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This page is a hub for information about the Kirby of the Stars! Moretsu Pupupu Hour! manga series. Due to WiKirby's currently abysmal manga coverage, the project will take long, and may be disorganized. It heavily depends on existing translations or the ability of editors to work with Japanese text.

Main resources:

• Shugakukan list
• Manga Translation Masterpost on Tumblr
• Kirby Manga Translated on Tumblr
  • Scanlations (Google Drive)
• Kirby's Manga Funshack on Tumblr
  • Scans and scanlations (MEGA)
• Kirby JP Fandom article
  • Volume 1

Series overview

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Moretsu Pupupu Hour is set in its own continuity; however, its setting frequently overlaps with the game a given volume is released after. Most chapters are largely episodical, with few overarching storylines and occasional two-part stories. One exception to this is volume 13, which has several chapters set one after another dedicated to a loose retelling of Kirby: Planet Robobot.

Characters are often introduced as the games they make their debut in are released. Many become recurring (such as Magolor or Taranza), while others are mostly limited to cameo appearances at best (like Prince Fluff). The personalities of the characters are often exaggerated to an extreme (such as Kirby's gluttony or Meta Knight's ego and sense of rivalry). Naturally, characters that simply appear as common foes in the games are more fleshed out and given unique personality traits.

This manga series is no stranger to breaking the fourth wall, both directly (namely competing for the role of the manga's main character or refering to real-life game releases) and indirectly (for example, commenting on a battle's manga-like choreography).

Characters

• Note: playful writing used. This is a rough overview, not a mainspace-ready draft. Need to sort by chronology when possible.

• Kirby: gluttonous to an extreme, playful and often takes threats on a more minor scale lightly. Cares deeply for his friends and stands up for Dream Land when things get dire. Can use his Copy Ability at will besides inhaling. Physical difference: has a singular fang.
• King Dedede: ruler of Dream Land, Kirby's nemesis, with whom he often fights for food. Relatively unexaggerated traits, with the exception of his ego.
• Meta Knight: masked swordsman and Kirby's rival, prides himself on skill and elegance. Ego and quirks often grotesquely exaggerated.
• Marx: mischievous alien who plots to take over or destroy Dream Land, depending on his mood, often just picks a fight with Kirby for petty reasons. Has hands.
• Box Boxer: laid-back and accepting of Kirby's plot armor, his bad puns and jokes stun just about everyone.
• Knuckle Joe
• Cool Spook
• Chilly
• Paint Roller
• Gao Gao
• Daroach
• Galacta Knight
• Magolor
• Taranza
• Queen Sectonia
• Susie
• Mr. Frosty: one of Dream Land's residents. While he can occasionally be seen partaking in the same activities as others, he usually appears as a seller, taking on a new job as the plot demands.
• Chip and Snooter, almost always seen together and in the background, either outdoors in Dream Land or on television.
• Many, many more, need to split roles.

Volume 1

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Characters

Characters of Kirby of the Stars! Moretsu Pupupu Hour! Volume 1
Main characters
Character	Description
Kirby	Dream Land's biggest glutton! His special skill is the Copy Ability!
Cool Spook	A firm guy who gives Kirby good advice.
Box Boxer	A mysterious dog-like creature who does things at his own pace.
Gao Gao	He is kind-hearted and very considerate of his friends.
Whispy Woods	Produces delicious and valuable fruit. Good friends with Gao Gao.
King Dedede	Even though he and Kirby are always at each other's throats, they are actually quite good friends.
Meta Knight	A very tough and skilled swordsman!
Daroach	The boss of the Squeaks, he plans to make a fortune in Dream Land.
Doc	Large and strong, and the second biggest glutton after Kirby?!
Spinni	A small and nimble guy.
Doc	He makes the strongest mechs, but he is weak himself.
Supporting & minor characters

Chapter 1: Fierce Battle!! The Great Eating Contest!!

The start of a new adventure.

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Cool Spook
• King Dedede
• Daroach
• Storo

Supporting/minor characters:

• Cookin
• Box Boxer
• Bonkers
• Paint Roller
• Bun
• Spinni
• Doc
• Squeakers
• Taniguchi
• Waddle Dees
• Mr. Shine
• Batty
• Waddle Doo
• Scarfy
• Bubble Head
• Noddy
• [Some character with a circle around their eye]
• Bronto Burt
• Gip
• Chip[s]
• Snooter
• Mr. Frosty
• Boxy
• Phan Phan
• Squishy
• Slippy
• Foley
• Poppy Bros. Jr
• Snoppy
• Bouncy

It's an important day in Dream Land: the annual Great Eating Contest. The grand prize for the winner of this competition is chef Cookin's (questionably diverse) Dream Bowl. In preparation for the event, Dream Land's residents have been fasting the days prior; however, the carefree Kirby eats breakfast immediately before the start of the competition, much to the shock of his friend Cool Spook. The meal that the contestants will need to eat is revealed to be oden, which King Dedede explains to be one of the manga's author's favorite foods. Despite his breakfast, Kirby is more than ready to dig in. Just then, the Squeaks interrupt, with their leader Daroach announcing that they will also participate under Storo's representation, as Daroach intends to get his hands on the one-of-a-kind Dream Bowl.

The contest begins, and the oden's soup proves to be too hot to eat. Kirby is not at all disheartened: he enjoys the soup as a hot tub while munching on oden. He farts in the oden bowl, causing all contestants except Storo to pass out. Once reminded about the Dream Bowl, Kirby gets serious and gains the Fighter ability, enabling his fighting spirit to devour more oden. The Squeaks are concerned that Storo will lose, but Daroach explains that he was simply a decoy to distract the audience, and they prepare to steal the Dream Bowl. However, their escape is sabotaged due to Fighter Kirby's long headband getting stuck to the Dream Bowl, which results in him getting dragged along. The Squeaks are blown away when Kirby releases the headband. Kirby runs back with the Dream Bowl, but by the time he's back, Storo is announced as the winner. Daroach gloats, but then finds the Dream Bowl to have been emptied by Kirby, who ate its contents on the way because he got hungry.

Chapter 2: Go!! Daroach's Eleven

A grand meal awaits.

The name of this chapter is a reference to the American heist film Ocean's 11.

