For all of this year, we’re taking a look at Shogakukan’s Weekly Big Comic Spirits (週刊ビッグコミックスピリッツ) magazine back in 2001. From these issues exactly 25 years ago from their releases helps give a bit of a insight into the creators and the magazine at the time. If you want to see more of these author comments and other articles about the magazine, check out our archive for Weekly Big Comic Spirits on this page.
The cover date on the issues are not the actual release dates for the magazine. As such, we will be posting the articles based on the calendar date when the magazine was actually available for readers to pick up in Japan. In the year 2001, this would typically be published on every Monday.
Every modern issue, the editorial staff would ask a single question to all of the published authors. While the magazine was released weekly, not every series in the magazine was published in each issue. Below is the listing of the manga series as they appear in the issue along with a rough English translation for the question and each response.
Issue Info
Release Date: 10/15/2001
Cover Date: 10/29/2001
Cover Design: Yūsuke Santamaria
- The oneshot Speed Star by Shinobu Tachibana was published in this issue.
Question
How much money would you be willing to lend to someone?
いくらまでなら、他人にお金を貸せますか?
| Series | Author | Answer (English) | Answer (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanazono Merry-Go-Round 花園メリーゴーランド | Haruko Kashiwagi 柏木ハルコ | Depends on who. | 相手による。 |
| Tennen てんねん | Satoshi Yoshida 吉田聡 | I’m too busy to be asked questions like that. | 忙しいんだから、そんな事聞かんでください。 |
| Karabuki カラブキ | Isami Nakagawa 中川いさみ | Eh? | え? |
| Subaru 昴スバル | Masahito Soda 曽田正人 | 1 million yen (this is a lie). | 100万円(ウソかもしんないけど)。 |
| OMEGA TRIBE オメガトライブ | Yukio Tamai 玉井雪雄 | Person dependent. | 人による。 |
| The 3 Young Men THE3名様 | Makochin Ishihara 石原まこちん | I still think about that 420 yen I haven’t gotten back from a friend. | とりあえず友人に貸した420円を返してもらってから考えたいと思います。 |
| Parking Violation Wars!! 駐禁ウォーズ!! | Story: Ryoichi Imai Art: Uhyosuke 作: 今井亮一 画: ウヒョ助 | Lending money is giving it away. So whatever you can afford to lose. (Uhyosuke) | 貸す時はあげるつもりで。だからその時失ってもいい金額。(ウヒョ助) |
| Naguruzo! 殴るぞ! | Sensha Yoshida 吉田戦車 | I won’t lend to anyone! | 他人には貸さん! |
| The Two Oigawas Employment Diary ふたりの大井川 就職日誌 | Inosuke Rodriguez ロドリゲス井之介 | Around 30 million yen… Isn’t that the amount of money I’ve borrowed? | 3000万位ですかねぇ･･･。えっオレが借りてる金じゃないの? |
| Saikano 最終兵器彼女 | Shin Takahashi 高橋しん | I don’t even things out very often, since I don’t expect to get it back. | 返してもらうつもりはないので、あまり貸しません。 |
| Shippujinrai 疾風迅雷 | Tsuru Moriyama もりやまつる | 1 million pesos. | 100万ペソ。 |
| Gallery Fake ギャラリーフェイク | Fujihiko Hosono 細野不二彦 | You’ll need to define “someone” a bit more to answer. | “他人”の定義がなければ回答不能。 |
| Kaijuu Jinsei 怪獣人生 | Nobuyuki Hori ほりのぶゆき | Huh? Maybe up to like 200,000…. | あれ? そういえばあの20万……。 |
| Aozora 青空 | Hidenori Hara 原秀則 | Anything for those XXX older sisters♥ | ×××なお姉ちゃんならいくらでも♥ |
| Ogotte Janken Tai おごってジャンケン隊 | Yoko Gendai 現代洋子 | If you are lending money, then it should be a gift… so 250,000? | 貸したらあげたもんと思えって言うからねえ･･･25万? |
| Russo-Japanese War Story 日露戦争物語 ~天気晴朗ナレドモ浪高シ~ | Tatsuya Egawa 江川達也 | I once lent someone 500,000 yen, but I never got it back. | 50万円貸して、返ってきてない。 |
| Monimoni もにもに | Koji Aihara 相原コージ | No(odles). | 貸さん。 |
| Boku 僕 BOKU | Yasuhito Yamamoto 山本康人 | I hate money. | お金なんて嫌いだ。 |
| Jimihen じみへん | Tatsuya Nakazaki 中崎タツヤ | The change leftover after a trip to pick up cigarettes. | 手持ちの額から帰りの交通費とたばこ銭を引いた額。 |
| Speed Star SPEED STAR | Shinobu Tachibana 立花しのぶ | No, I’m the one who needs the money… | いや、オレが借りたいんすけど･･･。 |
| A Capricious Concept 気まぐれコンセプト | Hoichoi Productions ホイチョイ・プロ | It’s basically 0 (zero), right? | 基本的にはO(ゼロ)ですネ。 |
| Nijikoshi Iinchou にじこしいいんちょう | Nobumi のぶみ | Maybe if you were rich. | お金持ちの人になら。 |
| Naoko 奈緒子 | Story: Nobuhiro Sakata Art: Yuu Nakahara 坂田信弘+中原裕 | Any amount I don’t expect back. (Nakahara) | 返ってこなくてもあきらめがつく額。(中原) |
| Animal Mania アニマルマニア | Kiriko Kubo 玖保キリコ | Maybe 23,456 yen?? | 23456円かな?? |
