Dragon Half
Character Guide Volume 6
Characters listed in order of appearance.
(PC == Prime Characteristics.)
Pages 4 to 32 have been translated.
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Balconte
A bird-faced demon, and incidental minion in the demon king's army
(although, he tries to disprove this by using a half-page close-up to
introduce himself, on the grounds that incidental characters don't get
half-page close-ups.) Is really weak, and has a fear of heights.
Claims to have beaten Mig 3 times, but it was only at a children's game,
and not real combat. Quickly defeated, and never returns.
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Proof that Rufa is really cruel, and likes to eat deep-fried mice.
Page 22
The 3 Cats
Three very large cats, that just call each other oku-sama (or,
housewife) and spend a lot of energy dreaming up bad puns. They menace
Mappy, and tease Pia, until Pia discovers some internal strength. The
boy rescues Mappy by covering the mouse with his helmet. Thus proving
either that: The helmet is REALLY heavy, or the cats are REALLY dense.
They are last seen tormenting Rufa.
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Mink has just defeated the tenth minion on the island, and she meets...
Yuja-san
This is a very old, very feeble man that always talks in third person,
while trying to defeat trees by smashing into them with his face. (Yuja
== Brave Man.) His only purpose is to point out the location of Titan's
castle, before bravely running away from Titan's granddaughter. Never
appears again.
In the castle, Rogue pulls out one of his many concealed Walkman tape
recorders, and plays back Mig's comments concerning his malfunctioning
robots. Mig gets punished. Next, are two more of Rogue's creations.
Dark Cherry
A very pretty dark-haired robot, similar to Nibble-08.
Apple
A little old lady robot on tractor treads.
Rogue assigns Dark Cherry to Dug, and Apple to Mig. However, Mig
would rather have the pretty looking robot, so he asks Dug to switch
with him. While Titan waits for the heroes to reach him, Mig tries to
sneak away from Rogue, with Dug in tow (Mig knows that those robots are
going to backfire on him in some way.) When Rogue finds them, Mig puts
the blame on Dug, but discovers that Rogue has tape recorders
everywhere.
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Outside Titan's castle, Mink is pondering the fact that her
grandfather is Azatodeth's right-hand monster. Then, Rogue unleashes
his robots, and they fail masterfully. While Apple holds Mink's
attention, Nibble goes into V-Mix mode, and smashes into a hillside.
Mig happily gets to punish Mink, using Dark Cherry. However, DC smashes
into the hill next to Nibble, while using her "Spinning Hard Kick"
(looks suspiciously like Chun Li's upside down spinning kick in Street
Fighter. Also, V-Mix is probably a play on "V-Max".) Mig accidently
knocks Apple's head off, and we get the first time where Mig can
successfully trick Rogue into thinking that Dug did it.
And, up comes Titan.
At home, Saucer has a bad dream, reliving the time when Titan killed
his parents. When he wakes up, he finds that Yori, a goblin, has left a
note stating that Titan is on the Demon King's Island. Rogue doesn't
want to stay around to watch the power of the Kaiser Dragon Titan, and
Mig has to settle for going back home to watch Dug's punishment.
However, Rogue suddenly discovers Mig's fingerprint on Apple's head.
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Saucer is riding on Paul's boat, and the old man tries to tell the
boy about the time he slew 500 Cockatrix. Saucer is in a hurry, so Paul
waits with his story for the moment.
Titan tells Mink that he's really wanted to meet her for a long time,
and gets Rufa complaining about his speaking with a "cat's voice."
Titan tries to prove that he's a nice guy, but it's a trick. He attacks
and misses. Pia, Mink, and Rufa start calling him names. Rufa asks if
this really is Mink's grandfather, and Mink accuses Titan of being an
imposter. Titan proves that he knows secret things about Mink -- she
likes eating rice with butter and catsup. This is proof positive, and
they start fighting.
(Note: The Japanese would rather eat rice plain, as a side dish, and
are amused that people would dirty the rice by putting sauces on it.)
Titan
Mink's kaiser dragon grandfather. He let his kaiser blood get the
better of him. This turned him into a terrible monster, with a little
face inside his normally deformed face. Is Azatodeth's primary soldier.
Has extending razorblade fingernails, lightning from his eyesockets, and
one horn on the side of his head. A dirty fighter, who surrenders just
before attacking again.
Mink and Titan fight, with Mink turning off the Timer to become
stronger than Titan had expected. However, Titan still manages to trick
Mink, and entraps her with his nails. He's about to kill her, when
Saucer walks up. Elsewhere, the adults held prisoner by the Demon King
escape through a ventilation duct. But, the exit grate is next to
Azatodeth's chair, in the dining room. Back at the battle, Saucer pulls
out a "Sonic Special" -- actually, it's Sonic wearing his Dick Saucer
disguise again. He grabs the heroes, and runs to safety with them. He
then tries to jump Mink's bones again. Mink calms him down, and Sonic
states that the reason he's come to the island is that Saucer knows that
Mink had crashed Siva's party, disguised as Lora. He adds that Saucer
thought that Mink was really stunning. Mink likes this comment, and is
destroying the hillside in glee until Saucer shows up. Dick corrects
them all, claiming that he's here to defeat Mink.