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Cool Spook
• Box Boxer
• Daroach
• Spinni
• Storo

Supporting/minor characters:

• Doc
• Squeaker
• Parasol Waddle Doo
• Bubble Head
• Foley
• Snooter
• Gaw Gaw
• Mr. Frosty
• Noddy
• Taniguchi
• Needlous
• Paint Roller
• Scarfy
• Gip
• Rocky
• Waddle Doo
• Waddle Dee
• Bouncy
• Chip
• Mrs. Moley
• Pengy
• Phan Phan
• King Dedede
• Chilly
• Squishy
• Snoppy
• Maiga
• Bun
• Boxin
• Boxy

Cameo:

• Meta Knight (poster)

On a peaceful day in Dream Land, Daroach and the Squeaks announce the opening of Dream Land's first convenience store, "Daroach's Eleven". The excited Kirby is quick to see it for himself — and fail to eat it, too. Cool Spook and Box Boxer find the thieves' shop sketchy, and it is revealed through Daroach's denying to be part of their plan to get rich fast. Meanwhile, Kirby devours food inside the store. Given that he has no money to pay for it, he is instead forced to work as a clerk for what he ate.

Much to the Squeaks joy, the shop quickly becomes popular and attracts many residents, including King Dedede, for whom Kirby eats up a lunch box with the Fire ability. During the lunch hours, the Squeaks restock the shop while Kirby takes a nap with the Sleep ability. After some time, Spinni points out that the shop is failing to attract any new clients because of Kirby's dangerous use of Copy Abilities. To resolve this, Kirby goes outside and does tricks with the Magic ability while advertising the shop. After many rough days of advertising under harsh weather, it finally works, and the shop is full of customers again. While cleaning, Storo reports that the vacuum cleaner is broken. Kirby steps in and starts inhaling; but, naturally, he ends up inhaling too much and emptying the shelves, which leaves the Squeaks devastated.

Chapter 3: Kirby!! Undress! Undress!

Kirby and his friends enjoy some mochi in an igloo.

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Daroach
• King Dedede
• Pengy

Supporting/minor characters:

• Cool Spook
• Box Boxer
• Spinni
• Storo
• Doc
• Squeaker
• Gips
• Hot Head
• Mr. Frosty
• Gaw Gaw
• Taniguchi
• Chillys

Cameo:

• Con (book cover)

Winter is in full swing in Dream Land. After the failure of the convenience store, Daroach and his gang have started a snow cleaning service in hopes of buying themselves warm coats. Just then, Kirby runs by, commenting on how warm it is. The Squeaks beg to know his secret, which he reveals to be a full-body wool coat that looks just like him. At that time, King Dedede, Box Boxer and Cool Spook invite Kirby to play some games together. This sparks an idea in Daroach's mind: he suggests racing to the lodge on the nearby mountain top to stay warm. At first reluctant, King Dedede decides that it'd be a good idea to participate to boost his prestige and appearance count over the Squeaks, who have had a larger role in the manga so far. With this in mind, he accepts, unaware that it's part of the Squeaks' plan to ease the snow cleaning job they were comissioned there. In the meantime, Ice Kirby makes ice sculptures of Daroach and King Dedede.

The race begins, and Wheel Kirby quickly plows through the competition, as well as a group of Chillys on their way to prepare winter-themed calendars. Kirby halts in the snow, and Pengy notices him. While Pengy is concerned that Kirby might freeze if he stays still in the snow, Kirby is instead contemplating eating the abundant snow as shaved ice. As the unamused Pengy walks off, Kirby decides to quickly inhale the snow and make a run for the lodge. However, after inhaling it all, Kirby realizes that he is as hungry as ever and collapses. Meanwhile, the heated race continues. The group eventually runs into Kirby, who is laying face down in the snow. Seeing no movement, they mourn the puffball. However, they find that it was just another of Kirby's full-body coats, and Kirby already reached the lodge, which is revealed to be Pengy's home. Pengy then tells the group that they need to clean the snow from the roof. Seeing that the lodge's roof has no snow on it, the Squeaks question this, only to find out that the actual house is much larger and mostly under the visible part, buried under a mountain of snow. Everyone ends up digging through the heaps snow, and only Kirby finds this activity fun.

Short: Manpuku Monogatari ~Season 1~

Chapter 4: Rice!! Bon Appétit!!

Chapter 5: Big Battle!! Kirby VS Mr. Dagashi

Chapter 6: Cup Noodles Take Three Minutes (Part 1)

Chapter 7: Cup Noodles Take Three Minutes (Part 2)

Chapter 8: Let's Go to the Forest!!

Chapter 9: And, And, And, And It's Here!!

Kirby gorges on delicious watermelons.

Chapter 10: They've Arrived! Squeak Squad, His Name Is Kirby!!

The Squeak Squad Appears!

Volume 2

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Chapter 4: Kirby the Art Prodigy!?

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Drawcia
• King Dedede

Supporting/minor characters:

• Box Boxer
• Cool Spook
• Whispy Woods
• Gao Gao
• Taniguchi
• Waddle Dee
• Batty
• Heavy Knight
• Broom Hatter
• Mr. Frosty
• Paint Roller
• Gordo
• Kirby painting

Cameos:

• Daroach (cover, pinball board)
• Doc (cover, pinball board)
• Spinni (cover, pinball board)

On an autumn day, Kirby has Box Boxer pose with an apple for a painting. Cool Spook admires Kirby's artwork, which turns out to be an illustration of just the apple. Suddenly, Gao Gao comes running, informing Kirby that Castle Dedede is in trouble. At the castle, Drawcia traps King Dedede and his subordinates in paintings, plotting to transform Dream Land into her masterpiece once more. When Kirby arrives, he begins admiring the paintings of Castle Dedede's residents and scribbles on King Dedede's painting. Drawcia threatens Kirby with her Magic Paintbrush but realizes that Kirby already took it and is drawing a copy of himself, which comes to life.

Preparing for battle, Kirby draws a bunch of food that he eats on the spot, while Drawcia snatches back her paintbrush and showers Kirby in bombs. Kirby manages to take the paintbrush back and makes a kebab missile that strikes Drawcia. However, she recovers the brush since Kirby threw it together with the missile, and she draws a cage over Kirby. All seems lost as Drawcia gloats until Kirby jumps out of nowhere and steals the paintbrush again, revealing that the Kirby in the cage is the copy he drew earlier. Kirby draws a lightning bolt over Drawcia and finishes her off with a storm. This frees the residents of Castle Dedede. King Dedede solemnly thanks Kirby for rescuing them, unaware that the scribbles Kirby drew earlier are still a part of his look.

Volume 3

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Chapter 8: Meta Knight Causes a Commotion!

