Cyborg Grampa-G Prelude

Before G-chan was unleashed on an unsuspecting Japan in 1989, two one-shots were first released connected to the world of the cybernetic grandpa. This first one is actually the second, released in 1988 in WSJ...some things are similar but others are a bit...different.

Pilot 2: CYBORG GRANDPA SUPPLIMENTAL

168.
WARNING:
The next story we’re doing, “Cyborg Grandpa Supplimental”, is a one-shot written before serialization.
This is slightly different from the serialization, but the biggest difference is granny’s face.
IT’S SLIGHTLY FREAKY
It is best for those weak of heart to not read this.

169.
Eiichi: Ho…how long has he been in there…!?
Ai: Last night!
Kei: It’s too late, I can’t hold it!!
Eiichi: Grand—pa, what exactly are you doing in the bathroom! Open up--!!
G: How could you decide to come into the toilet when I, the genius scientist and inventor is in here--! Don’t you see from the card that I’m working!
(Placard: Working)
Yuu: Wo…working!?
Ai: He’s not making an—other good thing!!
G: OK, COMPLETE!!

170.
(No dialogue, you can obviously see it)

171.
Ai: Wh…what!?
G: OH, IT’S ALREADY MORNING……

172.
Kei: GR…GRAMPS!?
Eiichi: Wh…what exactly has…………
Yuu: GYA---!?
G: Isn’t this cool? From today, I’m a cyborg. I decided to be a fusion cyborg warrior for the sake of protecting world peace……my name is—
G: CYBORG GRANDPA G!!!
G: WITH ATOMIC ENERGY FROM PLASMA NUCLEAR FUSION
G: AND MAXIMUM ATOMIC POWER OUTPUT 2000 HORSEPOWER!!

173.
Eiichi: Cyborg Grandpa…
Yuu & Ai: G~~!?
Kei: But then he enthusiastically saw that kind of anime yesterday……
G: Now, there is an evil organization that is trying to conquer the world!! That man…Professor Sharekoube sees the world as his own personal thing!!
Eiichi: Gr…grandpa, you’re growing senile from watching too much TV!
G: Mu
G: I’M NOT GRANDPA! I’M G-CHAN--!!
Eiichi: OWA!!?
G: Currently, I’m scattering radioactivity that has come out of me!
Eiichi: Somehow, we should have been prepared for this day to come…
Yuu: Uh…Uuh…
Kei: If grandma was alive, she’d take him down about now……
Ai: He’s extremely senile for mistaking what’s on TV as real, that gramps.

174.
G: Now I’m going out on patrol. Watch out while I’m gone!
G: G-CHAN SUPER BIKERS RIDE II ON!!
Kei: He…he’s going in that form?
G: SUPER BIKERS G-CHAN VERSION—GO!!
G: A box of Echo.
*The long favorite cigarettes of the old men of the world.

175.
Woman: Kya—someone save my boy--!!
G: Muu! I’m coming now--!!
G: Tourya!
G: I’ll be there within 0.8 seconds, boy!!
G: Chowa!
G: Oh no…if he doesn’t spit that water out quickly
G: URYAA!!
Boy: ……

176.
G: Hyo! He spit up blood. His organs exploded.
Woman: EEEK--!!!
G: I have a way when it gets to this!!
G: PERFORMING MODIFICATION SURGERY!!
Woman: MY BOY~~
G: How’s that? You can move, boy.
G: What would have happened if I didn’t od this now…
Woman: Thank you…very much…
Sharekoube: You, Cyborg G-chan…Once I was your subordinate, a genius scientist…deceptively, we progressed our cyborg research, but you became aware of my ambitions for my world domination and betrayed me…

177.
Sharekoube: And now, you jumped ahead of Master Sharekoube by becoming a justice cyborg…to the end you weren’t going to hand the Earth over to me!!
Sharekoube: But you’re not the only genius! I’ve produced a weapon that will surpass G-chan! And when he’s defeated, it’ll be natural that I will take over the world---!! Gahahahahaha
G: I’m jumping the gun but—
G: Tomorrow, I’m performing modification surgery on the entire family!!
Kaizous: WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT, YOU DUMMY---!!
G: Don’t you understand? If we become five cyborg warriors, then just that will that will make us closer to the day there is world peace!
Ai: Don’t you understand!? That day won’t come with you around--!
Kei: Hehe, a cyborg?
G: Hyo. That’s what I’m saying. Think about having that steel body if I do this tomorrow!!

