staff. All-powerful, but slow on the uptake. He
apparently created Ga-chan as one of his "angels", and always
refers to the Ga-twins as "those angels." Has a very short temper,
when crossed. (Kami-sama's character design was recycled into
Kame-sennin in the Dragon Ball series.) [oa:v17]

Bisuna, of the Kingdom of Chakabo -- This turban'd villian could be
be from one of the Arab States. He is after Princess Kasmat, in
his quest to conquer Nanabo. [oa:v17]

Princess Kasmat, of the Kingdom of Nanabo -- Kasmat is on the run,
and escapes into Penguin Village. Except for her desert
clothing, and green hair, she is a dead ringer for Akane. She
encounters Tsukutsun Tsun, and asks him to help her. At the end,
Akane decides to switch places with the Princess, only to
discover that Nanabo is a very poor country. [oa:v17]

Autobike Boy: A man so attached to his bike that his special uniform
lets him go to the toilet without stopping the motorcycle -- if
his bike stays in one place too long, he starts to die. Never
seen without his helmet. Succeeds in marrying an unnamed female
F-1 racer by outracing her on a specially fitted motorArale.
[fa:v18] Appears in 5+ chapters.

Charmee Yamada: PVPD's new bike cop, from Daitokaijima. Hates dirt,
and loves peace so much that he arrests the entire town. He is a
little guy with glasses and a huge attitude problem. Can not
handle having unchi poked in his face. [fa:v18]

Kibalt Deruhhe: German bike racing champ from Daitokaijima. Vain,
and not as good as he thinks he is. Blond, tall, mid-20's.
Enters the 2nd Grand Prix to try to become Penguin Village's
next mayor. [oa:v18]

==================================================================

Inventions: (The main gag element of this gag manga.)

Arale: Of course. Vol. 1
Robobitan A: The energy drink that Arale consumes, in place of
normal food. Vol. 1. Later on, Senbee creates an
alarm in his house that signals when Arale runs out of
power somewhere. Robobitan is a play on "Ripobitan D",
which is a well-known "genki drink" ("genki drink" is
the term given to products advertised as giving tired
salarymen a quick energy boost.)
See Through Not Living Things Glasses: When Arale comes home from
school and announces that she wants to have a vagina,
Senbee realizes that because of the censoring of all dirty
magazines in Japan, he doesn't know what one looks like.
So, he builds these glasses to watch women in "the nude."
He gets run over by Yamabuki's scooter. Vol. 1
Deka-Chibi Gun: The raygun Senbee creates to make things bigger, or
VERY tiny. The intent was to make life more convenient by
shrinking a bag of groceries to make them easier to carry,
and making them bigger later, so that the food lasts
longer. Vol. 1
Mirai Camera: Senbee's invention that lets one take a picture of a
person, to see what the subject will look like later on
in life. (Mirai == Future.) Sets up a great gag, when
Arale takes a picture of the reader. Vol. 1
Time Slipper: A riding board, connected to "Time-Kun." By telling
Time-kun the era you want to visit, the intelligent clock
will run, and then be tripped by the cord that connects
him to the board. The resulting time slip allows one to
visit Earth at any point in time. The first trip takes
the Norimaki's to the time of the dinosaurs (where we get
to see Peeske's and Senbee's ancestors.) Vol. 1
Honmono Machine: A rice cooker. Placing a picture of something into
the cooker, and a little hot water, causes the real thing
to be created. Senbee wants to put a picture from a
porno mag into the cooker, but Arale cuts out a page from
the Dr. Slump manga, and duplicates the universe. Vol. 2
Baabaaman: A robot Barber, created to cut Senbee's hair prior to
Yamabuki's visit to the house. The robot is a failure,
and is blown up. Vol. 2
Henshin Ponpoko Gun: A ray gun (in the shape of a tanuki/raccoon dog)
-- By speaking into a microphone, you create a ray that
turns people and things into whatever you announce them
to be. Vol. 2
Pinpon-go: AKA: "Super-mecha 'Pinpon-go.'" Senbee's flapping machine.
Pinpon-go can speak and think, its hands can hold giant fans
if it's necessary to fly, and it can run if it needs to.
Seats 4 comfortably. Vol. 3
Otogi Machine: A ball with one foot, a top hat, and thick glasses.
AKA, the Fairyland Machine, this invention can
transport anyone into the fairytale book of your
choice. Vol. 3
TV Eye: The remote transmitter in vol. 5.
Oocta-kun: A robot with a direct-brain connection that helps
Senbee with the household chores, until he gets fat
from riding in it so much. Vol. 5
###
Caramel: 1, 2, and 3. These are Mashirito's robots. Vol. 6 and
later.
Caramel-man #4: AKA Obotchaman. A naive, idealistic robot made to
stop Arale "from conquering the world." Looks like
Astroboy, is much more polite than Arale, and is her
exact match for power. Instead, Obotchaman develops a
crush on Arale, and is attacked by Mashirito. [fa:v13]
Eventually marries Arale, and they later get a baby robot.
Caramel-man #5: A costume made to resemble Senbee. [oa:v13]
Caramel-man #6: A copy of Arale, used by Mashirito to destroy
Obotchaman's morale. [oa:v13]
Caramel-man #7: A super-powered robot that destroys Arale and
Obotchaman. [fa:v13] [la:v14]
Caramel-man #8: Mashirito's more powerful cyborg body. [oa:v14]
However, this is overlooked later on.
Santa Robot Caramel-man #7: A little RC robot dressed up as
Santa's elf, to deliver a bomb to Senbee on Christmas.
Is deactivated out of spite, when it fails to climb
back out of the chimney. Is then treated as a doll
from Santa, for Arale. [oa:v16]
Caramel-man #8/9: Mashirito's completely-robotic body, with jet
assist, and built-in missile launchers. Starts out as
#8, but Toriyama points up the number conflict between
CM #7 in volume 14, and the CM #7 in volume 16, so
Mashirito has to scratch out #8 and pencil in #9. Gets
completely destroyed in volume 16. [oa:v16]
###
Time Stop: A big machine that stops time, at the wrong time. Vol. 6.
Copy-kun: A big camera used to make a copy of Senbee (one copy
will go to the park with Arale, the original will go on
a date with Yamabuki Sensei. The copy wants to go on
the date, instead.) Vol. 7.
Akiko: The robot maid Senbee creates to repair the house. She
is too flighty, though, and runs away to get a job
waitressing at the Coffee Pot. Vol. 8
The minature village: Senbee creates a machine that causes whatever
happens within his miniature village to take place in
real life. He uses this to make Yamabuki come over and
show him her panties. However, a hungry kitten eats
the miniature Dr. Slump doll. Vol. 8.
Anti-grav unit: The anti-grav drive is removed from the wreckage
of an alien spaceship, and used to make a spaceship for
Niko-chan. Later, Senbee creates other spaceships with
the same basic technology. Vol. 12
Henshin Konkon Helmet: When Senbee faces possible arrest for
grabbing the breasts of a woman he mistook for his
wife, he modifies an old trinket into the Henshin
Konkon Helmet. The name of who you want to become is
written on a leaf, and placed in the helmet. While
wearing the helmet, when you do a backflip, you are
transformed. The only way to change back, is to write
your own name on a leaf, and backflip again. Vol. 12
Time Stop Watch: Senbee decides to perfect the big Time Stop
machine of volume 6, and creates, of course, a stop
watch. Initially, the design for the TSW was flawed,
but Turbo glanced at the schematics, and made the
necessary corrections. The TSW will stop time for
everything except its user. Senbee uses it to play
pranks on everyone, to view Midori's panties, and to
touch the butts of beautiful young women on the beach.
Time still passes for him, though, and he quickly
becomes an old man. Vol. 14
Time Machine: When Hanako Yamada asks Senbee for help, we are told
that the controls for the Time Slipper are set in years,
and can not be fine-tuned any more than that. So...
Turbo spontaneously creates his own Time Machine, with
more precise setting abilities, and a much more cool
design (almost like a spider-ship.) Vol. 15
Super Great Mecha Rocket: The final invention, created by Senbee as
a send-off for the final chapter of the series. This
5-stage monster blasts off into space, and the capsule
returns to Earth, where a little robot steps out and
says "Sainara" (short-form of "Sayonara" == Goodbye.)
Senbee then gets beaten to a pulp by the crowd. Vol. 18

