COMIC
NO. 3
PROJECT A-KO THE NEXT GENERATION 7: "AIN"T LOVE GRAND" or
"HOW CAN YOU LOVE ME WHEN I'M DRIVING YOU CRAZY??"
We open to a shot of the front of Graviton City Girls High
School. In the background, Akana Napolipolita-Daitokuji is
chasing with a loaded pulse rifle three teenage boys in
school uniforms.
Akana: DIE, EARTH PIGS!!
Tormentor #1 is skipping and waving his arms, as if on
stage. The song he loudly sings is to the tune of 'DO YOU
KNOW THE MUFFIN MAN?'
Tormentor #1: DO YOU KNOW
YOUR MUM'S A MAN,
YOUR MUM'S A MAN,
YOUR MUM'S A MAN......(Note: I, the
author's daughter, supplied her w/ this schoolyard song!
Heh heh...)
Tormentors #2 and #3 have wised up and are sprinting ahead
of the singer.
Tormentor #3: RUN!!!! SHE'S PACKING A PULSE RIFLE!!
Two young schoolgirls are watching.
Schoolgirl #1: They're bugging Akana again. Dumb.
Schoolgirl #2: Don't they know Cygnans start their military
training at age 3?
In the foreground, Kei Yuki's younger brother, Akira,
approaches Arisa Napolipolita-Daitokuji, who is wearing a
tennis dress and carrying a racket. He is even cuter than
his older brother, and has a full head of hair, too.
Akira: Uh -- hi. I'm Akira Yuki. Want a "COLA"?
Arisa (thinking): Hmmmm....he's kind of cute.
Even closer in the foreground are the principals of Graviton
City Girls and Boys High Schools, respectively. The
gentleman is a nice-looking young man with dark hair and
glasses.
Shirasaka Sensei: I hope our field day is a success,
Headmistress Ayumi.
Ayumi Sensei: So do I, Headmaster Shirasaka. (To herself)
Hmmm....he's kind of cute.
----------
Shot of Akira and Arisa. She is sipping her soda and giving
him goo-goo eyes.
Arisa (to herself): Hot damn, he IS cute...
Akira: You're Arisa Daitokuji, aren't you? Didn't you
babysit my niece and nephew once -- blew them into
hyperspace, as I recall --. Hey, want to go to the movies
Saturday night?
Arisa (delighted but hiding it well): Uh, yeah..sure.
----------
Shot of Arisa having a heart-to-heart with Captain, who is
in her CAA Director-General uniform and standing at
attention, saluting at something out of view.
Arisa: Ma, what do you do when you think you like a guy?
Cap: Tackle him. If he doesn't respond, you're wasting
your time. (Polite pause) Ahhh...sweetie. Mama's
reviewing the troops right now.
Arisa: Can I go to the movies with Kei Yuki's brother Akira
next Saturday night?
Cap: Hmmm. I guess that would be okay. They're nice
people.
Arisa (thinking): YES!
----------
Shot of Arisa's bedroom. She is trying on a new outfit.
Akana stands to her left with her pulse rifle, a sour
expression on her face. Little Kazushi clings to her knees
(her mother is at work). Atina and B-Ko are also in
attendance.
Arisa (thrilled): HOW'S THIS?
Atina: It's awfully Earth.
Bko: It's nice, but lose the shades.
Akana: FORGET IT. BOYS ARE PIGS.
Kazushi (to herself): Boys pigs?
Shiiko (out of view): DADDY!!! AKANA HAS A PULSE RIFLE IN
THE HOUSE!!!!
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Caption: "Arisa prepares for her big date...while Director-
General Napolipolita-Daitokuji attends the bimonthly
strategy session held by the United Earth Alliance Command -
-"
Mr. Director Yashida is standing very straight and looking
very impressive, discussing important military matters with
his subordinates. Captain is behind him at a table, looking
at a schematic. She is obviously irritated at Yashida and
the world in general.
Yashida: Frankly, our Earth defenses are weak. I suggest
that we strengthen our Web-System and add another fleet to
our current airborne command system.
