In the Rose Garden / Kochikame Chapter 1061: "Enter the Revolutionary Detective!"

Dallbun · Back to Top

(If you want to skip all this boring and mostly unnecessary context, just download the manga chapter here. You are unlikely to regret it.)

"This is the police station in front of Kameari Park in Katsushika Ward" ("Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo," or just "Kochikame") is the longest-running manga in history. It's been serialized continuously in Weekly Shounen Jump from September 1976 to the present, and there are 170 collected volumes and counting.

Wikipedia wrote:
Kochikame takes place in the present day, in and around a neighborhood police station (kōban) in the downtown part of Tokyo, and revolves around the misadventures of a middle-aged cop, Kankichi Ryōtsu (Ryō-san).

The typical Kochikame plot involves Ryō-san coming up with a money-making scheme by inventing a new gadget or capitalizing on a fad, achieving great success, calling on Nakagawa's help as things turn sour, and finally losing it all as the fad runs out of steam or out of control. While the plots are gag-driven, much of the humor comes from the combination of mundane characters with the bizarrely out of place characters. What they have in common is everyone's lack of actual police work, most of which is never explained or rationalized in the slightest.

According to Japanese Wikipedia, Kochikame's author, Akimoto Osamu, really got into Revolutionary Girl Utena when it was on the air. The result of his fandom was the following chapter: a touching homage to the series, as subtle and respectful as can be expected from Kochikame.

I apologize for the bad quality of the images: I didn't scan the pages myself. I also apologize for the abysmal quality of the editing. That part's totally my fault. I wanted to get it out quickly for IRG Day, though. emot-smile Enjoy!

"Enter The Revolutionary Detective!" (link updated 3/24/2012)
Kochikame chapter 1061, reprinted in volume 109. Originally published in Weekly Shounen Jump. (1998, Issue 15)

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Blowfish · Back to Top

This may be the most utterly amazing parody I have ever seen. My god. TEAPOTS.

The hairy legs may pop up in my nightmares, though. emot-gonk

The_A_Man · Back to Top

emot-rofl That has got to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

And it brings up a good point about SKU, just how are they going to revolutionize the world by fighting sword duels against each other?

Dallbun · Back to Top

Blowfish wrote:
The hairy legs may pop up in my nightmares, though.

Yeah, it's pretty haunting. I was surprised at how well put-together Detective Shimemiya was, though. Clearly he has much higher standards of personal grooming!

Ragnarok · Back to Top

That was amazing! Four at once!

satyreyes · Back to Top

I love it when professionals pay each other homage. etc-love What a nice sticking-out of the tongue by Akimoto Osamu. I like how he conflated the best parts of Utena's character and Akio's, so we end up with a gung-ho revolutionary hero with an incredibly slick car that he can drive from the hood. Thank you for translating, and for bringing this to our attention! poptart poptart poptart

Dallbun · Back to Top

As it turns out, Detectives Utera and Shimemiya have one more cameo, in volume 122. They appear alongside the rest of the Special Detectives (as of August 2000), who are all guest-starring for a two-chapter story. Unfortunately, they don't really get any lines, and fade into the background almost immediately.

Still, here's the group introduction shot. You can see why the main characters had such... unique expectations of the Special Detectives. emot-tongue I think my favorite is the guy in the speedo and the tie on the far right.

Red Tiger · Back to Top

Hi,

Dallbun, do you still have the chapter? Can you upload it again?

Thanks!

Dallbun · Back to Top

Red Tiger wrote:
Dallbun, do you still have the chapter? Can you upload it again?

Huh! Actually, apparently I don't have it! Not the translated version, at least - I do still have both the raws and my translation. But I must have lost the file when my hard drive crashed earlier this year. emot-frown

Sorry, but does anybody else have a copy? emot-redface

Giovanna · Back to Top

I have it! emot-smile Unfortunately I'm not at my computer right now, kind of have a math exam to study for before I get my job. I'll post it tomorrow or at least very soon.

Red Tiger · Back to Top

Thank you both!