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Meta Knight
• Gao Gao
• Bouncy

Supporting/minor characters:

• King Dedede
• Waddle Doo
• Gip
• Chip
• Snooter
• Box Boxer
• Knuckle Joe
• Cool Spook
• Whispy Woods
• Bun
• Waddle Dee
• Mr. Frosty
• Chilly
• Paint Roller
• Scarfy
• Bubble Head?
• Cupie
• Boxy
• Either another Gao Gao or Gaw Gaw
• Batty
• Rocky

Cameos:

• Sword Knight (game cover)
• Blade Knight (game cover)

A new year starts in Dream Land, and its residents are ready to spend it as lazily as the last. Gao Gao spots a meteorite headed for Dream Land with a telescope and runs off to warn the rest. Meanwhile, Meta Knight arrives on the Halberd, setting out to put an end to Dream Land's lazy lifestyle (not unlike a similar story in Kirby Super Star). Kirby seconds Meta Knight's thoughts on laziness but is quick to display it himself, reading manga under a table. The rest join him, and Meta Knight makes an over-the-top dramatic speech about the inelegance of their manga. Meta Knight proclaims that he will be the new protagonist of the manga and asks for a duel with Kirby for the main spot. Kirby ignores this request until Meta Knight discloses that his own manga will enforce discipline at a school, limit others to only playing Meta Knightmare Ultra in Kirby Super Star Ultra, and have the other characters worship him. Dream Land's residents decide that it's best for Kirby to keep his position as the main character and view Meta Knight as unfit for the protagonist role.

At that moment, Bouncy passes by, carrying a load of apples. Wishing to prove himself, Meta Knight offers to help her with the load and lifts her and the apples. Kirby offers to help lighten up the load in another way by inhaling the apples. Meta Knight starts scolding Kirby, but Bouncy thanks him since she would have been unavle to finish the leftover apples by herself. The shocked Meta Knight is made the subject of ridicule by the rest. Just then, Gao Gao arrives with the news about the meteorite. Meta Knight initially wants to heroically stop it, but thinks about the things Dream Land's residents said, as well as Kirby's typically goofy behavior. He follows his rival's example and performs a folk rhyme, leading the rest to think he cracked under pressure. Kirby comes to the rescue with the Jet ability and stops the meteorite in its tracks. Everyone cheers for Kirby, and Meta Knight realizes that selfless heroism is the true trait of a main protagonist, only for him to take his words back when he hears Kirby's relief that the book he had been reading is unscathed. He gets frustrated because no one else hears Kirby's selfish remark.

Volume 4

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Chapter 6: The End of Dream Land!? (Part 1)

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Marx
• Meta Knight

Supporting/minor characters:

• Cool Spook
• Mr. Frosty
• Waddle Doo
• Knuckle Joe
• Batty
• Box Boxer
• King Dedede
• Gao Gao

Cameo:

• Waddle Dee (imagination)

Marx destroys planet after planet. He reads about Dream Land in a Moretsu Pupupu Hour manga volume and decides to target Planet Popstar. He spots Kirby, who is about to gobble up an apple, and snatches the apple from him. Kirby chases Marx in the air until they reach a cliff. Marx introduces himself and announces the reason for his visit. He intends to defeat Kirby first, having heard he's a formidable opponent. Kirby, primarily upset about the apple, attacks Marx with the Fighter ability, but Marx is quick to retaliate.

Ridiculing Kirby, Marx reveals that his friends are caged up and dangling on the side of the cliff, balanced by a bomb on the opposite side, which was done for his own pleasure. He lights up the rope holding the cage and gives Kirby a choice: save his friends or stop the bomb. Now dead serious, Kirby rescues his friends, as Dream Land is wherever they are. He puts the cage down and jumps down for the bomb. However, Meta Knight appears to have caught the bomb already, and he throws it in the air, where it explodes spectacularly in his Mach Tornado. Meta Knight, Kirby and his now freed friends stand up against Marx, and the chapter ends on a cliffhanger.

Chapter 7: The End of Dream Land!? (Part 2)

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Marx

Supporting/minor characters:

• Meta Knight
• King Dedede
• Box Boxer
• Cool Spook
• Knuckle Joe
• Waddle Doo
• Batty
• Mr. Frosty
• Gao Gao

The story continues from where the previous chapter left off. Marx threatens to turn Dream Land into a pile of rubble. When Kirby stands up against him,Marx transforms into a more powerful form. In response, Kirby blocks Marx's attack with the Parasol ability. Meta Knight vows to fight alongside Kirby, but Fighter Kirby directs a Sky Uppercut at him, sending Meta Knight flying, as we wishes to fight Marx one-on-one. Kirby dodges Marx's Shooter Cutters with his Ninja techniques and strikes back with an Air Drop. Kirby's friends cheer for him, and Marx is infuriated. He strikes Kirby with a devastating Black Hole.

Despite being crippled, Kirby gets up and says that he's having fun during this battle. The dumbfounded Marx gets caught up in Crash Kirby's explosion. Kirby's friends are now cheering for both sides, and what started as a conflict of high stakes becomes a fighting match. Neither Marx nor Kirby back away from their goals. They clash once again, and Marx gets thrown towards the edge of the cliff. As Marx thinks to himself that it was actually fun indeed while falling, Kirby grabs his arm and brings him back to the cliff. Marx accepts his defeat and heads off. Kirby asks Marx to come again to play sometime, and Marx gladly accepts this invitation.

Volume 5

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Chapter 4: Kirby on Ice!!

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Meta Knight
• King Dedede
• Knuckle Joe
• Box Boxer

Supporting/minor characters:

• Waddle Doo
• Tac
• Squishy
• Snooter
• Chilly
• Bouncy
• Paint Roller
• Pengy
• Simirror
• Heavy Knight
• Batty
• Jukid
• Gip
• Gao Gao
• Cool Spook
• Mr. Frosty
• Chef Kawasaki
• Rocky
• Spinni
• Blocky

Dream Land's residents host a figure skating contest at the ice rink. As King Dedede showcases a four-spin jump, Kirby steals the spotlight with a jump cyclone of his own. After this, he gets hungry. Mr. Frosty conveniently passes by, offering a last bowl of fried pork. When Kirby goes for it, clashes with Meta Knight, who also has sights for it. The latter decides to settle the dispute with a figure skating duel.

Meta Knight's techniques showcase his prided elegance, while Kirby's skating is full of passion for food. After tying in an axel competition, they continue by jumping high, busting the ceiling and eventually reaching outer space. Meta Knight strikes Kirby with a Mach Tornado, but as he prepares to claim victory, Kirby retaliates with the Fire copy ability. The final challenge has the two spin. Despite Meta Knight's more refined technique, Kirby wins over the hearts of the judges by spelling out "fried pork" (and by extension in a play of words, "victory") on the ice. As everyone congratulates Kirby, Meta Knight lets out a maniacal laughter and jumps high with a promise to meet again. However, his spectacular exit is cut short by freshly placed wooden boards on the ceiling, causing him to fall back to the rink in an anticlimactic fashion.