Officer: Excellent suggestion, sir.
Cap (thinking, in response to Yashida's statement):
Frankly, Sweetcakes, a monkey armed with a peashooter riding
a ten-cent balloon could bring down this entire pathetic
male-dominated planet in about twenty minutes ---
The other officers murmur their assent to Yashida's
statement. Captain, however, whips around and sticks her
index finger in his face.
Cap (baring her teeth): NO. It's NOT an "excellent
suggestion." Any Earthbound DUMBHEAD could CLEARLY see that
we need more detection capabilities, not more hardware. GOT
IT??????
Yashida (taken aback): Uhhh -- . Always glad to hear from
the Central Astro Agency.
(To himself) Is she hitting the sauce again?
----------
The two walk down the hall after the meeting.
Yashida: Aysha! Are you all right?
Cap: Buzz off, Larry. I don't want to hear it (sniff).
----------
Caption: "The workplace is clearly a disaster .. and it
doesn't get any better at home."
Shot of Captain in a towel, standing on the scale in her
luxurious bathroom (well, one of them, anyway). As in B-
Ko's bathroom, there is an ornate mirror and vanity with
Hikaru's face incorporated within the design elements. She
is surrounded by daughters. Atina has her by the shoulders,
trying to comfort her. Shiiko has her around her waist,
hugging her with pure love. Kazushi is sitting on the
floor, sucking her thumb. Mitsuko stands only halfway into
the room, in case she needs to make a hasty retreat. Arisa
and Akana are in the foreground. The scale informs Captain
that she weighs 160 pounds. Of course, she is also nearly
six feet tall.
Cap (anguished): FAT, FAT, FAT, FAT!!! Five MORE
pounds!!!! ARGHHHH!!!
Shiiko: No, BEAUTIFUL.
Atina: Take it easy, Ma -- what do you expect after eight
kids?
Kazushi (thinking): Mama flipping out?
Arisa: Ma, you look good, you really do. I mean, you're
not HUGE or anything. Uh, you look good for someone as OLD
as you....(trying to be helpful but clearly stepping in it).
Akana: WILL YOU SHUT UP?
Captain crosses her arms over her head and begins to wail
loudly, threatening to shatter the ornate mirrors.
Cap: YAAAAAAAAH! GO AWAY! YOU ALL DRIVE ME NUTS! BOO
HOO HOO!
The younger girls immediately scatter.
Mitsuko: MAYDAY! MAYDAY!
Kazushi: Waaah!
Arisa: Ma's losing it.
Atina: Oh, wow. RUN FOR IT!
----------
Caption: "The entire household is thrown into pandemonium
due to the Captain's inexplicable behavior--"
Closeup shot of Hikaru with a dazed expression, sweat flying
from his brow anime-style. Captain has her arms around his
neck; he is rapidly patting her on the back.
Cap:
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!
I LOOK SO AWFUL! WHY DID I HAVE ALL THOSE KIDS? EVERYTHING
I OWN IS HEADING SOUTH! AND WHY DID I DRINK SO MUCH AND GET
CROW'S FEET FROM TRYING NOT TO SEE DOUBLE????? HOW CAN YOU
STILL STAND TO LOOK AT ME?? HOW COME I DON'T JUST FLOP DOWN
IN THE GUTTER AND DIE?
Hikaru (to himself): oh no.
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Caption: "The kids just don't understand -- and neither does
the husband..."
Captain, Kazushi, Akana, and Alana are in front of the
mirror. Captain (who, you understand, looks fine all along)
is holding up her heavy mane as if to whack it off at any
minute.
Cap: NEW HAIRDO? PLASTIC SURGERY? ANTI-DEPRESSANTS?
HYDRAULIC LIFTS? A BAG OVER MY HEAD????
Kazushi (hanging around Ma's neck, speaking softly):
Pretty.
Alana (primping): Face it, Ma. You're not 30 any more.
Akana (smearing a lipstick over her mouth): Is this what I
have to look forward to?
Hikaru is in his smoking jacket in the background, gripping
his head with his hands.
