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| publication  = ''[[V-Jump]]''
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| demographic  = Shōnen
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| date          = ''V-Jump'' May 1996 - (TBD)<br />(21 March 1996 - TBD))
| date          = ''V-Jump'' May 1996 - (TBD)<br />(21 March 1996 - TBD)
| chapters      = TBD
| chapters      = 24
| volumes      = 1
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'''''Time Adventure Numamonger''''' is a (TBD)-chapter manga series written by [[Hiroshi Izawa]] and illustrated by [[Akihiro Kikuchi]] which originally ran from the May 1996 to (TBD) issues of [[Shueisha]]'s ''[[V-Jump]]'' magazine.
'''''Time Adventure Numamonger''''' is a 24-chapter manga series written by [[Hiroshi Izawa]] and illustrated by [[Akihiro Kikuchi]] which originally ran from the May 1996 to April 1998 issues of [[Shueisha]]'s ''[[V-Jump]]'' magazine.


The series stars a [https://www.chronowiki.org/wiki/Nu Nu] and a [https://www.chronowiki.org/wiki/Kilwala Kilwala] ("Mamo" in its original Japanese) — monsters originally from the 1995 video game ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' — as they try to recruit members for their group "Numamonger" (a portmanteau of their names and TBD).
The series stars a [https://www.chronowiki.org/wiki/Nu Nu] and a [https://www.chronowiki.org/wiki/Kilwala Mamo] ("Kilwala" in the English localization) — monsters originally from ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'', a 1995 video game featuring character designs by [[Akira Toriyama]] — as they try to recruit members for their group "Numamonger".


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
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==Title==
==Title==
[[File:Time-adventure-numamonger-english-title.png|thumb|200px|''Time Adventure Numamonger'' title English from chapter 13 within the May 1997 issue of ''V-Jump'']]
[[File:Time-adventure-numamonger-english-title.png|thumb|200px|''Time Adventure Numamonger'' title English from chapter 13 within the May 1997 issue of ''V-Jump'']]
For its first three chapters, only the Japanese name of 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー is provided on each chapter's title page and in ''V-Jump'''s table of contents. A little clock icon is present over the first ''kanji'', and ''furigana'' of じくうぼうけん is provided above the four ''kanji''.
''Chrono Trigger'' is notable for its time-travel storyline, starting in "the present" in 1000 AD, and spanning eras from 65,000,000 BC all the way to 2300 AD.
 
For its first batch of chapters, only the Japanese name of 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー is provided on each chapter's title page and in ''V-Jump'''s table of contents. A little clock icon is present over the first ''kanji'', and ''furigana'' of じくうぼうけん is provided above the four ''kanji''.


時 on its own refers to "time," while 空 can refer to various concepts, but most relevant here being a kind of "distant place." Together, 時空 refers to "space-time."
時 on its own refers to "time," while 空 can refer to various concepts, but most relevant here being a kind of "distant place." Together, 時空 refers to "space-time."


Beginning with the series' 13th chapter, however, actual English text at the top of each interior page explictly translates the title as "Time Adventure Numamonger." The clock imagery from the ''kanji'' is transposed within the letter "o" in "Numamonger" with the two main characters bookending the title.
Beginning with the series' 13th chapter, however, actual English text at the top of each interior page explicitly translates the title as "Time Adventure Numamonger." The clock imagery from the ''kanji'' is transposed within the letter "o" in "Numamonger" with the two main characters book-ending the title.
 
The group's name of "Numamonger" (given to them by the gatekeeper at the End of Time) is likely a multi-word portmanteau of the monster names "Nu" and "Mamo" along with an ending of ジャー (''jā'' or "-ger") riffing on "ranger"-type group names.


==Characters==
==Characters==


===Major Characters===
===Main Characters===


* '''[[Nu]]''' (ヌー ''Nū''): TBD
* '''[[Nu]]''' (ヌー ''Nū''): A Nu that crash lands from outer space in the Mamo village and ends up sucked through time with one of the Mamo.
* '''[[Mamo]]''' (マモ ''Mamo''): TBD
* '''[[Mamo]]''' (マモ ''Mamo''): One of the inhabitants of the Mamo village that watches the Nu crash land, and ends up sucked through time alongside him.
* '''[[Hasshu]]''' (ハッシュ ''Hasshu''; "Gaspar" in the game's English localization): Originally from the Kingdom of Zeal, Hasshu is now the gatekeeper at the End of Time. Hasshu explains the situation with Lavos to Nu and Mamo, and gives them their new duo-name.
* '''[[Johnny]]''' (ジョニー ''Jonii''): An anthropomorphic motorbike-robot who initially loses in a race to Nu and Mamo, and somewhat unwittingly becomes intertwined in the Numanonger's ongoing escapades.
* '''[[Spekkio]]''' (スペッキオ ''Supekkio''): Appearing here initially in his frog form (which an author note explains is even in the original game if you visit the End of Time in single-digit levels), Spekkio calls himself the "God of War" (戦いの神 ''Tatakai no Kami'')... but his room is given away to Nu and Mamo by Hasshu/Gaspar. Spekkio is brought on missions with the Numanonger, taking a more active role beginning with his defeat of Heckran.


