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少年マガジン (Shonen Magazine), 05 Vol 22/23Title: 少年マガジン (Shonen Magazine) Vol. 22/23
Issue Date: 5/18/05
Publisher: Kodansha
Pages: 522

It's a pretty small double issue. Aya Ueno is the cover girl. As advertised from last issue, a new series, "Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei" starts with two chapters in its first issue. It's a gag comic so there's a lot of slapstick humor, but not much plot. There's a color page announcement for the Tsubasa movie preceding the chapter.

Zetsubou-sensei: 1さよなら絶望先生 (Goodbye, Zetsubou-sensei): While walking to the first day of school and enjoying spring, Kaori (?) sees a man about to hang himself. She "rescues" him and tells him no one would want to kill himself on such a fine day and he was probably just trying to make himself taller much like his dad when he was in heavy debt. She's extremely positive, he's extremely negative. She finds out that he's a new teacher with the name Nozomu Itoshiki (糸色望む). When written together closely, it spells Zetsubou, meaning despair. Nozomu runs out of the class and doesn't come back that day. From then on, they would write it with emphasis on the distance between kanji.

Zetsubou-sensei: 2帰ってきた絶望先生 (Zetsubou-sensei Comes Back): The students are asked to fill out a handout describing what they aspire to be. However, Nozomu has them write down what they don't believe they'll ever accomplish. When the principal sees this, he's pleasantly surprised at hope ambitious Nozomu's students are... except for a certain Kaori aspires to become god.

Rose Hip Zero: 2: Kyouji can't believe that he's teamed up with some 14-year-old girl who also acts that way. After a dinner with her and the chief, he dismisses her. Suddenly, an explosion happens nearby and Kazumi jumps into action. Kyouji sees that she has the tattoo of ALICE. The chief explains that she's a defector and wants to defeat the leader of ALICE, codename ZERO.

Negima: 93時間目 小太郎、出陣!いざ、開幕の武道会 (Kotaro at Front! Budou Event Opening): Before the event, Negi talks with Takamichi. Despite Negi telling him not to hold back, Takamichi says he can't use too much magic and show too much of himself. Asuna tells him that she knows he's also a mage. After Kazumi explains the tournament, Kotaro is up facing Mei Sakura, a fellow mage who he had a run in with a while back while trying to prevent students from kissing near the tree. Despite her magic, Kotaro quickly defeats her with his speed.

Suzuka: #59覚悟 (Preparation): At the inter-high, Yamato, Yasunobu, and the captain of the team are on a hill looking down at the track. The captain tells Yamato about Kazuki, Suzuka's old flame who died a few years ago, and an ideal track runner Yamato is always compared with. Not being able to take more of that talk, he screams out, attracting attention and embarassing Suzuka. He will be better than Kazuki.

Tsubasa: 76克服の時 (Time of Victory): Sakura and Shaoran are surrounded by Shogo and other familiar faces from previous parallel worlds. They try to ambush him, but using skills that Kuro taught him, he's able to repel their attack. He finds out later that they're trying to find out who cheated in the preliminaries with the dust in the clouds.

Hamanaka Ai: 084GWで100点 (100 Points During Golden Week): The group plays basketball, Ai-team with Ai, Rinko, and Masahiko. Nakamura-team with Nakamura, Ayana, and Misaki. As Nakamura's team is winning, she extends an olive branch and tells the other team that the next shot is worth 100 points. The score comes out to be 107-21, which they read as "ii-o-na-ni-i."

Changing Now: #50購入!! ニューマシン (Purchase!! New Machine): Dog Fighter gets a new scooter, but is sandwiched between the guardrails and a truck, destroying his new vehicle. In anger, he chases after the truck on a bicycle.

Student Council: #21裏切り (Betrayal): The ceremony must go on, says Mami. She tells Musashi that the ritual has already started since he walked around the perimeter of the school (the real reason he did those chores). Nagare and Musashi talk to each member trying to find out if there are any suspects. All seem strange, but not out of character. At the start of the ceremony, in the few seconds that everyone is looking at the flowers that sprouted from the ground, Hidemitsu becomes the next person to get nailed, literally.

Toto: 20ドロシー、師範に会う (Dorothy Meets The Instructor): In order for Dorothy to be a partner, she needs to go train. She, along with Kakashi, Noiru, and Paisley, go to a special temple where Dorothy will train. The headmaster of the place is a hairy-chested man named Kenbi Sou in a leotard. The males are disgusted, but Dorothy along with the other women at the training grounds all drool at the sight of him. At first, Kenbi turns down Dorothy and tells her to go home, but after seeing Dorothy take down Kakashi, he accepts her.


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