Other stuff:

Houhore-chatta no yo Rararan-ran Potion: This is the drink that
Senbee's father gave to a woman, to make her marry him. It
consists of a teardrop from the eye of Demon King Gyaasuka,
(Gyaasuka is very big, so it only takes one teardrop) to which
is added Senbee's snot ("nose-water".) Mix up the potion, and
serve to the desired woman. (In this case, Midori.) Vol. 3.

==================================================================

Volume Summary (these are just highlights, and are not meant to
describe every story in each volume.):

Volume 1: Creation of Arale, Arale goes to school. Introduction of
various continuing characters, and the fact that without Robobitan,
Arale freezes up. Arale gets her first pet: a turtle she names Gamera.
Senbee uses Arale's body to resurrect their pet bear. The Mirai
camera shows that Tarou will grow up to be a cop, Senbe will become
bald soon, Akane will be a real fox in 1990, Peeske will be a
nerdish salaryman, and Arale won't change at all. Creation of the
Time Slipper, and a visit to the past results in the arrival of
Ga-chan. Ga-chan is given its name.

Volume 2:
Tarou and Arale visit the weather oni, and screw with the weather.
First appearance of the live-in pig, as a member of the family.
First appearance of Clint Soramame. Arale starts playing with unchi.
Appearance of the humanoid fly "Bubibin-man". Various side stories.
A bank robber hides in the Soramame barbershop, and Clint demonstrates
how a "real man with a real gun" shoots at the police. Akane
demonstrates her ability to play pranks, and is shown to bring sake
with her to drink during lunch at school. Creation of the Honmono
Machine, and the Henshin Ponpoko Gun. The world's strangest plan
to see under a woman's (Yamabuki's) dress.

Volume 3:
Arrival of Donbe, the shapechanging fox. Senbee turns into the
Invisible Man, to get revenge on an airhead metermaid. Emperor
Niko-chan arrives on Earth with his minion, when Ga-chan eats his
spaceship. Arale swallows a special bug, and behaves like a normal
human. First time we see Norimaki's dead father, and learn that
Norimaki's mother drank a potion to force her into marrying her
husband. Senbee visits Wonder Island (an earlier story idea of
Toriyama's) for the tears of the demon king, to make the love potion
himself; this turns into a Jack and the Beanstalk parody. Creation
of the Otogi Machine; Arale visits the Momotarou legend. Akane
dresses up as Yamabuki Sensei, and dates Senbee. First demonstration
of Suppaman's crime fighting. Arale learns about bras.

Volume 4:
Arale proves to be too strong, so Senbee tries using little cars and
airplanes as replacement bodies. Akane sends letters to her father,
Clinton, and Senbee as a prank, getting them to dress up in costumes
and trying to seduce Yamabuki. The Alien comes to Penguin Village,
and it is up to Arale and "Ultraman" to save everyone. Ga-chan goes
out for a stroll, and creates havok. Senbee creates a flying spacecar,
and takes Yamabuki (and Arale and Ga-chan) out for a date in space;
when they return, Akane tricks the travellers into thinking that 50
years had passed while they were gone. Tarzan parody. Senbee dresses
up as Santa, to give everyone signed hand-drawn pictures as Christmas
presents, and is nearly killed in revenge. Toriyama promises the cast
whatever they want, as the prize for a collosal game of Kick the Can
(with Senbee as It); Arale and Ga-chan are the only ones not located
by Senbee in the alloted time, and they ask for lollipops.
[Note: The Omake pages in this issue include personal backgrounds on
the main characters. Height, weight, age as of this issue,
etc. This is translated at the end of the file.]

