キン肉マン 1 [Kinnikuman 1]

キン肉マン [Kinnikuman] #1

by Yudetamago, ゆでたまご

怪獣に負けてばかりのドジなヒーロー・キン肉マン。しかし、その正体は宇宙一のヒーロー一族・キン肉星の王子だった！　故郷の危機を救うため、星に舞い戻ったキン肉マンを待ち受けていた強敵は…!?

Genres: Manga, Humor, Comics, Fantasy

192 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 1980

About the author

Yudetamago (ゆでたまご, "boiled egg") is the pseudonym of the duo Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, creators of Kinnikuman.

Reviews

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kinnikuman is, as I understand it, an important pillar for the development of the shōnen nekketsu battle manga genre, bridging the tropes of pro wrestling action and storytelling with the traditions of Japanese tokusatsu heroes to establish a new breed of action manga. The thing is, no one gives a shit about this manga in America because all we got was a dub of the sequel's anime which was butchered by the infamous 4kids, as well as a curiously uncensored release of that manga, functionally making it so Americans only really know of Kinnikuman's son, and the rest of the new generation of Chōjin.

Well, it's hard to really talk much about Kinnikuman with this first volume anyway, since at this point it's basically just a silly parody of Ultraman. Kinnikuman is a loser of a superhero, powered by eating garlic, and capable of doing a couple variations on the Specium Ray, but mostly ineffective as a fighter. Roughly the first two-thirds of this volume is focused on Kinnikuman being a loser, though he starts (kind of inexplicably) getting better later on, shortly after a brief arc with Meat impersonating Kinnikuman to save the world from kaiju while our hero sleeps at night. If I'm not mistaken, we're getting to the Chōjin Olympics by Volume 3, so I guess Kinnikuman will improve his skills over the course of the next volume? Anyway, we also see Terryman briefly, who'll be pretty important when we get into the chōjin wrestling that will make up the vast majority of the franchise.

[Zero MC · Rating 4 out of 5]

Go! Go! FIGHT!

[Kapitol Tank · Rating 3 out of 5]

Vieja edición de Jump Comics con los primeros 13 capítulos cortos de Kinnikuman.

[Dast Cover · Rating 3 out of 5]

Portada original con Kinnikuman tratando de ser lo más heroico posible, que no es mucho.

[Index Purga]

Edición japonesa en tankoubon con los primeros 13 capítulos del manga.