Chapter 5: A Wish at the End of a Stick

Chapter 9: Gimme That New Game!

Main characters:

• Kirby
• King Dedede
• Knuckle Joe
• Box Boxer
• Batty

Supporting/minor characters:

• Cool Spook
• Gao Gao
• Mr. Frosty
• Waddle Doo
• Snooter
• Chip
• Paint Roller

Cameo:

• Meta Knight (CD cover and song)
• Prince Fluff (game)

It's another peaceful day in Dream Land. An excited Kirby runs over to his friends with the first copy of his new game after having waited a whole month in line. He is so happy that he is irradiating a contagiously positive aura. In contrast, Knuckle Joe notices that King Dedede is irradiating a strong negative aura because the game shop was out of copies of the game when he got there. Despite Batty's persistent attempts to console him with the prospect of the next shipment, King Dedede is impatient. He sees that Kirby has a copy and confronts him. Their auras clash and materialize into forces resembling their sources. A crowd gathers to watch, but the spectacle soon ends, as the aura quickly drains both Kirby and King Dedede.

King Dedede inquires how Kirby got his copy. While he respects Kirby's patience, he is frank about not having any himself. He chases after Kirby with his hammer ready to strike. Kirby retaliates by using the Cutter ability to slash down a tree, which falls onto King Dedede. When he gets up, he hits Kirby with a Slide attack. Kirby drops a case, which King Dedede soon discovers to be one of Meta Knight's music CDs. Kirby runs off with the copy of the game, leaving his rival dejected. Later at Box Boxer's house, Kirby finally plays the game, Kirby's Epic Yarn, on his friend's Wii, since he doesn't have a console of his own. Meanwhile, King Dedede and Batty listen to Meta Knight's song on a CD player on loop, and they disheartenedly agree to wait for the next shipment.

Chapter 11: Patch Land Pandemonium

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Prince Fluff
• King Dedede
• Meta Knight

Supporting/minor characters:

• Knuckle Joe
• Box Boxer
• Cool Spook
• Gao Gao
• Shelby
• Cyclods

Cameo:

• Waddle Dee (cover)
• Scarfy (cover)
• Buttonfly (cover)
• Waddle Doo (cover)
• Uniclod (cover)
• Angie (cover)

One day in Dream Land, Kirby sees a strange rolling tomato. As he chases it down, it rolls into a sock. He peeks inside and gets sucked in, much to his friends' horror. A portal leads him to Patch Land, where he's greeted by Prince Fluff. Prince Fluff explains that Kirby won't be able to return without the connected Magic Sock, which is at his castle. However, Kirby pays no attention to Prince Fluff, instead happy to have found his tomato, and experimenting with his new transformations: Car, Parachute, Weight, and even turning Prince Fluff into a jump rope.

They hear a scream and see King Dedede running from a Shelby. Kirby takes care of the charging Shelby by ravelling up King Dedede into a yarn ball and throwing him at Shelby. The trio then hear a laugh and find Meta Knight composing a haiku about the situation, describing himself as good-looking even out of yarn, and quite the opposite for King Dedede. As the two quarrel, Prince Fluff comments on Kirby's friends and a lack of his own, and Kirby says that Prince Fluff is his friend.

Just then, a crowd of Cyclods runs by, holding the Magic Sock. Prince Fluff dives in to recover the sock but is defeated. Suddenly, a Metamortex appears. Kirby touches it and transforms into his Tankbot form, easily plowing through the Cyclods. King Dedede and Meta Knight rush to get the sock, but they find it to be burnt to a crisp. Since they must settle in Patch Land due to this circumstance, the carefree Kirby stocks up on Metamatoes, much to the others' annoyance.

Volume 6

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Chapter 1: A Supreme Snowball Showdown

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Marx
• King Dedede
• Knuckle Joe
• Box Boxer
• Cool Spook

Supporting/minor characters:

• Knuckle Joe
• Gao Gao
• Chillys
• Chip
• Snooter
• Bouncy
• Pengy
• Mr. Frosty
• Tac
• Waddle Doo
• Paint Roller
• Batty
• Bubble Head

It's winter in Dream Land, so Knuckle Joe offers to have a snowball fight. Kirby immediately creates a snowball dozens of times his size, where King Dedede ends up getting stuck. Kirby throws the snowball out to the cosmos. In space, Marx is itching to cause destruction when he sees the snowball coming his way. Irritated, he kicks it back to Popstar. Meanwhile, Kirby's friends bombard Kirby with snowballs. At first he runs away, but then he inhales them all amd spits them back. Knuckle Joe retreats to a makeshift igloo where Box Boxer and Cool Spook are having mochi, deciding that a snowball fight against Kirby is unwinnable in the first place. While Kirby runs after the rest of his friends, the snowball Marx kicked back lands on him, flattening Kirby. Marx inquires who made this snowball, and soon receives an answer from the flattened Kirby, who invites Marx to the snowball fight. Having no better passtime anyway, Marx accepts under the condition that he will destroy Dream Land if he wins.

With the stakes high and Box Boxer and Cool Spook now commentating, the snowball fight begins. Kirby uses the Yo-Yo ability to lift his giant snowball and toss it at Marx. Marx forms his own giant mass of snow which clashes with Kirby's, hitting King Dedede from both sides. Kirby is hit by Marx's mass of snow and uses his Yo-Yo to recover his snowball. However, when he rears it in, it appears that he grabbed the moon instead. He smacks Marx on the head with it, then Marx bowls it up a mountain in Kirby's direction. Kirby and Marx kick the moon back and forth, wrecking everything in its path. The fight devolves into hand-to-hand combat. As Marx repeats his threat to destroy Dream Land, Box Boxer points out that is was always destroyed as a result of their fight. An angry mob chases after the two, so they decide to put off their fight. The worn down King Dedede is finally freed from the giant snowball and declared the winner for sheer perserverance.

Chapter 7: Meta Knight's Missing Mask

Main characters:

• Meta Knight
• Kirby
• Box Boxer
• Knuckle Joe

Supporting/minor characters:

• Gao Gao
• Cool Spook
• Mr. Frosty
• Parasol Waddle Doo

It's a windy day in Dream Land. Despite the fierce wind, Meta Knight is out training. As he strikes a pose in self-praise, a strong gust knocks off his mask. He chases after and searches for it. Just then, he sees Kirby and his friends setting up camp. Noticing a toilet stall, he decides to wrap his face up in toilet paper as a temporary substitute. He comes to the camp site and asks the group if they've seen his mask. Despite his voice indicating his identity, Kirby's friends fail to recognize him in the makeshift cover. After he tries to explain that he's Meta Knight, Kirby assumes his name to be "Matt A. Nite".