He is trembling.
Hikaru (to anyone who will listen): I wish I was still
working so I could go to the office!
----------
Shot of the ornate Napolipolita-Daitokuji bed. Hikaru is
intently gazing at the latest edition of the Victoria's
Cyber-Secret catalogue. Captain is tickling his ear. It is
obvious she has more on her mind than a good night's sleep.
Cap (pointing to a catalogue page): Hikaru-Sama -- are you
going to buy that for ME?
Hikaru (without thinking): Well, actually, I was just
looking at the models.
----------
Shot of the two out on the bedroom window balcony. Hikaru,
in his pajamas, is flying through the night sky following a
resounding "BAM!" Captain, in her Vic's nightie, has kicked
him off the balcony in her best martial-arts form.
Cap: SLEEP IN THE BACK YARD, YOU
CREEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(To herself, feeling better) Bet those slat-cat skinny
bimbos in the catalogue can't summon the raw strength to
side-snap-kick a guy into ORBIT! Bwahahahaha look into the
eyes of the Goddess and despair, Earthling male persons!!!!
----------
Caption: "The next morning...."
Captain is seen in her kimono, hands contorted into claws,
shrieking.
Cap: OKAY, NOW WHICH PIG LEFT THE MESS IN THE BATHROOM?
Akana (in her school uniform, thundering down the hallway):
Out of my way, Arisa!!
Arisa (ditto): Thank the Great Mother that it's a school
day!! RUN FOR THE LIMO!
----------
Captain's mood has now swung the other way. She is hugging
her beleagered husband around the waist and has placed her
head on his shoulder. He is clearly agitated.
Cap: Awww sweetie baby darling..I'm REALLY sorry about
booting you off the balcony last night..
Hikaru (to himself): That's the last time I ever open a
Victoria's Cyber-Secret catalogue!!
But...then again...maybe I could special-order a spandex-and-
lace STRAITJACKET....
Arisa: Poor Ma's gone mental. What can we do. OWCH!
Kazushi (who is holding onto Arisa by her hair): Sigh.
Atina: Clean up the bathroom, I guess.
Shiiko and Mitsuko are white with anxiety. They can't
understand what has happened to their beloved Ma. Shiiko has
buried her face against Akana, who has historically resented
her.
Shiiko: Boo Hoo! Mama!!
Akana (stroking the little girl's hair): Ok, ok. I guess I
like you a little, Earth brat.
Alana stands in the foreground. Her slanted eyes are
heavily outlined, and her extremely long green hair is done
up in a side ponytail Cygnan-style.
Alana: Can't wait to get back to school. War games sound
restful next to this!
----------
Caption: "Still reeling from impact shock, Hikaru takes
Aysha to a gala social event..."
Hikaru, in the background, is talking to a young woman in a
slinky black gown. Captain is in the foreground holding a
glass. Her hair is done up in a beaded semi-upsweep and she
wears a low-cut strapless dress. Her looks are more Earth
than Cygnan tonight. She is angry as hell.
Hikaru (to the femme fatale): YAK YAK YAK YAK YAK YAK YAK
Captain (to herself): I look stupid, and my hair looks
stupid, and this dress is stupid, and if he talks to that
pigface with the tiny butt over there for five more seconds
I'm going to rip his face off. (Looking at her drink) And
thank the Great Mother that this is tonic water...otherwise
he'd REALLY have something to worry about!
Shot of D entering our view. Her appearance has also been
softened. She wears a black gown and a black headband; her
hair is longer via Earth but still punk via Alpha Cygni.
Cap (weeping, her evening ruined): OHHHHHHHHH D!!!!! ALL
MY YOUNG AND CUTE YEARS ARE GONE!
D (giving her a reality slap): Uh.....my Captain. You were
young, but you weren't cute.
You were bombed out of your skull.
Cap: (Oh yeah -- I forgot.)
Shot of Captain with her face in her hands. Her dress is --
uh, a little tight.
Cap: Maybe I'm going nuts, D...I hate everyone and
everything and I'm turning into a COW.
