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VOSHITOH ASARI, BORN IN HOKKAIPO, 1962. AFT6R SRAPUATIN6 FROM TAKIKAWA HISH SCHOOL,

TAXATION BUR6AU OFFICE ANP TH6N B6CAM6

A MAN6A ARTIST. HIS MOST R6COSNIZ6P WORK IS ""SPAC6 FAMILY-KARL

R6APIN6 ""KOROSUK6'S SCI6NC6 OU65TION BOX"" IN 6L6M6NTARy SCHOOL 4TH SRAP6 H6 THOUGHT

H6 WANT6P TO TRy WRITINS A SCI6NC6

MANSA. HIS PARTICULAR PR6F6R6NC6 WAS

CONT6NT ABOUT SPAC6 P6V6LOPM6NT. HIS

HOBBI6S SPAN A PIV6RS6 RAN66 OF MOVI65, VIP60 SAM65, MOP6L CARS, ANP

COMPUT6RS.

MAN0A SCIZHCZ

YOSHTTOH ASARl

CONTENTS

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A MICROBE IS A SUPERMAN. SHININO KILLIFISH ANR TO LIKE.. MAKINO PRESSES FROM MILK.. which 15 a sweet watermelon?.. PAPER RIAPERS WILL SAVE TO EARTH?/. MEPKINE TO MAKE you SMARTER?/,. COLORLESS, BUT COLORFUL?/. A MIRACULOUS MERICINE WHICH PREVENTS CAVITIES?/. IN 2001 ROBOTS WILL EECOA/IE SNAKES?/. SQUIP CALCULATORS, ANR CUTLASS FISH NAIL POLISH?/.. THE THINNER, TO MORE AMAZINO/. IRON POWPER TEACHES US ABOLfT HIRPEN COPES. ATTACK OF TO COMPUTER VIRUS/.. YOUR HANRS CAN MAKE you SMARTER/?.. CIT/ RATS LOVE COMPUTERS?.. OOINO TO SPACE /MAKES YOU GO TO THE TOILET?.. 666 RAyS ON /MARS: A SPACE JOURNEY. THE T70 THOUSANP-YEAR-OLP STORY OF A SUPERNOVA.. YOUR BOPY IS AAAPE OF STARPUST/?. IS THERE A TOTH PLANET IN TO SOLAR 5YSTEM?.. WHEN IS MT. FUJI OOINO TO ERUPT?.. RETRIEVE THE AIR FROM 300 MILLION YEARS AGO!. 505 SPACESHIP EARTH/ RIP RINOSAUROIPS EXIST?.. PO ALIENS EXIST?.. THE COMICS CONTAINER IN THIS VOLUME WERE FEATURE? IN "5 YEAR SCIENCE* FROM 1987T01989. THE RESEARCH ANR FRORUCTSINTRCRUCER IN THESE COMICS

IfcTS COPY VZGtTABLtS!

1 MILLION PROM 1G OP LfcTTUCZU

YOU CAM £AT CRAB SHELLS'

THfc AAANV WAYS TO USfc CRAB SHELLS

CHTTLN'S CONNECTION TO TWE HUMAN BOPV

IN NORMAL. HUMAN BOPIES IF SOMETHIN# FOREIGN ENTERS IT, THE BOP/ HAS THE

FUNCTION TO PRIVE IT OUT.

BUT IF TUB SUBSTANCE CHTTIN IS IN THE BOP/, THIS FUNCTION POESNT OCCUR. IT

STAYS AS IT IS ANP IS ABSORBER INTO THE BOPY.

CRAB 5H£LL5 CAN ALSO BBCOA/IB MBPICINB/?

MICROORGANISMS

THfc bGZ OF MICROBE POWBR//

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A MICRO LIBRARY INSIP£ TH& BORY!?

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KASEIN

YOU CAN MAKfc A BUTTON FROM MILK.

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THfcSfc ARS CIOTWZS MAVt FROM MILK//

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SIMILAR TO J jT jjff

F f > \ jf WHAT'S MORf, WHIL5 IT'S * f • fl l SIMILAR TO SILK IT HAS ^ ^ SYNTHETIC FIBERS.

SOUND WAVE

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ACTUALLY ^

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BP" ( EVEN WITH lABt,?S?iNT)

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s& H THERE MUST

/ /^uiAAw BE SOMETHING fi BESIPES

1 PONT HI PAPER IN^ —ls~'

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TURNING PfcSfcRTS INTO 0R55N im? WITH PAP5R PIAP5RS/?

By THE WAY, we HIGHLY ABSORBENT 1

PLASTICS HAVE EVEN MORE

AMAZINC USES.

