Sgt. Frog, Vol. 7

ケロロ軍曹 [Keroro Gunsō] #7

by Mine Yoshizaki

It's the dawn of a new school year for Fuyuki Hinata. As if the stress of starting junior high wasn't enough, he must also deal with Sgt. Keroro, the froglike alien with apocalyptic intentions freeloading in his attic. But if Fuyuki thought the Sergeant was a handful, wait until he gets a load of his subordinates! His gun-crazy subordinates have started to surface and not all of them agree with the way that Keroro's been running the invasion.

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Aliens, Comedy, Comics

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2003

About the author

From Keroro Wiki:

Mine Yoshizaki (吉崎 観音 Yoshizaki Mine), born December 2, 1971 in Isahaya, Nagasaki) is a male Japanese manga artist (mangaka) who first started his career by making dōjinshi based on video games. Yoshizaki also worked as an assistant to mangaka Katsu Aki . His first publication was featured in a compilation book published by Shogakukan in 1989.
He is best known for his manga Keroro Gunso, published as Sgt. Frog in the United States, which was first published in the Japanese manga magazine Shonen Ace. He is also the creator of Arcade Gamer Fubuki and did character design on the series Seven of Seven. In 2005, Keroro Gunso received the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.

Reviews

[hotsake (André Troesch) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I alternatively laugh at and am annoyed by the shenanigans that are on display in this series.

[Nanang Stiawan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ngakak tapi kasian sama dororo pas kecilnya sering dijailin keroro.
Balap sepeda gk pkai rem,
Tahan napas di air,
Main ayunan,
Haha relate bgt sama masa kecil. Berantem tapi tetep saling membutuhkan

[David Doel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the best volume so far. It paid more attention to the invasion, had several funny incidents, and told about the swallows in Japan (something I've not seen before).

[KururuSouchou · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, this volume introduces Lance Corporal Dororo and his ninja partner Koyuki - and I must say, as a big fan of the anime, I'm a little disappointed. Specifically, in the anime, Natsumi and Koyuki seem to have a big-sister-little-sister-type relationship (with Koyuki looking up to Natsumi), whereas in the manga, it's more of a creepy obsession. Despite this disappointment in characterization, I did enjoy this chapter - the part with Gesu-chan the seal was both funny and creepy at the same time. I'll just leave on final message - you WILL feel sad for Dororo at the flashback part. But you'll probably laugh at it, too. Schadenfreude FTW.