===Supporting Characters===
===Supporting Characters===


* '''[[Johnny]]''' (ジョニー ''Jonii''): TBD
* '''[[Heckran]]''' (ヘケラン ''Hekeran''): A monster from the present-day that can only be defeated with magic (both in the original game and in this manga series).
* '''[[Lavos]]''' (ラヴォス ''Ravuosu''): The parasite and final boss of the original game who crash landed on Earth in 65,000,000 BC. The Numamonger initially confront Lavos through a literal bucket/pail, a riff on one possible way of encountering Lavos "early" in ''Chrono Trigger''.
* '''Vinegar''' (ビネガー ''Binegā''; "Ozzie" in the game's English localization): One of the three Demon Knights working for the Demon Lord.
* '''Mayone''' (マヨネー ''Mayonē''; "Flea" in the game's English localization): One of the three Demon Knights working for the Demon Lord.
* '''Soy-So''' (ソイソー ''Soisō''; "Slash" in the game's English localization): One of the three Demon Knights working for the Demon Lord.


===Miscellaneous===
===Miscellaneous===
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==Production==
==Production==
''[[Jump SQ]]'' editor-in-chief [[Masahiko Ibaraki]] had expressed interest in having [[Akira Toriyama]] develop a work to be drawn with and for [[Masakazu Katsura]], a manga author himself and longtime friend of Toriyama's. Toriyama called Katsura in the middle of the night to share the news that they would be collaborating, which Katsura thought to be a joke considering he was already serialized with ''ZETMAN'' in ''[[Weekly Young Jump]]''.<ref name="jumpsqinterview">"Akira Toriyama × Masakazu Katsura: Sachie-chan GOOD!! Collaboration One-Shot Talk". ''Jump SQ'', May 2008. Japan: Shueisha, 02 April 2008. (pp. 267-269)<br/ >[https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/jump-sq-may-2008-akira-toriyama-masakazu-katsura/ Kanzenshuu Translations Archive: "Akira Toriyama × Masakazu Katsura"]</ref> The resulting work, ''[[Sachie-chan GOOD!!]]'', served as the proper debut work in the "Galactic Patrol" series. At the time of its publication in early 2008, Toriyama felt that there was more to be done with the story, and that it perhaps could have been a short-term serial of about 100 pages. Katsura noted that Toriyama took a liking to the Galactic Patrol designs, and that Toriyama could write something in connection with it.<ref name="jumpsqinterview">"Akira Toriyama × Masakazu Katsura: Sachie-chan GOOD!! Collaboration One-Shot Talk". ''Jump SQ'', May 2008. Japan: Shueisha, 02 April 2008. (pp. 267-269)<br/ >[https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/jump-sq-may-2008-akira-toriyama-masakazu-katsura/ Kanzenshuu Translations Archive: "Akira Toriyama × Masakazu Katsura"]</ref>
[[Shueisha]]'s ''[[V-Jump]]'' magazine regularly serialized a column called "Chrono Trigger: Next Gate" shortly after the game's release (beginning in the July 1995 issue<ref>{{Cite magazine|Mag=VJ|Year=1995|Issue=7|Date= 22 May 1995|Title=クロノ·トリガー ネクストゲート|Page=pp. 200-202}}</ref>) covering its development, characters, and story, along with short sidebar comics featuring Nu and Mamo. The magazine's April 1996 issue contained the 10th entry in the series, and the next-issue preview announced that Nu and Mamo would receive their own dedicated manga — tentatively still under the title of "Chrono Trigger: Next Gate" — as well as the fact that the regular column would also continue.<ref>{{Cite magazine|Mag=VJ|Year=1996|Issue=4|Date=21 February 1996|Title=Vジャンプ５月号のお知らせ|Page=pp. 202-203}}</ref> The new manga series then debuted in the May 1996 issue under its new Japanese title of 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー.<ref name="debutchapter">{{Cite magazine|Mag=VJ|Year=1996|Issue=5|Date=21 March 1996|Title=時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー|Page=pp. 192-197}}</ref> The sidebar comics with Nu and Mamo continued in the "Next Gate" column even as the full manga began serialization.


