Sgt. Frog, Volume 1: Enter the Sergeant

by Mine Yoshizaki

Book Overview

Sergeant Keroro has come to Earth intending to take it over, but a chance encounter with Fuyuki Hinata blows his cover and Keroro's home planet cuts off all contact with him, leaving him stranded and forced to live with Fuyuki, Natsumi and their mother until he can reestablish contact with his home planet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591827035
• ISBN13: 9781591827030
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: TokyoPop
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

ignore the one star reviewer.........

Ignore the obnoxious kid reviewer that gave this one star.....I cant possibly comprehend why anyone would give this hilarious manga a one star rating, just because of the partial nudity (of which there is none,unless you consider a picture of a girl in a bra "nudity") and yes there are skimpy swimsuits but hey I have news for you THATS WHAT PEOPLE WEAR!!! ahem anyway this is not too heavy on the plot,an alien frog trying to take over the earth sounds simple right? well the author manages to take this somwhat cliched plot and turn it into pure magic,all the characters are great to, although I think the best is yet to come sgt frogg gets 5 stars, and my highest reccomendation

Sgt. Keroro Reporting for Duty!

The basic premise behind Mine Yoshizaki's SGT FROG manga is this: froglike alien Sgt. Keroro and his extraterrestrial compatriots, in a failed attempt to conquer Pokopen (the Earth), find themselves stranded in the company of two Pokopenian siblings, Fuyuki and Natsumi Hinata, and their friends and family. Hilarity ensues. There you go. That's the series - beyond that there is no real coherent plot. But that's not particularly important, because the fact is a complex storyline isn't required for madcap comedy of this order. The best comparison you can draw to Sgt. Frog is probably to Pinky & the Brain: overloaded with pop culture (Japanese anyway) allusions and socio-political send-ups, our protagonist conjures up preposterous scheme after preposterous scheme, to no avail. Another easy comparison would be with Invader Zim. The biggest difference between Sgt. Frog and these others, however, is the ensemble size: while P & B revolved around the clashing personalities of the title characters, and Invader Zim a team of four or so, Sgt. Frog is propelled by a stable cast of about a dozen unique, distinctly off-the-wall personalities. There's Natsumi Hinata, for instance, the Pokopenian teen whose authoritative hot-headedness remains the biggest obstacle on the path to invasion - apart from Sgt. Keroro himself, equal parts inept interstellar conqueror and freeloading plastic Gundam model fanatic. Then there's Natsumi's younger brother Fuyuki, a quiet, introverted kid with a keen interest in the occultm or Momoka Nishizawa, the insecure heiress to a worldwide fortune with a keen interest in Fuyuki. Not to mention Private Tamama, one of the Sgt.'s fellow-invaders, whose adorable exterior belies a violent split personality; the ditzy Lady Angol Moa, sent to Earth by her father the universal Lord of Terror to destroy it, but diverted by Keroro's misadventures; and many more. The various plots, goofy and overblown as they are, make full use of the characters' interpersonal chemistry. For instance: when the School Sports Festival rolls around, athletic Natsumi petitions mom Aki to join her in the child-parent activities. But Aki is unable to attend due to her demanding career as a manga editor, which causes her to be gone most of the time anyway. Natsumi is forlorn by yet another absence, and while Keroro schemes to stand in for Mom Hinata in an attempt to put Natsumi in his debt, Corporal Giroro, whose hard-boiled shell hides a monstrous affection for the girl, has other plans. Meanwhile, Fuyuki suffers from a lack of self-confidence living in his sister's athletic shadow, and wealthy Momoka's attempts to aid his cause at the Festival, like having her bodyguards tranquilize the other racers, are sweet but probably misguided. That's just a sampling, from one of the tamer chapters at that - the insanity quotient is generally far more in excess. Many of the installments have sensitive undercurrents: unrequited love, the clash between friendship and d

Funny!

This is funny! Tamama is so hilarious! And its not degrading or anything at all. Those people just dont know what funny is! I liked it alot.

Great comedy

This manga is absolutely hilarious. The other reviews speak of it being degrading to women and having pornographic elements, but that is simply not true. I am a woman and find this stuff to be hilarious. Its fiction, and its about alien frogs. They're adventures are so hilarious. The plot is light, but it isn't even supposed to have a major plot. All in all, I would definitely recommend this one. I can't wait for vol. 10.

Don't dis the frog!

This is an absoloutley incredible manga! It's very funny, and amazingly original. It doesn't have much plot, but that's no problem; It's humor makes up for it. The characters are done really well, which makes you lov'em all. It's a manga you can relate to. Overall, I think it's a must-have.