D (thunderstruck, to herself): Excuse me, but did she just
complain about her SIZE? (Aloud)
Uh. This happens. But you've got great kids, you're
practically in charge of the military, and women all over
the country stand ready to grind your face into the mud in
order to get to Hikaru.
Just roll with it.
Cap: I intend to -- but everybody I know may be dead by
then!!!!! (Sob!)
----------
Closeup of D's frowning face. Hikaru and Aysha are in the
background, walking away.
Cap (convulsed with tears): YOU LIKED THAT SKINNY YOUNG
GIRL YOU DON'T LOVE ME I'M TOO FAT AND OLD AND BOO HOO HOO
HOO
Hikaru (his arm around her, waving his other hand as if to
indicate some grand plan): Just wait until your birthday
and see what surprises I have for you....don't
cry....(please!)..shhhh!
D: Oh boy. Nothing is worse than Cygnan middle-age crazy!
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Caption: "Meanwhile, the big day arrives--! (well,
practically....)
Shot of Arisa, adorned in her school uniform and Cygnan
shades, is skipping around in the schoolyard. Two of her
friends, holding their satchels, watch her, smiling.
Friend #1: I haven't seen Arisa so happy since she came to
Graviton City ...
Friend #2: Lucky girl -- wouldn't YOU be?
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Caption: "B-Ko waxes jealous.."
Bko (in a snit): HMMH. How come these skinny green-haired
alien girls have a better social life than I do?
Akana, in typical little sister fashion, is dancing around
the room waving her arms and singing.
Both Arisa and Kazushi are lying on the bed, their long legs
in the air.
Akana: AKIRA'S GOING TO KISS HER-- OH PUKE PUKE PUKE---
Arisa: I hope he does --Great Mother, is he CUTE!!!!
Kazushi: Wheeee!
Arisa (getting up and skipping around the room herself): SO
EXCITED I COULD DIE, SO EXCITED I COULD DIE, SO EXCITED I
COULD DIE --- YA HA HA HA HA----
Akana (in foreground, disgusted): Oh, gag me!
----------
Shot of the family seeing off the couple on their date.
Captain and Hikaru are standing in the background. Kazushi
is in her arms; Mitsuko is gripping her leg and eyeing
Akira, the stranger, with suspicion. Shiiko, wearing a
1950's-type skirt bearing the slogan "Rock Around the
Clock",
is hanging on to Dad (just for a change of pace). Akana is
in the foreground with the nicely-dressed couple, tormenting
them.
Akira: Glad to meet you.
Hikaru (to himself, thinking of Kei/Ayumi wedding fiasco):
Hope he isn't the dolt his brother was.
Cap: SNIFF. Another bird leaves the nest.
Shiiko (thinking): So that's what a "date" is.
Kazushi (making the connection and pointing): BOY PIG!
Akana (in a loud stage whisper): (IF HE KISSES YOU, TRY NOT
TO BARF.)
Arisa (in her pretty new outfit, minus the Cygnan shades):
I'll be home by eleven (SHUT UP AKANA I'M GOING TO KILL
YOU).
----------
Shot of the interior of a movie theatre. On the screen, we
see Ranma whacking "Col.Sanders" in the back of the head
with a pair of nunchuks.
Female audience member: EEEEK!! Get him, Ranma!!
Closeup of Arisa's row. Two couples sit on each side of
them. On the left is the squealing girl with a boy who
looks suspiciously like Mendo from the Lum series. On the
right is...you guessed it..!! Miss Ayumi and the headmaster
of the boys' high school!! Akira has his arm around Arisa's
neck.
Arisa (to herself, starry-eyed): Forget the Cygnan tackling
business, Ma....this helpless Earth-girl routine works just
fine!!
Shirasaka Sensei: Uh....Headmistress Ayumi ... I find you
extremely --- uhh -- attractive.....
Ayumi Sensei: Mr. Shirasaka, remember we are educators and
role models --- (to herself)
TEE HEE OH BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!
----------
Shot of the exterior of the ND mansion. Akira and Arisa are
holding each other's hands.
