Dragon Half
Character Guide Volume 5
Characters listed in order of appearance.
(PC == Prime Characteristics.)
We start out with a continuation of the murder mystery, and Vena
accusing Saucer of being the killer. However, Saucer quickly becomes
the second victim. The story ends, and picks up again on p 161.
Dragon Elder, Main Dragon, Dragon Leader
Azatodeth summons some maidens and introduces himself. Vena and Mig
bicker, so they get zapped. Mig tries to attack Mink again, but starts
out holding the wrong end of his sword. He then uses exploding balls,
with his eyes closed, against Vena. The main dragon orders Mink to use
the potion against Azatodeth, but he gave her the wrong magic words and
nothing happens. Azatodeth pulls out a hair and fires it at Mink -- the
hair is the size of a telephone pole. Mink accuses him of being sukebe.
Rouce is happy with the sight. Mink goes too far, calling the Demon a
homo, which makes him mad. Mink is left helpless, and Azatodeth kidnaps
Pia's and Rufa's parents before going back home. The Dragon leader has
a bad sense of humor, and tells Mink that there's nothing she can do to
prevent becoming a monster. The more she uses her power, the sooner
it'll happen. He's lying -- there's a special necklace that can
restrain her power. She can turn it off, but if the counter reaches
999, she'll become a monster. He's lying again -- it's a bracelet. Vena
leaves out the blackmail photo and Mig destroys it. He orders her to
strip. But, she has more copies, so Mig is the one doing the
stripping.
Page 29. Saucer is singing, and gets a list of Dragons he's supposed to
kill. He doesn't know which one killed his parents, the Sea King and
Queen, so he's just killing all of the Dragons he can find. Mig is
going to take the giant magic robot his father had given him as a
present a long time ago, and go out to kill Mink, but Dama Ramu got to
it first. Saucer is beating up one Dragon who is a fan of his (tries to
sneak away when Saucer starts singing for him.) The Dragon says that
Mink's grandfather, Titan, is the killer Saucer wants, so the dragon
slayer gives the dragon a Saucer Special as a reward. Pia has recovered
from having lost his parents, and he and Rufa want to see if Mink has
changed any further. Dama Ramu shows up in the magic robot, but doesn't
have a clue as to how it's weapons-systems work. He uses a missile as a
sword and a bazooka as a hammer. To protect herself, Mink turns off the
bracelet, and Rufa sings a song about her turning into a monster. Mig
wants his toy back, and Dama Ramu is still confused.
Rosa and Lydia
Two very beautiful mermaid sisters assigned to protect the beach from
intruders. Lydia will complain of being afraid or something, Rosa will
hit her, and they'll embrace and make up.
Page 57. Dama Ramu grabs Mink, Mink asks Rufa to use her lightning
rod, and Rufa realizes that if Mink doesn't become a monster, she can't
sell Mink as a sideshow act. Dama Ramu uses Mig's bomb balls as a
chair. So now, the robot and the fighter are identical. Rosa and
Lydia attack Mink, since she's known to be part dragon, and a Dragon had
killed their previous ruling family. Dama takes his wrath out against
the robot, and Mig promises to kill him a lot.
Page 66 -- 80. This chapter has been translated.
Sea King
Uncle to Saucer and Sonic. Very regal and handsome, but an air head.
Has no primary skills. A merman.
Sea Queen
Very attractive, and more commanding than her husband. Has a serious
hate against Mink. A mermaid.
The Fake Dick Saucer
The guy that takes Mink to a love hotel and tries to seduce her. Is
actually Saucer's younger brother Sonic in disguise.
Sonic
A randy heir to the sea-king's throne. VERY handsome, and sneaky.
Enjoys taking photos of Saucer and using them to get dates. His primary
skill is the ability to run VERY fast.
Mink is told that her grandfather is Titan, the one who killed Saucer's
parents, and this paralizes her enough that the fake Saucer can take her
to a love hotel.
