There are two collected versions of Patalliro being published: The tankoubon version (90 volumes at last count), and the condensed bunko version (48 volumes, ongoing). The tankoubon version also has AU stories with the Patalliro characters and unrelated horror and sci-fi short stories. These summaries will just include the Patalliro stories.
Bunko List Vol. 16~30 | Vol. 31~45 | Vol. 46~47 |
Vol. | No. | Date | Title | Teaser |
1 | The Birth of a King |
1 | 1978 | Bishounen Killer | Patalliro and Bancoran meet. Bancoran becomes his bodyguard. |
2 | '79 | A Rose Blooms on His Grave | The IDS sends Junior to kill Patalliro. |
3 | '79 | Look Out, Patalliro! | Silver Fox sends Marion to kill Patalliro. |
5 | '79 | Patalliro Free-For-All | Count Laken and Maraich are sent to kill Patalliro. Maraich's first appearance. |
6 | '79 | Patalliro Mortal Combat | Patalliro is brainwashed and dangerous from watching too many kung-fu movies. The Chinese mafia tries to smugle diamonds out of Malynera. |
7 | '79 | From Patalliro with Love | Patalliro suspects that a terrorist is conspiring with Maraich to attack an energy summit. |
Article: "The Road to Patalliro" by writer Anna Ogino |
2 | Beautiful Men |
10 | '80 | Maraich, Maraich | The KGB sends a fake Maraich to infiltrate MI-6. |
11 | '80 | Bancoran Dies! | Bancoran fakes his death in order to catch a high-level enemy. Hewitt's first appearance. |
14 | '80 | Stardust | The IDS sends Tarantula and his army of beautiful boys into space with a fiendish plan. Plasma X's first appearance. |
17 | '80 | Prince Maraich | Patalliro visits the school his father went to as a boy and brings Maraich with him. Maraich is mistaken for Patalliro. |
20 | '80 | Chemistry Trouble | Patalliro's attempt to solve his cockroach problem turns his baby cousin invisible. |
Article: "Patalliro! is Immortal" by singer Tomomi Nishimura |
3 | Time Warp |
15 | '80 | Patalliro the 7th and 8th | Patalliro's first Time Slip. He goes into the past and works with his ancestor to fight off the invading English army, led by Bancoran's ancestor. |
18 | '80 | Patalliro, Racing Through Time | Patalliro Time Slips into the past and Bancoran's childhood. |
32 | '81 | Patalliro the 8th and 10th | In the 24th century, SmarterOne, a decendent of Bancoran, is ruling the world. |
37 | '81 | The Tree of Loyalty | One of the Tamanegi remains behind in Revolution Era France. |
45 | '81 | Foggy London Airport | Damian Knight, Bancoran's first lover, returns. |
Article: "To My Dear Patalliro-sama, With Love" by Patalliro's VA, Fuyumi Shiraishi |
4 | Patariro |
ss1 | '79 | Nekoma Tengoku | [Edo Period AU] When the Shinsengumi attacked Ikedaya, Nekoma Tengoku was there. |
ss2 | '79 | Nekoma Tengoku, Part the Second | [Edo Period AU] Nekoma Tengoku uses his cat-speaking abilities to uncover a murderer. |
ss3 | '80 | Nekoma Tengoku, Part the Third | [Edo Period AU] Nekoma Tengoku meets the Black Ships. |
ss4 | '80 | Nekoma Tengoku, Part the Fourth | [Edo Period AU] Nekoma Tengoku fights an army of demons, but the tables are turned. |
4 | '79 | Ghost Cat | [Edo Period AU] A strange cat-demon is attacking the villagers, including Patariro's adoptive father. Bankoran the doctor and Patariro track it down. First Patariro story. |
12 | '79 | Demons: Hither and Thither | [Edo Period AU] Patariro and Bankoran continue their exorcism activities. A trouble-making demon is plaging Patariro's store. |
13 | '79 | Demons: Of Many Eyes | [Edo Period AU] Patariro and Bankoran continue their exorcism activities. People who enter the Miyagiya are being possesed by evil spirits. |
46 | '82 | The Greater Edo Settlement Papers | [Edo Period AU] Further adventures of Patariro and Bankoran, who meet Sakunosuke. |
27 | '80~'81 | Patalliro Chushingura | The Patalliro cast reenacts the Tale of the 47 Ronin. |
29 | '81 | When the Snow Stops | The man who trained Bancoran is murdered at his 70th birthday party, but no one saw the killer. |
30 | '81 | License to Kill | Maraich is drugged and captured. Bancoran shows his 00-badge for the first time. |
31 | '81 | Tamanegi! | Tamanegi #21 has doubts about the purpose of his job. Rare serious Patalliro moment. |
Article: "Ah! The Patalliro of Our Youth" by writer Masahiro Mori |
5 | Prince of Many Forms |