Akira (smitten): I had a great time, Arisa. Want to go to
our school dance?
Arisa (smitten): Sure. My mom's birthday party is
scheduled for late next month..would you like to be my guest
(to herself) (PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE)?
Akira: You knew I would.
He kisses her.
Arisa (thinking): Great Mother, my heart will stop!
----------
Arisa is now inside, her head against Ma's chest. Captain
has her arm around her.
Arisa (still in a swoon): Ma, do you remember your first
love?
Cap (to herself): Unfortunately, baby, I was too drunk.
----------
Caption: "Ma's birthday party arrives..."
Shot of a spectacular party scene. There is a seven-foot
tall cake on the right, which is decorated with the Cygnan
daisy motif and the slogan "Happy Birthday Aysheia Lisia".
It also has an exact replica of the Spaceship balanced on
the top of the Earth Defense Force Command Center/Second
Generation Egota spire, on the top of the cake. Hikaru and
Aysha stand before a large crowd of beautifully-dressed
guests. He holds what looks like a jewelry box in his right
hand. With his left, he is holding Captain's right hand.
She is using her left hand to cover her face.
Hikaru (grandly, and in his finest histrionic manner):
Thank you all for coming. As you know, for fourteen years I
looked for the perfect woman.. it never occurred to me that
I was looking in the
wrong solar system.......and today we celebrate Aysha's 36th
birthday....
Cap: Please let me die now.
Woman guest #1: Isn't that nice?
Man guest #1: I understand that the first time he saw her,
she was passed out face-down in a punchbowl--
Woman guest #2: Why does she sound like a guy?
Woman guest #3: What's wrong with Earth women, Daitokuji???
Woman guest #4: Her dress looks like ten pounds of mud in a
five pound sack...
Woman guest #5: Meeeooow!
Man guest #2: Alien golddigger!
Woman guest #6: Wish my husband had biceps like hers.
Ayumi Sensei (to her date): Aren't they cute?
Shirasaka Sensei (not quite daring to speak out loud):
YOU'RE cute.
----------
Hikaru stands behind Captain and places a gorgeous necklace
around her neck. It is beyond exquisite.
Hikaru: ..and so I'm presenting her with a PLATINUM
NECKLACE with THIRTY-SIX PERFECT TWO-CARAT DIAMONDS and
EIGHTEEN of the world's rarest EMERALDS....to match her
hair!
Woman guest #1: Yikes!
Woman guest #2: Boo hoo!
Woman guest #3: Why her, Lord?
Woman guest #4: Snotty intergalactic bitch!
Woman guest #5: Gimme!
Woman guest #6: That's SO fine...
Cap (raising one eyebrow and looking sidelong at Hikaru):
Oooh oooh oooh good boy
----------
Shot of a happy party scene..everyone is there. On the
left, Mari Azawa is introducing D to a huge Sumo wrestler,
who is grinning broadly at her. D's eyes are extremely
wide.
Mari: D, this is Hideo Azawa -- my brother-in-law.
Hideo: Charmed. I LOVE big-boned gals...
Kazushi (hanging around her father's neck, just for a change
of pace): Mama happy!
Akana: Don't forget your "little baby"!
Bko (livid): All I got for my birthday was 100,000 shares
of DFG stock!
Alana: Way to go, Ma!
Ako (turning angrily on Kei-kun): WHERE' S MY platinum
necklace, you bozo??????
Kei: Oh!
Hikaru (to himself): This ought to chill her out for a
while...
Cap (smug, wearing her necklace): Just wait until I tell
him we're expecting TWINS...ha! ha!
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Close-up shot of Arisa, Akira, and Atina.
Arisa: Wonder if Ma is over her midlife crisis..(maybe
she'll let me wear that necklace to the Graviton Boys High
School dance!)
Atina: We'll know if she doesn't pitch Dad off the balcony
tonight.
----------
Spectacular (if I may say so myself) shot of the rising moon
on the cupola of the Napolipolita-Daitokuji mansion. The
stars glitter in the clear sky. Hikaru and Captain are
snuggled on the armrail.