For the duo's follow-up, the reverse situation occurred, with Katsura's editor at ''Weekly Young Jump'' requesting a collaboration for said magazine. Toriyama already had an idea for a "dark hero" in mind, and upon request from Katsura, agreed to return the favor. Toriyama fretted over his work from the very first chapter, with Katsura surprised that what was being produced was not actually as dark as Toriyama had indicated, requesting that he make it "dirtier". Toriyama worked on the storyboards, with Katsura providing the final art; while Katsura had wanted to do the more deformed style in ''Sachie-chan GOOD!'', Toriyama requested that ''Jiya'' be more like how Katsura drew his ''Wingman'' series, which itself was not quite as realistic as his ''ZETMAN'' series. Despite the increasing page count as the duo worked, Katsura kept looking to toss out Toriyama's favorite "throwaway scenes", which he found the most fun to draw. In the battle scenes at the end of the series, Toriyama's initial storyboards placed the fight in the mountains (as if often the case in ''Dragon Ball''); since Katsura's team was more used to drawing cityscapes, they adapted this scenario, even though what ultimately made its way to the page had little movement in the actual battle itself. The duo intended the series to be a one-shot, but the increasing page count led to it being split into three chapters, further resulting in ''Weekly Young Jump'' advertising it with phrases such as "super-deluxe concentrated serial!" and "new series!"<ref name="weeklyyoungjumpinterview">"MASAKAZU KATSURA × AKIRA TORIYAMA: JIYA - The Two Great Masters of this Collaboration Have a Super-Deluxe Talk!!!". ''Weekly Young Jump'', 2010 #7. Japan: Shueisha, 14 January 2010. (pp. 400-405)<br/ >[https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/young-jump-2010-toriyama-x-katsura/ Kanzenshuu Translations Archive: "Super-Deluxe Talk"]</ref>
The manga series originally ran for two straight years — continuously, with no breaks — from the May 1996 to April 1998 issues of ''[[V-Jump]]''.
 
[[Time Adventure Numamonger (Anime)|An original video animation]] for ''Time Adventure Numamonger'' was produced for [[V-Jump Festival]] 1996 (held in July and August in Tokyo and Osaka, respectively), featuring Nu and Mamo continuting their attempts to recruit members, and ultimately falling into a battle against Gonzalez ("Gato" in the game's English localization) with a little assistance from Johnny. While Nu and Mamo attempt to recruit members during a festival, a sign behind them states "As Featured in V-Jump!!" (Vジャンプに載りました!!).
 
Following the completion of the ''Time Adventure Numamonger'' manga in the magazine's April 1998 issue, Akihiro Kikuchi returned to ''V-Jump'' in the June 1998 issue with the manga series ''Mekkappiki Pochimaru''<ref>"メカッピキ ポチ丸". ''V-Jump'', June 1998. Japan: Shueisha, 21 April 1998. (pp. 65-69)</ref>, while Hiroshi Izawa returned in the January 1998 issue (with similar writing duties, alongside Tenya Yabuno on illustration duties) with the manga series ''Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01'' (デジモンアドベンチャー Vテイマー01).<ref>"デジモンアドベンチャー Vテイマー01". ''V-Jump'', January 1999. Japan: Shueisha, 21 November 1998. (pp. TBD)</ref>


==Chapters==
==Chapters==
[[File:weekly-young-jump-2010-no7.jpg|thumb|200px|Cover of the 2010 No. 7 issue of ''[[Weekly Young Jump]]'' featuring an interview with Akira Toriyama and Masakazu Katsura regarding ''Jiya'']]
 
{{Main|List of Jiya Chapters}}
Each chapter is listed as a "GATE" (written in English) on each title page, rather than specifically as a "chapter". In its original ''V-Jump'' serialization, each chapter title is presented in Japanese quotes (「」) followed by の巻 (''no maki''), indicating that it is the "volume" (or here "chapter") in which those events take place. In the series' collected edition, these Japanese quotes are removed, and the title is generally followed by an ellipses and then the の巻 (similar to the chapter title formatting in ''[[The Brief Return of Dr. Slump]]'', also serialized in the magazine around the same era). Due to the tone of the manga, the inflections of the characters' speech, and the uniformity of this titling quirk, one could conceivably translate the chapter titles in English with the style of "The Chapter Where/With...". However, in line with how we have translated ''Dr. Slump'' chapters elsewhere, this appendix for the ''Time Adventure Numamonger'' chapter titles here has been ignored in the following translations.  
All three chapter of ''Jiya'' were published sequentially in ''Weekly Young Jump''.


