Train+Train
{{Short description|Japanese light novel series by Hideyuki Kurata}}
{{Other uses|Train Train (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Train+Train
| image = TrainPlusTrain.jpg
| caption = Cover of the first novel of Train+Train as published by ASCII Media Works
| genre =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = light novel
| author = Hideyuki Kurata
| illustrator = Tomomasa Takuma
| publisher = ASCII Media Works
| demographic = Male
| imprint = Dengeki Bunko
| magazine =
| first = 1999
| last = 2002
| volumes = 5
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Hideyuki Kurata
| illustrator = Tomomasa Takuma
| publisher = MediaWorks
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher | NA= Go! Comi}}
| demographic = Shōnen
| magazine = Dengeki Daioh
| first = January 2000
| last = May 2003
| volumes = 6
| volume_list =
}}
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Train+Train is a Japanese light novel series, written by Hideyuki Kurata (author of the Read or Dream series) and illustrated by Tomomasa Takuma.{{Cite web |script-title=ja:TRAIN+TRAIN（１） |url=http://www.dengekiya.com/ditails.asp?prdid=A9912590 |publisher=MediaWorks |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041227220937/http://www.dengekiya.com/ditails.asp?prdid=A9912590 |archivedate=2004-12-27 }}{{Cite magazine|last=Gifford|first=Kevin|title=Train+Train Volume 1|magazine=Newtype USA|volume=6|issue=1|page=136|date=January 2007|issn=1541-4817}} A manga series was serialized in Dengeki Daioh between January 2000 and May 2003 and was completed by the sixth bound volume.{{Cite web |script-title=ja:TRAIN+TRAIN（６） |url=http://www.dengekiya.com/ditails.asp?prdid=B0311160 |publisher=MediaWorks |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050219054545/http://www.dengekiya.com/ditails.asp?prdid=B0311160 |archivedate=2005-02-19 }} The series is published in Japan by MediaWorks and for the English version,{{cite web|title=Official website for the English version|url=http://www.gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&s_id=7|publisher=Go! Comi|access-date=2007-10-11|archive-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022758/http://www.gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&s_id=7|url-status=dead}} the series' lettering is done by Team Pokopen and is licensed by Go! Comi.
Plot
On Deloca, a distant planet from Earth, high schools are mobile. They exist in train versions, huge ones, with shopping malls and dorms and anything else one would need in an education. Most students go to standard school trains, to travel around the world for a regular education. Reiichi, the protagonist, finds himself on the Special Train after literally being handcuffed to Arena, a young female warrior with brutal assassins pursuing her. The Special Train accepts him and Reiichi finds himself drawn into its adventures, such as having to win two million 'gold' and saving a small mountain town from certain disaster.
Reception
{{Expand section|1=reviews including those listed on the talk page|date=December 2009}}
In Jason Thompson's online appendix to Manga: The Complete Guide, he describes the manga's artwork as "sparse and generic", which he felt was at odds with the series' premise of going places and seeing things.{{cite web | url=http://www.suvudu.com/2009/09/365-days-of-manga-day-15-train-train.html | title=Some of the Richest Authors of All Time | date=January 2022 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&s_id=7 Official website for the manga] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022758/http://www.gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&s_id=7 |date=2015-09-24 }}
- {{Anime News Network|manga|7493|TRAIN+TRAIN (manga)}}
Category:ASCII Media Works manga
Category:Kadokawa Corporation franchises