Dr. Mario (manga)

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Dr. Mario
Series	Super Mario
Publisher	Kodansha
Label	KC Deluxe
Artist(s)	Kazuki Motoyama
Release date	October 17, 1990
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Dr. Mario is the fifth volume of Kodansha's Super Mario manga published under the KC Deluxe label.

The three stories included are directly based on Dr. Mario.

While the character of Dr. Mario will be later introduced in the series as his own separate character, in this volume, he is still Mario in a doctor outfit.

Contents

Walkthrough

ドクターマリオ必勝ひつしょう戰略せんりやく (Dr. Mario winning strategy)

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Chapters

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Chapter 1

対戦たいせん型がたストーリー.1 - ガハハ=ウィルス誕生たんじょう編へん (Competitive story 1 - Gahaha = The birth of the viruses)

At Bowser's Castle in the Dark Land, the Koopa king is finishing his newest plan to take over the Mushroom Kingdom: the Gahaha Virus.

At the Mushroom Kingdom, the World Ikebana Expo is taking place. While Princess Peach (the judge and host of the event) is trying to disqualify Princess Daisy's floral arrangement of her and Mario's dream wedding, a woman in Dutch attires presents to the princesses her flowers (some Piranha Plants) whose aroma is capable to relax. After smelling it, the two starts to laugh and while warmly hugging each other. Confused and worried, Mario demands the woman to tell what did she do. She unmasks, and reveals to be Bowser, now going as Gahaha Daiō, and smashes the Piranha Plants' pots on the ground, making them grow into big Dokudoku Pakkun Flower, and explains that his plants are capable of release a special germ he is created, the Gahaha Virus, capable of making everyone laugh uncontrollably. As the plants blows the germs around, Mario quickly covers his nose and mouth, while the rest of the Toads and Goombas at the event start to laugh. Mario escapes, but the plants disperse the germ all around the Mushroom Kingdom.

Mario manages to reach his home safely and starts to inspect a specimen of Bowser's virus he captured and put it in a Petri dish with his lab equipment. Unfortunately, the Virus is resistant to every known cure and antibiotic. On the news, the virus has expanded in all the Mushroom Kingdom, but it seems that a region in the Kinoko Yama has been spared. Hopefull that the place contains a solution for this virus, Mario goes to take the Sky Pop, finding the two princesses giggling while they decorate the plane with flowers, so he takes the two with him. At the Kinoko Yama, Mario is glad to see the Mountain Toad calm and healthy and asks them how did they prevent the virus infection, but none of them is even aware of the virus pandemic.

An old lady approach Mario and give him an apple, telling him that by eating it he will know the reason of their immunity. Mario ingenuously accepts, but the princesses rush to him, wanting to eat the fruit. Mario flinches and the apple falls, splitting in two, and the princesses eat them. Just then, the village chief, warns Mario that the old lady is not one of them. The lady is in fact Gahaha Daiō in disguise, and the apple was filled to the brim with Gahaha Viruses ten times more powerful, dooming the infected to die of laughter. Gahaha Daiō then sics the Dokudoku Pakkun Flower to the villagers, and everyone runs into a gorge. The exit result blocked by a giant glowing Mushroom, to which the Piranha Plants seems repelled by. Passing through a hidden tunnel that passes under the mushroom, emerging from the opposite side of it, the village chief explains that the mushroom is their protector deity: the Miracle Kinoko.

Meanwhile, the princesses are about to have a seizure, so the village chief make them eat a piece of the mushroom, curing them and saving them from death. Having finally found a cure, Mario dons his lab coat and fills some capsules with pieces of the Miracle Kinoko. Armed with that, Mario and the princesses emerges from behind the mushroom. The Dokudoku Pakkun Flower lunge at them, but the three throws the capsules in their mouth and the Piranha Plants crumble into pieces, falling over Gahaha Daiō. The heroes then proceed to fly on the Sky Pop and drop capsules around the Kingdom. The sole energy of the Miracle Kinoko is enough to disperse the virus and vanquish it from everybody.

By nighttime, the news reveal that the virus was eradicated and, after the umpteenth argument with Peach, Daisy has returned to Sarasaland. At the Mario Bros.' house, everyone are getting ready to sleep, while the examined Virus in the Petri dish, has finally managed to get itself free.

The chapter ends with Dr. Mario asking the readers if they played the game, also adding that both the Famicom and Game Boy versions are fun.

