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'''''Time Adventure Numamonger''''' is a | '''''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 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". | 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". | ||
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==Characters== | ==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. | * '''[[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. | * '''[[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=== | ||
* '''[[ | * '''[[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== | ||
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. | [[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. | ||
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!!). | [[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== | ||
Each chapter is listed as a "GATE" (written in English) on each title page, rather than specifically as a "chapter". | 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. | ||
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! Title Page !! Chapter Number !! Chapter Title !! Pages !! Publication !! Issue !! 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 | | [[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 | ||
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| [[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>''' | | [[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| | | [[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 | ||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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 | |||
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| [[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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==Releases== | ==Releases== | ||
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. | |||
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! # !! Cover !! Volume Title !! Primary Contents !! Pages !! Price !! Release Date !! ISBN | |||
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| 1 | |||
| [[File:time-adventure-numamonger-collected-cover.png|100px]] | |||
| '''Credit 1''' | |||
| Full series (24 chapters) | |||
| TBD | |||
| ¥980 | |||
| 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 | |||
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|} | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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 Time Adventure Numamonger first chapter title page from the May 1996 issue of V-Jump | |||
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| Author | Hiroshi Izawa, Akihiro Kikuchi | ||
| Publisher | Shueisha (JP) | ||
| Publication | V-Jump | ||
| Demographic | Shōnen | ||
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V-Jump May 1996 - (TBD) (21 March 1996 - TBD) | ||
| Chapters | 24 | ||
| Volumes | 1 | ||
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
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.
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 | 
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Credit 1 | Full series (24 chapters) | TBD | ¥980 | 10 April 1998[12] | 978-4088590226 |
External Links
- TBD
References
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 3.0 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)
- ↑ "メカッピキ ポチ丸". V-Jump, June 1998. Japan: Shueisha, 21 April 1998. (pp. 65-69)
- ↑ "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)
- ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #6. Japan: Shueisha, 22 April 1996. (pp. 81-85)
- ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #7. Japan: Shueisha, 21 May 1996. (pp. 31-35)
- ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #8. Japan: Shueisha, 21 June 1996. (pp. 71-75)
- ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #9. Japan: Shueisha, 22 July 1996. (pp. 81-85)
- ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #10. Japan: Shueisha, 21 August 1996. (pp. 87-91)
- ↑ 時空冒険ヌウマモンジャー. V-Jump, 1996 #11. Japan: Shueisha, 21 September 1996. (pp. 81-85)
- ↑ "VJBのお知らせ". V-Jump, May 1998. Japan: Shueisha, 20 March 1998. (pp. 216-217)
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