Sgt. Frog, Vol. 17

ケロロ軍曹 [Keroro Gunsō] #17

by Mine Yoshizaki

Sergeant Keroro is the Captain of the Space Invasion Forces Special Advance Team of the 58th Planet of the Gamma Storm Cloud System, sent to planet Pokopen (aka Earth) to collect intelligence for his planets invasion force. He is also a frog. After his ship crash-lands on planet Earth, he takes shelter in the Hinata household, but the two kids, Fuyuki and Natsumi, find him and take away his alien weapons. When his people discover that the Pokopenians are aware of him, Keroro is abandoned left to fend for himself in this hostile world. But he is not alone, four other pre-invasion agents are also still lurking on Earth. Its invasion of the weird in this wacky comedy hit!

Genres: Manga

192 pages, Paperback

First published July 26, 2008

About the author

From Keroro Wiki:

Mine Yoshizaki (吉崎 観音 Yoshizaki Mine), born December 2, 1971 in Isahaya, Nagasaki) is a male Japanese manga artist (mangaka) who first started his career by making dōjinshi based on video games. Yoshizaki also worked as an assistant to mangaka Katsu Aki . His first publication was featured in a compilation book published by Shogakukan in 1989.
He is best known for his manga Keroro Gunso, published as Sgt. Frog in the United States, which was first published in the Japanese manga magazine Shonen Ace. He is also the creator of Arcade Gamer Fubuki and did character design on the series Seven of Seven. In 2005, Keroro Gunso received the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.

Reviews

[David Doel]

I won't say these are for everyone, but I enjoy them.

[Kim]

I only started this series because a friends now 15 year old daughter is obessed with it and I wanted to be able to have a conversation with her that made sense. I still don't get it. It's o.k., but there are an awful lot of in jokes about Japanese culture and politics, that while explained in footnotes, makes some of the jokes go over my head. I do not think I will continue with this series as it does nothing for me.

[Timothy]

Fun as usual, though by volume 17, nothing is really surprising anymore. You know what to expect. Keroro schemes, Keroro screws up, Keroro schemes again. Wash, rinse, and repeat.