THAT'S THE PLAN T'jPT J 1 CURRENTLY IN J m ACTION - TO 1 jm HUH/?

CHANCE PESERTS / REALLY? INTO CREEN LANP// _V 1

IN TH^ggRTS OF iSROw'

TH5 fcXPfcRIM&NT 15 SUCC55PIN0

BtCAUSt OF J4P4N£S£

v^RJSfcARCHfcRS.

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MEMORY & BRAIN

IS MSMORY CAUSSV BY MATERIAL FUNCTIONS...?

TH£ HUMAN 3RAIN 15 FULL. O? CZllS

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VASOPRESSIN: MAKtS YOU SMARTER!?

IF YOUR MmORY IS TOO GOOV...

MORPHOLOGICAL COLOR

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PALATINOSE

a amsmsm immm

I WISH THSRS WAS A ) MVICm- THAT WOUUP)

RR£V£NT CAVmfcS./fN

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HA-HA MAN n #» ILllm,

HAA HAHAHA.' THAT MEPICINE ACTUALLY

exists//

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FIRST, l^T'S THINK < f\ WHY WS SST V 11 cavitiss. J rCTci

SPITS

IT'S HfcRfc/ AUTICAVZTY MATtKIAl

ROBOTICS

WHAT IS A ROBOT!?

SNAKS-TYPS ROBOTS CAM VO THIS/?

LIQUID

<mm mmmm, m>

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CALCULATOR NUMBERS ARB

WHAT 16 1C?

fcVfcN AAORfc HI0H-T£CH FISH

AMORPHOUS METAL

IRON THINNER THAN HAIR/?

IRON CAM GO TO SPACZ, TOO!

OTH£R flUt THINGS

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MAGNETIC CARD

MYSTERIOUS LINES BROUGHT UP BY IRON POWRER

COMPUTER VIRUS

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COMPUTER VIRUSES: MASTERS OP PIS0UIS£'

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L£TS WIPfc OUT TH05£ VIRUSES!

NEURAL NETWORK

THfc PIVISION OP FUNCTIONS

FOR BRAIN FXFRCISFS, HANPS RUL-F/

somTHING HAPP£N6 TO YOUR BRAIN AT ASfc 10/

ULTRASONIC WAVE

RATS CAN PARALVZS CITIES

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WHATS A SUPERSONIC WAVE?

LET'S CATCH RATS WITH SUPERSONIC WAVES/

BIOSPHERE IN SPACESHIP

Z£Ro-0R/\vny softzus you up/

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ZfcROtfRAVrTY 15 NO WALK IN THfc PARK/

conquer THfc Toner m? yovnz

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TAKING TH£ £ARTH WITH US

Wfc'Rfc O?? TO MARS!

TRAVELLING TO MARS TAKES A TIGHT BUPGET!

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AT LAST, A MAKS LAWIH&!

S@rli.987A.';''.

THf 170 THOU5ANP- YZAR'OU? STORY OF A

SUPERNOVA

STARLIGHT IS A Tim MACHINE?

ST4RLI6HT FROM T7 THOUS/M? LI0HT-Y&AR5 4W/AY

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A SUP&RNCVA IS THfc P6ATH OF A STAR?

ORIGIN OF ELEMENTS

CP£NIN£ UP TH£ HUMAN 5017/

THfc ATOM PUZZlfc THAT CRfcATCS All

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THfc SUN, THfc MOON ANP THfc PLANSTS HAVS BSSN AROUNP FOR A IOH& Tim

URANUS RREVICTEV BV A STRANGE FORMULA

182 rmus's FcmxA is mm? eoe's law /anw th£ man who inttccuck? rr.

THfc ASTtROlV THAT WAS FOlM? INI THfc mV?/ SSAT

NfcpruNfc m? fuuto pouisip THROUGH GRAVITY

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VOLCANOLOGY

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THIS CCMK WAS USK? IN "5TH YEAR SCIENCE" IN 1988.

MOUNT FUJI IS A VOLCANO TOO!! /MTHt 11 £RUPTCONS"rcci]RR£^

_CCWKTION_ | ERUPTIONS OSOJRRfcP AT MT. FUJI AFTER THOSE AT MIYAKEJIMA AMP IZU OSHIMA.

VOLCANOES... 1 MT. FUJI 1 vcn j t?iU£NI KPKICV ?

ill 1912 1950 1986

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OSHIMA / 1 /

MMAKWIMA 1874 1940 1983

/ TH6 3 HAV5 BEEN \ ERUPTING IN

SUCCESSION FOR A LONG TIME NOW.

wow... 1 TH6R6'S GOTTA B8 A REASON

FOR THAT/

T I KNOW... IT V MUST 86...