8 | '79 | Patalliro The Snow-Blooming Flower | Patalliro's beloved cousin Madeline has disappeared. |
9 | '79 | Snow Falls in Malynera | Patalliro's friend from university wants to borrow the prized jewel for his new invention. |
16 | '80 | American Kidnapping | Patalliro kidnaps an American psychic named Zachary and forces him to help him gamble. He starts out with half of the money from his country's treasury and ends up with $40. |
19 | '80 | Empire of Illusions | Patalliro gets a diamond that grants wishes, but tends to be fatal for its owner. |
21 | '80 | Campus Tale | Patalliro goes to Japan and spends some time as an exchange student. He gets mixed up in trouble with the school bullies. |
22 | '80 | The Red Mermaid | A famous ruby in a museum is threatened, and Bancoran is called in to save the day. |
23 | '80 | A Day in the Life of Patalliro | Patalliro's days tend to be more exciting than he realizes. A terrorist makes several attempts on his life. Also, a scary look at possible-future-bishounen!Patalliro. |
24 | '80 | A Rare, Pure-White Flower Blooms | Patalliro's cousin is marrying a nasty man, and he works together with a creepy flowershop owner to expose the groom. |
26 | '80 | Journey for Love | Rashanu sees the criminal who killed a secretary in the Soviet Embassy. Patalliro uses his Memory Machine to help him remember, with disasterous results. |
33 | '81 | Fly Free, Jack | Patalliro's attempt to hatch a super duck goes terribly wrong. |
Article: "Patalliro Likes Brahms" by Rakugo Storyteller Kobuhei Shinuchi |
6 | Plasma X's Family |
28 | '81 | X's Tragedy | Plasma X wants a girlfriend. Patalliro's joke goes wrong, and he tries to redeem himself. Afro's first appearance. |
34 | '81 | Plasma's Love | Afro looks down on Plasma, and yet can't deal with the attention he gives to his pet dinosaur. |
40 | '81 | Plasma Papa | An old fellow student of Patalliro's at robot school, Skunky, is out to make himself number one. Purara's first appearance. Plasma and Afro get married. |
43 | '81 | Purara | Patalliro becomes jealous of Purara and is possessed by an evil spirit (the author). Purara grows up. |
47 | '82 | Truly Purara | Purara is in a bad mood, so Patalliro arranges for her to go to school. Her loving and good-intentioned father follows her. |
53 | '82 | a Random | Purara is lonely, and Patalliro makes her a big brother. However, Skunky strikes again. |
35 | '81 | Run, Patalliro | A KGB assassin sacrifices his life to save his little brother. |
36 | '81 | Maraich's Baby | Impossibly, Maraich becomes pregnant. One of Bancoran's scorned lovers gets his revenge. Bancoran first says 'I love you'. |
39 | '81 | The Captive of German Castle | An old friend of Patalliro's calls on his help to save his sister. |
41 | '81 | I'll Be Waiting | Maraich fights his innate suspicion of Bancoran's devotion. |
Article: "The Country of Eternal Spring, Malynera" by actor Arata Furuta |
7 | Yeeees! How're You? |
42 | '81 | Nyanko Is Nyanko | A cat becomes the sole benefactor of a rich man, and his children plan their revenge. Nyanko sets out to rescue Mary Jane. |
44 | '81 | That Man Bancoran Is | Patalliro finds out that Bancoran is visiting and paying a school boy. |
48 | '82 | The Sunflower of Versailles | One of the Tamanegi runs away to Versailles just before the French Revolution, and almost changes history. He must face the consequences. |
49 | '82 | My Love Maraich | Patalliro is in danger again, but his perfect disguise may be more trouble than it's worth. |
50 | '82 | Tarot in the Round | Zachary is a suspect in a rash of jewelry shop thefts, and he has to prove his innocence to Bancoran. |
51 | '82 | The Phantom | Bancoran is tracking down an enemy too powerful to handle, and Zachary volunteers his magician friend to help. |
38 | '81 | Patalliro Disaster | The Tamanegi wake up one morning to find a changed Patalliro. Who is this sweet, hard-working boy? |
Article: "The Fascination of a Strange World" by translator Takenori Nanjo |
8 | The Day Patalliro Cried |
57 | '82 | Goodbye, Afro | Afro falls victim to a deadly mold. Dr. Grant appears. |
58 | '82 | Sorrowful Purara | Dr. Grant makes a new mother for Purara. Mandra's first appearance. |
59 | '82 | Wandering Purara | Purara runs away. |
