Real Bout High School - Netherworld Battle (Vol. 2)

Amazon.com As this zany comedy-adventure continues, martial arts champions Ryoko Mitsurugi and Shizuma "Nagi" Kusanagi squabble on Earth and battle monsters together in the alternate world of Solvania. In a mall-restaurant promotion that spoofs Sailor Moon, Ryoko appears as Magical Waitress Oyster Lulu--and defeats an army of giant crabs. Three new enemies become allies who reveal that these conflicts are linked to the mysterious figures of the Yonshinkan and Old Genya. Daimon High School feels like Ranma's Furinken High when Ryoko and Azumi vie to fix lunch for shy kendo captain Tatsuya in a Kitchen K-Fight. The lunches accomplish what no fighter can do: they reduce Tatsuya and Nagi to helpless, nauseated weaklings. Ryoko also takes on Azumi's Secret Flower Arrangement Club, who use multipointed flower holders as ninja weapons. It all adds up to a winning mixture of slapstick humor and magical-girl action. Rated 13 Up: Violence, minor profanity. --Charles Solomon