Cowa!

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Cowa!

Cowa! cover
こわ!
Genre Action supernatural fiction
Manga
Author Akira Toriyama
Publisher Flag of Japan Shueisha
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump
Original run 19971998
Volumes 1

Cowa! (こわ!?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It began in late 1997 despite him fighting a hurting arm.[1] The manga was first serialized in Japan by Weekly Shōnen Jump and then made into a tankōbon by Jump Comics. This was Toriyama's first major project since the Dragon Ball manga.[1]

[edit] Storyline and plot

See also: Paifu

A troublesome young vampire-hybrid named Paifu and his friends, including a ghost named Jose Rodriguez, are searching for a medicine to cure the monsters in their hometown of a rapid influenza.

Cowa! is a short manga (1 book, 14 chapters).

[edit] Other characters

  • Mako "Active Volcano" Maruyama (丸山真虎 Maruyama Mako) (often called "Marumayma" and "Makorin" by Paifu)
  • Apone
  • Ku
  • Doctor
  • Baroaba (the Forest Monster)
  • Reonald
  • Witch-sama

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Cowa! at http://www.toriyamaworld.com/. Retrieved on April 11, 2007.