Dr. Slump Chapter 17

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The Real-Thing Machine
ホンモノマシーンの巻 Honmono Mashīn no Maki
Premiered	Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1980 #21
Sale Date	22 April 1980
Issue Date	26 May 1980
Chapter Data
Pages	Title (Full Color); Pages 1-13 (Black and White)
Episodes	Dr. Slump: Arale-chan Episode 41
Viz Publication
Title	The Reality Machine
Chapter No.	Chapter 17
Release	05 July 2005
Translation	Alexander O. Smith
Editor	Yuki Takagaki
Collected Volumes
Tankōbon	Dr. Slump Tankōbon Volume 2
Kanzenban	Dr. Slump Kanzenban Volume 2
Big Volume	Dr. Slump Big Volume 1

"The Real-Thing Machine" is the seventeenth chapter of the Dr. Slump manga series by Akira Toriyama. It was first published in Japan in the 1980 #21 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Weekly Shōnen Jump

Every chapter of Dr. Slump is accompanied by a comment from Akira Toriyama. Below is the comment accompanying the seventeenth chapter in the 1980 #21 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump.

取材で神戸へ。いろいろ、みたけど印象に残ったのはステーキ！＜明＞

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I went to Kobe for information-gathering. I saw all sorts of things, but what made an impression on me was the steak! <Akira>

Availability

This chapter has been released in numerous countries and languages around the world in both print and digital formats.

Japan

• Dr. Slump Volume 2: Arale-chan Comes Charging In (Tankōbon; 09 October 1980)
• Dr. Slump Kanzenban Volume 2 (Kanzenban; 04 October 2006)
• Dr. Slump Big Volume 1:
  • Aizōban (01 January 1990)
  • Bunko paperback (18 July 1995)
  • Digital (Kanzenban pages; 12 October 2012)

North America

• Dr. Slump Volume 2 (Tankōbon; 05 July 2005)
  • Digital (23 April 2012)