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Weekly Jump briefs (continued)
by Takei Hiroyuki Started in #31, 1998 (3 volumes available) Overview: Asakura Yoh appears to be nothing but a lazy transfer student. But as his new classmate Manta found out, Yoh is actually a shaman who wishes to become the best of the shamans, the Shaman King. With training from his fiancée Anna, Yoh and his friend/spirit Amidamaru enters the Shaman Fight, the tournament which will decide who the King will be. After his devastating loss in the second match, Yoh decides to go back to his homeland to strengthen his ability as a Shaman. Did his one week stay in the Afterlife Cave do any good? This Issue—52nd Reincarnation: Evolution - When the group
arrives at the Asakura estate for dinner Manta marvels at the sheer size of the house.
Later that night, as Manta thinks about why he came all the way out to Izu, Yoh
appears and thanks him for thinking of him as a friend. Just then, Yoh's grandfather
Youmei appears—with Anna and Amidamaru in tow. Youmei tells Yoh to show the
effect of the training by knocking down all of his shikigami (spiritual
materializations of leaves; i.e. Youmei's "over-soul"). As the shikigami attack,
Yoh realizes that what was all but a blur before is clearly visible now, and quickly
slices through every leaf with the new and improved "over-soul."
by Oda Eiichiro Started in #34, 1997 (9 volumes available) Overview: Monkey D. Luffy is a boy set out to sail the Grand Line, find the legendary treasure One Piece and become the king of pirates. His small crew consists of swordsman Roronoa Zorro, navigator/cartographer Nami, gunner "Captain" Usopp, and chef Sanji. The five teens arrive in Logue Town, the town known as "the beginning and the end". What ends, and what new beginnings, will they face in the town that Gold Roger started and ended his life? This Issue—Episode 97: Kitetsu the Third - Nami goes shopping
for clothes. Luffy stands in awe at the spot where Gold Roger was executed. Meanwhile,
Zorro looks for another sword, and enters a sword shop. The shopkeeper tries to rip
Zorro off, but is thwarted by the young woman who looks like Zorro's lost love, Kuina.
This young woman tells him that his remaining sword is one of 21 "Masterpiece" swords.
She also finds Kitetsu the Third, a haunted "Craft" sword, in the bargain bin. The
shopkeeper says he can't sell Kitetsu because it has cursed all its users to death, but
Zorro receives the sword when he doesn't get a scratch—even after tossing the
sword and giving it a shot to land into his arm. The shopkeeper is impressed, and gives
Zorro another "Craft" sword, the Yubashiri. Meanwhile, Captain Smoker of the Marines
waits for the woman (named Tashigi) ... and Sanji notices a beautiful woman in the
distance that looks awfully familiar to readers who took note of the past splash page
images ...
by Fujisaki Ryu, based on the translation by Anou Tsutomu Started in #28, 1996 (15 volumes available) Overview: Taikoubou is a sennin (a wizard of sorts) sent on a mission to seal away the souls of the evil temptress Datsuki and her henchmen because she is ruining the land of Chouka by controlling its emperor. But this project, called the Houshin Project, had to do with much more than just Datsuki's whims. With most of the sennin from Kongrong sealed away in what is seemingly the armageddon between Kongrong forces and Kingou forces, how is Taikoubou going to fight Bunchu, the sennin from Kingou that pleads allegiance to the emperor of Chouka? This Issue—Episode 147: Symbolism of Aging and Wind of the Divided
Path (first half) - Kokukirin managed to transport Bunchu away from the mess in
which Kouhiko lost his life, but in the process loses its own life. Bunchu thinks
back on the old days, and realizes it was none other than Kouhiko that gave him a
feeling of something other than loneliness. Taikoubou approaches the ailing Bunchu,
and asks for a duel. Suupuushan tells Taikoubou to stop, but our hero says that he
must overcome Bunchu no matter how he does it. After a few rounds of intense
fighting, Bunchu pauses—and tells Taikoubou that he believed that bringing back
the old Ying would turn back time. He further tells Taikoubou to try making a human
realm that completely lack sennin, and bids farewell as he stands on the
cliff's edge.
by Watsuki Nobuhiro Started in #19, 1994 (26 volumes available) Overview: Himura Kenshin is a swordsman with a dark past who fights with his reverse-blade sword against evil in the Meiji era. The momentary peace granted him after the battle against Shishio and company quickly comes to an end as Yukishiro Enishi, Kenshin's brother-in-law, arrives in Tokyo with one agenda: revenge. Kenshin manages to see the truth behind the tragedies planned out by Enishi; now that the crew has arrived at Enishi's mansion, Kenshin stands up alone against Enishi to save his loved ones. This Issue—Act 247: Berserker's Nerve Endings - As the nerves
pop up all over Enishi's body, the gallery watches in anticipation. The results on
Enishi's overall speed amazes all. Enishi claims that this evolution of reflex nerve
endings came from his resolve to seek revenge on Kenshin for Tomoe's death—that
his hatred has grown so much that it started to feel every firing of the synapses.
Sanosuke and Aoshi stand up to aid Kenshin, but are stopped by Yahiko, who says
Kenshin has not lost yet. Kenshin agrees, saying that he must finish this duel by
himself, and counters Enishi's next attack with his own 
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