Saucer is going to kill Mink, while Sonic protests. But, Saucer's
comment that Mink will never be a human is enough to get Rufa to
slap him in the face. Actually, she just wanted to kill the fly
that was bothering him. So, Saucer decides to kill Titan first, then
come back for Mink. Pia tries to cheer Mink up, stating that when
Azatodeth is defeated, she can get the Vido Potion to become human.
Azatodeth calls a meeting to get suggestions on how to deal with
Mink. Siva, Rosario, Mig, Rogue, Dug, Titan, and Vena all attend.
However, the meeting breaks down in squabbling, as people claim to be
able to bring Mink's head to the Demon King. Afterwards, Mig is in for a
big letdown, when Vena states that she wants Mink dead for having the
gall to take Saucer (Vena's lover) away from her. Mig bows out of the
conversation, leaving both Vena and Dug wondering what the problem is
(Dug is shown yet again to be the method Mig uses to relieve stress.)
Saucer is sadly pondering his comments to Mink, while Mink isn't getting
pumped up enough over facing the Demon King (she'll do a little crying
first, to get ready.)
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Rufa is undermining Sonic's attempts to cheer up Mink, and she gets
kicked to the ground. On looking up, Rufa discovers Azatodeth's castle.
Inside, Vena is reading Dragon magazine, and Mig is thinking about her
and Saucer. But, Vena decides to seduce Mig at the time that Rogue
walks in. Mig denies that anything has happened, and Vena explains that
since Mig had never been kissed before, she was going to teach him how.
Rogue replies that Mig had been kissed before, by him. Vena freaks, and
Rogue follows up with "I'm joking." Rogue is then about to tell Mig his
plan for fighting Mink.
Mink reaches the castle, and steps in to find -- a shopping market,
and a tour group. Mink is stunned at the size of the place, and the
difficulty of finding the Demon King. But, Pia and Rufa locate a map
and tour pamphelets. Sonic splits off to find Saucer. Inside his
control room, Rosario is describing the traps he's laid out to catch Mink
(and do what Rogue and Titan can't.) However, Mink defeats the traps,
so Rosario drags Siva to the door of the control room. There, he
describes the greatest trap of all -- a pit below the door, filled with
hungry electric eels. Rosario gets a bit too excited, and is horribly
annoyed to watch Mink fly into the room on dragon wings. He and Siva
rush forward to berate Mink for ruining their surprise. As the two
villians step on the trap door and then fall down the shaft, Rosario
assures Siva that the eels won't attack their handler. (He's wrong.)
Dug appears, and Rufa comments that Mink has already beaten him
once. And, Mink beats him again. To help refresh her friend, Rufa
gives Mink some "delicious juice" that's located on a stand conveniently
near by. It's a trap -- the juice was set out by Rogue, and it causes
Mink to lose her voice. Mink tries to get help from Rufa, but the elf
doesn't have a clue as to what's being said. Then, Mig hits her with
"Brown Hole Dobudobu" (the feeling of falling into a pit of fermenting
human waste.) Mig expects an easy victory, but is completely trashed;
the juice took Mink's voice away, but hasn't affected her strength any.
And, before Mig can recover and try again, Rogue claims that it's his
turn. He coerces Mig into asking how he'll attack Mink, then he chooses
a weird-looking gun from his collection of torture items and weapons.
The Demon King is pleased that Rogue is going to fight Mink with his
own hands, but Mig is running away in tears at the embarrassment. He
takes his frustration out on Dug. Then, he plans on using the Demon
King robot that's been built for him, despite that fact that it hasn't
been tested; Dug fears for his brother's safety.
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Spider
An over-sized spider, which acts as Azatodeth's messenger.
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Rogue reveals the secret of the weapon he's holding. It's not a gun
after all -- it's a cigarette lighter. Rogue has more fun with Mink,
until Pia remembers that Rufa can try to use the magic spell Mink had
unleashed on Dug (Kuzoon Shi Makua Dug Dug,) to attack Rogue. Rufa has
forgotten the words. Mink whispers "Kuzoon Shi Makua Rogue Rogue," and Rufa
repeats them as "Crazily beautiful Rufa."
Mig is preparing to use the giant demon king robot to fight Mink, and
win his father's approval. However, what he doesn't know is that Titan
and Azatodeth are planning on destroying everyone, including Mig and
Rogue. The Demon King is looking forward to Mig's reaction to this.
Rogue and Mink are about even, but the narrator is asking what's
going to happen to the runt, the rat, and the nice princess Rufa if Mink
loses. Pia asks what Rufa is doing, speaking inside the narration
boxes. Rogue calls "time" to get a message from Azatodeth via Spider,
then keeps fighting while Mink is wondering how he can call "time".
