It looks like a work serialized in the monthly CoroCoro Comic published by Shogakukan, but it is actually serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump, and it has been decided that "Boku to Roboco" will be broadcast as a 5-minute anime! From the illustrations to the characters, there is a strong homage to the work that has more than 50 years of history, but there are also many parodies and homages to Jump. The cover of the original book is a parody or homage of some kind, and this time I would like to introduce the original source!
Boku to Roboco Volume 1 Original Source "Doraemon"
The biggest homage of this work. Not only the illustrations, but the work itself is a parody of Doraemon, with a robot living in the main character's house, mean classmates, and a bespectacled elementary school student as the main character. However, the robot is unconventional, the bullies are actually saints and not bullies at all, and Nobita is an honest boy, so the story takes advantage of the premise.
Synopsis of the original story "Doraemon"
One day, Sewashi, who claims to be Nobita's descendant, and Doraemon, a cat-shaped robot, suddenly appear in a desk drawer to Nobita, a useless elementary school student who is no good at anything. According to Sewashi, Nobita's future is bleak and his descendants are suffering because of this, so Doraemon has come to change this tragic future. Nobita, who has come to live with Doraemon, uses Doraemon's mysterious secret gadgets from the future to solve the problems he faces. However, Nobita gets too cocky and ends up getting punished every time.
Me and Roboco Volume 2 Original Story "ONE PIECE"
Weekly Shonen Jump's flagship manga. It is a pirate manga that is one of the most popular in the world, and has been developed in all kinds of media such as anime, movies, and games. It is the most well-known manga currently being serialized. It is not surprising that this work, which is fighting with Shogakukan, does not make fun of the magazine's works, and there are quite a few parodies in the story.
Synopsis of the original "ONE PIECE"
The world is in the great age of pirates, and pirates from all over the world set out to sea, dreaming of the treasure left behind by the pirate king Gold Roger. Monkey D. Luffy, a boy who dreams of becoming a pirate king, eats the devil fruit "Gomu Gomu no Mi", which makes the person who eats it unable to swim but gives them mysterious powers, and turns into a rubber man! This is a maritime adventure romance in which Luffy sets out on an adventure, meets various companions, and continues his journey to become the pirate king!
Boku to Roboco Volume 3 Original Story: The Promised Neverland
A sci-fi dark fantasy series that was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2016 to 2020. It begins with a heartwarming story about children living in an orphanage spending time with a kind sister, but then the children learn that they were actually raised as meat. The story depicts the children's unity and battle of wits, and the world view is gradually unraveled. It has also been adapted into an anime, a movie, and other media mixes.
Synopsis of the original story "The Promised Neverland"
At the orphanage "Grace Field House," where various orphans gather, the orphans believe that the children are educated and sent to foster homes, but the lively girl Emma and the smart Norman learn that the place is a large-scale meat processing plant and that they are being raised for food. Emma and her fellow orphans come up with a plan to escape the orphanage.
Boku to Roboco Volume 4 Original Story: Jujutsu Kaisen
A representative work of the next generation of Jump, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since 2018. It is a dark fantasy themed around sorcerers. It has been popular since the early days of serialization, but its popularity exploded after it was made into an anime in 2020, and the total number of copies published, including electronic versions, has now exceeded 70 million.
Synopsis of the original "Jujutsu Kaisen"
After the death of his grandfather, high school student Itadori Yuji, who lives in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, finds out that the seal of a cursed object sleeping in Itadori's school is released, and a cursed spirit appears. Itadori breaks into the school building with the sorcerer Fushiguro Megumi, but he finds himself in a difficult situation and eats the cursed object "Sukuna's finger" to gain power, and the special-grade cursed object, Ryomen Sukuna, is revived.
Me and Roboco Episode 5 Original Story "My Hero Academia"
One of Jump's flagship manga, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since 2014. It is a hero manga that incorporates the production of American comic book hero works, and has received a great response since the early days of serialization, and has been made into many media mixes such as anime, stage plays, and spin-offs. It is a work that is especially popular overseas.
