''Train+Train'' is a Japanese

light novel A is a type of Genre fiction, popular literature novel from Japan usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting Adolescence, teens to Young adult, twenties or older. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging. The abbr ...

series, written by

Hideyuki Kurata is a Japanese anime screenwriter, light novelist, and manga artist, noted for authoring the series composition of such works as '' Read or Die'', '' Now and Then, Here and There'', '' Kamichu!'', and '' Gun Sword''. He has been a member of Yōsuke ...

(author of the '' Read or Dream'' series) and illustrated by Tomomasa Takuma. A

manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

series was serialized in '' Dengeki Daioh'' between January 2000 and May 2003 and was completed by the sixth bound volume. The series is published in Japan by MediaWorks and for the English version, the series' lettering is done by Team Pokopen and is licensed by

Go! Comi Go! Comi was the publishing imprint of the American multimedia company, Go! Media Entertainment, LLC, established to "specializ(e) in publishing Japanese comics for the American market, and in creating new manga and manga-oriented properties for ...

Plot

On Deloca, a distant planet from Earth, high schools are mobile. They exist in train versions, huge ones, with shopping malls and dorms and anything else one would need in an education. Most students go to standard school trains, to travel around the world for a regular education. Reiichi, the protagonist, finds himself on the Special Train after literally being handcuffed to Arena, a young female warrior with brutal assassins pursuing her. The Special Train accepts him and Reiichi finds himself drawn into its adventures, such as having to win two million 'gold' and saving a small mountain town from certain disaster.

Reception

In Jason Thompson's online appendix to '' Manga: The Complete Guide'', he describes the manga's artwork as "sparse and generic", which he felt was at odds with the series' premise of going places and seeing things.

References

External links

Official website for the manga
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