Volume 5:
Untouchables parody. Dr. Slump creates a wireless transmitter to
watch on TV whatever Arale sees. Kinoko is introduced by name.
The Norimaki family gets a dog, and Senbee explains why he
hates dogs. Young Mr. Spock attends class in the jr. high.
Appearance of Hiyoko. Peeske saves Hiyoko, and they start dating.

Volume 6:
First appearance of the Fly Milk Gang. Parody of Red Riding Hood.
First appearance of Dr. Mashirito. First appearance of Chiberu
and Suppaman. The creation of Time Stop, an invention designed to
give Toriyama more time to finish his manga before the deadline.
The Norimaki's go on TV.

Volume 7:
Ga-chan is used to make ice cream. Senbee goes on a quest to find
toilet paper for his village. Arale meets the man that cleans out
sewage pipes. Senbee's formula to turn him handsome instead turns
him into a baby. Three invaders try to take over Earth (possible
parody of one of the Superman movies.) Senbee as Cindarella.
Parody of Fantastic Voyage (Senbee shrinks himself to be injected
into Yamabuki Sensei to help cure her.)

Volume 8:
Akane turns ninja to steal yaki-imo (baked sweet potatos) from the
evil King Senbee; the rest of the characters become part of the
police force. Creation of Akiko. The cross-country race for the
$30.00 prize money (Toriyama wins.) Aoi gets her driver's license
and terrorizes some highway bandits. Dr. Slump creates the
miniature village. Dr. Mashirito challenges the Saviors of World
Peace (Suppaman and Arale-chan); proof that rubber is the only
substance Ga-chan won't eat; Mashirito turns himself into a
cyborg.

Volume 9:
Senbee proposes to Yamabuki to himself, and is overheard by
Sensei. Yamabuki and Senbee marry, and go on a honeymoon.
Yamabuki's first day as a bride. Arale loses her head. Ga-chan
attends, and eats, school. Akane and Arale start senior high school.
First appearance of Kurigashira Sensei.

Volume 10:
The Tsun family fly to the moon, and crash in Penguin Village.
The high school has its annual competition, pitting the Junior,
Senior, and Sophmore classes against each other (Senbee's live-in
pig and Betty run off with the prize.) Suppaman meets Tsukutsun.
Tarou's date with Tsururin at the spook house.

Volume 11:
Senbee's grandfather visits from the old village. Discovery that
Senbee's parents died 20 years ago, and the story that Arale is
Senbee's younger sister (born 15 years ago) is blown. Instead,
Senbee claims that Arale was a prize in a huge box of caramel.
Quest to save the tiny people of the planet Hana-nooedo from giant
meanies. The "Dr. Slump Elegant Special" -- ballet special
featuring prima donna Senbe-ko. Ga-chan eats everything in the
village and grows a cocoon. Birth of Ga-chan 2.

Volume 12:
An alien comes to scout Earth for an invasion, and leaves with a
lollipop. Arale "n-cha'd" its ship, and the parts are used by
Senbee to create an anti-gravity driven spaceship. The ship is
given to Niko-chan, and the stranded emperor returns to planet
Niko-chan. Arale sneaks along, and defeats the monster
(Komatta-chan) that had forced the people of Niko-chan to grow
daikon for him. Proof that Senbee has a secret underground hanger
where he stores old flying machines and spacecraft. The "War of
Greetings." Sidestories: Daytime burglar woman who uses books to
distract victims; the Yakuza comes to Penguin Village; Senbee and
the Ga-chan twins go to a beach, where they find a penzarashi (a
cross between a penguin and a seal) egg; the quest to return
penzarshi-kun to its parents; young Booron (a martial arts master)
is given his first job as Santa's replacement (deliver plum candy
to everyone; when eaten, the candy gives you the ability to fly.)
[This volume includes photos of Toriyama, his wife, and a couple of
staff artists.]

Volume 13:
Creation of Caramelman #4, and #4's attempts to destroy Arale
"before she can take over the world." #4 falls for Arale. #4
accidently attacks Mashirito, and is forced to live on its own in
Penguin Village. #4 takes over Suppaman's house, and everyone
else moves in. Toriyama finally gives #4 a name - Obotchaman.
Arale saves #4 with her Robobitan A, and runs out of energy
herself. #4 tries to save Arale, and Senbee creates a
rocket-powered homing Robobitan A bottle. Appearance of
Caramelman #5 and #6. Senbee uses a teleportation helmet to zip
into Mashirito's lab and get into close-up shots, upstaging
Mashirito. The fake Arale (#6) says that she hates Obotchaman,
and the young robot runs away in tears. Mashirito uses Caramelman
#7 to attack the real Arale, and Obotchaman discovers that he's
been tricked, and starts to doubt Mashirito's sincerity.

Volume 14:
#7 destroys Arale, and Obotchaman arrives too late to save her.
Obotchaman is also destroyed. The Ga-chan twins trick Mashirito
into using a karaoke box, while they steal #7's control box. #7
is destroyed, and Mashirito builds himself a new body ==
Caramelman #8. Senbee puts Arale's head on Obotchaman's body,
causing Yamabuki to freak when she sees Arale naked in the bath.
Senbee can not remember how he built Arale, so he uses the Time
Slipper to visit the past, only to accidently visit the future
(here, he learns that Mashirito killed him with a parcel bomb.)
Senbee saves himself, and finishes rebuilding Arale. For one
chapter, Arale can fly by using extra-strong farts. (Peeske eats
many yaki-imo to give himself enough gas to fly by -- the fall
nearly kills him.) Sidestories: The family saves a monkey
(Toriyama's first use of a Dragon Ball-style rampaging monkey);
Suppaman beats up on Gamera to recreate the Rip Van Winkle story;
Appearance of Shoppaman; Arale catches a bankrobbing crocodile
(he has 'THX 1138' on his license plate.) Yamabuki goes on a crash
weightloss program, then learns that her weight-gain comes from the
fact that she is pregnant. The final chapter is a photo album
special showing the origins of Unchi-kun.