Giovanna · Back to Top

http://ohtori.nu/forumstuff/Kochikame.zip

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Dallbun · Back to Top

Thanks, Gio! Now everyone can again bear witness to my terrible, horrible MS Paint manga editing skills!

... emot-frown

Seriously, though. Enjoy, Red Tiger! Hopefully it's still funny without knowledge of Revolutionary Girl Utena. If you have any questions, ask away.

Red Tiger · Back to Top

Giovanna wrote:
http://ohtori.nu/forumstuff/Kochikame.zip

I've downloaded the chapter, but i can't open it, it doesn't have a format. What's the file extension?

Dallbun · Back to Top

Red Tiger wrote:
I've downloaded the chapter, but i can't open it, it doesn't have a format. What's the file extension?

It's a ZIP file (.zip), like the link says. If you're not familiar with it, ZIP is an extremely popular file format for archiving and compressing multiple files. In this case, the zip file contains 19 .jpg files which make up the actual chapter. You can "unzip" the zip file (extracting the files it contains) using any file archiving software (I use the open-source 7-Zip).

Alternately, there are programs like CDisplay (or any of the alternatives listed on that site) which let you easily browse through a series of image files like this, and are used to conveniently read comics and manga on computers. You can read the chapter with a program like that, too, though you can't necessarily extract the images that way.

Red Tiger · Back to Top

Dallbun wrote:
Red Tiger wrote:
I've downloaded the chapter, but i can't open it, it doesn't have a format. What's the file extension?
It's a ZIP file (.zip), like the link says. If you're not familiar with it, ZIP is an extremely popular file format for archiving and compressing multiple files. In this case, the zip file contains 19 .jpg files which make up the actual chapter. You can "unzip" the zip file (extracting the files it contains) using any file archiving software (I use the open-source 7-Zip).

Alternately, there are programs like CDisplay (or any of the alternatives listed on that site) which let you easily browse through a series of image files like this, and are used to conveniently read comics and manga on computers. You can read the chapter with a program like that, too, though you can't necessarily extract the images that way.

Sorry, i did not explain myself correctly.
I know what a ZIP file is , the problem is that the ZIP file that i've downloaded only contain inside one file with no format/extension and not the 19 .jpeg that you mentioned.

Dallbun · Back to Top

Red Tiger wrote:
Sorry, i did not explain myself correctly.
I know what a ZIP file is , the problem is that the ZIP file that i've downloaded only contain inside one file with no format/extension and not the 19 .jpeg that you mentioned.

Sorry, I wasn't sure I understood the problem, so I explained a little too much! emot-redface

In that case, I have no idea why you'd only be getting one file. I downloaded it myself, and it opens just fine for me. Have you tried re-downloading it?

yuzukelly · Back to Top

Thank you! That was pretty funny!! XD

Red Tiger · Back to Top

Dallbun wrote:
Red Tiger wrote:
Sorry, i did not explain myself correctly.
I know what a ZIP file is , the problem is that the ZIP file that i've downloaded only contain inside one file with no format/extension and not the 19 .jpeg that you mentioned.
Sorry, I wasn't sure I understood the problem, so I explained a little too much!

In that case, I have no idea why you'd only be getting one file. I downloaded it myself, and it opens just fine for me. Have you tried re-downloading it?

Yes, i've tried.

Dallbun · Back to Top

Red Tiger wrote:
Yes, i've tried.

In that case, I have only one idea, which is that for some reason your computer is having trouble with the fact that the files are in a folder in the zip file. I removed the folder from the zip file - try this one out. If that doesn't work, I'm officially out of ideas. emot-frown

Sorry that it's on a file-hosting website! I have no hosting myself.

Kochikame 1061 (no folder in zip file)

Giovanna · Back to Top

If that doesn't work for you, let me know and I'll just throw up the pages and an html to access 'em. emot-smile

Red Tiger · Back to Top

Thanks! Now, it's everything ok! cool
If i find something related with Revolutionary Girl Utena in Kochikame (manga or anime), i let you guys know!

Once again, thank you both!

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