Kirby invites "Matt" to lunch. Meta Knight initially refuses, but then notices that the plate with the meat is his mask. He dashes for it but is stopped by Knuckle Joe, who insists that the share is 3 pieces of meat each, while Box Boxer believes "Matt" to be a meat thief. Meta Knight waits for the last piece of meat to be taken and rushes for the mask again, only for Kirby to place noodles on it. Suddenly, it begins to rain. A nearby cliff threatens to collapse on Kirby, who is guarding the noodles with his life. Equally concerned about his mask as Kirby is about the noodles, as well as worried about the toilet paper dissolving, Meta Knight tosses Kirby a tupperware to store the noodles and dashes in. The cliff collapses on them. However, Meta Knight, now in his mask again, slashes through the debris. He tells Kirby that "Matt" was already sent home. Saddened, Kirby says that he wanted to share the noodles with "Matt", so he asks Meta Knight to bring them to him. Meta Knight promises for him and Kirby to meet again for a fateful duel. As they part ways, Meta Knight wonders if he should have the noodles for dinner.

Volume 7

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Chapter 5: The Challenge of Momotaro

Chapter 8: Farewell, Kirby! The New Main Character Is...

Main characters:

• Kirby/"Miss K"
• Box Boxer/Manager
• King Dedede

Supporting/minor characters:

• Knuckle Joe
• Gao Gao
• Cool Spook
• Chef Kawasaki
• Mr. Frosty
• Chip
• Snooter
• Stactus
• Waddle Doo
• Paint Roller
• Poppy Bros. Jr.
• Chilly
• Daroach

It is spring in Dream Land, a season of hopes and new beginnings. Kirby tearfully announces that he is moving on from being the main character of Moretsu Pupupu Hour, thanking everyone for the fun times they've had together and running off. His friends are devastated, but their grief is cut short when a new character enters the scene: "Miss K". King Dedede immediately suspects her to be Kirby. "Miss K" announces that she'll be the new main character and hopes for the support of the rest, including in the form of food. The disguised Box Boxer, acting has her manager, advertises her as a perfect fit for the series. King Dedede is shocked to discover that everyone buys this story and cheers for "Miss K". "Miss K" quickly becomes a celebrity, releasing albums, appearing on television and at concerts, and signing autographs (although the latter ends in Kirby stuffing himself with the edible presents). When King Dedede tries to convince the rest that "Miss K" is just Kirby in a dress, he's chased off by her fan club.

King Dedede comes to miss Kirby the way he used to be. But one day, he finds Box Boxer sorting through the abundant money he and his friend made. Through their conversation, King Dedede gets an undeniable confirmation that "Miss K" is indeed Kirby. Box Boxer hands Kirby a script of trendy lines to say to the audience. King Dedede enters with a whack at Kirby and confronts the two, threatening to tell the truth to the "Miss K" fan club. Giving in, Kirby and Box Boxer settle for a compromise. On the same stage as the on where Kirby gave his initial farewell speech, "Miss K" announces that she's leaving the position of main character of Moretsu Pupupu Hour. When her fan club starts crying, she throws out her handkerchief and, when the crowd starts fighting for it, other pieces of her clothing until there's nothing left. Finally seeing through the ruse, the crowd anrgily chases after Kirby and Box Boxer.

Volume 8

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Chapter 3: Kirby of the Wasteland! ~Intense Battling Action!~

Chapter 4: Galacta Knight Cometh!

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Galacta Knight
• Box Boxer

Supporting/minor characters:

• Chef Kawasaki
• Knuckle Joe
• Gao Gao
• Cool Spook

Cameo:

• Meta Knight (mentioned)

Chef Kawasaki advertises his one-of-a-kind cake roll. As Kirby goes to get it, he is halted by a mysterious figure, who itroduces himself as Galacta Knight. Galacta Knight is on quest to find the greatest sweets in the galaxy. After an initial confusion about his identity (and similarity to Meta Knight), he demands the cake roll, but Kirby runs off with it without paying attention.

Kirby reaches a cozy spot to eat the cake roll, but Galacta Knight interrupts and demands Kirby to forfeit the cake roll, which he would use to propose to a sweets-loving girl. Annoyed by the situation, Box Boxer heads home, only for Galacta Knight to tear it apart with a devastating blow. Kirby runs towards the house, where Galacta Knight finds him raiding the frdige. Galacta Knight chases after Kirby, but Box Boxer runs into and past them, placing a bow on Kirby's head in the process. The bamboozled Galacta Knight mistakes Kirby for a girl and offers the cake roll. When he gathers the courage to propise, he finds that the girl is gone. At first saddened by rejection, the delusional knight then believes that she ran off simply because she was very shy. He sets off to search for her all over the galaxy but could never find the shy girl, unaware that it was Kirby.

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Chapter 1: Let's Take a Trip!

Main characters:

• Kirby
• King Dedede
• Box Boxer
• Knuckle Joe
• Magolor

Supporting/minor characters:

• Box Boxer
• Cool Spook
• Gao Gao
• Batty
• Heavy Knight
• Simirror
• Waddle Dee
• Hot Head
• Whispy Woods
• Paint Roller
• Waddle Doo
• Gips
• Scarfy
• Stactus
• Mr. Frosty

Cameo:

• Meta Knight (cover)

On a day like any other in Dream Land, Kirby, King Dedede and company go on a trip to the Dream Land Plateau. Box Boxer yells into the distance to hear the echo. Kirby imitates this and has a conversation with the echo. Meanwhile, Magolor is watching the clouds in the sky and notices a cake-shaped one. Hearing his remark, Kirby immediately goes to devour it, but finds it tasteless. He decides to cover the cloud cake with chocolate syrup. Contrary to what Magolor's remarks and common sense imply, the cake becomes tastier, so the two feast on the cloud cake together. However, a soccer ball kicked by Knuckle Joe accidentally hits Kirby and rolls off. Kirby retrieves the ball — or so was the intention, as he instead brings the moon down. As he kicks it as the soccer ball towards his horrified friends, Box Boxer prepares lunch. Hearing this, Kirby immediately downs the whole picnic.

