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Dr. スランプ [Dr. Slump] #17
Dr. Slump, Vol. 17
Robot girl hijinks from the creator of Dragon Ball !
When goofy inventor Senbei Norimaki creates a precocious robot named Arale, his masterpiece turns out to be more than he bargained for!
And, lo, did the Lord appear, and He spake unto us all that the Gatchans were, in fact, angels. Too bad they annoyed Him and incurred His wrath. Now the Big Kahuna in the Sky wants revenge. What will Arale and friends do?!
When goofy inventor Senbei Norimaki creates a precocious robot named Arale, his masterpiece turns out to be more than he bargained for!
And, lo, did the Lord appear, and He spake unto us all that the Gatchans were, in fact, angels. Too bad they annoyed Him and incurred His wrath. Now the Big Kahuna in the Sky wants revenge. What will Arale and friends do?!
232 pages, Paperback
First published March 8, 1985
About the author
Akira Toriyama
1,948 books1,761 followersAkira Toriyama (鳥山明) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for creating the popular manga series Dr. Slump, before going on to create Dragon Ball (his most famous work) and acting as a character designer for several popular video games such as the Dragon Quest series, Chrono Trigger, and Blue Dragon. Toriyama came to be regarded as one of the most important authors in the history of manga with his works highly influential and popular, particularly Dragon Ball, which many manga artists cite as a source of inspiration.
He earned the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen/shōjo manga with Dr. Slump, and it went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan. It was adapted into a successful anime series, with a second anime created in 1997, 13 years after the manga ended.
His next series, Dragon Ball, would become one of the most popular and successful manga in the world. Having sold 260 million copies worldwide, it is one of the best-selling manga series of all time and is considered a key work in increasing manga circulation to its peak in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. Overseas, Dragon Ball's anime adaptations have been more successful than the manga and are credited with boosting anime's popularity in the Western world. In 2019, Toriyama was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions to the arts.
In October 2024, Toriyama was inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame.
He earned the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen/shōjo manga with Dr. Slump, and it went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan. It was adapted into a successful anime series, with a second anime created in 1997, 13 years after the manga ended.
His next series, Dragon Ball, would become one of the most popular and successful manga in the world. Having sold 260 million copies worldwide, it is one of the best-selling manga series of all time and is considered a key work in increasing manga circulation to its peak in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. Overseas, Dragon Ball's anime adaptations have been more successful than the manga and are credited with boosting anime's popularity in the Western world. In 2019, Toriyama was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions to the arts.
In October 2024, Toriyama was inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame.
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February 1, 2021
This guy reminds me of Majin Buu.
December 20, 2021
This was a very fun volume.
June 13, 2022
El verdadero origen de las Gatchas.
La reaparición de Senbei y como capítulo de los Simpsons lo vemos jugar con el tiempo.
Tsun al rescate de Akane en una aventura un poco extraña.
Ya se acerca el final
La reaparición de Senbei y como capítulo de los Simpsons lo vemos jugar con el tiempo.
Tsun al rescate de Akane en una aventura un poco extraña.
Ya se acerca el final
June 24, 2025
This was funny at first but I loved how it became slightly serious with the kidnapping arc, which was fun to read.
August 11, 2025
Greatness 🤓
March 28, 2026
buena aventura
February 21, 2016
A character that is supposed to represent God arrives. There are two gatchans and one robot gatchan. Things don't go well for the God-like character.
God returns and takes on Arale. And loses. He ends up changing his mind about destroying the planet.
Torahachiro is a tiger that's a trouble-maker. This story turns out to be a really nice one.
There's a guy that wants to get revenge on Arale. It doesn't work.
Dr. Slump invents a new-and-improved device to stop time, all so he can get a look at Midori's panties. He then starts his own reign of terror (sort of) by using his device.
Then there's an odd story about a very small flying object.
Akane and a guy are going to have a date but are almost hit by a plane. The guy finds an Akane duplicate. She's a princess of a kingdom and is being chased by bad guys who end up taking Akane by mistake. The story covers six parts and I don't think it's very good, really.
God returns and takes on Arale. And loses. He ends up changing his mind about destroying the planet.
Torahachiro is a tiger that's a trouble-maker. This story turns out to be a really nice one.
There's a guy that wants to get revenge on Arale. It doesn't work.
Dr. Slump invents a new-and-improved device to stop time, all so he can get a look at Midori's panties. He then starts his own reign of terror (sort of) by using his device.
Then there's an odd story about a very small flying object.
Akane and a guy are going to have a date but are almost hit by a plane. The guy finds an Akane duplicate. She's a princess of a kingdom and is being chased by bad guys who end up taking Akane by mistake. The story covers six parts and I don't think it's very good, really.
March 18, 2010
Normally on goodreads I don't rate the manga that I have read over the years. However, since I'm counting everything that I read for my 2010 goal I'm including this volume. :)
If you haven't read Dr.Slump, I highly recommend it if you love comedy-especially if your sense of humor is strange. Plus, its a cute story as well and it's not that hard to follow. I recommend that you start from volume one if you don't want to be confused by the other little things that happen in later volumes.
If you haven't read Dr.Slump, I highly recommend it if you love comedy-especially if your sense of humor is strange. Plus, its a cute story as well and it's not that hard to follow. I recommend that you start from volume one if you don't want to be confused by the other little things that happen in later volumes.
June 11, 2010
this book is about a kid who always wanted to be a soilder.one day his big friend had a letter to go to war, so the littel kid went inside his war bag and left ti connect this book to the wourld because along time ago when the country didnt have a lot of people it had to take kids to war.i gave this book five stars because it was funny and it had a lot of action.people from my grade should read it.
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