60 | '82 | Purara in Danger | Purara is running out of time, but where is the money? |
61 | '82 | Your Name is Purara | Purara is rescued, but has lost her memory. |
62 | '82 | Innocent Purara | Everyone suspects that Purara killed Dr. Grant. |
64 | '82 | At Random | Random goes away to school, but Pyotr the Great's henchman works there! |
65 | '82 | Tearful Purara | Mandra is fixed, the truth is revealed, but Purara-! |
66 | '82 | Love is Painful | Patalliro's plan to fix Purara's obsession causes a new problem for Bancoran. |
38 | '81 | Fly Me to the Moon | Patalliro discovers a boy with the ability to heal mortal illnesses. |
Article: "Sorry, Bancoran" by playwright and musician KERA |
9 | Bancoran, Look Out!! |
54 | '82 | Maraich's Season | Someone has threatened to steal a precious green diamond, and Bancoran is assigned to keep an eye on it while shaking off the advances of the boy who owns it. |
55 | '82 | The Great Snare | A new group of enemies has appeared, and this time they plan to use Bancoran's many ex-lovers to their advantage. Pyotr the Great's name is first mentioned. |
56 | '82 | The Rotten Apple | There is a spy in MI-6. |
63 | '82 | Patalliro Large Gathering | A new Tamanegi is acting strange, and Patalliro finds the key in the 23rd century. |
ss5 | '82 | Bancoran -- With MI-6 | A snapshot of Bancoran on the job. A plane crashes, and a young man from Bancoran's past is wounded. |
67 | '82 | November Sanatorium | Etrange's illness takes a mysterious turn for the worst. |
68 | '83 | Maraich's Unfaithfulness | Maraich suspects that Bancoran is cheating and decides to teach him a lesson. |
| '83 | Patalliro! Extra | The author experiments with 4-panel jokes. |
72 | '83 | Feelings, Laws, Strange News (Kibun, Kibun, Kibun) | A KGB agent dies, and his last word was "kibun". There is a plot afoot. A new side of the Chief is revealed. |
Article: "An Analysis Report on the Complete Condition of the Patalliro Disease" by TV talent and announcer Dankan |
10 | Men's End-Game |
69 | '83 | Bancoran vs. Bancoran | Ten-year-old Jack Bancoran was a cheerful boy who couldn't stop laughing. Until the night his beloved uncle killed his best friend. Keene returns to Bancoran's life seventeen years later. |
70 | '83 | Keene vs. Patalliro | Patalliro and Maraich conspire to drug Bancoran so that they can hide him for his own good, with disasterous consequences. First appearance of Bat/Mickey Mouse and Godot. |
Article: "Is Patalliro a B Blood-Type?" by musician Kenzo Saeki |
11 | Scattering Roses, Blooming Roses |
71 | '83 | Scattering Roses, Blooming Roses 1 | Bancoran and Maraich take the offensive against Keene. Oh, what tangled webs we weave. |
'83 | Scattering Roses, Blooming Roses 2 | Patalliro's nuclear bomb has set off the volcano and the castle is sinking. Who will kill who? |
73 | '83 | Dr. Shibaitaroka's Diary | Of all of Patalliro's disguises, the Doctor is special. When he looks like the Doctor, he is the Doctor. |
74 | '83 | The King's Conspiracy | Patalliro's aunt has been caught in a revolution. (And what is Hewitt's dark secret?) |
75 | '83 | Yotarillo, Enter Stage Right | Patalliro's cousin and world-renowned computer expert Yotarillo pays him a visit on his way to England. |
Article by musician Yukihide Takekawa: "Coquettish Beautiful-Boy Power" |
12 | Tamanegi Army Deployed |
76 | '83 | Laken Returns | One of Bancoran's agents has been murdered, and Bancoran must get his last report. |
77 | '83 | Fifty Pieces of Gold | Patalliro has a huge pile of gold and the Tamanegi are very suspicious of how he got it. |
78 | '84 | Master Thief | An old Malyneran diamond shows up in an English museum, and Patalliro goes to steal it back. |
79 | '84 | Tamanegi Youth Corps | The oldest Tamanegi decide it's time to start training their children to be the next generation of Tamanegi. |
80 | '84 | The Eight Years' Wonder | A strange boy is attacking all young bishounen in London. What's his secret? |
81 | '84 | Patalliro's Introduction to Important Family Ceremonies | The Tamanegi find some noticable gaps in Patalliro's education. |
82 | '84 | Maraich | A girl is looking for her father who disappeared in South America many years ago. Ban is exhausted, so Maraich takes the case for him. |
93 | '84 | A Day in the Life of the Princess | Roman Holiday a la Mineo Maya. |
