R. O. D.: Read or Die #1

(March 2006)

Episode One (Table of Contents: 1)

R.O.D. / comic story / 34 pages (report information)

Script

Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)

Pencils

Shutaro Yamada

Inks

Shutaro Yamada

Letters

Mark McMurray

Genre

spy

Characters

Yomiko Readman; Director Joker; Wendy Earhart; The Curator; Mr. Woo the Bookworm

Synopsis

During negotiations for the return of a one-of-a-kind book printed in 1643, Director Joker of the British Library Association's espionage branch is forced to call in one of their special agents: Yomiko Readman, an obsessive-compulsive bibliophile with the telekinetic ability to bend paper to her will.

Reprints

• from ウルトラ ジャンプ [Urutora Janpu] [Ultra Jump] (集英社 [Shueisha], 1999 series) #7/2000

Episode Two (Table of Contents: 2)

R.O.D. / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)

Pencils

Shutaro Yamada

Inks

Shutaro Yamada

Letters

Mark McMurray

Genre

spy

Characters

Yomiko Readman; Nenene Sumiregawa

Synopsis

While substitute teaching in between assignments for the British Library Association, Yomiko is smitten by a novel written by a student and seeks her out. But Nenene Sumiregawa is not an author who takes to fans very well.

Reprints

• from Ultra Jump (Shueisha, 1999 series) #?

Episode Three (Table of Contents: 3)

R.O.D. / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)

Pencils

Shutaro Yamada

Inks

Shutaro Yamada

Letters

Mark McMurray

Genre

spy

Characters

Yomiko Readman; Nenene Sumiregawa

Synopsis

Nenene is abducted by an obsessed fan and it takes another obsessed fan in Yomiko to come to her rescue.

Reprints

• from Ultra Jump (Shueisha, 1999 series) #?

Indexer Notes

During the rescue, Yomiko is reading a copy of Weekly Shonen Jump, Ultra Jump's sister publication in one panel.

Episode Four (Table of Contents: 4)

R.O.D. / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)

Pencils

Shutaro Yamada

Inks

Shutaro Yamada

Letters

Mark McMurray

Genre

spy

Characters

Yomiko Readman; Nenene Sumiregawa; Fire Inc.

Synopsis

Assigned to guard Nenene from further abduction attempts, Yomiko settles in at the teen's apartment.

Reprints

• from Ultra Jump (Shueisha, 1999 series) #?

Episode Five (Table of Contents: 5)

R.O.D. / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)

Pencils

Shutaro Yamada

Inks

Shutaro Yamada

Letters

Mark McMurray

Genre

spy

Characters

Yomiko Readman; Nenene Sumiregawa; Fire Inc.; Donnie Nakajima (flashback only); Director Joker; Marihara Kazumi

Synopsis

Director Joker interrogates the suspects in Nenene's initial abduction. Fire Inc. tries to tempt Yomiko to her side. And Nenene meets the obsessive fan behind her latest abduction.

Reprints

• from Ultra Jump (Shueisha, 1999 series) #?

Episode Six (Table of Contents: 6)

R.O.D. / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)

Pencils

Shutaro Yamada

Inks

Shutaro Yamada

Letters

Mark McMurray

Genre

spy

Characters

Yomiko Readman; Nenene Sumiregawa; Marihara Kazumi; Fire Inc.; Director Joker

Synopsis

With an assist from Director Joker, Yomiko faces off against Fire Inc.

Reprints

• from Ultra Jump (Shueisha, 1999 series) #?

Episode Seven (Table of Contents: 7)

R.O.D. / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)

Pencils

Shutaro Yamada

Inks

Shutaro Yamada

Letters

Mark McMurray

Genre

spy

Characters

Yomiko Readman; Nenene Sumiregawa; Marihara Kazumi; Fire Inc.; Director Joker; Donnie Nakajima (flashback only)

Synopsis

Kazumi plans to keep Nenene as his personal author, writing books only for him. And he has a secret about Yomiko he thinks will keep her at bay.

Reprints

• from Ultra Jump (Shueisha, 1999 series) #?

Episode Eight (Table of Contents: 8)

R.O.D. / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)

Pencils

Shutaro Yamada

Inks

Shutaro Yamada

Letters

Mark McMurray

Genre

spy

Characters

Yomiko Readman; Nenene Sumiregawa; Marihara Kazumi

Synopsis

Kazumi seeks to tempt Yomiko into allowing him to force Nenene to marry him by presenting her with his massive library of collectible books.

Reprints

• from Ultra Jump (Shueisha, 1999 series) #?

Ultra Ultra Reader King Yomio (Table of Contents: 9)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Hideyuki Kurata; Steve Bellati (translation)

Pencils

Taraku Hao; Shutaro Yamada; Masashi Ishihama

Inks

Taraku Hao; Shutaro Yamada; Masashi Ishihama

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Author Kurata discusses the transition from writing Read or Die light novels to Read or Die manga. The text is accompanied by concept illustrations of Yomiko and Nenene.

Reprints

• from R.O.D.: Read or Die tankobon (Shueisha, 2000 series) #1

Congratulatory Postcards from the Anime Staff (Table of Contents: 10)

R.O.D. / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Shinobu Nerima; Sidney Troussier; Ishihama Suginami; Tatchii Nerima; Chicachayu Edogawa; Osho Daruma

Inks

Shinobu Nerima; Sidney Troussier; Ishihama Suginami; Tatchii Nerima; Chicachayu Edogawa; Osho Daruma

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Illustrations from animators working on the R.O.D. OVA video, showing humorous pictures of Yomiko and Nancy Makuhari.

Reprints

• from R.O.D.: Read or Die tankobon (Shueisha, 2000 series) #1