Atsushi KAMIJO's "SEX" Synopsis of Chapter 1 Volume #1 Original Synopsis by Geoff Cowie. NOTES: [Despite the title, there is very little here to offend - far less than in the average tabloid newspaper! The title of Kamijo's beautifully drawn manga is essentially an attention grabber.] I have not generally indicated who is speaking the dialogues: it's either obvious, or totally unclear, neither of which makes labelling of any advantage. Nor have I exerted myself to include any description of the scenes; you should have the manga, which makes description redundant. SUMMARY: Kaho, a girl on holiday in Okinawa, falls in with Yuki, a punk who steals cars. Yuki steals a car to take her for a ride, but crashes it. At a repair shop, he swaps it for a pickup truck, but crashes that. He takes her to a gangsters' stolen goods store where their reception is less than friendly. A gangster on a motorbike attacks the place wth a hand grenade. Next day Yuki flies back to Tokyo. Page by page synopsis follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 1: SEX: Young Sunday Comics Special "Criminals We Are" The forbidden sex boundary, Make heaven or break? Page 2 Kamijo Atsushi "SEX" Volume 1 Contents: P.3: It was an Okinawa Summer P.139: The Flaw Page 3 Atsushi Kamijo Page 4 "Sex" Page 5 - Page 6 It was an Okinawa Summer. Page 7 - Page 8 - "Hey! Do you have anything to do with my car?" (Yuki says that it was open) Page 9 "Whatse' you doing? Get out!! You bastard!" "Sorry" Page 10 "Wait" "Son of a bitch" Page 11- 15 - Page 16 (Shouts accompanying a fight: Dirty Fellow/ look back/ stand or be beaten) Page 17 that fellow is bleeding scarily isn't he? Yeah, after all it looks like oil. Oil. Page 18 What colour blindness? Page 19 Hehe, the colour isn't clear but a stroke... Watch this shot Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Hey Baby wait! Are you hearing me? Page 23 Bow Wow Jesus! Where is it OK? ....summer. ("Summer" is used repeatedly through the chapter as a metaphor for a mood or feeling. ) Page 24 headache Page 25 -31 - Page 32 Summer Page 33 It's summer. Eh? Page 34 nosebleed. Come with me. Page 35 Huh. (She unconcernedly goes with him) Page 36- Page 37 Let's kiss Page 38 You're resisting? Page 39 (Yuki tells her to stop running the shower) Summer Page 40 (Yuki says they can go if their clothes are dry) Where shall we go? Page 41 (Yuki asks if the street is quiet) (Kaho asks if he intends to steal the car and drive it away.) (Yuki says it's to do with borrowing money) A great piece of work. Want a ride? page 42 Page 43 (Kaho says she's having fun; it's the first time she's been in an American car.) (Yuki says they did it together) Page 44 (Kaho asks why he didn't buy two drinks) Page 45 (Yuki says he usually doesn't; he offers her a drink) "Summer? What do you mean?" Chrysanthemum summer. (Presumably that's what is in the background.) The man I'm looking for would have known that. (Yuki says that he's different.) page 46 (They admire the view) (remark about low flying aircraft.) (some question about why they are together) Page 47 (asking about a face, resemblance of) (Asking if she wants to come to a meeting). What!? Wanna drink? Page 48,49 Nice picture of Kaho with red flowers. Page 50 Where do you live Page 51,52 Page 53 Traffic light, traffic light. It's red. Look out, it's red! Didn't you see? Page 55 kiyaa! Page 56 haa Page 57 What's with this fellow? -The genuine article Page 59 ??-chan. Oh,it's Yuki Yuki? [Seems this is where Kaho learns his name!] Page 60 Yuki...Yuki is it? What a summer... The girl's cute. A summer visitor. Summer, eh? (some smartass remark) What!? Page 61 (The mechanic asks him what he collided with.) That idiot.... Page 62 He he he, what can I do for you? That fellow? (Mechanic pesters Kaho in an insolent manner.) Don't you ever say "Excuse me? in Okinawa?" "Excuse me?" Page 63 (some nonsense) What's with you!? (she hits him with spanner) Page 64 Shall we do it together? (The mechanic is slumped over the LH side of the convertible.) Page 65 Dark sky Page 66 Unfortunately it's going to rain. Page 67 (A heated discussion about Yuki's driving credentials; seems he has gone through some more lights and hit another four vehicles with the truck, whose front is now severely battered) Page 68 Page 69 The weather forecast is that this will continue. Too