94 | '84 | Strayed Tamanegi | New Tamanegi are joining, so Patalliro gives them a cautionary tale. |
95 | '84 | Penpal | Patalliro told his penpal that he is 17 and gorgeous. Now she's pulling a surprise visit. |
Article: "The Labour Management That Patalliro the 8th Teaches" by Fudoushiki Kumamoto (a salaryman) |
13 | The Great Devil Astaroth |
83 | '84 | The Most | Patalliro dreams that he is his ancestor, and is a servant of the great devil Astaroth. |
84 | '84 | The Forest of Blank Trusts | Astaroth and Beelzebub continue their underhanded war, and Astaroth and Patalliro are trapped in the forest. |
85 | '84 | Solomon's Ring | Astaroth searches for an advantage in his fight against Beelzebub. |
86 | '84 | Magic War | Devils and angels fight for the soul of a recently departed pope. |
87 | '84 | Behind the Cathode-Ray Tube | The makers of cheap horror thrill shows decide to try for the real thing. Astaroth isn't pleased. |
88 | '84 | Campus Demon | Astaroth is still in hiding in the human world. This time at an all-girls school. |
89 | '84 | Portrait | A two-hundred year old protrait leads to trouble for Astaroth and his servants. |
90 | '84 | The 6th Travels Alone | Patalliro the 6th is seperated from the others and meets a most unexpected old man. |
91 | '84 | Edelweiss | Patalliro wakes up just in time to meet Maraich's half-sister. |
Article by Demon Kogure, "Did Patalliro! create a 'mini-comic boom'?" |
14 | Supercat to the Rescue! |
92 | '84 | Extensive Inheritance | A man that Bancoran helped many years ago leaves his fortune to him, but there are complications. |
96 | '84 | Happiness Machine | To get out of work, Patalliro invents the happiness machine, which makes everything appear wonderful to those who've swallowed it. |
97 | '84 | Mecha-Pata | Patalliro's next scheme is a robot version of himself, but the plan backfires when the robot gets sent on vacation in his place. |
98 | '84 | Hewitt's Misfortune | Patalliro bargains with Hewitt to test his newest invention for CIA work: a flying suit. |
99 | '85 | Lord Trouble | Patalliro sells a diamond by mistake, and tricks Super Cat into stealing it back for him. |
100 | 85 | The Snowman Repays a Favor | Patalliro does an unselfish deed, and earns unending gratitude in return. |
101 | '85 | Happening | Patalliro is cured from Fugu poisoning by an alien medicine. Bancoran takes up bonsai. |
102 | '85 | Operation Obliteration | The KGB is after Bancoran again, and this time they've kidnapped Hewitt in their search for secrets. |
109 | '85 | The Reijutsu Affair | Ghosts are haunting the diamond processing center, and it's up to Tamanegi #44 to save the day. |
110 | '85 | The Griffin Etching | While stuck in rural France by a storm, Patalliro notices an etching by the famous Griffin in his host's home. |
Article by radio producer Deep Spectre: "Japanese manga, American Comics" |
15 | Patalliro Kaleidoscope |
103 | '85 | Season of the White Flower | Something has crashed to earth in Malynera, and a strange white flower is blooming. World peace is a good thing, right? |
104 | '85 | Hidemaro | Hidemaro has decided that Maraich is his Big Brother, and he won't be disuaded. |
105 | '85 | Invitation | Hidemaro's strange resistance to Bancoran has the MI-6 agent in a slump. |
106 | '85 | Pata and the Section Chief and the Female Director | Sanders pulls Patalliro into his plot to investigate a private invention company. |
107 | '85 | Lady Julie | Director Julie was so impressed by Bancoran that she bribes Sanders for his services. |
108 | '85 | Kaleidoscope | MI-6 has been infiltrated again? Bancoran sends for the kaleidoscope so that he can see into his underlings' real hearts, but what does Patalliro see in Bancoran's heart? |
111 | '85 | Wedding Bell | Someone is mugging fashion models for their wedding dresses, and Patalliro notices a pattern. |
112 | '85 | A Certain Experiment | Patalliro wants to build a robot that can give birth, and a too-clever safe-breaker gives him the chance. |
113 | '85 | It's Not a Joke | There are some disturbing coincidences between baby Jesus and his historical namesake... |
Article by Yuuki Kuroda, "The Story of Imura-kun and the Pleasant Friends" |
Bunko List Vol. 16~30 | Vol. 31~45 | Vol. 46~47 |