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Stop the Typhoon: Typhoon Buster Project (English Edition)

(著) 高村昌宏

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[About the Product]
"Darn those earthquakes, tsunamis, and typhoons!"
Gen, a 35-year-old bachelor and a true motorcycle enthusiast. He lost his lover in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, a lifelong friend in the Great East Japan Earthquake, and even his beloved motorcycle to a typhoon... Gen's battle against natural disasters, which take the lives of innocent people and destroy livelihoods, begins!
Struggling with the study of weather, he comes up with a way to prevent typhoons and launches the "Typhoon Project." Armed with a device developed with his comrades, Gen heads to the South Pacific...
Can humankind overcome natural disasters? This is a sci-fi fantasy depicting Gen's efforts and achievements, a story of love and challenge.

[Contents]
Chapter 1: A Guy Called Gen-san
1 One afternoon
2 Sad news
3 Encounters
4 Post-disaster public opinion
5 Typhoon attack
6 A bit of an outlandish idea
7 Gen-san's inner change
Chapter 2: A Typhoon
1 Study from the Beginning
2 What is a typhoon?
3 A country without natural disasters
Chapter 3: A Grand Challenge
1 Crush typhoons
2 The First satellite "Maido-1"
3 Formulate a plan
4 Project Start
5 Name
Chapter 4: The Dream Approaches
1 Continued study
2 Gen-san's Ancestors
3 Next Steps
4 Concretization is in progress
Chapter 5: To the South Pacific
1 Unexpected ordeal
2 Production Base Construction
3 Second trip
4 A brief respite
5 Studying Buddhism
Chapter 6: Across the Wave Head
1 New ordeal
2 Depression
3 Developing the next concept
4 Study Religion
5 Result of On-Site Operations
Chapter 7: Great Development
1 Glad tidings
2 Joy and Sorrow
3 What a surprise!
4 Excellent plan
5 Nan Myo-2
Chapter 8: Toward the Limitless Future
1 International Treaties
2 From Southeast Asia
3 Farewell
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Masahiro Takamura