Volume 15:
:Cute little Turbo is born. However, while out driving, with Turbo in
:in the car, Senbee hears the engine of a spaceship and pulls out a
:pair of binoculars to search for the source. While he is distracted
:at the sight of a woman undressing in her apartment, Turbo leaves the
:car and is hit and killed by the alien ship. The aliens use their
:medi-doc to resurrect the baby, but the data for humans is not in
:the databanks. So, when Turbo is brought back to life, his brain
:has been enhanced, and he now has fantastic ESP powers.
Turbo uses ESP to save Midori. The family tries to discover who the
ESPer really is (first, Midori thinks that it is herself, then Senbee
is convinced that he's the one.) Ga-chan, Arale, and Obotchaman find
that Turbo can fly, and talk -- everyone thinks that they are still
asleep and dreaming. Side stories: A cosmic game of tag with Turbo;
Turbo builds an unstoppable robot version of himself; Midori gets her
bonus, and the family goes out to the expensive Super Rich Restaurant
for the very first time, and orders the 'all-you-can-eat-for-free-if-
you-eat-it-all' course for supper; The ghost of Hanako Yamada, killed
two weeks earlier, visits the Norimaki's late at night, and Senbee,
Turbo, and Arale use Turbo's Time Machine to go back in time to save
her; An American high school baseball superteam comes to Penguin
village for a major baseball game.
[Starting with the baseball epic, we start seeing character designs
and page layouts that later characterize the Dragon Ball manga.]
[Senbee also has THX-1138 on the license plate of one car, and on
the front of a bus parked next to his house.]

Volume 16:
Appearance of Toriyama's assistant, Takashi Matsuyama, and
Toriyama visits the Norimaki's to have them answer questions that
had been sent in by the readers. Senbee goes to a bottomless cafe
(the sign for "Lupan Cafe" broke, and now reads No-Pan (Panty-less)
Cafe.) Doranpaia arrives to collect Senbee's soon-to-be dead soul,
but not before Midori sees Senbee with "the other woman" and divorces
him. Arale kills Senbee with a coconut, but coerces Doranpaia into
bringing her along with; Arale gives the Pearly Gatekeeper an unchi,
causing them to be sent to Hell, where they meet Chiberu and are
allowed to return back to the land of the living. Senbee and Arale
turn each other into small flies, and Ga-chan eats the Ponpoko gun
before they can change back; finally, Turbo makes a new gun (however,
Arale's teacher is tricked into thinking he's killed her, and Clinton
has gone out to catch a frog to scare Senbee.) Obotchaman visits the
future in Turbo's time machine, to see if he and Arale get to have a
family; Toriyama uses the same machine to visit Penguin Village 10
years in the future to get some more story ideas. On Christmas,
Dr. Mashirito sends a little robot to plant a bomb in with the
gifts at the Norimaki's. Toriyama finds 1,000,000 yen, which leads
the gang into a big tournament to determine the strongest man in
the world; Mashirito creates CM #8/9, and beats everyone up to his
round against Arale; Arale is defeated, but Obotchaman-kun disguises
himself as Arale, and destroys Dr. Mashirito once and for all; Arale
spends the 400,000 yen prize money on food for two stray cats she'd
found. (Since Mashirito isn't around to collect the 2nd place
money, Toriyama keeps it.)
[Senbee's license plate reads "R2-3P0" (Hint: Think "Star Wars".)]

Volume 17:
Turbo creates two bombs that look like Ga-chan, and the Ga-twins
enjoy blowing people up with them. Kami-sama comes to Earth, to
take one of its angels (the Ga-chan twins) to another planet that
needs its own angel; Kami-sama is tricked into taking the bomb,
and later wants to exact revenge. The story of Torahachirou (a
humanoid tiger who was once a rice farmer) and Arale's attempts to
soften the old terrorist's heart. The return of the sewer pipe
cleaner from volume 7, and his bid for revenge against Arale.
Senbee creates the Time Stop Watch, and uses it to play pranks and
play with women's butts (during this story, Katsura Masakazu, the
author of Wingman (and later, of Video Girl Ai (this is a play on
his real name, Kotomi Takanashi)) drops into Penguin Village to
steal ideas for scenery designs.) The Invisible Man eats a plum
candy, and ends up attracting the attention of the entire village.
Finally, there is the 6-Part saga of the princess who is trying
to escape the clutches of an evil kidnapper, and Tsukutsun Tsun's
attempts to save her (this story could be one of the preludes to
Dragon Ball, as a side-story for Yamcha.) (Also contains the first
instance of Tsukutsun's berserkergang, where he can actually defeat
monsters that Arale can't handle.)
[The Omake pages in this volume include: The floor plan for the
Norimaki family home; and the steps required to make one page of
the Dragon Ball Manga.]

Volume 18:
Donbee teaches a tanuki how to shape-change. Suppaman fakes a King
Kong sighting. Akane gets her driver's license before Tarou does
(Akane is 18 now, Tarou is 20); Toriyama forgot that Tarou was to
graduate from high school, and the boy now has to decide what to
do next: He joins the PVPD to become a scooter cop; Arale and
Tarou both test to get their driver's licenses (both pass.) A hot
motorcyclist comes into town, and tries to win the love of a
Formula 1 race driving woman. Charmee Yamada appears as a new
motorcycle cop, and arrests everyone in his quest for peace (he
loses out against Arale's unchi attack.)
Toriyama holds the 2nd Penguin Village Grand Prix, which is a
bike race this time, and the winner gets to be Penguin Village's
new mayor; after many silly elimination questions at the
checkpoints, the 10 contestants have to find different objects (at
this time, Arale has to find her "koibito" "significant other" and
Obotchaman agrees to pairing up with her (as the first step to the
two of them getting married); the Arale/Obotchaman-kun team just
barely beat Tsukutsun to the finish line, and Arale becomes Mayor.
(She wonders if this "mayor-thing" is strong.) Senbee builds a
rocket launcher for the final climax of the last issue of the series;
everyone drops by, including Niko-chan, and the ghost of Dr.
Mashirito (who had gone on down to Hell.) All of the characters
say "Bye-cha."
Toriyama thanks everyone for sticking with the series until the
end, and he hopes that they will continue on to read Dragon Ball.