King Dedede, who is also having lunch, sees Kirby approaching from a distance. Box Boxer pinches the king about Kirby being the one to steal food, for once, referencing a previous story. After Kirby and King Dedede snatch the food from each other, the latter's minions surround him to protect the food, but Kirby doesn't back down. He inhales a nearby Hot Head to gain the Fire ability. His attack is blocked by Simirror, leaving an opening for King Dedede to escape. However, King Dedede runs over to the edge of a cliff and falls off. Kirby catches him midair, concerned about the food he is holding. The lunchbox conveniently gets stuck in Kirby's mouth, so friends and foes alike use the opportunity to have a meal with Kirby as the table. Once they're finished, Kirby finally gulps down the empty lunchbox, finding it delicious.

Chapter 2: Danger in Dedede's Dungeon

[Has Find Kirby!! (series) reference]

Chapter 4: Catch it, Kirby!

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Cool Spook
• Knuckle Joe
• Box Boxer
• Gao Gao
• Fatty Whale
• Meta Knight

Supporting/minor characters:

• Birdon
• Paint Roller
• Waddle Dee
• Waddle Doo
• Scarfy
• Magolor
• Gip
• Snooter
• Chip
• Mr. Frosty
• Tac
• Taniguchi
• Daroach
• Spinni
• Stactus
• Bouncy

A fishing tournament is being held in Dream Land, hosted by Cool Spook. Kirby arrives late, as he had been preparing delicious ornaments on a tree due to confusing the name of the event. He repurposes the tree as bait. Not long after, he gets a large bite, and Fatty Whale emerges from the water, swallowing Kirby, Knuckle Joe, Box Boxer and Gao Gao up. Inside Fatty Whale's mouth, they wonder how they're going to escape, but Kirby is quick to give up and settle inside the whale. They find food, manga, and games (including a copy of Kirby Mass Attack).

Kirby decides it's time to go home, and he leads his friends to a shack he built within Fatty Whale's mouth. It is surprisingly bigger and more luxurious on the inside. Kirby also presents Meta Knight, who had been stuck inside Fatty Whale for a month. Kirby's friends are bummed out by the implications, but Kirby remembers about the fishing tournament and decides to bring his catch up by hovering and pushing it back to the surface. Here, Kirby wins the competition and receives a trophy, which he promptly brings to his home – specifically, the one within Fatty Whale.

Chapter 5: Kirby's Summer Vacation!

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Cool Spook
• King Dedede
• Daroach
• Chillys
• Meta Knight
• Marx

Supporting/minor characters:

• Batty
• Heavy Knight
• Storo
• Spinni
• Doc
• Squeakers
• Waddle Doo
• Chip
• Snooter
• Bouncy
• Waddle Dees (presumably plural)
• Knuckle Joe
• Box Boxer
• Mr. Frosty
• Hot Head
• Sparky
• Taniguchi
• Foley
• Drawcia
• Bronto Burt
• Tac
• Gip
• Squishy
• Simirror
• Magolor
• Scarfy
• Stactus
• Gordo
• Jukid
• Birdon
• Bio Spark
• Mopoo
• Batty
• Galacta Knight
• Cupie
• Boxy
• Rocky
• Tick
• Gao Gao
• Whispy Woods
• Chef Kawasaki
• Sir Kibble
• Paint Roller
• Bulby
• Bun
• Starman
• Walky
• Bonkers
• Bubble Head
• Gip
• Wheelie
• [Some character with a circle around their eye and a prolongues nose]
• [Some character with three lumps on their head]
• Insects (rhinoceros beetle, flies)

Cameo:

• Sea creatures (fish, crab, cuttlefish) (cover)
• Insects (pictured)

On a summer day in Dream Land, Kirby is bug catching. He catches a rhinocerous beetle, which he adds to his collection, praised by Cool Spook. As Kirby decides to write about it in his summer diary, he realizes that he caught a bug the day before, and the day before that, and so on. In a moment of existential crisis, he decides to find some other activities at the beach in order to fill the diary with more interesting memories. He sees King Dedede at a barbeque and decides to help out by using the Fire ability; however, all the food is scorched. Kirby happily comments on it to Cool Spook, oblivious to the destruction he's caused. During his stroll, he sees Daroach and the Squeaks splitting a watermelon, so he chimes in by eating the entire watermelon from the inside, considering it gifted to him.

On his way home, Kirby and Cool Spook hear a wind chime hanging from a chime and sit under it. However, the flies soon get on their nerves, so for an alternative way to chill, Kirby decides to visit the Chillys, who are hiding from the heat in their ice-filled home. As the day nears the end, Kirby leaves the Chillys' house and sees Meta Knight training at the graveyard. When he finds out Meta Knight is fighting his fear of ghosts, he decides to help out by showing up with his Ghost copy ability. At first it seems Meta Knight has no reaction at all, but Cool Spook realizes that he is petrified from fear.

Kirby and Cool Spook continue their trip as Kirby continues writing in his summer diary. However, Marx overhears them and snatches the diary from Kirby. During their scuffle, he manages to read it all and gets bored when he reaches the many bug catching pages, so he tosses the diary away in a way that it ends up landing in the puddle, leaving it completely illegible. Kirby is absolutely devastated and tries to keep himself put by saying he can simply write down memories from scratch again. Cool Spook cheers him up by pointing at a new event to create bright memories at: the Dream Land Summer Festival. The rest of Kirby's friends meet him there, and everyone has fun at the festival. Kirby is certain the diary will be full by the end of that night.

Chapter 7: Sticky Statue Situation

Major characters:

• Kirby
• King Dedede
• Box Boxer
• Knuckle Joe
• Gao Gao

Supporting/minor characters:

• Batty
• Chilly
• Waddle Doo
• Cool Spook
• Paint Roller

King Dedede admires a brand new statue of himself and runs off to his castle to grab a camera. While he's gone, Kirby and his friends reach the statue while playing baseball, and Knuckle Joe accidentally sends the ball flying right into the statue, breaking off the head. Horrified and hearing King Dedede coming, the group has Kirby take the head's place and tries to gaslight King Dedede into thinking it's always looked like this. Offering to take a group picture, Box Boxer throws King Dedede's camera and sends him off for another one, buying the rest time.

Kirby initially places the head on the hand, but Gao Gao brings glue to attach it to the neck. In an attempt to fix the head properly, Kirby ends up smashing the statue into smitherines with Hammer's Giant Swing. He rebuilds the statue from the fragments, taking many artistic liberties. King Dedede returns and finds the statue unrecognizable, so he orders the group to reassemble it. They take his order to all make a new head literally, and the statue ends up with six different and atrocious King Dedede heads attached together.

Chapter 9: The Unstoppable Rolling Stone!