Mig is remembering a time 10 years ago, when he asked his father if
he would grow up to be big and strong. Azatodeth is happy with this
question, and pulls a pop quiz on Mig. "If a villager offers you money
to act as a guard to protect his village, what do you do?" Mig answers
"rob and kill him." Papa bashes him in the head with a rock and states
"You take the money, pretend to be a guard to locate the village. Then,
you steal all the valuables, kill the men, rape the women and sell them
into slavery, burn down the village, and salt the earth afterwards."
Papa did promise him that Mig can grow up to become the next Demon King.
Rogue hits Mink with a blast that propels her into an empty colloseum.
And into the grasp of Mig's giant robot. However, Rogue, Mig, Mink,
Rufa and Pia are all sealed in when Azatodeth causes the steel shutter
doors to slide down into place.
In her room, Vena is ready to fight Mink. But, she's interrupted as
Dama Ramu makes his appearance again. Dama Ramu is desperate to have
someone see his new attack, so he keeps Vena from leaving the room. He
has a special weapon underneath his cloak that he wants to show her. He
also states that Mig will lose against Mink. Vena replies that Mig is
strong, and will win. Which is when Mig's photo falls to the floor, and
a black cat strides across the room (ie. -- Signs of impending doom.)
Mig wants his father to watch him beat Mink, but Azatodeth answers
that he's there to see ALL of them die. Mig can't accept this, but the
Demon King has basically gotten bored with all of this, including with
the idea of having Dug, Rogue, and Mig as sons. Mig still doesn't
understand, and papa calls him an asshole. Mig and Rogue are just
things for the Demon King to do with as he pleases. Mig argues that he
was promised to become the next demon king, and Azatodeth asks if Mig
had really fallen for that story. Mink calls out that it's ended for
the Demon King, and Azatodeth replies by blowing the plugs along the
walls and causing the massive room to fill with seawater. Mink calls out
to Rufa and Pia, as they try to outrun the rushing tide. Rogue looks
decisive, but Mig has had his spirit crushed. Mink is still held in the
grasp of the robot.
Vena is approaching, having a bad feeling about Mig. Dama Ramu is
still trying to get her to see what he has concealed under his cloak.
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The ocean fills up the room, and Azatodeth gloats over the deaths of
Mink, Rogue, and Mig. In the dungeons, the prisoners comment over the
"earthquake." It's caused the bars to part, so Pia's father goes
running out. He trips and falls. Looking back, he sees that it's Pia
that he tripped over, and he faints.
Mink remembers watching Azatodeth's face, and she comes up fighting.
But, Mig tells her to open her eyes. They're safe in another part of
the castle. Mink expects to have to keep fighting him, but the demon
prince has had his spirit crushed. Mink tries to cheer up the boy, and
ultimately tells a bad pun based on place names in Tokyo (Nippori is a
section of the city near Ueno.) Mig asks if she's an idiot, which gets
Mink roaring. However, Mig also thanks her for trying to lift his
spirits. He smiles at her, and Mink is pleasantly surprised.
Back in the dungeons, Pia is reunited with his parents. And, Titan
shows up to inform them that Mink has died. Pia wants to escape, but
his mother and father have just fainted again. (Later, we find out that
all of the people in the colloseum were saved by Rogue's magic.)
Mink is explaining to Mig that she's come to the island to defeat
Azatodeth, to win over the really cool Dick Saucer. Mig asks if this is
the same one that Vena claims is her lover. Mink says that Vena is
lying, which helps make Mig happier (Mig actually is sexually attracted
to Vena, in a way.) Then, Mink goes overboard in describing how great
Saucer is, and the two of them start squabbling. Vena comes in, and
wants to know what's going on between them. Mig declares that he and
Mink no longer want to fight each other (Vena is stunned, and Mink
sticks her tongue out at her rival with the standard "beehhhh" noise.)
Mink and Vena argue over who Saucer actually loves, and are interrupted
by Dama Ramu's big appearance. He claims that he overheard them asking
what great thing he has hidden under his cloak. He goes on about the
great weapon he has, and Vena continues on with her yelling match,
stating that Saucer won't go for a Dragon Half. So, Mink states that
she'll become human, and then Saucer will accept her. Vena complains
about the "powan powan" (mushy emotions sounds) sounds coming from
Mink's dream balloon illustration. Finally, Dama Ramu reveals the new
body he has under the cloak. Mink, Vena, and Mig stare in shock.
Titan easily destroys Pia's helmet, and Pia begs the dragon monster
to kill him, but spare his parents. Titan isn't buying it, but before
he can kill Mario, Saucer shows up. Titan won't be killing any more
people; Saucer will send him to hell first.
Back at the "show", Dama Ramu is covered by a "censored" sign, and he
tells us that we'll have to wait to see his body until volume 7.
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