===================== End of Volume Summaries ===================

Mokuji Table of Contents

Volume 1:
Arare Tanjou! Arale is Born!
Oooosu! Oooosu!
... ga nai! ... is missing!
Kaijuu Hakase Dr. Monster
Dore ni shou ka na? Which is Better?
Kuma-san tomadachi! The Bear is Our Friend!
Arare wa Akane!? Arale is Akane!?
Deka chibi juu Big/Little Gun
1980 Ashita ni mukatte! 1980, Towards Tomorrow!
Taimu Srippaa Time Slipper
Nanno Tamago? What Kind of Egg is This?
Otoko no ko!? Onna no ko!? A Boy!? A Girl!?

Volume 2:
Arare sora o Tobu! Arale Flies Through the Air!
Totsugeki Arare-Chan (Part 1-2) Arale Attacks Headlong (Part 1-2)
Uchuu kara no shinryakusha Invader from Outer Space
Honmono Mashiin Real Thing Maker
Yuukai sareta!? Abducted!?
Sensei ga kuru yo! Sensei is Coming Over!
Henshin Ponpoko Gan Ponpoko (Tanuki) Changer Gun
Mukashimukashi no Kaisuiyoku Sea Bathing in the Distant Past
Panikku in Baabaaya (Part 1-2) Panic in the Barber Shop (Part 1)
Ichigo Pantsu Daisakusen The Great Cherry Pattern
(Part 1 & 2) Panty Maneuver (Part 1 & 2)

Volume 3:
Donbe Monogatari Donbe's Story
Teketeke Chirudoren Ordinary Mindless/Weird Children
Kyofu no fukei-san Formidable Metermaid
Chikyuu SOS! (Part 1-2) Earth SOS! (Part 1-2)
Arare dai henshin Arale's Big Transformation
Haroo wandaa airando Hello, Wonder Island!
Gyaasuka Daimaou Demon King Gyaasuka
Otogi mashiin Fairyland Machine
Akuma no henshin supesharu!! Demon Transformation Special!!
Kyofu no yoikokko Formidable Good Child
Hiiroo Suppaman Suppaman the Hero
Otsukai Arare-chan Arale-chan Goes Shopping

Volume 4:
Baibai Metchanko pawaa!! Goodbye Fantastic Power!!
Raburii Ossan torio The Three Lovely Gentlemen
Pengin mura SOS (Part 1-2) Penguin Village SOS (Part 1-2)
Osanpo Ga-chan Ga-chan Takes a Stroll
Waiwai Wuirudorando Really Exciting/Noisy Wild Land
Gokigen Sen-chan Cheerful Sen-chan (Senbee)
Harikiri Sen-chan Energetic Sen-chan (Senbee)
Odoroki Sen-chan Surprised Sen-chan (Senbee)
Aishu no Hoyoyo Deeto Pathos-filled Unsuccessful Date
Supesharu!! Special!!
Janguru no Oja Paazan Jungle King Paazan (Airhead-zan)
Sanzan Santa-san Tough Times for Santa-san
Shaon Kankeri Taikai "Thank You" Kick-The-Can Competition

Volume 5:
Arare.Tatchaburu Arale-Touchable
Haarto de Shoubu All-or-Nothing Fight With the Heart
Monsutaazu.naito Monsters' Night
Arare me daisakusen (Part 1-2) "Arale's Eye" Manuveur (Part 1-2)
Kinoko Hourohen Kinoko's Roaming
Hakase no uiikupointo Dr.'s Weak Point
Sayonara Ga-chan!! Goodbye, Ga-chan!!
Tokaijima kara no tenkosei Transfer Student from Tokaijima
Sakusha mo hoshii oocha-kun The Author Also Needs Oocha-kun
Bibiru-man Bibiru-man (Lose One's Nerve)-man
Hatsukoi piisuke Peekse's First Love

Volume 6:
Youake no Bousouzoku Wild Rider at Dawn
Neko-zukin-chan Little Cat-Riding Hood
Sairento naito doriim Silent Night Dream
Dr. Mashirito no Yabo(Part 1-2) Dr. Mashirito's Ambition (Part 1-2)
Jigoku no messenjaa Hell's Messenger
Suppa-man tsu Suppa-man 2
Wakuwaku taimu.sutoppu Highly Anticipated Time Stop
Chibiru-kun no arubaito Chiberu-kun's Part-time Job
Suupaasen-chan-tachi in Superson-chan in Greater Tokaijima
Daitokaijima (Part 1 & 2) (Part 1 & 2)
Kojirou-chan wa matteita Kojirou-chan is Waiting (Part 1 & 2)
(Part 1 & 2)

Volume 7:
Hachamecha deberugyaru Reckless Devil-girl
Boku no toiretto peipaa My Toilet Paper
Kopii-kun Copy-kun
Bakyuum in 82 Vacuum in '82
Babubabu Senbee Goo Goo Senbee
Chikyuu saidai no bai-cha! World's Biggest Bye-cha! (Part 1 & 2)
(Part 1) & (Part 2)
Dododo de Pengin mura Thunderous Running in Penguin Village
Genjin hoyoyo gumi Surprising Caveman Class
Myuujikaru.shinderera Cinderella Musical
Pusupusu hafuhafu Poit, Puff Puff*
Manmosu Midori-chan (Part 1-2) Mammoth Midori-chan (Part 1-2)
Watashi te mechanko tsuyoi!? Am I So Incredibly Strong!?