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PONT 86 ^^H9§§ TOO SURE

ABOUT THAT.

■r LET ME SHOW you WHAT A VOLCANO IS

^^^^EXACTLy.

THfc 3QTTOM OF TH£ SFA IS MOVING TOWARPS FUJI!

HOW A VOLCANO fcRUPTS

KIMURA, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE P/UKYUS. 194 THANKS TO: MASAAKI h

mil FUJI £RUPT!?

CARBON DIOXIDE

WOW... If^ R£AUV IS

:ULU OF GAS. CARBON PIOXIPS INSIPfc ROCKS? f

ok so you PONT KNOW svsRyrHiNs,

THSN?

IN THfc 3Z6INSIIN&, YOU COUU? NOT BRfc/VTHfc ON fcARTH

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HfcAT vozsm RETURN TO SVACZl'?

THP 0RPPNIHOIX5Z PPPPCT MUST BP STOPPPP/

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WHAT IF PIN06AURS HAP CONTINUE EVOLVING?

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IF PINOSAUPOIPS HAP PZAUY ZXISTZP...

EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

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LIST OF COLLABORATORS, FIRST APPEARANCES

All OF THESE VOLUMES ARE PART OF "S YEAR SCIENCE"

"LETTUCE IN CAPSULE FORM/?" COLLABORATION: KIRIN 8EER CO.,LTP PHOTOS8 SHOICHIRO HATTORI VOL. 4/1989

"CRAB SHELLS WILL SAVE MANKINP/?" CCUABCRATON: TOITCRIDIVERSITY PR3FESSCR SHICEHIRP HIRANO NIPPON CHEMICALS CO.,LIP, K/OWAREIZO CO.,LIP FIN5CARE CO.,LIP, KANEBO CO., LIP PANASONIC

CO.,LTPTANMI FOCPS VOU SteB6 "A MICROBE IS A SUPERMAN" COLLABORATION: TOKYO INSTITUTE

UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BICHI TAMT/A VOL. 2/1990

CO.,LIP ISETAN CO.,LIP PHOTOS=KEISUKE

"S0U1P CALCOATCRS, AM? CUTLASS COLLABORATION: NISSUI CO., LTP FISH NAIL POLISH?/" VOL. 12/1989

"THE THINNER, THE MORE AMAZING/*

"ATTACK OF THE COMPUTER VIRUS / COLLABORATION = WAMU PRCPUCTIONS, HIROSHI PUKUTSU PINPAPFLE 68000 PHOTOS = yuKir/iKA kosuoi vol. 2/1980

'YOUR HANPS cm MAKE YOU SMARTER/?'

YOSHIYA SHINAOAWA va. S'

U COLLABORATION = NATIONAL- * AEROSPACELABORATOR/OP JA

KOJIOTSUBO, va. 3/1988

= SCIENTIPIC CRITIC, IWAO ETO

"THE 170 THOUSANP-YEAR-OLP COLLABORATION = <_. STORY OF A SUPERNOVA" PLANETARIUM S- ASTRONOMY

MUSEUM, N/-- PHOTOS s N

'YOUR BOP/ IS MAPE OP STARPUST/?' CaLABORATTON = NATIONAL INSTITUTE OP RAPIOLOOICAL SCIENCES, YASUTOIOARASHI

"WHEN IS MI PUJI COINS TO ERUPT?' ! UNIVERSITY OP

"RETRIEVE THE AIR PROM 300 CaLABORATTON = SUOIYAMA

"SOS SPACESHIP EARTH/" VOL. 7/1989

"PIP PINOSAUROIPS EXIST?" CaLABORATTON = YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PROPESSOR YOSHIKAZU HASECAWA NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF CANAPA VOL. 12/1988

"PO ALIENS EXIST?' VOL. 3/1990

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SYNTHETIC SEED CHITIN-CHITOSAN MICROORGANISMS

GENE RECOMBINATION KASEIN

SOUND WAVE SUPER ABSORBENT POLYMER

MEMORY & BRAIN MORPHOLOGICAL COLOR

PALATINOSE ROBOTICS

LIQUID CRYSTAL AMORPHOUS METAL

MAGNETIC CARD COMPUTER VIRUS NEURAL NETWORK ULTRASONIC WAVE

BIOSPHERE IN SPACESHII SPACE TOUR SUPERNOVA

ORIGIN OP ELEMENTS SOLAR SYSTEM VOLCANOLOGY

CARBON DIOXIDE GREENHOUSE EFFECT

DINOSAUROID EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL