[ataru320]

Alright, I don't know if anyone knows of this series, but I am interested in learning about a manga series called "Shape Up Ran" (which should approximately translate to "Shape Up War").  I know it ran in Weekly Shonen Jump between the years of 1983 and 1986 and was created by Masaya Tokuhiro (who's only work really known in this country…at least courtesy of Jump Ultimate Stars, was his biggest hit: Jungle King Ta-chan…but he later also had a shorter, less successful series called "Wrestling with Momoko")  The basic concept involves an overweight girl who takes up bodybuilding…but that's all I've assertained from the Japanese Wiki.  If anyone has any scans or info on the series, I'd be happy to know of them to see if its worth looking into.

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%97%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E4%B9%B1
(the Wiki page)

[00tree]

Any pics? I can't read that language unfortunately.  🙁

[ataru320]

Any pics? I can't read that language unfortunately.  🙁

Found a few here and there:

http://img215.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/4/1/8/4/purepure69-img600x450-1150804252jj__11_.jpg (wish she had a bit more muscle but its great she has that much)
http://img189.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/0/6/3/0/mangatengoku777-img600x450-1161852168p1010050.jpg (this is what the lead heroine I guess was like prior to her weightlifting)
http://f10batchimg.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/users/7/0/8/8/tjwdd9852-imgbatch_1175415909/600×450-2007032800047.jpg (nice image of vol. 1 cover…note the outfit)
http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-617762-5&mode=1 (some more recent bunkos of the manga, starting from its vol. 1)

[BlackKusanagi]

Sounds very intresting…

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