178.
Ai: Wh…what?
G: Mu, it’s the emergency alarm!
Kaizous: What is it!!
G: Muu!?
G: Hyo, the town!? This has to be the work of Professor Sharekoube!
G: CYBORG G-CHAN EMERGENCY SCRAMBLE. Scramble Shooter = In!!

179.
Kaizous: Wh…what!?
G: G-CHAN TAKE OFF!!
Old Woman: Seconds, dear?
Old Man: Grandma~~this umeboshi is sour—

180.
People: Wh…what’s that~~!? It’s coming here—is it an alien come to invade Earth! Stupid--!!
Sharekoube: Gahaha, G-chan, Shinjuku will be a burning town if you don’t come quickly. And further, my terror will be realized and you’ll displace your hip.
Sharekoube: What---!?
Sharekoube: Who did this and what’s happening here!?

181.
Sharekoube: Oyo, what is that!?
G: FUSION!!
G: Hyo!?
Sharekoube: Gahahaha, you’re a fool, G-chan. That will make your remaining years short!!
G: Oh oh.
G: CYBORG GRANDPA G!!
Kei: Ah, there he is.
Ai: What is that f**king gramps doing?
G: Sharekoube, I can not forgive your many evil deeds! I became a cyborg to destroy your ambitions for world domination!
Sharekoube: Can that be destroyed so easily?

182.
Sharekoube: Even to the end unknowing if “G-chan died”, I was unconcerned regarding you. For I have made a weapon that has surpassed G-chan!
G: Muu!?
Sharekoube: Don’t cry, G-chan.
Sharekoube: HER NAME IS IRON GRANDMA BETA!!
(TN: The “tetsujin” in this “Q prototype” is Japanese for “iron man” or “strong man”, but with the “Baa-chan” part already identifying her as “grandma”, I just made it “iron grandma”)
G: HYO------!!??
Kaizous: OUR GRANNY WHO DIED FIVE YEARS AGO!!
Sharekoube: Well this is G-chan’s ultimate weakness. I found out G-chan isn’t smarter than your dead grandma!!

183.
Eiichi: Actually, that grandma is more terrible than G-chan…
Kei: Gramps can’t deal with this…
Sharekoube: Gahahaha, this isn’t merely just like your grandma! I created cells that I’ve raised from the bones and hair when I dug up your grandma’s tomb! She’s a clone human who isn’t a bit different from her previous life, even in her personality and behavior!!
Sharekoube: FURTHER, I GAVE HER A SUPER-TUNED MODIFICATION SURGERY, ALLOWING HER TO SQUEEZE OUT 2500 HORSEPOWER, WHICH IS GREATER THAN G-CHAN---!!
Ai: You…dug up her grave……
Kei: Yo…you………
Sharekoube: Fufu…
G: MUU…!! THOSE DAYS IN HELL ARE RUNNING THROUGH MY MIND……
G: Bug Sharekoube! I forgot to say one thing to you: Your pronounciation of “G-chan”—you haven’t gotten it!!

184.
Sharekoube: Have—I? Zu—Zui—
G: G, G—
(TN: This is actually a Japanese joke: basically G-chan believes that Sharekoube hasn’t pronounced “G” right, which considering it’s in Japanese has to be transliterated from English)
Ai: They’re dummies.
G: You’re stupid!! Earnestly study for the test!
Booklet: G-CHAN’S INTENSE ENGLISH (On Sale the First of the Month: FIRST ISSUE)
G: Special supplemental tapes are for 2980 yen.
Sharekoube: It’s expensive~~ (Tohoho)
Sharekoube: We—ll, with the books bought, Go, Iron Grandma Beta!!
G: Well then, with grandma the enemy, I’m the cyborg warrior who will protect peace! If I hand the Earth over to you, then my radioactivity will turn it into a dead planet!
G: Urya!

185.
Sharekoube: Ah!? I can’t go after them.
Sharekoube: ……
Ai: You—how could you come out and get all complex again--?
Sharekoube: Guwa—he, save me, G-chan.
Song: Our raging youth power purely burns.
G: Muu!?

186.
G: Hyo
G: IRON GRANDMA BETA! CHOOSE POLIDENT SO YOUR MOUTH WON’T STINK.
G: Mu!!
G: Hyo—

187.
Woman: Gya—
G: Oh—what power! She hasn’t changed a bit from those days!!
G: You’re horrible, Iron Grandma Beta……
Caption: Boss
G: But what will you do, grandma! How could you defeat the man who is your husband---!?