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!  # !! Chapter Title !! Issue Date !! Sale Date
!  Title Page !! Chapter Number !! Chapter Title !! Pages !! Publication !! Issue !! Sale Date
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|  [[File:time-adventure-numamonger-manga-chp-1-title.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 1]] || 1<ref name="debutchapter"></ref> || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 1|「ヌウマモンジャー結成だな!」の巻<br>''Nuumamonjā Kessei da na! no Maki''<br>'''The Numamonger Are Formed!''']] || 6 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || May 1996 || 21 March 1996
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 2]] || 2<ref>{{Cite magazine|Mag=VJ|Year=1996|Issue=6|Date=22 April 1996|Title=時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー|Page=pp. 81-85}}</ref> || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 2|「マッハでビュンビュンだな」の巻<br>''Mahha de Byun-Byun da na no Maki''<br>'''Zooming at Mach Speed''']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || June 1996 || 22 April 1996
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 3]] || 3<ref>{{Cite magazine|Mag=VJ|Year=1996|Issue=7|Date=21 May 1996|Title=時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー|Page=pp. 31-35}}</ref> || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 3|「魔法でドッカン」の巻<br>''Mahō de Dokkan no Maki''<br>'''The Magical Blast''']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || July 1996 || 21 May 1996
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 4]] || 4<ref>{{Cite magazine|Mag=VJ|Year=1996|Issue=8|Date=21 June 1996|Title=時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー|Page=pp. 71-75}}</ref> || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 4|「スコップをすんだな」の巻<br>''Sukoppu o Sun da na no Maki''<br>'''The Missing Shovel''']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || August 1996 || 21 June 1996
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 5]] || 5<ref>{{Cite magazine|Mag=VJ|Year=1996|Issue=9|Date=22 July 1996|Title=時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー|Page=pp. 81-85}}</ref> || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 5|「歌って踊るんだな」の巻<br>''Utatte Odorun da na no Maki''<br>'''Singing and Dancing''']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || September 1996 || 22 July 1996
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 6]] || 6<ref>{{Cite magazine|Mag=VJ|Year=1996|Issue=10|Date=21 August 1996|Title=時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー|Page=pp. 87-91}}</ref> || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 6|「海でザッパーンだな」の巻<br>''Umi de Zappān da na no Maki''<br>'''Splashing at the Beach''']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || October 1996 || 21 August 1996
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 7]] || 7<ref>{{Cite magazine|Mag=VJ|Year=1996|Issue=11|Date=21 September 1996|Title=時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー|Page=pp. 81-85}}</ref> || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 7|「空手バカ一匹なんだな」の巻<br>''Karate Baka Ichi-biki nan da na no Maki''<br>'''The Karate Idiot''']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || November 1996 || 21 September 1996
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 8]] || 8 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 8|「バケツでラヴォスだな」の巻<br>''Baketsu de Ravuosu da na no Maki''<br>'''Lavos in a Bucket''']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || December 1996 || 21 October 1996
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 9]] || 9 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 9|「くっきしはっきし三魔騎士だな」の巻<br>''Kukkishi Hakkishi San Makishi da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || January 1997 || 21 November 1996
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 10]] || 10 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 10|「ゲートでお知り会いだな」の巻<br>''Gēto de o shiri ai da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || February 1997 || 21 December 1996
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 11]] || 11 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 11|「不思議なモップだな」の巻<br>''Fushigina Moppu da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || March 1997 || 21 January 1997
|-
|-
|  1 || [[Jiya Chapter 1|Chapter 1: Journey with an Alien]] || ''[[Weekly Young Jump]]'', 2010 No. 2/3 || 10 December 2009
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 12]] || 12 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 12|「めざすは魔王城だな」の巻<br>''Mezasu wa Maō-jō da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || April 1997 || 21 February 1997
|-
|-
|  2 || [[Jiya Chapter 2|Chapter 2: Attack of an Alien]] || ''[[Weekly Young Jump]]'', 2010 No. 4/5 || 24 December 2009
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 13]] || 13 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 13|「ヌウマモ江戸日記だな」の巻<br>''Nuumamo Edo Nikki da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || May 1997 || 21 March 1997
|-
|-
|  3 || [[Jiya Chapter 3|Chapter 3: Justice of an Alien]] || ''[[Weekly Young Jump]]'', 2010 No. 6 || 07 January 2010
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 14]] || 14 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 14|「ウエスタンよりナポリタンだな」の巻<br>''Uesutan Yori Naporitan da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || June 1997 || 21 April 1997
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 15]] || 15 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 15|「キャプタンヌウマモンジャーだな」の巻<br>''Kyaputan Nuumamonjā da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || July 1997 || 21 May 1997
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 16]] || 16 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 16|「再会! スペッキオだな」の巻<br>''Saikai! Supekkio da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || August 1997 || 21 June 1997
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 17]] || 17 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 17|「スペッキオはカエルだったんだな」の巻<br>''Supekkio wa Kaeru Dattan da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || September 1997 || 22 July 1997
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 18]] || 18 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 18|「魔王城はオバケ城なんだな」の巻<br>''Maō-jō wa Obake-jō nan da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || October 1997 || 21 August 1997
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 19]] || 19 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 19|「合体攻撃でやっつけるんだな」の巻<br>''Gattai Kōgeki de Yattsu Kerun da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || November 1997 || 22 September 1997
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 20]] || 20 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 20|「魔王とご対面だな」の巻<br>''Maō to Go Taimen da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || December 1997 || 21 October 1997
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 21]] || 21 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 21|「勇者カエル誕生なんだな」の巻<br>''Yūsha Kaeru Tanjō nan da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || January 1998 || 21 November 1997
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 22]] || 22 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 22|「いっしょに戦うんだな」の巻<br>''Issho ni Tatakaun da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || February 1998 || 19 December 1997
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 23]] || 23 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 23|「ラヴォスはラスボスなんだな」の巻<br>''Ravuosu wa Rasu Bosu nan da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || March 1998 || 21 January 1998
|-
|  [[File:tbd.png|100px|link=Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 24]] || 24 || [[Time Adventure Numamonger Chapter 24|「冒険はやめられないんだな」の巻<br>''Bōken wa Yame Rarenain da na no Maki'']] || 5 || ''[[V-Jump]]'' || April 1998 || 21 February 1998
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|}
|}
A "Super-Deluxe Talk" interview with both Toriyama and Katsura was published the following ''Weekly Young Jump'' issue (2010 No. 7).<ref name="weeklyyoungjumpinterview"></ref>


