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This volume of the Rumic Theater is actually named after one of the short stories featured in this tankoubon, One or W (One or Double). The nine stories that appear in this manga were never compiled by Viz for the manga obsessed. The stories featured in this collection were written by Takahashi between 1978 and 1994 and have appeared in a variety of manga magazines including Big Comic Spirits (which ran Maision Ikkoku) to Shonen Sunday (home of Takahashi's Urusei Yatsura, Ranma ½, and Inu Yasha), to the Shoujo manga anthology Petit Comics.
Shoko, a high school senior, wants to dance with her secret crush at the senior formal. There is one problem, the dress she brought is too tight, apparently Shoko is fighting the battle of the bulge and needs to loose some weight to fit in her dress. So Shoko signs up for a diet camp, which is run out of the temple in Karuizawa, dedicated to goddess Kannon who was known for working hard and praying to achieve enlightenment. The priest at the temple guarantee that those who are fully dedicated to loosing weight like the goddess Kannon to attaining enlightenment, will loose weight.
The trainer Yamamoto, a high school student, trains the students by having them shave the excess weight with off of a portly goddess Kannon statue. Yamamoto the victim of a beautiful woman, is not pleased to help Shoko attain her goal, but because of her determination he tries his best to help attain her goal, despite how silly he thinks Shoko is.
Despite stereotype associated with this title, this story has nothing to do with a womanizing male. Rather the concept of this story is very similar to that of Ranma ½.
Shiro is a boy with a problem, every time his nosebleeds he turns into a dog. And like in the Ranma stories where cold water conveniently appears out of no where, Shiro always seems to find himself with a nosebleed.
The story opens with Shiro helping a young girl named Momoko who is being harassed by a boy named Togakushi. Shiro steps in and defeats Togakushi but ends up with a bloody nose. Momoko noticing his skills fighting asks Shiro to join the boxing club; of course he declines for fear of many bloody noses. But after a little incident with a soccer ball to the face and a little nuzzling with Momoko he decides to join the club, despite the chance his secret might be exposed, and from this point on the romance and blood begin to flow.