Dr. Slump Manga, volumes 7 and 8

Volume 7

It starts out with the world's worst way to make ice cream.

Chivil's older sister arrives. She wants to marry Dr. Slump. She thinks he's handsome. He turns her down and she sets her sights on Taro who turns her down, etc.

The next story deals with the serious situation where the town runs out of toilet paper. Senbei has to go to the store to get the toilet paper. Nothing is as simple as it sounds.

Senbei promises to take Arale and Gatchan to the amusement park. He also promises to go out on a date with Midori. So he makes a machine that makes a copy of himself. Things go wrong. Quickly.

The next story involves poop juggling. Yeppers. Poop juggling. Next story Senbei is worried about getting old. He makes a potion to make himself younger and he ends up a toddler. He gets to look up Midori's skirt and take a bath with her.

A group of beings arrive in a spaceship and decide to invade the Earth. Mobile Suit Rockcoach will lead the attack. Arale takes care of that, and Gatchan makes Senbei huge with one of his own inventions and he scares off the invaders.

The next story concerns ice cream and the end of the world. After that comes a story with the characters living in the stone age. After that it's Cinderella the Musical, which really doesn't work in a manga. It would in an anime cartoon, but doesn't work in book form.

Next is a story about a Japanese food called octopus balls. Then there's a story about Midori getting in an accident and Dr. Slump and the others helping her out and ending up in a bunch of alien poop. The final story is not very funny, actually.

Volume 8

The Ho-yo-yo gang is the first story and their first crime is to steal some sweet potatoes from a guy's safe. The gang is Arale, Gatchan and Akane.

The next story starts with ways not to use a vacuum cleaner. Then Senbei invents a housekeeper. Big mistake.

The Penguin Village Grand Prix Race is the next story. Several contestants drop out fairly quickly. The win goes to none of the main characters.

A woman and her daughter arrive on the outskirts of town. The girl looks like Arale. Not the best person to look like.

Akane gets her driver's license. Two car jackers make the mistake of trying to ride with her to take her car.

After that there's a strange story (actually, all the stories are strange; this one is just stranger than usual.)

Then there's another Dr. Mashirito story with his new evil device. Meanwhile Suppaman comes up with a Global Defense Force. So Mashirito gathers his own army and the two mighty armies do battle.