[Pasupasu is the sound made by sticking a toothpick into takoyaki.]
[Hafuhafu is the exhaling you make to cool down the takoyaki in ]
[ your mouth so you can chew it. ]

Volume 8:
Kaitou hoyoyo dan (Part 1 & 2) Super Robber Team, "Hoyoyo"
Omakase Akiko-san Trust It To Akiko-san
Pengin Guranpuri (Part 1-4) Penguin Grand Prix (Part 1-4)
Disukabaa inaka! Discover, Country!
Suupaa doraibaa Super Driver
Minichua waga ie My Miniature House
Pengin mura uoozu (Part 1-3) Penguin Village Wars (Part 1-3)

Volume 9:
Honjitsu wa makoto oyorokobi Today is Truly an Auspicious Day
DAY
Kureijii Hanemuun (Part 1-6) Crazy Honeymoon (Part 1-6)
Wakuwaku shinkon raifu Exciting Newlywed Life
Yozora no kotekitai Drum and Fife Corp Under Night Skies
Za Konbot The Combat-Robot
Arale-chan no nakushita-mono Arale's Lost Object
Ukiuki haisukuuru!! High School Joyfulness!!
Dekai atama yatte kita!! The Really Big Head Has Come Here!!

Volume 10:
Tsun-san ikka ga yatte kita The Tsun Family Has Come Here
Norimaki-san ikka to tsun-san Norimaki's Family and Tsun's Family
ikka
Haisukuuru Chanpyon (Part 1-6) High School Champion (Part 1-6)
Suppaman to Pengin mura no kai Suppaman and Penguin Village's Weirdos
Obake DE deeto (Part 1 & 2) A Date With Ghosts (Part 1 & 2)

Volume 11:
Renzumanzu The Lensmens
Bejitaburu Ojisan Vegitable Man
Jiichan ga yama kara yattekita Grandfather Arrived From the Mountain
Jiichan ga yama e kaete itta Grandfather Returned To the Mountain
Uchuu torimonochou (Part 1-3) Space Police Story
Haroo! Otsuki-sama Hello, Moon!
Akai hanao Red Geta String
Ga-chan Ga-chan Ga-chan, Ga-chan
Daichi kara no okurimono Present From the Earth

Volume 12:
Nagare hoshi negai hoshi Shooting Star, Wishing Star
Sayonara Tsun-san ikka! Goodbye, Family Tsun!
Go! Go! Niko-chan boshi Go! Go! To Planet Niko-chan
Niko-chan Fuamirii Saikai! Niko-chan Family Reunion!
Osorubeki Daikon no himitsu The Secret of the Formidible Daikon
Hon ga daisuki dorobou-san Bookloving Robber
Yakuza-ya-san irasshai! Welcome, Yakuza!
Henshin konkon herumetto Fox-Helmet Changer
n-cha! Penzarashi-kun Hello! Mr. Penguin-seal
Yatta! Penzarashi-kun We Did It! Mr. Penguin-seal
Itai de kurisumasu Painful Christmas

Volume 13:
Saikyou Raibaru shutsugen!! Appearance of the Strongest Rival!!
Hitome atta sono hi kara... "Love at First Sight..."
Seigi to ai no itabasami... Caught Between Love and Rightousness
Senshi no kyusoku The Warrior's Repast
Karamelman go-gou toojou! Caramel-man #5 Arrives!
Ai no telepashii Telepathy of Love
Ashire Ai! Run for Love!
Isoge Ai! Hurry for Love!
Dokidoki tounaito Excitement Tonight
Nyuugaku testo de gozaimasu! It is the Entrance Examination!
Arale-san mo... nano? Arale-san, are you... also?
Chikyuu soshihaisha e no michi Path to the Grand Master of The Earth
Karamelman nana-gou toojou! Caramel-man #7 is Here!

Volume 14:
Muteki C.M. 7 go The Unmatched Caramelman #7
Mashirito yapou tatsusei?? Mashirito's Ambition is Realized??
Akumu! Gajira ga futari Nightmare! Ga-chan is twins
Gatsutai shichitta! United into One!
3 ka mae & 3 ka go Three Days Before & Three Days After
Pupupu! Sora o yuku Farts! Soar in the sky
Ga-chan erai!!! Ga-chan is Great!!!
Suppaman tarou Suppaman Tarou (Tarou is a boy's name)
Otouto shoppaman sanjou! Little Brother Shoppaman Is Here!
Taiho shite cho! You're Under Arrest!
Mouretsu Sheipu Appu! Violent Shape Up!
Ogya-ha mada ka? No Baby Cry Yet?
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O e-hon supesharu Photo Album Special:
Unchikun no Mai Hoomu Unchi-kun's "My Home"

Volume 15:
Ta-bo-kun otanjou!! Turbo-kun is Born!!
E.T. wa dare? Who is E.T?
Chounouryokusha wa dare? Who's the One With ESP Power?
Otou-san wa uchuu-jin Daddy is a Spaceman!
Kyoufu no Onigokko Frightening Game of Tag
Chokushin! Turbo-kun Go Straight Ahead, Turbo-kun!
Kore wa yume desu!! This is a Dream!!
Akogare no resutoran!! The Yearning to go to a Restaurant!!
Mayonaka ni gomen kudasai "Excuse Me," after midnight
Daikoukou beesubooru taikai The Big H.S. Baseball Tournament
(Part 1 -- 4) (Part 1 -- 4)

Volume 16:
?Okotaeshimasho Special? Will You Answer This? Special
Tokimeki Tiiruumu Tearoom Anticipation
Rikonshimasu! I'm Divorcing You!
ncha! Enmadaiou Heaven's Gatekeeper, Hi!
Kyoufu no haeningen (Part 1-3) Fear of The Human Fly (Part 1-3)
Ai wa mirai de tashikamete... To Ascertain Love in the Future...
ncha! 10-nengo no pengin-mura Penguin Village 10 Years From Now, Hi!
Sekai 1 Tsuyoi no da-re da Tournament to See Who is the World's
taikai!! (Part 1-4) Strongest!! (Part 1-4)

Volume 17:
Ga-chan no Shoutai!! Ga-chan's True Identity!!
Kami-sama no dai-gyakushuu!! God's Big Counter-Attack!!
Tenshi-tachi no warai The Laughter of the Angels
Torahachirou-san no bunchou Mr. Torahachirou's Java Sparrow
Minna Choudai! I'll Take Them All!
Fukushuu no Dodonpa!! Raging Revenge!!
T.S.W. Time Stop Watch
Tomesugichatte komaruno... Don't Stop Too Much...
Kakezuri-mawaru seishun (1--6) Youthful Dashing Around (Parts 1-6)