Cap: I wandered them for so many years...the endless sea of
stars.
Hikaru (to himself): One for each daughter I'm destined to
have ...sigh!
The three Cygnan sisters are in the foreground, their arms
around each other. All are giggling.
Atina: What I want to know is how come you got the cute guy
instead of me....you are so
obnoxious....
Arisa: Because I'm great and you stink.
Akana: Ma and Dad are getting sloppy again --
Arisa (thinking): Ah. NOW I understand.
THE END
(for now....)
Tune in next time for Project A-Ko the Next Generation 8:
"Baby Baby" or "Two Weddings and No Funeral...." Good thing
the Napolipolita-Daitokuji family lives in a mansion -- with
all those kids, it's full to bursting! Miss Ayumi FINALLY
gets married -- and D falls for a handsome (and enormous)
Sumo wrestler. Captain and Mari square off -- and B-Ko
breaks out the ol' Akagiyama 23 Power Biosuit. It's a real
Amazon slugfest, and you're invited!
NARRATIVE OF PROJECT A-KO 8 THE NEXT GENERATION COMIC BOOK
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Here we are once again. Confused yet? Which one is Alana--
the one with the eyeliner or the pulse rifle? Who has a
boyfriend? Arisa, right? Maybe it's Atina. Oh well. All
you need to do is
do is read the prior three stories. Once again, I need to
say that Ako belongs to Soeishinsha/
Final and Nishijima. Not for sale, rent, ransom, blah blah
blah. OK? You can reach me at
Capnapoli@aol.com --
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This comic begins with portraits and descriptions of each
character. They are all, of course,
beautifully drawn. ((!!!))
Caption: "For those of you not familiar with our cast of
characters (boy, you can say that again!), this story stars
----"
A-KO MAGAMI YUKI
Formerly a highschooler with super-powers, A-Ko runs her own
construction company and enjoys raising her children, Asami
and Kei Jr. She likes her life, but misses the glory days
of knocking the stuffing out of ----
B-KO DAITOKUJI
A spoiled little rich girl grown into a spoiled little rich
business executive, B-Ko can't find a man who satisfies her
exacting standards. Once the sole heir to the Daitokuji
fortune, she doesn't appreciate her father's marriage to an
alien soldier and his acquisition of a zillion kids.
HIKARU DAITOKUJI
Once an industrial pirate, handsome Hikaru is a stay-at-home
billionaire dad. Since his bride made him give up his
chicanery, there's no fun in working any more..so he's
retired. But think of all the fun he has changing diapers!
AYSHEIA LISIA NAPOLIPOLITA-DAITOKUJI (WHEW!!)
Once a disgraced alcoholic alien soldier, "Captain" sobered
up and wasn't a half-bad engineer and pilot..and, of course,
there's those kids, kids, kids....! She runs Earth's
Central Astro Agency and keeps her staff wondering how a
girl can sound so much like a guy.
PRINCESS C-KO KOTOBUKI
Now a member of the royal family of the Lepton Kingdom of
Alpha Cygni, once an annoying schoolgirl, C-Ko rules over
her all-female race. A-Ko was and is her best pal; B-Ko is
her best pal wannabe. She raises Asamalita, her annoying
child, and makes meals so vile that they are unrivaled
anywhere in the galaxy.
COMMANDER MONTY ZUMA
Not the bravest of warriors, "Mr.Director" is retired but
not forgotten. He misses Daitokuji's bribes, but has
learned to like Hawaii, tacky sportshirts (has he run into
Principal Kuno??), and tending half-alien babies...
COMMANDER LAWRENCE YASHIDA
Successor to Zuma, Larry isn't corrupt and is much more
efficient at running the Earth Defense Force. He can't
quite figure out why it's been all downhill since the aliens
crashed their ship on top of the EDF's Command Center and
squashed it flat.
HEADMISTRESS AYUMI
Formerly teacher, Miss Ayumi (a fireworks fan) now runs
Graviton City Girls High School. She nearly married Kei
Yuki until he chickened out..but is it her turn now to find
happiness---??