==Releases==
==Releases==
[[File:katsura-akira-cover.png|thumb|200px|Cover of the ''Katsura Akira'' volume featuring a reprint of ''Jiya'']]
''Jiya'' was reprinted in full within the ''Katsura Akira'' (カツラアキラ ''katsuraakira'') ''tankōbon''-sized volume released '''04 April 2014''' in Japan, compiling both ''Sachie-chan GOOD!!'' and ''[[Jiya]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|URL=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/113708|Website=Natalie|Title="鳥山明「銀河パトロール ジャコ」、桂正和との共作と同発"|Date=03 April 2014|AccessDate=06 August 2019}}</ref>


Piracy groups "TBD!" and "TBD" released "scanlations" of ''Jiya'' in TBD.
One volume collecting all 24 chapters was released in 1998, adding additional in-between columns and spotlights, as well as a two-page bonus chapter.


''Jiya'' has not received an official English translation/release.
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==Legacy==
!  # !! Cover !! Volume Title !! Primary Contents !! Pages !! Price !! Release Date !! ISBN
[[File:jiya-unused-storyboard.png|thumb|200px|An unused storyboard from the early production of ''[[Jiya]]'' as shared in the 2010 No. 7 issue of ''Weekly Young Jump'''s "Toriyama x Katsura" interview and feature article, later adapted into ''[[Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]]''.]]
|-
[[File:galactic-king-jiya-first-reference.png|thumb|200px|[[Jiya]] references the [[Galactic King]] following their battle with [[Stece]].<ref name="jiyachp3">Toriyama, Akira; Katsura, Masakazu. ''Jiya'' Chapter 3: "Justice of an Alien". ''Weekly Young Jump'', 2010 #6. Japan: Shueisha, 07 January 2010.</ref>]]
| 1
[[File:galactic-patrol-dbs-jiya-design.png|thumb|250px|Example of a Galactic Patroman design from the ''[[Dragon Ball Super]]'' manga similar to the original design from ''[[Sachie-chan GOOD!!]]'' and subsequently used in ''Jiya''.<ref>{{Cite manga|Series=Super|Chp=42}}</ref>]]
| [[File:time-adventure-numamonger-collected-cover.png|100px]]
===Unused Storyboards===
| '''Credit 1'''
''[[Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]]'' was born out of unused storyboards and a plot originally created by [[Akira Toriyama]] during the production of ''Jiya''; compositions and even exact dialog from this unused storyboard were used as-is in the series' [[Jaco the Galactic Patrolman Chapter 1|first chapter]].<ref name="weeklyyoungjumpinterview"></ref>
| Full series (24 chapters)
 
| TBD
===Galactic King===
| &yen;980
Following their battle with Stece, Jiya states that he will report back to the "[[Galactic King]]" that the Earth is worth protecting.<ref name="jiyachp3"></ref> Though the Galactic King is not actually seen in the remaining pages of ''Jiya'', the character is unveiled in ''[[Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]]'', and is later featured in ''[[Dragon Ball Super]]''. While the character is stated by Jiya to have "mysterious powers", these have not actually been showcased.
| 10 April 1998<ref>"VJBのお知らせ". ''V-Jump'', May 1998. Japan: Shueisha, 20 March 1998. (pp. 216-217) </ref>
 