bad this fellow can't give me a ride in a car. Page 70 (Yuki and Kaho realise they are being stared at by a group of young people) What? What, what? No,look those two.. Look Saito (name).. What gang do they belong to? Page 71 Not good, that fellow's another.. It's already the time of the meeting. Page 72 What an untidy place. Page 73 Hot... Does nobody live here? Page 74 (She asks what this place is for.) (something about it beginning) Come back quickly Page 75 What.. what did you say? Just a minute.. (With great trouble finally got here.) Page 76 Have you come to the shop? Yuki.. Ha! (making fun of Yuki.) Page 77 Sake, vitamin pills, pirated videos (says about finding work...selling) Where? In the market because.. Page 78 (He says that to sell anything would be inconvenient) (And makes fun of Yuki's shoes). Yuki, do you want any boots? Why not look for some? Page 79 Well, Yuki, Okinawa is heaven, isn't it? (He explains that there is a gang war in progress, and makes reference to Yuki's colour blindness.) Page 80 Colour blindness? What's the matter? You escaped. How will we deal with you this time ? Maybe we'll kill you. Page 81 Summer. You're playing with kids. Shall I use it? We should play with kids. Ha ha ha. Page 82,83, Page 84 Hey! Go for it, fellow! Help! Stop! Page 85 Aah! Page 86 "I'll shoot her unless.." Page 87 Don't shoot, Yuki! Page90 "This peasant" "Thanks" "He's going mad" gun..summer Page 91 yuki.....YUKI" Page92 (He was shouting as he fell.) Page 94 (hot) Page 95 "Look at Yuki-chan" "His sleeping face is cute" "It hurts" "Give me a cigarette" "Here" Ow Page 96 ho ho ho (A remark about Yuki being half asleep) "Stop playing!" "Where's the girl?" "He, he, well..." Ow "Shall I sort him out? Like this.." Page 97 Grave (He complains about being shot at by a gun of the latest type.) (About competition in Okinawa) "That sort of fellow will steal sooner or later." Page 98 "Something will turn up...I'm being stupid" Page 99 "Soon I'll hear the sound of a gun." Page 100 You're not particularly involved in this business. What about a cool drink? You feel that you've been unlucky. Tell us something about your companion. (Kaho)- What's it worth? Page 101 "Yuki's coming" Page 102 Ow Page 103 "Hot water for tea,eh?" "We'll be off now, then.." "Before that wait a moment you rascal." (She says something about feet having gone to sleep) "What? Wait!" Page 104- Page 105 Yuki! Page 106 "A bomb!" "Head..!" "Crazy gangsters!" "Who did it?" Where is he? Page 107 "Big man, huh?" "A bike! He's escaping!" "Bike?!" Page 110 (something about the organisation; & one man making war has spirit,eh?) YUKI!! Page111 Page112 It's not my intention to wage war (something about returning a strike) (something about reaching a hiding place when they are let go, & explaining) "Is trust possible?!" "You could kill me" Page 114 "Yuki, how did you stop that fellow?" Page 115 "Is there a connection between summer and disturbance?" "How about you?" (She says that she is used to getting infected with it in Summer and being drawn to Okinawa.) "Six years ago" "Well we are friends because of that." Page 116 "Check if the 500 have arrived." "I wonder if.." "Those are bullet holes, aren't they?" "That brat!" "What will happen this summer?" "Right!" "After this I wonder what we'll do." Page 117 Returning tomorrow...Tokyo (Asking what he thinks about her going) "Weren't we destined to meet this summer?" Page 118 "A summer of death." Page 120 (That sort of showy affair ) Page 121 "If you like." "Summer" Page 122 (He's wondering if he could get used to her) Page 124 Summer...! Summer isn't it? Page 125 A? Page 126 What! Just a.. (Note: looks like a shared hotel room. And she has the chewing gum from Yuki.) Page 128 "Let inbound passengers get off first." "I'm sleepy" "Going back down to Tokyo." "It's a hot journey." "Please stand back and make room!" "Hot!" "Please form a line!" Page 133 "Form two lines!" "You're not an elementary school student." Page 134 "What colour do you see in the open sky? Is it blue?" Page 135 Come if you like. "Blue - what sort of colour is that?" Page 136 "Does (she) have to go?" "Eh? Summer." Page 137 "Amusing fellow." "Oi?" Page 138 [Kaho is on a plane.] "Have you got sunstroke?" "Are you alright?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- END OF CHAPTER 1 Synopsis by G. Cowie.