"D"
Once an alien soldier, she's mighty big and awful tall. Few
know her real name and many question which public restroom
she uses, but D's loyalty to her "Captain" can't be
questioned.
And, of course, there IS that hunky sumo wrestler...
YUJI AND HIDEO AZAWA
These sumo-wrestling brothers love the biggest and most
masculine ladies on the planet...D and Mari -- they just
LOVE big-boned gals!
MARI AZAWA
Bigger and tougher than most men on Earth, Mari runs a
karate school and a very tight ship at home. It seems that
her daughter, "Little Rose", is growing up to be as big and
bellicose as Dear Ol' Mom. She married a sumo wrestler, who
was about the only guy she could find who was actually
bigger than she was...
ASSORTED HUSBANDS AND BOYFRIENDS
KEI YUKI plays second-fiddle to his wife A-Ko's strength.
Once the coolest and most handsome boy in Graviton City,
Kei's hair has thinned, along with his hopes that people
will forget he once left Miss Ayumi at the altar.
AKIRA YUKI has all of his brother's charm and quite a bit of
his hair. Finding those alien girls irresistible, he courts
Arisa, one of Captain's numerous Amazon daughters.
KOSAKU SHIRASAKA is Headmaster of Graviton City Boys High.
A well-mannered and good-hearted man, he adores his
counterpart over at the girls' school -- our own Miss Ayumi!
THE NAPOLIPOLITA-DAITOKUJI GIRLS
ALIA is a favorite of Princess C-Ko and commands the Alpha
Cygnan armed forces. A mature and practical girl --
ALANA is a student at the Kyoto War College and is into
eyeliner and combat. The beauty of the family --
ATINA is a typical alien teen, who enjoys heavy metal
(music) and heavy metal (body armor).
ARISA is the one with a steady beau, a fact she likes to
point out to her prettier sisters...
AKANA is a spunky young lady in love with her pulse rifle.
She has no use for boys at this point.
SHIIKO AND MITSUKO are quiet and sweet mama's girls who try
to stay out of the way of their
wild alien sisters.
KAZUSHI watches the antics at the ND Mansion with her thumb
planted firmly in her mouth.
AZIA AND ARIA are newborns, but seem happy enough to be part
of a rich Earth dynasty.
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PROJECT A-KO 8 THE NEXT GENERATION: "BABY BABY" OR "TWO
WEDDINGS AND NO FUNERAL"
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Caption: "As you remember from our last adventure, Director-
General is expecting twins...and Daitokuji has given up
expecting a good night's sleep...'
Shot of the ND bed. It is very late, but the TV is blaring.
Hikaru has his pillow over his head. Captain, who is very
preggers, is sitting crosslegged amidst a spectacular
assortment of junk food, including Cheese Crunchies, salted
pretzels, and rocky road ice cream (on a plate but melting
onto the hand-embroidered satin sheets). She is watching a
rerun of the 1980's classic
Kim Basinger flic "My Stepmother was an Alien."
Cap: Hikaru-Sama...do we have any more of those little
crackers in the shape of fishes?
Hikaru (muffled): The servants will get you anything you
want. (To himself) Good thing I'm rich...my food bill
lately has been staggering...!!
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Caption: "It's a good thing that Napolipolita-Daitokuji
mansion has 120 rooms..they need the space!"
It is morning, and the ND bedroom resembles Grand Central
Station. Hikaru is trying to wake up. He scratches his eye.
Kazushi, next to him, scratches hers. Captain, with Mitsuko
hanging onto her hips, is standing by the window. B-Ko,
Akana, and Alana (in Cygnan garb) stand in the middle of the
room.
Cap: Hikaru -- we're being picketed by something called
"PLANNED PARENTHOOD."
Hikaru: YAAAWN...I'm surprised we're not being firebombed...
Mitsuko: Ma!
B-Ko (in her snottiest tone): REALLY, Father.
Akana (chiming in): We already have too many kids!
Alana (horrified at her sister's breach): Akana!! Remember
that you're Cygnan! This is the Cygnan way!
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