| 978-4088590226
===Galactic Patrol Prisoner arc===
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Toriyama and [[Toyotarō]] collaborated on the Galactic Patrol Prison arc of the ''[[Dragon Ball Super]]'' manga beginning in 2018, which continued to expand upon the lore of the Galactic Patrol within the context of the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise.<ref>{{Cite web|URL=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/toyotaro-galactic-patrol-prisoner-arc-comment/|Website=Kanzenshuu|Title="Translations Archive: Toyotarō Comment - Dragon Ball Super: “Galactic Patrol Prisoner Arc”"}}</ref> Designs similar to Jiya and the original Galactic Patrolmen in ''Sachie-chan'' can be seen in this run.
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===Galactic Patrol File on Earth===
In the first chapter of ''Jiya'', the titular Galactic Patrolman arrives on Earth to find water among other beautiful resources, not to mention humanity itself. Jiya wonders why this is so different from [[Stece]]'s report, which stated the environment and humans themselves were not worth saving.<ref name="jiyachp1">Toriyama, Akira; Katsura, Masakazu. ''Jiya'' Chapter 1: "Journey With an Alien". ''Weekly Young Jump'', 2010 #2/3. Japan: Shueisha, 10 December 2009.</ref> In the [[Jaco the Galactic Patrolman Chapter 1|first chapter]] of ''[[Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]]'', Jaco states that the Galactic Patrol has been informed that Earthlings are worthless creatures; Jaco was sent to help, but sees no reason to do so.<ref name="jacochp1">{{Cite manga|Series=Jaco|Chp=1}}</ref> In the "[[Dragon Ball Minus]]" bonus chapter of ''Jaco the Galactic Patrolman'' (which takes place chronologically before the rest of the series), the Galactic King further expands on this, stating that Earth is still a developing planet ruled by a weak and immature race. Jaco himself states that he checked their data on the planet, and Earthlings indeed seem to be a sinister people.<ref>TO-DO: DB Miuns</ref> In [[Dragon Ball Super Chapter 53|''Dragon Ball Super'' manga chapter 53]], as the trio of [[Shimorekka]], [[Yunba]], and [[OG73-I]] make their way to Earth, Seven-Three notes that data on "Planet 4032 Green-877" lists the planet as still being in the developmental stage and of little value. Seven-Three goes on to note, however, that this data comes from before they were arrested by the Galactic Patrol, and may be out of date.<ref>{{Cite manga|Series=Super|Chp=53}}</ref> Intentional or otherwise, these explanations in both ''Jaco the Galactic Patrolman'' and ''Dragon Ball Super'' align with and corroborate the falsified report by Stece in ''Jiya''.
 
In the third and final chapter of ''Jiya'', it is noted that the Earth would be annihilated by a meteor in a year's time, and that Stece was sent to investigate.<ref name="jiyachp1"></ref> In the first chapter of ''[[Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]]'', it is noted that the Galactic Patrol's radar system identified a projectile leaving a planet of brutal aliens, and that Jaco has arrived to defeat said alien and save humanity (despite their report on humans being worthless creatures).<ref name="jacochp1"></ref> No attempt to reconcile these differing accounts has been made within the series itself.
 
==Notes==
 
Each issue of ''[[Weekly Young Jump]]'' includes comments from that issue's respective authors. See the [[List of Jiya Chapters|individual chapter pages]] for each respective set of comments.


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Time Adventure Numamonger
Time Adventure Numamonger first chapter title page from the May 1996 issue of V-Jump
時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー
Jikū Bōken Nuumamonjā
Author Hiroshi Izawa, Akihiro Kikuchi
Publisher Shueisha (JP)
Publication V-Jump
Demographic Shōnen
Manga Series
Original Run V-Jump May 1996 - (TBD)
(21 March 1996 - TBD)
Chapters 24
Volumes 1
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Time Adventure Numamonger is a 24-chapter manga series written by Hiroshi Izawa and illustrated by Akihiro Kikuchi which originally ran from the May 1996 to April 1998 issues of Shueisha's V-Jump magazine.

The series stars a Nu and a Mamo ("Kilwala" in the English localization) — monsters originally from Chrono Trigger, a 1995 video game featuring character designs by Akira Toriyama — as they try to recruit members for their group "Numamonger".

Synopsis

TBD

Title

Time Adventure Numamonger title English from chapter 13 within the May 1997 issue of V-Jump

Chrono Trigger is notable for its time-travel storyline, starting in "the present" in 1000 AD, and spanning eras from 65,000,000 BC all the way to 2300 AD.

For its first batch of chapters, only the Japanese name of 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー is provided on each chapter's title page and in V-Jump's table of contents. A little clock icon is present over the first kanji, and furigana of じくうぼうけん is provided above the four kanji.

時 on its own refers to "time," while 空 can refer to various concepts, but most relevant here being a kind of "distant place." Together, 時空 refers to "space-time."

Beginning with the series' 13th chapter, however, actual English text at the top of each interior page explicitly translates the title as "Time Adventure Numamonger." The clock imagery from the kanji is transposed within the letter "o" in "Numamonger" with the two main characters book-ending the title.

The group's name of "Numamonger" (given to them by the gatekeeper at the End of Time) is likely a multi-word portmanteau of the monster names "Nu" and "Mamo" along with an ending of ジャー (jā or "-ger") riffing on "ranger"-type group names.

