Baoh Chapter 1

Baoh, the Ultimate Weapon
Information
Volume	Baoh Volume 1
Chapter	1
Japanese Title	最終兵器バオー
Romanized Title	Saishū Heiki Baō
Total Pages	31
Cover Date	October 22, 1984
WSJ Issue	#45, 1984
Chapter Chronology
Next →	The Extermination Order!

Baoh, the Ultimate Weapon (最終兵器バオー, Saishū Heiki Baō) is the first chapter of Baoh: The Visitor.

Summary

The story begins on the following incident: one day, the mangled corpse of a woman washes up on a northeastern shore of Honshū, in Nikuru. The dead woman is revealed to have been on a certain train several days earlier.

On said train, Dr. Kasuminome (霞の目博士, Kasuminome-hakase, Pr. Hazyeye in the English translation) of the Dress Secret Organization (秘密組織ドレス, Himitsu Soshiki Doresu, Judas in the English translation), a covert government group responsible for creating secret weapons, escorts one of his latest creations, Baoh (バオー, Baō), kept dormant in a tank. Meanwhile, a little psychic girl named Sumire (スミレ, lit. "Violet"), who was kidnapped to be studied, escapes from her room and during her escape releases Baoh, revealed to be a young man with superhuman abilities. Baoh and Sumire subsequently escape the train, Kasuminome worried that he might have unleashed a terrible weapon.

Appearances

Characters

Ikuro Hashizawa

(1st appearance)

Sumire

(1st appearance)

Sunny Steffan Nottso

Nottso

(1st appearance)

Dr. Kasuminome

(1st appearance)

Sophine

(1st appearance)(Death)

Gallery

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  Weekly Shonen Jump #45, 1984

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  Weekly Shonen Jump, page 1 colored