Synopsis of the original "My Hero Academia"
Most of humanity has awakened to special abilities called "quirks," and special crimes are on the rise. In a society where heroes who use their quirks to crack down on villains have become commonplace to deal with these crimes, Izuku Midoriya, a "quirkless" boy who dreams of becoming a hero, learns of the current situation of his idol, the No. 1 hero "All Might." All Might recognizes Izuku as his successor, and Izuku inherits All Might's quirk and goes on to study at the hero school "Yuei Academy."
Boku to Roboco Volume 6 Original Story "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba"
A dark fantasy set in the Taisho era that was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2016 to 2020. It gained explosive popularity after being made into an anime and became a social phenomenon. It quickly became a representative work of Jump, and the movie version of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train was the highest-grossing movie of all time in Japan.
Synopsis of the original "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba"
In the Taisho era, when Tanjiro Kamado, a boy who makes a living as a charcoal burner, returns home, he finds that his family, except for his younger sister Nezuko, has been brutally murdered by demons, and his remaining sister has also been turned into a demon. Tanjiro is saved from this predicament by Giyu Tomioka of the Demon Slayer Corps, and in search of a way to return his sister to her original state, he trains and joins the Demon Slayer Corps.
Boku to Roboco Volume 7 Original Story "Haikyu!!"
A volleyball-themed work that was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2012 to 2020, it is based on real facilities and events, and is a work that boosted the popularity of sports through manga. In the work, Roboco is used to learn the rules of volleyball.
Synopsis of the original "Haikyu!!"
Hinata Shoyo, a junior high school student with amazing spring and physical ability despite his short stature, participated in his first official match in his third year of junior high school, but was defeated by Kitagawa Daiichi, led by Kageyama Tobio. Kageyama was talented but had been sulking, and Shoyo asked him, "What have you been doing for the past three years?", so he decided to get revenge in high school. However, when he enrolled in Karasuno High School, he was surprised to see Kageyama there.
Boku to Roboco Volume 8 Original Story "Oshi no Ko"
This work has been serialized in Weekly Young Jump since 2020. It is a reincarnation story about being reincarnated as the child of a favorite idol, but behind the fantasy and science fiction, it is a work characterized by suspense set against the backdrop of the entertainment world and the dark side of society. Oshi no Ko has a double meaning, with the meaning of an idol and the child of an idol.
Synopsis of the original story "Oshi no Ko"
Goro, a rural obstetrician-gynecologist, is visited by his favorite idol, Hoshino Ai, who is currently on hiatus, and finds out that she is pregnant. Goro is present at her birth, but is murdered by Ai's stalker, and when he wakes up, he finds himself reincarnated as her child.
Boku to Roboco Volume 9 Original Story: Deathnote
Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2004 to 2006, this suspense work is rare for Jump at the time. The story is based on the Deathnote, a book that kills anyone whose name is written in it. This is a representative work of Jump in the 2000s that was also made into an anime and a live-action film. In addition, the original author Tsugumi Ohba and the illustrator Takeshi Obata have also teamed up on Bakuman and Platinum End.
Synopsis of the original "DEATHNOTE"
One day, Light Yagami, the son of Soichiro Yagami, the head of the National Police Agency's Criminal Affairs Bureau, picks up a Death Note in which anyone whose name is written in it dies, and begins to see the figure of the Shinigami Ryuk. Light begins to use the Death Note to kill criminals for his own justice.
Boku to Roboco Volume 10 Original Story: Chainsaw Man
A dark fantasy, the first part of which was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2019 to 2021, and the second part is serialized in Shonen Jump+. It is a work that contains suspense and horror elements that set it apart from Jump's previous style, and as of October 2022, it is currently an ongoing work that is a hot topic. The anime is also being distributed to great acclaim.
Synopsis of the original "Chainsaw Man"
In a world where demons are a common occurrence, Denji lives in debt with Pochita, the "Chainsaw Devil." He and Pochita are fatally wounded during a job. Denji then drinks Pochita's blood and revives him, and Pochita becomes Denji's heart, and Denji is resurrected as the Chainsaw Devil.
[Me and Roboco] Cover Parody Introduction Summary
We've put together a list of parodies of the cover of Me and Roboco! It's a metafictional world where Jump is a common presence, so I'm looking forward to seeing how Jump material will be handled in this five-minute anime!
