By Yuen Wong Yu
Translated by Davis Truong
English Adaptation by Lianne Sentar
Chapter One: "Beginnings"
Adapts "And so it begins..." and "The Birth of
Greymon"
Seven kids find themselves transported into another world, where
they encounter strange "digital monsters" - Digimon.
Their search the missing member of their group, Mimi, is
successful, but she is being chased by the monstrous Kuwagamon,
who pursues all the kids to a cliff edge. The kids' Digimon
Digivolve into their Rookie forms to battle him, forcing him back
slightly before he bites off of the cliff edge, sending them
plummeting into the river below. They wash up on a beach, where
attempts to call for help on strange public phones prove futile.
Then, as they eat, they are attacked by Shellmon, who steps on
Agumon, and seizes Tai.
Chapter Two: "I'll Have Mine Super Sized"
Adapts "The Birth of Greymon" and "Garurumon"
To save Tai, Agumon Digivolves into Greymon, and blasts Shellmon
out to sea. Then, the kids head into the jungle, and after
narrowly escaping some Monochromon, find a trolley car on an
island in the middle of a lake, and spend the night there. Tai
stands watch, but embers from his campfire awake Seadramon, who
drags the island around by his tail. T.K. is thrown into the
water, and Matt dives into save him, but after he does so, he's
grabbed by Seadramon, and Gabumon Digivolves into Garurumon to
save him, only be frozen solid by his Ice Blast.
Chapter Three: "Rising From The Ashes"
Adapts "Garurumon" and "Biyomon Gets
Firepower"
Garurumon breaks free and takes Seadramon down, leaving the kids
to explore further during the day. After traversing a forest full
of road signs, they wind up in the desert, where Tai spies a
village, only to find out that it's smaller than it looks, and is
occupied by Yokomon. The village is attacked by the flaming
Meramon, who has been driven insane by a mysterious Black Gear
that has imbedded itself in his body. The Yokomon are herded to
safety by the kids as Biyomon battles with Meramon, Digivolving
into Birdramon and blasting the gear out of him. Meramon
remembers nothing of what has happened, and the kids and Digimon
eat with the Yokomon.
Chapter Four: "Izzy Meddles With Technology"
Adapts "Kabuterimon's Electro Shocker"
The kids discover a massive factory, and while Izzy investigates
its power supply, Tai, Joe and Sora free a robot Digimon,
Andromon, from between some gears. Unfortunately, one of the
gears is another of the strange Black Gears, which imbeds itself
in his leg and sends him on a rampage. Meanwhile, Izzy discovers
the factory operates on a computer code, and during his analysis
of it, it causes Tentomon pain. On the roof of the factory,
Greymon and Garurumon battle Andromon, and to help, Izzy tried to
use the code to make Tentomon Digivolve...
Chapter Five: "Oh, Poo!"
Adapts "Kabuterimon's Electro Shocker" and
"Togemon in Toy Town"
Tentomon Digivolve into Kabuterimon, and battles Andromon,
defeating him by blasting the Black Gear out of his leg. Andromon
leads the kids to the entrance of a sewer tunnel, and they head
off through the sewers, dreaming about what they'd do if they
were home. Then, quite suddenly, they are attacked by the
sewer-dwelling Numemon, who chase them out of the sewer by
throwing their poo at them. They make it to the surface, but when
Mimi investigates some vending machines, more Numemon burst out
of them, and chase the kids, splitting them up. While Mimi hides
from the amorous Numemon, she is confronted by Monzaemon...
Chapter Six: "Batteries And Malicious Intent Not
Included"
Adapts "Togemon in Toy Town"
The supposedly-friendly Monzaemon attacks Mimi and Palmon, trying
to take them to Toy Town, but a Numemon helps them to hide from
him. They then make their way to Toy Town, where they find the
other kids brainwashed, letting toys play with them, and the
other Digimon trapped in a chest. When Mimi stomps on a toy,
Monzaemon attacks again - the Numemon try to fight him, but are
no match, prompting Palmon to Digivolve into Togemon, and knock a
Black Gear out of Monzaemon. To thank the kids for freeing him,
Monzaemon uses his Hearts Attack to fill them with good feelings.
Chapter Seven: "Joe and Gomamon's Eggcellent
Adventure"
Adapts "Ikkakumon's Harpoon Torpedo"
At the base of Infinity Mountain, the freezing kids find some hot
springs, which are just right to cook the eggs they happen to
find in some refrigerators nearby. Joe warns against eating
strange food, but no one listens, and everything turns out fine
anyway. At night, Joe decides to climb Infinity Mountain to get a
good look around and draw a map, but while he and Gomamon climb,
they are attacked by Unimon, who has been possessed by another of
the Black Gears. Tai and Sora arrive with Greymon and Birdramon
to hold Unimon off, then Joe jumps on Unimon's back to try and
pull out the Black Gear. Gomamon Digivolve into Ikkakumon to save
Joe, blasting the gear out. Unimon flies off, and everyone goes
to the top of the mountain, and look down to discover they're on
an island. And above them, an evil presence watches...
NOTES
This manga is part of Tokyopop's "100% Authentic Manga"
line, printed in its original right-to-left format. However,
unlike the rest of this line, the English language version is not
just a straight translation, but is, like the dubbed cartoon,
tweaked in a few places for the sake of humour. However,
everything about the manga is preserved, and none of the new
dialogue is included with intent to cover up or change things,
the way the cartoon sometimes worked. Further, dub names, attacks
and other terminology are used, except T.K.'s name is spelled as
"TK" without the periods..
The manga begins in media res, starting up with the kids
already in the DigiWorld, with six of them together, searching
for Mimi, rather than split up, as with the cartoon. We are
filled in on the details of how the kids came to the DigiWorld in
flashback form only.
Though the manga is in black and white, the light of the
Digivices is consistently described as golden, rather than the
blue-white light of the cartoon
In chapter five, the manga makes no attempt at hiding the fact
the Numemon are hurling their poo at the kids, the way the dub of
the cartoon did. In fact, it is made a point of humour, getting
as many wacky lines out of Tai as possible containing the word
"poo," (hence the title) to the point where Mimi asks
him to stop saying it so much. In response, Tai decides he'll
call it "sludge" - just like the dub of the cartoon
called it. In the following chapter, Mimi refers to it by its
full dub cartoon name, "Nume Sludge."