Chapter 2

対戦たいせん型がたストーリー.2 - ミクロの戦たたかいルイージを救すくえ!・前編ぜんぺん (Competitive story 2 - Micro battle to save Luigi! - Part 1)

At sunset, the Gahaha Virus sneaks out of the house and meet with Gahaha Daiō, who gives it triple the power, causing the germ to mutate in three colorful Virus. The three sneak back into the house and, after being caught by an awakening Luigi, they dive into his mouth, mistaking him for Mario. Right then, the real Mario walks into the room, criticizing Luigi for taking his nightcap, only to then noticing that his brother has been infected by a strong version of the Gahaha disease, causing him not only to laugh but to bounce around. He takes the remains of the Miracle Kinoko and administrates them to Luigi, but this time the Virus are immune to it. Worried, Mario takes it to the Mushroom Kingdom Hospital.

After Peach arrives, the doctor, Kuribō, informs Mario that there is nothing they can do. On the hospital screen, Gahaha Daiō appears to mock Mario and warn him that the Viruses will kill Luigi in 6 hours, unless the Princess Peach marries him. In response, Peach tosses a desk chair at the screen (hurting Bowser, who was inside the box screen). With only five hours remaining, Mario and Peach dons their doctor and nurse outfit and take the Marine Pop to use its miniaturizing function and enter Luigi body to directly fight the Viruses.

After localizing the three Viruses, Mario first tries to bomb them down, noticing again how the Miracle Kinoko capsules (used as torpedos) are inefficient, then chase them to the stomach, where a bunch of normal Gahaha Viruses are swarming in. Due to the cramming, the Marine Pop glass cracks. With a walkie-talkie, Mario asks Kuribō for a hand. While running around, Kuribō trips onto the table, and the pepper he was using for his ramen falls on Luigi, who sneezes the Marine Pop out. Once again, Gahaha Daiō appear on the hospital screen, explaining he separated the Virus into three right to make the capsules useless and invites Peach to reconsider his marriage offer, only to receive a table through the screen.

After studing in the lab, Peach comes with a solution: if Bowser split the Virus, maybe the cure needs to be split and decomposed as well. Doing so, Dr. Mario creates six new capsules. With three hours left for Luigi, the due jumps in the repaired Marine and goes back in. Back in the stomach, Mario and Peach shoots the capsules at the small viruses in the gorge, but they repel them. Without the direct contact, it is impossible for the cure to kill them. The Gahaha Viruses mock them, infuriating Peach, who shoots a barrage of capsules, who end up clogging the cavities in the swarm. Everything seems lost, with Luigi having a stomach-ache for the clogging and the Viruses reminding that there are only two hours left.

Luigi starts to bounce around from the pain, scrambling the content of his stomach. This causes four yellow viruses to align together and to disappear. Mario notices, and with the Red Virus screaming in panic that this is their weakness, Mario and Peach starts shooting the capsules strategically to align four elements of the same color. With one hour to spare, the Viruses are vanquished and Luigi is feeling better, but before Mario and Peach can evacuate the body, Kuribō informs them that another concentration of Gahaha Viruses have appeared in another area of Luigi's body.

Chapter 3

対戦たいせん型がたストーリー.3 - ミクロの戦たたかいルイージを救すくえ!・後編こうへん (Competitive story 3 - Micro battle to save Luigi! - Part 2)

Chapter 4

対戦たいせん型がたストーリー.4 - ガハハ大王だいおうと一いつ騎打きうち編へん (Competitive story 4 - Duel with King Gahaha)

Extras

似顔絵にがおえコーナー (Caricatures corner)

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Gallery

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  Full cover

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  Dr. Mario

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  Nurse Peach

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  Mario, Peach, and Luigi as the Viruses

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  Kazuki Motoyama

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  Dr. Mario

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  Dr. Mario miniatures

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  Story arc cover

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  Table of contents

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  Gahaha Daiō

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  Gahaha Biyō

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  Gahaha Virus

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  Tome Kuribō

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  Kinoko Yama

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  Village chief

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  Peach and Daisy dying of laughter

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  Miracle Kinoko

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  Dokudoku Pakkun Flower

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  Capsule

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  Mushroom Kingdom Hospital

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  Kuribō

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  Luigi's stomach

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  Special celebration bonus: Find Luigi-chan (Level 5)

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  Luigi thinks of food

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  Luigi's brain

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  Luigi reads the game guide

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  Luigi's life flashes before his eyes

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  Bowser imagining his and Princess Peach's wedding

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  Dr. Mario finishing the Viruses

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  Dr. Mario with the captured Viruses

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  Princess Peach book, in libraries on the 32 of the thirteenth month

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  Gahaha Daiō turns Luigi, Princess Peach, and Kuribō

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  Mega Dr. Mario

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  Announcement of the next adaptation: Super Mario World

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ドクターマリオ Dokutā Mario	Doctor Mario

Trivia

• At the Ikebana Expo, there are flower compositions of Ultraman and RX-78-2 Gundam.