Page 82. Rufa is dreaming about being with Saucer, and Pia doesn't
understand what the big deal is (Rufa says this is because Pia is just a
child.) The fake Saucer says that the Sea King regent will be arriving
soon, and suggests that they take showers to prepare. While showering,
Mink is worried about becoming a monster, and vows again to get the Vido
Potion to become human and win Saucer's affections. She doesn't notice
right away when the fake comes in, and closes the door on himself. The
door breaks, and his wig is knocked off. Dama Ramu claims that he and
Mig are all that Rogue needs to kill Mink (Mig wants a lot more help
than that, and Rogue agrees.) Rogue introduces two of his pets --
The God of Fire
Leopard-spotted creature with shark fins for ears. About 12 feet tall,
and 6 feet across at the shoulders. Very strong, and can breathe black
gouts of flame.
The God of Thunder
Fur-covered creature with shark fins for rhino horns. Very strong, but
no other known skills. Shaped like the God of Fire, but about a foot
shorter.
Rogue has to retreat into his torture room, leaving the pets behind.
The pets claim that only two beings can keep them under control --
Azatodeth and Rogue. They then order Mig to fetch them some ice cream
and Calpis. Mig shows that he is every bit as strong as his brother and
father, using a tabasco-sauce-pain-spell to put the two Gods in their
place. The pets are to add his name to their list of masters. Mig then
gets them some Calpis and ice cream.
Pia and Rufa are wondering what's taking Mink so long, and she shows
up with someone they don't know. The stranger introduces himself as
Saucer's younger brother -- Sonic. Rufa wants to know if Sonic is any
good, and Sonic lies about what he and Mink had been doing in the room.
After Sonic gets out from under the boulder, he gives them a ride on a
special turtle to reach his underwater home. The Sea Queen wants to
know where Sonic has been, and panics when she recognizes the boy's
friend. The Queen is appalled, and wants her husband to comment ("Cute
girl.") Mink asks for help in attacking Azatodeth, the Queen refuses,
and Sonic pleads on her behalf. The Queen agrees -- if Mink goes
through a special door, she'll be taught some magic. Rufa objects,
stating that it's a trash shute, but Mink says it's ok and goes through.
In the sewers, she finds some trash that she thinks might be useful.
The Queen thinks to herself that the only thing Mink will find is the
monster that will kill her. And, flying on their two pets, come Mig and
Vena, looking forward to gleefulling killing the Dragon-half.
Page 98.
The sludge monster
A big ball of goo with large eyes and fangs. It likes to make bad puns,
and it's main ability is to turn itself into an exact copy of its
victims. (AKA "gomi monster.")
Mink isn't impressed by the monster's jokes, and keeps looking for
magic items in the stream of sewage. The Queen says that Mink is dead
now, and Rufa can't figure out how to respond. Sonic says that Mink is
not a bad person, and the Queen disappears into a flashback about why
she hates the killer of the old Queen. When they were little mermaids,
she'd teased the other mergirl, and then a monster came up and
terrorized them. But, the old Queen had rescued her and she wanted to
know why. The mergirl answers along the lines of "well, why shouldn't I
have?" Pia and Sonic have fallen asleep, and Rufa asks whether the
flashback is over yet.
Lydia rushes in, saying that nasty beings have arrived, and Rosa
punches her. The Queen keeps trying to find out who's arrived, and Vena
and Mig introduce themselves.
The gomi monster looks a little bit like Mink, and makes fun of her
until she hits it away. Rufa rushes in, yelling that Mink has fallen
for the Queen's trap, and that Mig has arrived. The gomi monster claims
that it's now clobbering time, but finds that there's no one around to
pay it any attention any more.
The Queen wants to know where her guards are, and Mig points out the
pile of bodies. She asks where her nephew is, and Vena points him out as
he's trying to chat her up. Mig challenges Sonic and they both
announce what their attacks are -- Mig uses a spell, the boy uses his
"Sonic Special." After they are finished, we get a slow motion replay
showing that Sonic out-ran the spell. Rosa and Lydia are impressed that
Sonic had formed the letter 'S' along the way. Mig loses his temper and
orders his pets to attack. The Queen is losing her cool, when the
King-Regent comes up to Mig. Then complements Mig on his cute ears.
