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Continued from previous page ...because of a pending attack from a warring group. When the group attacks a fire is started in the village trapping Shukumaru. Suzuko runs into save him and as the fire consumes the two and they are transported forward to the present day, to face the ultimate decision of whether to return in the present or return to the past.
This strange story published first in 1983 in Shonen Sunday Extra, uses the classic Takahashi sci-fi love angle to bring two teenagers, despite time and age together.
Maris the Super girl (Chojo) is from planet Thanatos and is an officer with the Space Patrol's Special Police. People from Thanatos are extremely strong; in fact they are so strong they must wear special strength restraints to keep them from destroying everything around them. Unfortunately these suits can only go so far, and in Maris' case they do very little at all. The story opens with Maris on vacation working off the damages she inflicted upon a Space Patrol ship. But this vacation will not be enough to pay off all of debt Maris incurred, apparently Maris has destroyed quite a few space ships and civilian property, and needs some cash fast otherwise she will be working without a paycheck for a very long time. Lucky for Maris that a young alien prince is kidnapped and Maris hopes that when she saves him he will fall madly in love with her and pay off all her debts.
When Maris finally infiltrates the ship she finds more than her so-called Prince, as she has to duel for her and partners life against the rouge kidnappers who are money hungry than Maris. This story is probably one of Takahashi's most famous short stories. The story ran in Shonen Sunday Extra in 1980 and was adapted into a very successful OAV.
Warau Hyouteki or The Laughing Target appeared in Shonen Sunday Extra in 1983. It is the story Azusa and Yuzuru, cousins who were engaged at six years old, by Azusa's very controlling mother who was the head of their family. Soon after the arrangement Yuzuru moved away, and nothing more was said of the engagement until nearly a decade later when Azusa's mother mysteriously dies and Azusa decides to go and live Yuzuru until their marriage. One problem Yuzuru has moved on and has a girlfriend and has no intentions of marrying Azusa.
Azusa of course is not very happy with this situation and neither is his girlfriend who has fallen victim to all sorts of supernatural attacks that began when Azusa arrived. Afraid and frightened she not only breaks up with Yuzuru she also quits school. Creating a deep rift between Azusa and Yuzuru which may result in one of them being killed.