''Train+Train'' is a Japanese
light novel
A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a '' wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...
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 K ...
(author of the ''
Read or Dream
''Read or Dream'' is a manga written by Hideyuki Kurata and drawn by Ran Ayanaga. It was published in Japan in four trade paperback volumes by Shueisha in 2002. The full title is ''R.O.D - Read or Dream - We are Paper Sisters Detective Company ...
'' series) and illustrated by Tomomasa Takuma.
A
manga 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 b ...
.
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
* {{Anime News Network, manga, 7493, TRAIN+TRAIN (manga)
1999 Japanese novels
2000 manga
ASCII Media Works manga
Dengeki Bunko
Dengeki Comics
Dengeki Daioh
Kadokawa Dwango franchises
Go! Comi titles
Hideyuki Kurata
Light novels
MediaWorks (publisher)
Shōnen manga