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- SHINCHOSHA Ultimate X-Men Japanese Translation Edition
It is one of the Ultimate Series, which aims to attract new readers by starting an entirely new storyline, rebuilding from scratch the Marvel Comics universe that has been around since the early 1960s, and is the second series to be published after Ultimate Spider-Man, which was published a month late.
It is also published in Japanese by the Japanese publisher Shinchosha.
The setting has been changed to reflect the times, and the story is newly drawn, although the mutants and characters' abilities are based on the original draft.
Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants is a terrorist organization that has been carrying out destructive activities in various locations.
The U.S. government has unleashed the Sentinels to combat this and has begun to eliminate the mutants.
Charles Xavier, a.k.a. Professor X, is trying to stop the war between mutants and humanity by gathering mutants to form the X-Men at the Xavier Academy for the Gifted Child.
Against this bleak backdrop, the story begins with Jean Grey, aka Marvel Girl, gathering the members under the direction of Xavier.
The costumes have been changed to stylish black ones, as if they were in a live-action movie, and the setting has been added that if they wear these costumes, they will not be detected by the Sentinel's sensors.
The X-jet has also been changed to a shape that looks as if it were inspired by a stealth bomber.
Japanese version of Ultimate X-Men
Currently out of print.
The Japanese version was published a year earlier than "Ultimate Spider-Man" as part of the American Comics Shincho series, but like "Ultimate Spider-Man," it was discontinued after 11 volumes. This is up to episode 33 of the English version.
At the end of the story, Magneto, whose memory had been erased, returns and heats up his terrorist activities, but is defeated again and ends up in prison, so the story has been settled.
・Volume 1 was published in April 2003.
Volume 1 Chapters 1-3
・Volume 2 published in April 2003.
Volume 1 Chapters 4-6