Chobit 2

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Chobit 2
Weekly Shōnen Jump Tankōbon Chobit 2 title page
CHOBIT 2（チョビット2） Chobitto Tsū
Author	Akira Toriyama
Publisher	Shueisha (JP)
Publication	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Manga Series
Original Run	Fresh Jump, June 1983 (23 April 1983)
Chapters	3

Chobit 2 is a single-chapter sequel manga by Akira Toriyama spanning 18 pages (one color title page, two color content pages, and an additional 15 black-and-white content pages) which debuted in the June 1983 issue of Shueisha's Fresh Jump, released 23 April 1983 in Japan; the fifth chapter of Akira Toriyama's Cruddy Comics Lab was serialized this same issue.

Chobit 2 is the direct sequel to Chobit, a three-chapter manga serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump just two months prior.

Summary

Fresh off his adventure with Chobit (an alien from the planet Micron) in the original three-chapter Chobit series, Mugifumi Yamano moves from his home of Ton Ton to to assist the local police force in Tan Tan and make a new life for himself. In tow are his younger siblings, sister Tanenoko and brother Kurimaru... as well as Chobit.

Mugifumi is astonished by the modern conveniences such as traffic lights in what he considers such a bustling city. As the family stops to ask for directions, they come across a wanted poster for Sucker Punch Mack along a saloon wall, which they confuse for a movie star poster.

Mugifumi and crew eventually make their way to the local police station, where the chief gives him the expected introductions; the family is being put up at the hotel across the street, where they are welcome to go and relax after their trip.

Mugifumi returns to the police station to get more of the rundown from the chief, who reveals that his own daughter is also an officer on the force: one of them “lady cops”.

The daughter is out catching a bank robber (with a bazooka, of course), and returns to the station to meet Mugifumi, who is immediately smitten with her. Chobit can hear Mugifumi’s heart racing as she sleeps inside his jacket pocket, and lets him know how upset she is later on – particularly about that peck on the cheek he received – by smacking him in the head with a beer bottle.

Back at the police station, the chief receives a call alerting him to the fact that Sucker Punch Mack – who even his daughter can’t take on one-on-one – is back in town.

Mugufumi wanders around town, noting how empty it seems to suddenly be, and walks over to a car to ask what might be going on. Mugifumi seems to recognize the man’s face, but can’t quite place it. The man – obviously Mack himself – shoots Mugifumi point blank in the face, knocking him dead. This is his one hundredth victim! Chobit twirls a little magic, and Mugifumi jumps back up, finally realizing this guy is Mack: the movie star he saw on the poster! Mack continues shooting Mugifumi, who just keeps getting back up in excitement. Mack eventually appears to pass out from shock.

Back at the station, the chief and his daughter are ever so appreciative of Mugifumi’s work. The daughter asks Mugifumi where he wants the next kiss to be, and when he says his lips, Chobit twirls another little bit of magic to force the chief’s daughter to punch Mugifumi in the face.

Retiring back to the hotel room, Takenoko wonders why they have two million yen; Mugifumi says he does not know, but that the movie star fell over and they just gave him that money at the police station.

Characters

Major Characters

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Supporting Characters

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Miscellaneous

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Production

In the fifth "Me Back When I Drew This" comic column in Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theater, Vol. 2, Akira Toriyama describes how the poor reception to the original Chobit spurred him on to try again with the series, which itself was likewise received poorly.

Toriyama's second assistant, Takashi Matsuyama, handled many of the backgrounds for Chobit 2.

Each issue of Fresh Jump includes a comment from that issue's respective authors. Toriyama's comment in the issue is as follows:

今回のCHOBIT、どうでしたか!?　これからもＦＪにかくのでみてちょ ＜明＞

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How was this issue's CHOBIT?! I'll be drawing more works for Fresh Jump in the future, so please check them out. <Akira>
— Akira Toriyama

In the third Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre REMIX compilation, released 21 June 2004 in Japan, Toriyama reflected on Chobit:

この辺は何に載せたかな。レギュラーではないけど何か雑誌を立ち上げるときは、必ず描かされてましたねえ。あ、『CHOBIT』はジャンプ本誌の愛読者賞で、『CHOBIT 2』がフレッシュジャンプか。『CHOBIT』が３話形式なのは「キミは15ページ以上無理だから３本描け」って言われたから（笑）。今でも言われますよ「彼は15ページ以上は無理なんだよねえ」って（笑）。たしかに15ページ超えると先が読みにくくて、目安がつきにくいってのはありますね。30ページなら15ページが2回分と考えて組み立てないと、なかなか出来ない。女の子を描く抵抗は、この頃はもうないですね。

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(translation forthcoming)
— Akira Toriyama

Releases

Cover of the June 1983 issue of Fresh Jump featuring Chobit 2

Chobit 2 debuted in the June 1983 issue of Shueisha's Fresh Jump (spanning pages 11-28), released 23 April 1983 in Japan. In addition to its original Fresh Jump publication, Chobit has been republished several times in Japan:

• Greyscaled in the Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 1 compilation, released 08 July 1983
  • A digital version of Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 1 compilation was released TBD
• Greyscaled in the An Emperor's Feast of Akira Toriyama, Vol. 2 compilation, released 18 September 2008

Each manga chapter within any given Fresh Jump is typically printed on paper of different color; Chobit's original serialization is printed on (TBD).

Viz released an English translation of Chobit 2, translated by Greg Werner, as part of their Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater compilation release 07 December 2021.

Legacy

Chobit and Chobit 2 were Toriyama's last one-shots before transitioning into what would ultimately be Dragon Ball pre-production, next producing Dragon Boy and The Adventure of Tongpoo later that same year before moving on to Dragon Ball itself in 1984.

Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 1's 2014 collected volume new obi and comment from Akira Toriyama

In April 2014, in celebration of the Jaco the Galactic Patrolman collected manga volume release, Shueisha began including new comments from Akira Toriyama on the obi (paper band surrounding the book, generally promotional in nature) of his seven other (non-Dr. Slump and non-Dragon Ball) manga volumes. While each comment was only a short few lines, they provide a quick bit of insight with the occasional nod or comparison to Dragon Ball. Toriyama also contributed a new illustration for each comment showcasing a representative character crossing their arms. These comments were also briefly archived on Shueisha's promotional Jaco the Galactic Patrolman website. For the first volume of his one-shot collection, Toriyama stated:

これはひどい！碧い頃にしてもひどい！ボクは読む勇気がありませんでした。赤恥の歴史その１ですな。とりやまあきら

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This is awful! Even given the fact that I was still green, it's awful! I didn't have the courage to read it. This is Part 1 of my shameful history.
— Akira Toriyama

The original Weekly Shōnen Jump title page for Chobit 2 was featured as an entry in the Dragon Ball Official Site's ongoing weekday column The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama in September 2020.

External Links

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