The Thunder God picks up the Queen, saying that it's been a long time
since he's had sea food. As the God is about to eat her, Mink rescues
her. When asked why, Mink uses roughly the same excuse as the old Queen
had in the flashback. Mig gets annoyed at being ignored, and shows his
true demonic form.
The demonic Mig
Leathery wings, three eyes, and horny arm spikes.
Note, from page 112 to 114, Mig loses his sleeves. Mig has a weak spot,
and almost decides to not kill Mink. In this form, Mig is no stronger
or faster than normal. He still lies to protect himself from torture.
The new Dama Ramu
He's back, with a cuisinarte blade attached to his head. Just as stupid
and clumsy as ever.
Page 113 to 160 have been translated already.
Azatodeth and Rogue watch the fight on TV. Rogue is now shown to be
someone who claims that he hates violence, but gleefully keeps score
when Mig screws up. When Mig runs up too many points, he gets a
"special" punishment. Vena is just as interested in singing about
Mink becoming a monster as Rufa is. The Queen demonstrates that she can
feel compassion for a Dragon that saves her life. And, the ruling Sea
family eats sea food for supper.
Page 130.
Petit Cathy
Big, ugly, horned female (presumably) demon. Has a nasty temper when
someone forgets to call her "petit." Commands some of the Demon King's
army, and is in town to get wine for the troops. Loves terrorizing
people. Is quite powerful and sneaky, and a major coward. Has also
been given a photo of Mink and orders to kill her on sight.
Paul
Once a very brave warrior, now a quivering lump who acts as Cathy's
aide. He has a boat that Cathy uses to get to the town, and Mink uses
to get to the Demon King's island. He eventually regains his backbone
and faces up to Cathy. But, he still brags about having killed stacks of
goblins all in one day. A little guy with a warrior axe. But, he's
still something of a coward and laughs outloud when Mink says that she's
going to fight Azatodeth.
Page 146. First proof that Rogue likes making robots that have a
history of running amok. When Mig pulls out something that looks like a
valuable control circuit, Rogue calls it trash and throws it away.
Azatodeth's private receptionist
A very attractive young lady in a business jacket and skirt, with pink
polka dot panties. Incredibly sneaky, but nice about it. Uses exploding
business cards, and anything else she can get away with. Only appears
once in the manga, while manning her desk outside the island's fortress
walls. Is only trying to kill Mink because of the bonus and extra
vacation time she'd receive for it.
Page 151. First example that Dick Saucer gets paid to do commercials
(this one is for Lightning Chocolate bars.) Followed by the first
scene with Sonic and Saucer together (Sonic was in a locker taking
pictures of his brother undressing, to use the photos later to impress
girls.) First proof that Sonic keeps a dossier on the women he meets
(he reads out of volume 1, to describe Mink and her alias "Lola" to his
brother, to show that they're the same girl.)
Page 160.
Nibble 08
The first working robot we see Rogue build (while stating
that his robots are perfect, Rogue discovers that he's missing several
bolts for her.) Very attractive, with an antenna and the letter "N"
next to her left ear. When she calls out a weapon attack the odds are
that she'll trigger the wrong weapon. (Missile Punch causes her head to
fly off.) Rogue doesn't think that there's a problem with this
discrepency.
End of Volume 5.
Except for the conclusion of High School Detective Mink.
Another body is found, this time it's Rogue. The suspects are
rapidly dwindling down (Vena accidently uses the school principal's
corpse as a chair.) So, Mink uses a Magical Girls wand to change into a
Magical Girl, but Rogue dies anyway. Then, Mink realizes what the
"dying message" means, and the reader is given a chance to guess who the
culprit is.
Turns out that the "kanji" is actually supposed to be a drawing of an
electrical plug -- implying that one of the women is actually a guy in
disguise (think: "AC/DC"). This guy is school mistress Rosario, who is
unmasked. Followed by a pun I don't understand (what they say is
"kaiketsu, or "solved." It's probably another way of saying "the end",
which may be why they're waving their butts at Rufa.) End of story.
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