Shogaku Ninensei

Shogaku Ninensei is a study magazine and manga anthology aimed at children in the second grade of Japanese elementary education (age 7-8). It is part of the series Shogakukan no Gakushuuzasshi, published by Shogakukan. Between 1992 and 1993, it featured stories from the Sonic the Hedgehog manga, based on the concept by Kenji Terada.

The April 1992 issue of the magazine included the very first Sonic story based on this concept, which was also the very first Sonic comic story not produced by Sega (the only previous comics having been the US promotional comic and the Japanese Sonic the Hedgehog Story Comic). It was written and illustrated by Sango Morimoto.

April 1992 - "Sonic the Hedgehog"
This story appeared between pages 93 and 98 of the April 1992 issue.

Synopsis
Two young hedgehog students, Nicky and Amy, are walking down a street when they are accosted by a large lizard bully named Anton Verruca. With a lascivious look, Anton kidnaps Amy for a date. When Nicky tries to stop him, Anton pushes him into a tree and runs off. Nicky laments that he is a failure as a boy, and wishes he was stronger. Suddenly, he is struck by a strange power and transforms into Sonic the Hedgehog! He zooms off after Anton and Amy.

Sonic easily catches up to Anton and whisks Amy out of his clutches. Anton is angry, and attacks Sonic with a chain... however, by the time Anton whips Sonic with the chain, Sonic has already dashed out of the way and jumped onto a tree branch. Anton attacks with the chain again, but Sonic is too agile. Then Sonic headbutts Anton, knocking him out.

Appearances

 * Nicky
 * Amy
 * Anton Verruca
 * Sonic the Hedgehog

Translated scans
Note that the following are read from right to left, and may contain strong language.


 * Page 1
 * Page 2
 * Page 3
 * Page 4
 * Page 5

Trivia

 * Nicky and Amy wear sweaters with the letters 'N' (for Nikki) and 'E' (for Emī) printed on the front. Emī is a Japanese transliteration of Amy, as well as a Japanese word meaning smile.
 * Anton wears a letterman jacket with a skull-and-crossbones on the back and a monogram on the left breast saying 'AB' (for Anton Berruga).
 * A note in the margin on page 3 reveals that Nicky can transform into Sonic, but Nicky himself is not aware of this.