Danger, Jan! Hurry, Star Saber!
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| "Danger, Jan! Hurry, Star Saber!" 危うし、ジャン! 急げ、スターセイバー!
(Ayaushi, Jan! Isoge, Star Saber!) | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Kodansha | ||||||||||||
| Published in | TV Magazine | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | August 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Script | Masumi Kaneda | ||||||||||||
| Artist | Ban Magami | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | TV Magazine continuity | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | 2025 | ||||||||||||
Deathsaurus kidnaps Jan in the hopes of recruiting his very own Decepticon Boy Team. Uncomfortable innuendo shortly follows.
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Synopsis
The place: a sweet treehouse near the base of Mount Fuji. The date: the first day of Summer.
The Autobot Boy Team, the Victories, are calling their first meeting to order. Jan brings up the first order of business: strategies to help solidify human-Transformer relations. However, their deep and meaningful discussion immediately segues into a conversation about which toy is cooler.
And then, without warning, Yokuryu swoops down and swallows Jan whole! As the Decepticon pteranodon whisks Jan away to the Thunder Arrow, Cab and Shūta rush to get help from Star Saber.
On board the Thunder Arrow, Tigerbreast and Eaglebreast corral Jan toward the throne room where Deathsaurus and Solon await him. Deathsaurus informs Jan that, although he despises humans, he absolutely adores cute little kids (wha?). Deathsaurus announces his intentions to put together his very own Decepticon Boy Team and he wants Jan to be a part of it. Solon is stoked at the possibility of having playmates, though Jan is not so enthusiastic. As a bribe, Deathsaurus materializes loads of gifts in front of Jan, including candy, toys, fruit and a Famicom.
Jan begins to sing a different tune as he frolics in his pile of presents, while Solon informs him that all the members of the Decepticon Boy Team will be rebuilt into cyborgs like him. Deathsaurus then offers Jan wads and wads of cash, gloating that not even Star Saber could offer him such wealth and luxury.
Speak of the devil: Star Saber comes crashing through the side of the ship, determined to rescue Jan and protect the children of Earth. Star Saber tells Jan to come home with him, while Deathsaurus asks him if he'd rather stay where the riches are at. Jan ponders this for a minute, calling Star Saber a tightwad in the allowance department (which shocks Star Saber). Jan, however, chooses the side of his surrogate father, Star Saber, as family is more important than wealth and riches.
Deathsaurus isn't about to take his defeat with dignity and violently attacks Star Saber. The Decepticon has the Autobot on the ropes until Jan unveils his ultimate attack: the dreadful and deadly caterpillar! Deathsaurus, as it turns out, has a debilitating phobia of caterpillars. This gives Star Saber the opening he needs to launch his "Planetary Impulse Sword Death Strike" which, despite its name, doesn't kill Deathsaurus but still beats him to a pulp.
As Star Saber and Jan leave the Thunder Arrow (with Jan telling Solon he'll see him at school the next day), the injured Deathsaurus decides that Solon is the only kid he'll ever need. Solon is flattered.
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Notes
- Deathsaurus's soft spot for cute little kids explains why he was so concerned for Jan's safety in "Great Reversal! Star Saber".
- Among the gifts Deathsaurus lavishes upon Jan is a Famicom. The Famicom was the Japanese name for what we Westerners called the Nintendo Entertainment System. With the Victory storyline taking place well after the year 2011, it is odd that Jan would be so happy to receive such an out-of-date gaming system. Perhaps he's just hardcore or old skool or krunk or whatever you call it.
- It is unclear why Deathsaurus is so terrified of caterpillars. His earlier statement about loathing adult humans could be stretched to mean a loathing of organic life in general, and thus he might find bugs "gross". But that's a real stretch.
- The Victories won't be an "Autobot Boy Team" for much longer, as a female member will slip on a pair of robo-hotpants in "The Strongest Pair, the Combination of Victory!".
