Rumic World
Rumic World | |
るーみっくわーるど (Rūmikku Wārudo) | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Manga | |
Written by | Rumiko Takahashi |
Published by | Shogakukan |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Shōnen Sunday Zōkan |
English magazine | Manga Vizion |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 1978 – 1983 |
Volumes | 3 |
Manga | |
One or Double | |
Written by | Rumiko Takahashi |
Published by | Shogakukan |
English publisher |
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Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday Big Comic Spirits Petit Comic |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Published | September 18, 1995 |
Manga | |
Came the Mirror & Other Tales | |
Written by | Rumiko Takahashi |
Published by | Shogakukan |
English publisher |
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Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday Big Comic |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Published | July 17, 2015 |
Anime | |
Related work | |
Rumic World (るーみっくわーるど, Rūmikku Wārudo) can refer either to a series of short manga stories written by Rumiko Takahashi or to a series of original video animations (OVAs) based on those stories.
Rumic World was later reprinted in Japan as Rumiko Takahashi Masterpiece Collection (
Japanese editions[edit]
The Rumic World stories were originally published separately in various Shogakukan magazines. Rumic World was released twice in Japan, the first edition, Rumic World (るーみっくわーるど, Rūmikku Wārudo), utilized the tankobon format, and consisted of three volumes:
First edition[edit]
- Volume 1[1]
- Faiyā Torippā (
炎 トリッパー) - Yami wo Kakeru Manazashi (
闇 をかけるまなざし) - Warau Hyōteki (
笑 う標的 ) - Wasurete Nemure (
忘 れて眠 れ)
- Volume 2[2]
- Sengoku Seitokai (
戦国 生徒 会 ) - Katte na Yatsura (
勝手 なやつら) - The Supergal (ザ・
超 女 , Za Sūpāgyaru) - Gold Finger (
黄金 の貧乏神 , Gōrudo Hingā) - Kaibyō Min (
怪 猫 ・明 ) - Harahara Hall (
腹 はらホール) - Warae! Helpman (
笑 え!ヘルプマン, Warae! Herupuman) - Warera Facial Pack (われら
顔面 仲間 , Warera Feisharu Pakku)
- Volume 3[3]
- Fūfu (ふうふ)
- Shōkon (
商魂 ) - Dust Spurt (ダストスパート!!, Dasuto Supāto) (also Dust Spot!!) (consists of five chapters)
Second edition[edit]
The second edition, [Hozonban] Rūmikku Wārudo Takahashi Rumiko Kessaku Tanpenshū (【
- Volume 1
- Katte na Yatsura (
勝手 なやつら) - Harahara Hall (
腹 はらホール) - Gold Finger (
黄金 の貧乏神 , Gōrudo Hingā) - Dust Spurt (ダストスパート!!, Dasuto Supāto) (also Dust Spot!!) (consists of five chapters)
- Shōkon (
商魂 ) - Fūfu (ふうふ)
- Volume 2
- Faiyā Torippā (
炎 トリッパー) - The Supergirl/Chōjo (ザ・
超 女 , Za Sūpāgyaru) - Kaibyō Min (
怪 猫 ・明 ) - Warae! Helpman (
笑 え!ヘルプマン, Warae! Herupuman) - Sengoku Seitokai (
戦国 生徒 会 ) - Yami wo Kakeru Manazashi (
闇 をかけるまなざし) - Warau Hyōteki (
笑 う標的 ) - Waraete Nemure (
笑 えて眠 れ) - Warera Facial Pack (われら
顔面 仲間 , Warera Feisharu Pakku)
One or Double[edit]
Another collection of similar short stories not included in either of the first two editions, was titled either One or Double (1 or W, Wan oa Daburu), or Rumic World Rumiko Takahashi Presents "The Collection of Short Stories" (【るーみっくわーるど】
- Slim Kannon (スリム
観音 , Surimu Kannon) - Inu de Warui ka!! (
犬 で悪 いか!!) - Obāsan to Issho (お
婆 さんといっしょ) - Gambari Masse (がんばり
末世 ) - Grand Father (グランド・ファザー, Gurando Fazā)
- Takarazuka e no Shōtai ~Invitation to Takarazuka~ (
宝塚 への招待 〜INVITATION TO TAKARAZUKA〜) - One or Double (1 or W, Wan oa Daburu)
- Happy Talk (ハッピー・トーク, Happii Tōku)
- Uchi ga Megami ja!! (うちが
女神 じゃ!!, Uchi ga Megami ja!!)