Major characters:

• Kirby
• Box Boxer
• Cool Spook
• Marx
• Magolor

Supporting/minor characters:

• Gips
• Knuckle Joe
• Gao Gao
• Chillys
• Chef Kawasaki
• King Dedede
• Batty
• Paint Roller
• Stactus
• Mr. Frosty
• Waddle Dee
• Waddle Doo
• Galacta Knight
• Daroach
• Spinni
• Storo
• Doc
• Squeaker

During a stroll in Dream Land with his friends, Kirby finds a rock and decides to kick it all the way home. He maneuvers through the town, skillfully dodging everyone and grabbing their food while he's at it, which angers the residents. Later down the road, Kirby and his friends run into Marx. Seeing Kirby's fixation, Marx kicks the rock away from him, and a fight between him and Fighter Kirby ensues. Kirby shields the rock, so Marx prepares to fire off a powerful attack. Kirby refuses to let go of the rock; however, a timely pun from Box Boxer quite literally freezes Marx up, thus saving Kirby.

While Kirby keeps rolling the rock, Magolor checks out the newly repaired Lor Starcutter. Satisfied with the results, he decides to begin his quest of conquering the world, starting with Dream Land. Unfortunately for him, Kirby kicks the rock in the wrong direction, and it hits the emblem and shatters the Lor Starcutter, and so Dream Land never gets to see its new overlord. The rock bounces back to Kirby, and he comes home for a good night's sleep, unaware that he saved the world.

Chapter 10: Yummy, Yummy, Christmas

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Box Boxer
• Mr. Frosty
• Magolor

Supporting/minor characters:

• King Dedede
• Meta Knight
• Paint Roller
• Gao Gao
• Knuckle Joe
• Cool Spook
• Chilly
• Key Dee
• Waddle Doo
• Stactus
• Chip
• Snooter
• Gip
• Birdon
• Simirror
• Waddle Dee

Dream Land's residents celebrate Christmas at Box Boxer's house. Kirby goes on an inhaling spree and starts downing the Christmas meals, so Box Boxer kicks Kirby out. Kirby begs Box Boxer to let him back in, promising not to eat any of the treats, drooling and setting his sights on them while doing so. Box Boxer refuses, and Kirby leaves. Mr. Frosty arrives with a parcel, which turns out to contain Kirby in it. Box Boxer throws the parcel far away, but the hungry puffball manages to climb into the house through the chimney, through which he is then sent flying again. Kirby returns with the Leaf ability as a camouflage, which the rest mistake for a Christmas tree and decorate. Overloaded with ornaments, Kirby trips and flees.

To prevent Kirby from entering, Magolor activates a reinforced barrier with spikes around the house. This proves to be effective, as Kirby can't break through this wall with any ability he tries (Sword, Fire, Fighter, Bomb). He decides to use Animal to dig his way around the wall enter the house from under the ground. Kirby digs fiercely and eventually resurfaces, only for him to discover that it's already summer.

Chapter 11: Mochi-Pounding Mayhem! Who Will Be the Main Character!?

Main characters [an ironic name I know]:

• Kirby
• Box Boxer
• Cool Spook
• King Dedede
• Daroach
• Knuckle Joe
• Birdon
• Paint Roller
• Magolor
• Meta Knight
• Birdon

Supporting/minor characters:

• Gao Gao
• Chilly
• Key Dee
• Waddle Dees
• Chip
• Snooter
• Waddle Doo
• Spinni
• Storo
• Doc
• Squeaker

Cameos:

• Galacta Knight (card)
• Necrodeus (card)
• Batty (fantasy)
• Bouncy (fantasy)

On a cold winter day, the residents of Dream Land compete in an anual mochi-pounding battle royale and race to determine the main character of the manga for the upcoming year. Kirby appears to be fired up, only to be seen roasting Sweet Potatoes with the Fire ability. The race starts with Kirby's gas signal.

Contestants whack each other as they race. King Dedede takes the lead, and describes his idea of the manga is a romance story with him starring as the Princess of the Moon. Daroach promptly sends King Dedede flying towards said moon. He wants the manga to be about collecting treasures, Knuckle Joe prefers it to feature card battles, Birdon envisions an adventure manga, Paint Roller suggests a soccer manga, and Magolor offers a horror manga. They are interrupted by Wheel Kirby, who zooms right past them.

Meta Knight appears from claimed hybernation and strikes at Kirby. He plans to have a slice-of-life manga with life lessons from "Li'l Meta", but during his description, Marx shows up, also coming from hybernation, and boots him out. In his envisioned manga, Marx intends to have regular beatings. Kirby and Marx approach the finish line. Marx pounds the mochi and celebrates. However, Kirby appears to be inside instead of the mochi. Kirby announces the plot of the following year's manga to be a school-themed punk action story.

Chapter 12: Dream Land in Crisis!? Taranza Attacks!!!

Main charcters:

• Kirby
• Key Dee
• Taranza
• King Dedede

Supporting/minor characters:

• Box Boxer
• Knuckle Joe
• Cool Spook
• Gao Gao
• Sectra Dees
• Sectra Burt
• Sectra Lanzer
• Sectra Spynums
• Pierce
• Beetley
• Blade Knight
• Flamer
• Spooksteps
• Phantas
• Kabu
• Kracko
• Hearbell

Kirby and King Dedede have a regular fight over food, specifically an apple. As King Dedede gets a hold of it, he is abducted by a new character, Taranza. He carries the restrained King Dedede up the Dreamstalk towards Floralia. Determined to retrieve the apple, Kirby chases Taranza up the Dreamstalk. Key Dee warns Kirby of the dangers that lie ahead, but the latter shrugs them off, so Key Dee follows him. Taranza's many minions attack Kirby at his command, but using the Archer, Beetle and Bell abilities, Kirby quickly finishes them off, leading Taranza to question King Dedede's status as the strongest in Dream Land. King Dedede happliy denies such a role, so Taranza leaves him and goes after Kirby.

By the time Kirby arrives, he is exhausted, so he takes a nap with the Sleep ability. Taranza tries to take advantage of this; however, Key Dee spots a Miracle Fruit, which is capable of enhancing one's powers, and maneuvers around Taranza to toss it to the hungry puffball. Now powered up with Hypernova, Kirby inhales Taranza, King Dedede, Key Dee, and even the manga panels. From within their inhaled panels, the three comment on this conclusive turn of events.

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Chapter 1: The Circus Troupe Arrives!

