Jaja Uma Grooming Up!

Jaja Uma Grooming Up!
First tankōbon volume cover
じゃじゃ馬グルーミン★UP!
(Jaja Uma Gurūmin Appu!)
Manga
Written byMasami Yuki
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 19, 1994 – September 27, 2000
Volumes26

Jaja Uma Grooming Up! (じゃじゃ馬グルーミン★UP!, Jaja Uma Gurūmin Appu!, "Unruly Horse Grooming Improvement") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Yuki. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from October 1994 to September 2000, and compiled into 26 tankōbon volumes.

Plot

Jaja Uma Grooming Up! depicts the story of Shunpei Kuze, a high-school student unsure of the future until he takes a motorcycle ride to Hokkaidō. When his motorbike runs out of fuel, Shunpei is stranded on a country road; to make matters worse, he loses his wallet. He is found and taken in by the daughter of a local rancher named Hibiki Watarai. Shunpei begins a new life on the Watarai horse-breeding ranch, learning about the horses and the ranch's lively family and workers.

Publication

Jaja Uma Grooming Up! is written and illustrated by Masami Yuki. The series started its serialization in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday on October 19, 1994, and finished on September 27, 2000.[1][2][3] Shogakukan compiled the series into twenty-six individual tankōbon volumes, which were published between March 18, 1995, and November 18, 2000.[4][5] Shogakukan re-released the series into a 14-volume bunkoban edition from December 13, 2003, to December 15, 2004.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ じゃじゃ馬グルーミン★UP!. WebSunday. Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  2. ^ 週刊少年サンデー 1994/10/19 表示号数44 (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on May 17, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  3. ^ 週刊少年サンデー 2000/09/27 表示号数42 (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  4. ^ じゃじゃ馬グルーミン★UP 26件中1～20件 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on December 26, 2004. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  5. ^ じゃじゃ馬グルーミン★UP 26件中21～26件 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 26, 2005. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  6. ^ じゃじゃ馬グルーミン★UP! 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 23, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  7. ^ じゃじゃ馬グルーミン★UP! 14 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2020.

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