Volume 18:
Ganbare Tanuki-kun! Give it Your Best, Tanuki-kun!
Kingukongu Toujou! King Kong is Here!
Ukkari koukou 3-nensei Careless High School Senior
Goukaku! You Have Passed!
Shissousuru seishun! Energetic Youth!
kaette kita ootobai kozou The Motorcyclist Boy Returns
asufaruto ni kakeru koi! Bet of Love on the Asphalt!
Heiwa nari! Peaceful!
Taihosuru! I'm Arresting You!
Dai 2-kai Pengin Guranpuri The 2nd Penguin Grand Prix (Scene 1)
10-nin no senshi! The 10 Racers!
Rasuto e muke zenryokushissou! Full-Force Run to the Goal!!!
Saigo no nankan! The Last Challenge!
Gooru made ato... ... (distance) To The Goal
Shinsonchou Tanjou! The New Mayor is Chosen!
Saishuukai-you meka The Big Invention of the Mecha for
Daihatsumei! the Last Issue!

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From the resumes provided in volume 4 (as of April 1, 1981):

Name: | Akira Toriyama
Sex: | Male
Address: | Earth
Born: | April 5, 30 (Showa), age 25
Height: | 173 centimeters
Weight: | 60 kilograms
Hobbies: | Falling asleep while laughing 'heh heh heh'
Dislikes: | Mice, pumpkin, deadlines, rejections, men, overnight work
Occupation:| I don't want to tell you
Talent: | Drawing manga while sleeping
Lives With:| Karasu Toriyama (Dad, 50), Tonbi (Mom, 46), Uzura (little
sister, 23), Suzume (bride <- it's a lie), Ahiru (cat)
Comments: | I want to sleep. I want a bride. I want to make plastic
models. I want to send my brain on vacation. I want to
go out. I want to take time off, but I don't want to lose
my job. I want to play, but pickled shallots smell bad.
Please don't read my comics for free, at the bookstore.
Do you need dried squid which is called surume? (this is a pun.)
I want to raise my rates. "Seashell. Carp. Cod. Hurrah."
[The scratched-out comment "Nonchalant sex-fiend" is attributed
as "Arale's graffiti.]

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The Daitokaijima American High School team members, from volume 15:
(This is again Greater Tokaijima, or "Big City Island", which is
really just a joke name for "U.S.A.")

(The game is being played, according to the interview with Toriyama,
"for no particular reason.")
(Note: Suppaman has taken on a part-time job as a reporter for PCB TV,
with a name where the kanji is read as "Kraaku Kenta."

Coach: Mr. Paper Tissue
Pitcher: Rice Curry
91-cm Bust: Purin Almond (Almond Pudding)
Centerfield: Fried Chicken (He is 10 meters tall)
The Others: The Sundae Brothers (6 small robots)
Banana, Chocolate, Strawberry, Pineapple, Melon, and Yogurt.

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Volume 16: "Tournament to determine the strongest in the world" entrants.
Toriyama found 1,000,000 yen on the ground, and when asked by Torishima
what the next story idea would be, Toriyama panicked. He came up with
the contest idea, with a 400,000 yen 1st prize, and a 100,000 yen second
place prize. Only 10 people enter. The line up is the standard set of
tournament elimination rounds.

Round 1: Tsukutsun vs "Killer Sniper" from the L.A. SWAT (Killer gives up)
2: African boxer Pan-Punch vs Big Monster Rajigo (Pan gets stomped)
3: Sumo "Zounoshirizeki" vs CM #8 (Zouno gets blown up)
4: Sukebe Senbee vs French Pro-wrestler Runoo Citroen
(Senbee gets KO'd)
5: Arale vs Canadian Lumberjack Mr. Heyheyhoh
(Heyheyhoh gets the Volleyball Treatment)
6: Tsukutsun vs Big Monster Rajigo (Tsukutsun gets fried, gives up)
7: Arale vs Citroen (Citroen can't seduce Arale, gives up)
8: CM #8/9 vs Big Monster Rajigo (BMR gets fried, gives up)
9: Arale vs CM #8/9 (Arale is drained of energy and blown
away. Obotchaman takes her place and
finally permanently kills his maker.
Arale declared winner.)

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Volume 18: In the 2nd Grand Prix, 86 people entered. So, Toriyama holds
time trials to eliminate everyone but the 10 fastest racers. (The
vehicles have to be 2-wheelers; ie. -- motorcycles.) This gives us:
Slot 1: Midori on a Turbo-kun powered scooter
2: Obotchaman on a push-scooter
3: Arale pulling a 2-wheeled cart holding the Ga-twins
4: Akane on a jet-powered motor scooter
5: Autobike boy
6: Kibalt Deruhhe
7: Charmee Yamada all on normal motorcycles
8: Senbee on a steamroller-cycle
9: Tarou Soramame on a scooter
10: Tsukutsun on a bicycle

Senbee is eliminated first, falling into a jungle pit trap, Charmee
gets captured by jungle natives, and Tarou is stomped on by a dinosaur.
Akane uses her jet, but hits a hill and launches into space. While
at checkpoint E, Midori tries to catch a dragonfly, and her 'engine' goes
up into a tree and falls asleep; Kibalt has to get the panties of a
pretty woman, and is disqualified for trying to sneak past the panties of
an ugly woman, instead; Arale needs her "koibito", so Obotchaman-kun
quits and joins up as Arale's "lover". Autobike Boy needs to stop for
gas, and loses too much time at the pumps -- leaving only Arale and
Tsukutsun (Tsururin used her ESP to help her brother, but smashed him
into a tree and destroyed his bicycle) with his wrecked bike tied to
his back. He has the lead, but Obotchaman uses his "n-cha" style blast
to push Arale across the finish line, and into 1st Place, and she
becomes the new Mayor.