Characters

Main Characters

  • Nu (ヌー Nū): A Nu that crash lands from outer space in the Mamo village and ends up sucked through time with one of the Mamo.
  • Mamo (マモ Mamo): One of the inhabitants of the Mamo village that watches the Nu crash land, and ends up sucked through time alongside him.
  • Hasshu (ハッシュ Hasshu; "Gaspar" in the game's English localization): Originally from the Kingdom of Zeal, Hasshu is now the gatekeeper at the End of Time. Hasshu explains the situation with Lavos to Nu and Mamo, and gives them their new duo-name.
  • Johnny (ジョニー Jonii): An anthropomorphic motorbike-robot who initially loses in a race to Nu and Mamo, and somewhat unwittingly becomes intertwined in the Numanonger's ongoing escapades.
  • Spekkio (スペッキオ Supekkio): Appearing here initially in his frog form (which an author note explains is even in the original game if you visit the End of Time in single-digit levels), Spekkio calls himself the "God of War" (戦いの神 Tatakai no Kami)... but his room is given away to Nu and Mamo by Hasshu/Gaspar. Spekkio is brought on missions with the Numanonger, taking a more active role beginning with his defeat of Heckran.

Supporting Characters

  • Heckran (ヘケラン Hekeran): A monster from the present-day that can only be defeated with magic (both in the original game and in this manga series).
  • Lavos (ラヴォス Ravuosu): The parasite and final boss of the original game who crash landed on Earth in 65,000,000 BC. The Numamonger initially confront Lavos through a literal bucket/pail, a riff on one possible way of encountering Lavos "early" in Chrono Trigger.
  • Vinegar (ビネガー Binegā; "Ozzie" in the game's English localization): One of the three Demon Knights working for the Demon Lord.
  • Mayone (マヨネー Mayonē; "Flea" in the game's English localization): One of the three Demon Knights working for the Demon Lord.
  • Soy-So (ソイソー Soisō; "Slash" in the game's English localization): One of the three Demon Knights working for the Demon Lord.

Miscellaneous

  • TBD

Production

Shueisha's V-Jump magazine regularly serialized a column called "Chrono Trigger: Next Gate" shortly after the game's release (beginning in the July 1995 issue[1]) covering its development, characters, and story, along with short sidebar comics featuring Nu and Mamo. The magazine's April 1996 issue contained the 10th entry in the series, and the next-issue preview announced that Nu and Mamo would receive their own dedicated manga — tentatively still under the title of "Chrono Trigger: Next Gate" — as well as the fact that the regular column would also continue.[2] The new manga series then debuted in the May 1996 issue under its new Japanese title of 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー.[3] The sidebar comics with Nu and Mamo continued in the "Next Gate" column even as the full manga began serialization.

The manga series originally ran for two straight years — continuously, with no breaks — from the May 1996 to April 1998 issues of V-Jump.

An original video animation for Time Adventure Numamonger was produced for V-Jump Festival 1996 (held in July and August in Tokyo and Osaka, respectively), featuring Nu and Mamo continuting their attempts to recruit members, and ultimately falling into a battle against Gonzalez ("Gato" in the game's English localization) with a little assistance from Johnny. While Nu and Mamo attempt to recruit members during a festival, a sign behind them states "As Featured in V-Jump!!" (Vジャンプに載りました!!).

Following the completion of the Time Adventure Numamonger manga in the magazine's April 1998 issue, Akihiro Kikuchi returned to V-Jump in the June 1998 issue with the manga series Mekkappiki Pochimaru[4], while Hiroshi Izawa returned in the January 1998 issue (with similar writing duties, alongside Tenya Yabuno on illustration duties) with the manga series Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01 (デジモンアドベンチャー Vテイマー01).[5]

Chapters

Each chapter is listed as a "GATE" (written in English) on each title page, rather than specifically as a "chapter". In its original V-Jump serialization, each chapter title is presented in Japanese quotes (「」) followed by の巻 (no maki), indicating that it is the "volume" (or here "chapter") in which those events take place. In the series' collected edition, these Japanese quotes are removed, and the title is generally followed by an ellipses and then the の巻 (similar to the chapter title formatting in The Brief Return of Dr. Slump, also serialized in the magazine around the same era). Due to the tone of the manga, the inflections of the characters' speech, and the uniformity of this titling quirk, one could conceivably translate the chapter titles in English with the style of "The Chapter Where/With...". However, in line with how we have translated Dr. Slump chapters elsewhere, this appendix for the Time Adventure Numamonger chapter titles here has been ignored in the following translations.

