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is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1997 and 1998, with the fourteen chapters collected into a single tankōbon volume by Shueisha. The story follows the child monsters Paifu, José, and Arpon and the human Maruyama as they travel to get medicine to save their town from a deadly flu. It was Toriyama's first major project following the conclusion of Dragon Ball. Viz Media released the single volume in North America on July 1, 2008.