Uran (chapter)

Uran ("Uran-chan" ウランちゃん) - originally titled "1/2 Person" - is a chapter of the Astro Boy manga which originally ran in Shonen magazine in August 1960.

Plot Summary[]

Astro Boy has just gotten a brother named Cobalt and a sister named Uran. Astro takes them to watch the annual Robotting Championships, a combative contest between robot fighters from all over the world, taking place in Tokyo this year. But things take an unexpected turn for Astro when Uran secretly leaves her seat and enters the ring! She is attacked by one of the robots and fights back, flipping him over onto his back and defeating him to the amazement of the audience.

Even though both Astro and their teacher, Higeoyaji, find this an awkward situation the rules of the Robotting Contest says clearly that once any robot formally appears in a match, they are obligated to see it through to the end. But Uran doesn't care, she even thinks it's plenty of fun. She keeps winning matches but is told that she still needs to take time out for school, but she'd rather devote all her time to robotting.

Against Astro's approval, she pays a visit to a crazy scientist named Dr. Xcess who adjusts her body so that it splits into two and forms a new identical other half each. That way, one of her goes to school while the other goes to her final match. But Dr. Xcess calls Higeoyaji to desperately warn her that the operation was a failure. Unbeknownst to Uran when she split in two, her energy level was halved between both her bodies! Higeoyaji thinks that Uran is resting in the school sick ward not feeling well and promises to let her know when she wakes up.

Fortunately, Astro sees Uran being smashed to pieces on television and tells his sister the awful truth. Together, they fly to the Robotting stadium arriving just in time to prevent Gameron, the challenger, from completely destroying her. Gameron attacks Astro when he intervenes, and Astro smashes him. Astro comforts Uran as they leave the stadium assuring her that Professor Ochanomizu will be able to restore her to normal, but suddenly, Gameron's manager leads all his other robots into a showdown against Astro. The greedy spiteful man is furious at losing the Championship Cup, but Astro smashes all his robots humiliating him.

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This story has been collected in the following volumes:

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Astro Boy Manga Chapters
Shonen Magazine
Ambassador Atom • Gas People • Frankenstein • Red Cat • Sea-Serpent Island • Mission to Mars • Cobalt • The Coral Reef Adventure • Fuhrer ZZZ • Electro • Gernica • Youth Gas • The Frozen Human • Yellow Horse • Shootout in the Alps • Atlas • The Midoro Swamp • The Test Pilot • Robot Bombs • Ghost Manufacturing Machine • Black Lux • The Mysterious Ball • Super Cyclone • Crucifix Island • Fortress of the Centaurs • Mad Machine • Count Bat • The Eyes of Christ • Ivan the Fool • The Secret of the Egyptian Conspirators • S.O.S. from a Satellite • Gademu • Subterranean Tank • The Artificial Sun • Space Snow Leopard • The Invisible Giant • A Day to Remember • Uran • His Highness Deadcross • The White-Hot Being • Plant People • The Hot Dog Corps • The Blast Furnace Mystery • The Third Magician • Space Parasites • Robot Land • Astro vs. Garon • White Planet • Demon Bees • The Robot Spaceship • The Devil's Balloons • The Last Day on Earth • The Greatest Robot on Earth • Roboids • Robio and Robiette • Blue Knight • Astro Boy Reborn • The Melanin Tribe • Meeva • The Faceless Robot • The 100 Million Year Old Crime • Zolomon's Jewels • The Man Who Returned from Mars
Mighty Atom Club
Bad-Guy Robots • The Lying Robot • The Brain Swap • Jungle Devil Boundary • Earth Defense Force • Astro's Been Stolen! • Broadcasts from Outer Space • The Face in the Rock • Chi-Tan
Sankei Newspaper
Beginning of the Contradiction • Living on Earth, 101 • The Birth of Neva No. 2 • Baro, the Robot • Scara Disappears • The Energy Tube • The Angel of Vietnam • The Summer of 1993 • The Bomb Train • Robot Chiruchiru in Danger • Astro's Energy Runs Out • Dr. Tenma • The Tragedy of Bailey • Astro Goes to the Circus • Living Mold from Outer Space • A Declaration of Robot Rights • Astro Goes to Elementary School • Gone with the Snow
Second Grader
The Robot Disposer • Franken • Astro vs. Atlas • Pula, the Baby Elephant • Guinness Book Robots • The Berserk Robot • The Magnet Robot • Giant Uran • Space Doll • Ghosts in the Desert • The Space Bug • Crazy Duck • A Feline Guardian Deity • The Space Shuttle • Showdown on Mt. Fuji
One-Shots
Slippery Catfish in Imminent Danger • Astro's First Love • The End of Astro Boy • Astro Returns • Astro II • Showdown in the Standard Deviation Kingdom • The Silver Tower