188.
G: How could you say you forgotten me—
Beta: Have I meat you somewhere before!?
G: You don’t know…are you a fool, grandma!?
Ai: Ah, they’ve come back.
Sharekoube: Uh…cough. I’ll tell what G-chan wants to know……my specialty brainwashing has completely erased her memories of being a sweet couple. Therefore, she can’t remember even a smidgen on G-chan!
G: Sharekoube you: on top of grave-digging, you created a human and removed her memories…A HEART WHO PLAYS WITH HUMANS………I CAN’T FORGIVE YOU, SHAREKOUBE!!

189.
G: Mu!!
G: Gravity Change Switch = On
Narrator: Cyborg G-chan possesses a gravity changing device which can change the weight of his own body with one switch.
Sharekoube: ?
Narrator: He can crush an opponent with a maximum weight of 500 tons! However, add on the unrelated fact that it’s a crybaby old man!
Sharekoube: UGYAA
Sharekoube: N…now’s you…r chance…Iron……gofu!
Beta: Right this way~~I’ll put ventilation in your brain.
G: Hyo!?
Beta: NAMU AMI DABUTSU~~!
(TN: Like Q, Beta also recites Buddhist sutras connected to her attacks)

190.
G: Muu!? My body’s so heavy it can’t move!!
Kaizous: G-chan…
Sharekoube: God—don’t let me take this.

191.
Crowd: Wow—His head is broken. These Japanese special effects are cool! So then, what’s the movie?
Kei: I…I’d die before becoming a cyborg…
Ai: De…demon granny.
Eiichi: Mankiller!
Yuu: Whaaa--!!
Sharekoube: Even a cyborg dies with a direct hit to the brain! So from tomorrow, the world will be mine—I can sleep well with that--!
Sharekoube: Oyo, osme really small change has fallen…(Double lucky)
G: Hyo—that was surprising.
Kaizous & Sharekoube: Gya--!? It’s Ghost Grandpa G--!!

192.
G: Hyo!? My precious bank……and all the trouble to save up this 3,508 yen!!
Sharekoube: Oyo---!? So where is your brain, where!?
G: YOU’RE SO STUPID, SHAREKOUBE!! MY BRAIN IS IN MY BUTT!!!
Kaizous: G-CHAN!!!
Kei: Don’t take out that thing!!

193.
G: AND YOU, IRON GRANDMA BETA!! HOW DARE YOU DESTROY MY BANK! I WON’T GO EASY ANYMORE~!!
Narrator: G-chan has attached power-amplifying devices to 108 points on his body. By sticking these electribans on top of his equipment, the devices go to work like strong magnets—amplifying G-chan’s atomic energy output at an efficiency of from 120% to 200%! And further—

194.
Narrator: Well, before he does, he must scratch his back.
Kei: Chi..this is trouble—
Caption: Backscratcher
G: The last is here, right here.
Narrator: When the 108 points are all attached, G-chan’s atomic energy…
G: BECOMES INFINITE!!! MUU!!

195.
Sharekoube: OYOYOYO!?
Narrator: However, the weakness is that the radioactivity easily leaks out due to the huge amount of energy!
G: Hyo!?
Eiichi: MY HAIR
Sharekoube: Ridiculous, if you can power up by electribans, then I can do it too—Go, Iron Grandma Beta!!
G: If—that’s so, then my final way will exhaust a large amount of energy!

196.
G: DEADLY ATOMI—C G=METATON

197.
Kei: Th…that was cool.
Ai: He shouldn’t have done that he—re.
Kaizous: ……
G: ……
Kei: Though he only fought with her, G-chan really did love grandma…
Ai: I guess—so.
Ai: N?
Ai: !

198.
Ai: Wha……
G: That’s a picture of grandma when she was young!
Eiichi: HUH WHA~~
G: I’m giving it back to grandma already.
Beta: Y…you still have it…that picture…
G: Gr…grandma…I…remember…
Sharekoube: This shouldn’t happen! My brainwashing was perfect!!

