Time Adventure Numamonger (Manga)

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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	TBD
Volumes	1

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.

The series stars a Nu and a 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).

Synopsis

TBD

Title

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.

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.

Characters

Major Characters

• Nu (ヌー Nū): TBD
• Mamo (マモ Mamo): TBD

Supporting Characters

• Johnny (ジョニー Jonii): TBD

Miscellaneous

• TBD

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. 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.

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!"

Chapters

Cover of the 2010 No. 7 issue of Weekly Young Jump featuring an interview with Akira Toriyama and Masakazu Katsura regarding Jiya

Main article: List of Jiya Chapters

All three chapter of Jiya were published sequentially in Weekly Young Jump.

#	Chapter Title	Issue Date	Sale Date
1	Chapter 1: Journey with an Alien	Weekly Young Jump, 2010 No. 2/3	10 December 2009
2	Chapter 2: Attack of an Alien	Weekly Young Jump, 2010 No. 4/5	24 December 2009
3	Chapter 3: Justice of an Alien	Weekly Young Jump, 2010 No. 6	07 January 2010

A "Super-Deluxe Talk" interview with both Toriyama and Katsura was published the following Weekly Young Jump issue (2010 No. 7).

Releases

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.

Piracy groups "TBD!" and "TBD" released "scanlations" of Jiya in TBD.

Jiya has not received an official English translation/release.

Legacy

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.

Jiya references the Galactic King following their battle with Stece.

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.

Unused Storyboards

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' first chapter.

Galactic King

Following their battle with Stece, Jiya states that he will report back to the "Galactic King" that the Earth is worth protecting. 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.

Galactic Patrol Prisoner arc

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. Designs similar to Jiya and the original Galactic Patrolmen in Sachie-chan can be seen in this run.

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. In the 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. 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. In 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. 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. 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). 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 individual chapter pages for each respective set of comments.

External Links

• TBD