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At the beginning of volume 16, Toriyama visits the Norimaki household
to ask some questions that had been sent in by many of the readers.
(Slightly paraphrased.)

Toriyama asks Senbee:
Q: How does Dr. Senbee make his money.
A: Between issues, I sell my inventions each week.

Q: What is the floor layout for the Norimaki house?
A: (Floor plan is shown)
Q: There's a bit of difference to reality
A: Hahaha, because of occasional remodeling.

Q: Next is a question that gets asked a lot.
Arale is a robot, who doesn't change. So, why is she so different
between volume 1 and now (with illustration.)
A: How do you think I should know? You're the one who draws her!
You answer that!
Q: Here's 300 yen.
A: Hahaha, well, come up to my 2nd floor lab. [In lab, spare bodies.]
Q: Oh-hoh. But, what do you need all those spare bodies for? What do you
DO with them? (Pervert.)
A: What do you expect for only 300 yen!? (An argument ensues.)

Assistant Matsuyama asks Toriyama:
Q: Arale-chan and friends keep breaking the Earth and Moon -- how do those
two things get fixed?
A: [Long silence] Can't you ask an easier question?
Q: Before, you had a (wind-up toy) body. Why is your current robot body
different?
A: Ummm, that's a very good question. I had a motor installed.

Toriyama to Senbee again:
Q: (After blowing up his house) Your house is constantly getting damaged.
How does it get fixed again?
A: (Pulls out the Ponpoko changer gun) "Return to before."

(Rather than travel to Niko-chan's planet, Toriyama asks Turbo to teleport
Niko-chan to Earth. Emperor Niko-chan sputters angrily, but calms down
when being threatened with being stranded on Earth.)
Q: How do you go to the toilet?
A: Well, you know that my sphincter is on the top of my head, and if I
simply took a crap, it would get on my face, so (he puffs himself up,
and the unchi shot from the top of his head flies in an arc to land
safely on the ground.) (Turbo teleports Niko-chan back home.)

Toriyama to Ga-chan:
Q: How is it that you hatched from the egg fully clothed?
A: Pipupipo kupipuppu poppokopii. Pipipepo pupuppi kupupupe.
Pipapipa pupupopi pepepoppo.
Q: Oh, hoho, umm, I see. No, I guess that one will have to remain a secret.

Toriyama to Arale:
Q: Well, Arale-chan, this is the last question. Why doesn't Ga-chan eat
you? (That is, you are a robot, and the Ga-chan twins eat everything
except rubber.)
A: Ye---es. I am made from a special rubber. And you?
Q: I'm made from a really great special alloy.
(The Ga-twins slobber, and then all that's left of Toriyama is a bolt,
a nut, and a spring.)

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In volume 16, both Obotchaman-kun and Toriyama visit Penguin Village
10 years in the future, to see what will happen to them. What they
find is:

The Dr. Slump manga ended long ago, and is now forgotten.
Obotchaman and Arale are married, and a bald Senbee makes a baby robot
for them. Arale wants to name the baby "King Gidora", but Obotchaman
is against it. Arale never changes; she still plays with unchi.
Senbee and Midori have a baby girl and another baby boy.
Ga-chan has multiplied again, bringing the total up to 8.
Tarou married Tsururin. He is a cop, and tells Obotchaman to watch the
speed limit while running. She is a housewife. They live in
Midori's old apartment building.
Tsururin's parents returned to China. They couldn't repair their
spaceship, so they took a charter tour plane back home.
Akane runs the Coffee Pot, but makes for an ill-tempered waitress.
She married Tsukutsun, who teaches elementary school during the
weekdays, and Kung Fu on Sundays.
Peeske and Hiyoko have married, and have a boy named Puuske.
Suppaman is bald, but still keeping the peace.
The cops that Arale always bashes are older, and still get bashed.
Dr. Mashirito is gone. All that remains of him is a spring, and one
bolt, rusting out in the middle of a field.)
Kinoko Sarada is taller, wears a sweatsuit while riding a bicycle and
singing to her walkman, but is otherwise unchanged.
Toriyama believes that he will be rich, sitting beside a pool and
surrounded by pretty young ladies. Instead, he is a homeless
ragman, who begs for money. When he returns home, he frantically
scribbles out manga, claiming that he will change the future.

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At various times, hung up throughout the house, there will be posters
on the walls. (I won't give away where to find them.) They include:

The Dirty Pair
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (CE3K)
Flash Dance
Westurn

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Like nearly all manga artists, Toriyama will re-use his character
designs for other stories. This is the case for Dragon Ball. Toriyama
took the designs for a few characters, changed their clothing and their
ages (a little) and viola...

Tsukutsun Tsun: His hair grew long, and he traded in his Chinese
martial arts outfit for more of a nomad look, to become _Yamcha_.

Akane Kimidori: Her head was enlongated a bit, and her age rolled
back to about 14, making her _Buruma_.

Kami-sama: God put on a pair of sunglasses, strapped a turtleshell
to his back, and called himself _Kame-sennin_.

Senbee Norimaki: Lost a little height, and changed his hairstyle
before declaring himself _Red Leader_ of _Red Ribbon_.

Tarou Soramame: When Tarou started playing baseball more often, around
volume 15, as the star pitcher of course, he stuffed his hair up under
his hat. It is now clear that the matured Tarou disappeared for
10 years, before reclaiming the stage as _Son Gokuu_ as an adult.

Arale Norimaki: Arale never changes. She remains the same, only more so.
Appears as herself during the Red Ribbon Blue Shogun sequence.

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-- Curtis H. Hoffmann
Nov. 10, 1994

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Mark

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Dec 3, 1994, 8:51:14 PM12/3/94

I very much enjoyed this intro to the Dr. Slump series - in fact it's
piqued my interest in actually trying to read the comics sometime soon. The
problem is, I haven't been able to find anyplace that has the comics on hand!
If there's anybody out there that sells manga, could you send me a note and
tell me what you've got from the series, and what you are asking for it?
NOTE: (I'd ideally like to try to read the series in order if possible).

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