199.
Shreakoube: I brainwashed her myself--!!
Eiichi: You old onionhead! G-chan and grandma’s love power is stronger than your brainwashing!
Kei: Dad’s gotten awkward.
G: Of course…of course. I’ve always kept it in the bank in my head. This is my most important thing.
Beta: Well that’s good~~~….
G: You idiot…
G: ONCE AGAIN, YOU WENT AHEAD…TO THAT WORLD………

200.
Sharekoube: Uo Uwa~~aaah!!
Beta: You can’t kill me as you want~~I am immortal~~!!
Kaizous: ……
Narrator: And so, the Cyborg family gained one more…

201.
Narrator: Who joined in the dangerous cyborg warriors!!
G: Let’s go, Iron Grandma Beta! Let’s go on patrol to protect world peace!!
Beta: G-chan, you’re not the only one in that cool pose~~
Ai: That f**king gramps and devil granny………they’re the worst…
Eiichi: …
Sharekoube: G-chan, you, someday, this blue Earth will be mine—
Sign: Danger: Don’t Stand On

202.
1.
THE ROAD TO SHIGERU HIJIKATA 2
RAGING HURRICANE CHAPTER
VOL. 256: REVENGE TRAGEDY OF LOVE AND TEARS (Author: Kazumei Sakamoto)

Summary of Last Time
Narrator: Mysterious Assistant S became a bombing victim from a released poop when G-chan ended.
(TN: “Cyborg Grandpa G” will be ending with the next volume, this volume was released at the moment after the series ended in the magazine)
Narrator: But he took modification surgery by the hands of great master Shigeru Hijikata and revived.
Narrator: And then he successfully escaped ahead of his mental abilities……
Bottom Caption:
WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP: Issue “Shi shi shi shi” will be released next Tuesday (Monday, Sunday)!
(Release differs by area)

2.
WRITING UP THE FAKE MANGA “CYBORG GRANDPA C”, HE VOWED REVENGE ON GREAT MASTER SHIGERU HIJIKATA.
Caption 1: ZANTETSU, THE FAKE GANTETSU
Caption 2: They’re seeing it now.
Caption 3: Fake Manga: CYBORG GRANDPA C
Side Caption: WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS? WAIT UNTIL NEXT ISSUE! (Too much overlap is bad…)
Bottom Left: Vol. 256: Revenge Tragedy of Love and Tears/ End
Bottom Right: This work is fiction. It is in no way connected to any real people, organizations or events.

203.
THE ROAD TO SHIGERU HIJIKATA 3
By Kashun Hirakei; Occupation: Alien
Kashun: I am Kashun, an alien. But that’s a secret to everyone.

A Chance Meeting:
1.
Kashun: I am Kashun. I came from space to work in manga.
Top Caption: Imagined Idea of Shigeru Hijikata
Bottom Caption: So I could work on the G-chan manga…
2.
Kashun: Nice to meet you, sensei—
Old Man: ?
Caption: Shigeru Hijikata

Work:
A.
Kashun: My first pro manuscript glimmered.
B.
Old Man: ?
Kashun: Ah—it’s dazzling—
Caption: Shigeru Hijikata

Kashun: And so by mastering manga, I shined out into space to spread manga through the universe. Now, (this) space is actually Shizuoka…
Caption: Mt. Fuji

TN: The next couple releases I'm doing will be both the G-chan one-shots, so bare with me. As for this one...for the most part it is similar but with unique differences, moreso on the "negative side" in my head than the positive one. For some reason, having G-chan being an atomic-powered cyborg seemed less funny and more menacing. I don't mind him being a heroic cyborg (though the "farming cyborg" is what made it even more hilarious), but having him atomic power did make him a bit too...overpowered in some ways, with the potential of probably releasing fall-out in all of his fights. Second: Beta (proto-Q) didn't freak me out as much as Obata wanted to make it, but the whole "clone with brainwashed memories" was a tad much for me. I actually liked the manga's explanation a tad more on "her brain was preserved for all this time allowing for the original grandma to return in all her horrific glory. On the other hand, while Sharekoube is still essentially Sharekoube, he seems a bit more tolerable compared to the manga proper. He's crazy but not really as outlandish as he gets sometimes...more akin to the recent Gantetsu chapter. Not much you can say on the Kaizous...though somehow I didn't mind Ai starting off delinquent in this version than having her "degenerate" like in the manga, more because "I like pre-delinquent Ai". Well with that done, we have finished 3/4 of G-chan, and, after doing the original one-shot (and likewise another one-shot Obata did before then), the final volume of G-chan will be underway! Hope to see you then!