Came the Mirror[edit]
Another collection of similar short stories, titled Came the Mirror (
- Came the Mirror (
鏡 が来 た, Kagami ga Kita) - Revenge Doll (リベンジドール, Ribenji Dorru)
- The Star Has a Thousand Faces (
星 は千 の顔 , Hoshi wa Sen no Kao) - Lovely Flower (
可愛 い花 , Kawaii Hana) - With Cat (ウイズキャット, Uizu Kyatto)
- My Sweet Sunday (collaboration with Mitsuru Adachi to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Shonen Sunday)
Translations[edit]
English editions[edit]
Some of Takahashi's stories were printed in Manga Vizion magazine in a "flipped" style[a] and are no longer in print.
Rumic World[edit]
While Viz Media initially published two Rumic World stories in 1989 and 1990, it published a three volume set of the Rumic World collection in 1997, corresponding to the Japanese editions, with a different order to the stories:
Volume 1 ISBN 9781569311264[6]
- "Fire Tripper": A gas explosion sends young Suzuko and Shuu 500 years into the past.
- "Maris the Chojo": An alien policewoman sees a kidnapped quadrillionaire as her ticket out of debt.
- "Those Selfish Aliens": Aliens, the government, and fishermen implant bombs in a poor individual.
- "Time Warp Trouble": Warriors from feudal Japan inexplicably pop into a modern high-school classroom.
- "The Laughing Target": Azusa will do anything to ensure that Yuzuru stays hers.
Volume 2 ISBN 9781569311943[7]
- "Wasted Minds (Dust Spot)": A five-part miniseries which follows a pair of bickering government agents.
- "The Golden Gods of Poverty": A boy's parents try to use him to make money.
- "The Entrepreneurial Spirit": A woman leads seminars for a get-rich quick scheme.
Volume 3 ISBN 9781569312063[8]
- "That Darn Cat": Rumiko Takahashi takes care of her neighbor's cat.
- "When My Eyes Got Wings": A couple befriends a sickly child with a secret.
- "Wedded Bliss": A wedded couple's only outlet is to fight with one another.
- "Sleep and Forget": A girl relives a past life involving her lover.
- "A Cry for Help": A fairy gives a boy a frightening split personality.
- "War Council": Student councils go to war over a stamp.
- "The Face Pack": A man can change his appearance at will.
One or Double[edit]
Viz Media published a book corresponding to the "One or Double" collection under the title Rumic Theater: One or Double on June 5, 1998.[9] It contained the following stories:
- "Excuse Me for Being a Dog!": A boxer tries to hide the fact that he turns into a dog every time he gets a nose bleed.
- "Winged Victory": A rugby team with 999 losses is cheered on by a ghostly girl .
- "The Grandfather of All Baseball Games": A man wastes the money his grandson makes playing sandlot baseball.
- "The Diet Goddess": A young girl goes through a rigorous training exercise to fit into a dress.
- "Happy Talk": A girl searches for her dead mother, who she thinks might be working as a hostess in Tokyo.
- "One or Double": An accident places the soul of a fanatic kendo coach into his favorite pupil's girlfriend.
- "To Grandmother's House We Go": A woman poses as her dead friend to claim a 500 billion yen inheritance.
- "Reserved Seat": A singer deals with stage fright and memory blackouts after his grandmother dies.
- "Shake Your Buddha": A hilarious debate between the future Buddha and an idiot yam fanatic.
Came the Mirror[edit]
Viz Media published "Came the Mirror" collection under the title Came the Mirror & Other Tales[10] on February 15, 2022.
See also[edit]
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ Text in the Japanese language reads right-to-left so manga artwork is composed right-to-left. For English editions the artwork is often mirrored - or flipped - to read left-to-right.
- ^ るーみっく・わーるど 1 (
少年 サンデーブックス) (in Japanese). ASIN 4091218512. - ^ るーみっく・わーるど 2 (
少年 サンデーブックス) (in Japanese). ASIN 4091218520. - ^ るーみっく・わーるど 3 (
少年 サンデーブックス) (in Japanese). ASIN 4091218539. - ^ 1orW(ワン・オア・ダブル)―るーみっくわーるど (in Japanese). ASIN 409121858X.
- ^
鏡 が来 た高橋 留美子 短 編集 (ビッグコミックススペシャル) (in Japanese). ASIN 4091871291. - ^ "Rumic World Trilogy, Vol. 1 - Takahashi, Rumiko". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ "Rumic World Trilogy, Vol. 2 - Takahashi, Rumiko". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ "Rumic World Trilogy (Volume 3) by Takahashi, Rumiko". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ "Rumic Theater, Vol. 2". Viz Media. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ "Came the Mirror & Other Tales by Takahashi, Rumiko". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2023-03-15.