Title Page Chapter Number Chapter Title Pages Publication Issue Sale Date
1[3] 「ヌウマモンジャー結成だな!」の巻
Nuumamonjā Kessei da na! no Maki
The Numamonger Are Formed!		 6 V-Jump May 1996 21 March 1996
File:Tbd.png 2[6] 「マッハでビュンビュンだな」の巻
Mahha de Byun-Byun da na no Maki
Zooming at Mach Speed		 5 V-Jump June 1996 22 April 1996
File:Tbd.png 3[7] 「魔法でドッカン」の巻
Mahō de Dokkan no Maki
The Magical Blast		 5 V-Jump July 1996 21 May 1996
File:Tbd.png 4[8] 「スコップをすんだな」の巻
Sukoppu o Sun da na no Maki
The Missing Shovel		 5 V-Jump August 1996 21 June 1996
File:Tbd.png 5[9] 「歌って踊るんだな」の巻
Utatte Odorun da na no Maki
Singing and Dancing		 5 V-Jump September 1996 22 July 1996
File:Tbd.png 6[10] 「海でザッパーンだな」の巻
Umi de Zappān da na no Maki
Splashing at the Beach		 5 V-Jump October 1996 21 August 1996
File:Tbd.png 7[11] 「空手バカ一匹なんだな」の巻
Karate Baka Ichi-biki nan da na no Maki
The Karate Idiot		 5 V-Jump November 1996 21 September 1996
File:Tbd.png 8 「バケツでラヴォスだな」の巻
Baketsu de Ravuosu da na no Maki
Lavos in a Bucket		 5 V-Jump December 1996 21 October 1996
File:Tbd.png 9 「くっきしはっきし三魔騎士だな」の巻
Kukkishi Hakkishi San Makishi da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump January 1997 21 November 1996
File:Tbd.png 10 「ゲートでお知り会いだな」の巻
Gēto de o shiri ai da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump February 1997 21 December 1996
File:Tbd.png 11 「不思議なモップだな」の巻
Fushigina Moppu da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump March 1997 21 January 1997
File:Tbd.png 12 「めざすは魔王城だな」の巻
Mezasu wa Maō-jō da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump April 1997 21 February 1997
File:Tbd.png 13 「ヌウマモ江戸日記だな」の巻
Nuumamo Edo Nikki da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump May 1997 21 March 1997
File:Tbd.png 14 「ウエスタンよりナポリタンだな」の巻
Uesutan Yori Naporitan da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump June 1997 21 April 1997
File:Tbd.png 15 「キャプタンヌウマモンジャーだな」の巻
Kyaputan Nuumamonjā da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump July 1997 21 May 1997
File:Tbd.png 16 「再会! スペッキオだな」の巻
Saikai! Supekkio da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump August 1997 21 June 1997
File:Tbd.png 17 「スペッキオはカエルだったんだな」の巻
Supekkio wa Kaeru Dattan da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump September 1997 22 July 1997
File:Tbd.png 18 「魔王城はオバケ城なんだな」の巻
Maō-jō wa Obake-jō nan da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump October 1997 21 August 1997
File:Tbd.png 19 「合体攻撃でやっつけるんだな」の巻
Gattai Kōgeki de Yattsu Kerun da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump November 1997 22 September 1997
File:Tbd.png 20 「魔王とご対面だな」の巻
Maō to Go Taimen da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump December 1997 21 October 1997
File:Tbd.png 21 「勇者カエル誕生なんだな」の巻
Yūsha Kaeru Tanjō nan da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump January 1998 21 November 1997
File:Tbd.png 22 「いっしょに戦うんだな」の巻
Issho ni Tatakaun da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump February 1998 19 December 1997
File:Tbd.png 23 「ラヴォスはラスボスなんだな」の巻
Ravuosu wa Rasu Bosu nan da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump March 1998 21 January 1998
File:Tbd.png 24 「冒険はやめられないんだな」の巻
Bōken wa Yame Rarenain da na no Maki		 5 V-Jump April 1998 21 February 1998

Releases

One volume collecting all 24 chapters was released in 1998, adding additional in-between columns and spotlights, as well as a two-page bonus chapter.

# Cover Volume Title Primary Contents Pages Price Release Date ISBN
1 Credit 1 Full series (24 chapters) TBD ¥980 10 April 1998[12] 978-4088590226

External Links

  • TBD

References

  1. ↑ クロノ·トリガー ネクストゲート. V-Jump, 1995 #7. Japan: Shueisha, 22 May 1995. (pp. 200-202)
  2. ↑ Vジャンプ５月号のお知らせ. V-Jump, 1996 #4. Japan: Shueisha, 21 February 1996. (pp. 202-203)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #5. Japan: Shueisha, 21 March 1996. (pp. 192-197)
  4. ↑ "メカッピキ ポチ丸". V-Jump, June 1998. Japan: Shueisha, 21 April 1998. (pp. 65-69)
  5. ↑ "デジモンアドベンチャー Vテイマー01". V-Jump, January 1999. Japan: Shueisha, 21 November 1998. (pp. TBD)
  6. ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #6. Japan: Shueisha, 22 April 1996. (pp. 81-85)
  7. ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #7. Japan: Shueisha, 21 May 1996. (pp. 31-35)
  8. ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #8. Japan: Shueisha, 21 June 1996. (pp. 71-75)
  9. ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #9. Japan: Shueisha, 22 July 1996. (pp. 81-85)
  10. ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #10. Japan: Shueisha, 21 August 1996. (pp. 87-91)
  11. ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #11. Japan: Shueisha, 21 September 1996. (pp. 81-85)
  12. ↑ "VJBのお知らせ". V-Jump, May 1998. Japan: Shueisha, 20 March 1998. (pp. 216-217)


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