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Paintra
• Clown Acrobot
• Meta Knight

Supporting/minor characters:

• Paint Roller
• Chilly
• Cool Spook
• Knuckle Joe
• Box Boxer
• Gao Gao
• Key Dee
• Waddle Doo
• Stactus
• Bouncy
• Chip
• Snooter
• Fire Lion
• Phan Phan
• King Dedede
• Taranza
• Bandana Waddle Dee
• Waddle Dees
• Flowery Woods
• Barbar
• Squishy
• Barracu
• Chef Kawasaki
• Daroach
• Squeaker
• Spinni
• Storo
• Pengy
• Aliens

A circus troupe arrives in Dream Land. Caught up in the excitement, Kirby performs some tricks with the Circus ability, and Paintra offers joining the circus act. Meta Knight appears, unwilling to forfeit circus stardom to Kirby. They have a contest, where Meta Knight displays perfect balance while Kirby chaotically pulls off the whackiest stunts, including spinning his friends and foes alike instead of plates. The audience loves Kirby's performance, and Paintra explains to Meta Knight that the most important part of the circus is entertainment. Meta Knight decides to work with Kirby.

They prepare for a collective trapeze trick as the excited crowd awaits. However, Meta Knight swings with too much force, and he goes blasting out of the circus tent and circles the entirety of Popstar before returning from the other side, covered in remnants of all the areas he zoomed through. The stunt ends up being a huge success with the audience, and Meta Knight rejoices.

Chapter 2: Kirby's Bedhead

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Knuckle Joe

Supporting/minor characters:

• Whispy Woods
• Cool Spook
• Gao Gao
• Box Boxer

On a morning in Dream Land, Knuckle Joe greets his friends and shows his curled up bedhead, which he then brushes. Kirby also appears to have bedhead, revealing that he is shaped as a pyramid. Knuckle Joe offers Kirby his brush, but Kirby's bedhead gets arguably worse, as the pyramid shape is replaced by hand-like figures. After brushing some more, Kirby is in good shape – or rather, his bedhead, now shaped just like him.

Chapter 3: Teacher Kirby's Lesson Begins!

Main characters:

• Kirby
• King Dedede

Supporting/minor characters:

• Box Boxer
• Knuckle Joe
• Cool Spook
• Gao Gao
• Taranza
• Magolor
• Marx
• Meta Knight
• Galacta Knight
• Necrodeus
• Batty
• Heavy Knight
• Chip
• Snooter
• Waddle Doo
• Bouncy
• Paint Roller
• Chilly
• Key Dee

It's another peaceful day in Dream Land. Kirby's friends notice that he's coughing, and Kirby explains that something is stuck in his throat. When clearing it, Kirby ends up spitting out an entire school, which he imhaled whole when having lunch. The bell rings, prompting Kirby to run to the school and begin the lesson as the teacher with his friends as the students. However, he announces that all the periods as lunch time. King Dedede smacks Kirby while pointing this out and sees that Kirby appears to be crying. However, when he apologizes, Kirby laughs: the liquid is actually milk running out of his nose.

The class is rambunctious, and King Dedede wants to transfer after seeing that many of the students are final bosses. Maths class begins, and Kirby demonstrates the subject by inhaling a pile of ten apples. The class freaks out when they're unable to answer how many apples are left. Kirby also panicks, as there's only four pages left to finish the chapter. He decides to start the graduation ceremony right away with a tearful speech, reminiscing about fun times they've never actually had at the school. Kirby announces that they've graduated from licking the lids of ice cream cups. Then, the school disappears into thin air, and Kirby says he has something stuck in his throat again.

Chapter 4: Taranza and the Donut

Main characters:

• Taranza
• Sectra Dees
• Kirby

Supporting/minor characters:

• Knuckle Joe
• Gao Gao
• Box Boxer
• Cool Spook
• Key Dee
• Paintra
• Clown Acrobot
• Fire Lion
• Meta Knight

Cameo:

• Queen Sectonia (indirectly mentioned)

Taranza is about to enjoy an afternoon snack in Dream Land when Kirby comes and eats his donut. Frustrated, Taranza vents out his rage in his diary. Meanwhile, the Kirby and his friends hang out with the circus troupe. Paintra tells Kirby about a one-of-a-kind star-shaped donut in Lollipop Land. Kirby and his friends set out to find it, and Taranza sneakily follows after them. He decides to ambush them with Springy Hands, only for them to backfire at him. The group finds the flattened Taranza, and Kirby blows Taranza back up like a balloon. Taranza is sent flying from the extra air and bounces around the area like a pinball. Taranza writes in his diary again, throwing insults at Kirby. He then decides to use a cursed effigy to bring misfortune to Kirby, but requires a piece of his hair. Taranza tries to grab a hair from Kirby, but is upset to find out his opponent doesn't have a single piece. Meta Knight, who was reading manga, overhears Taranza's ramblings and gives him toliet paper, misinterpreting the latter's frustration.

Kirby and friends venture on in the sweet land. Taranza eavesdrops and gets stuck in gum. As he fails to free himself from the gum, he sees Kirby find the star-shaped donut and head home. Taranza angrily scribbles in his diary again. Sometime later, the exhausted Taranza returns to Dream Land. He runs into Kirby and wishes not to have anything to do with the puffball for the day. However, Kirby offers Taranza the star-shaped donut as a compensation for the donut he ate earlier that day. Kirby leaves Taranza incredulous. Taranza later writes this turn of events down in his diary, happily munching on the star-shaped donut.

Chapter 6: Attack of the Queen!

Chapter 12: Kirby's Pet ____!

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Taranza
• Taranza's hand (Number 3/Pooch)
• Marx

Supporting/minor characters:

• Chef Kawasaki
• Knuckle Joe
• Box Boxer
• Paint Roller
  • His pet dog
• Chilly
  • His pet dog
• Waddle Doo
• Key Dee
• Cool Spook
• Gao Gao
• Mr. Frosty
• Galacta Knight
• Sectra Dees

Cameo:

• Chip (TV show)
• Snooter (TV show)

Kirby and Taranza fight over a leftover donut and decide to settle the argument with rock-paper-scissors. Being an arachnid, Taranza cheats and smacks Kirby with his other hands, then runs away with the donut. In his hideout at the base of the Dreamstalk, he decides to write down the incident in his diary while commanding his third hand to do the chores. Overwhelmed, the hand eventually flees. It gets caught under the rain and seeks shelter in a dumpster. Kirby finds it here and brings it home, where he takes care of and plays with it. Days fly by, and the two grow attached to each other.

By the end of a month, Kirby showcases his new pet, now named Pooch. They perform tricks in front of Kirby's friends, who are impressed and confused by the "dog". Kirby and Pooch enter and win a dog show. Taranza passes by and notices his hand. Later, Kirby and Pooch go on a stroll, and Kirby remembers something and asks Pooch to wait for him. During Kirby's absence, Taranza finds the hand, which tries to escape his grasp. By the time Kirby returns with a box in his hands, he finds that Pooch is missing. Meanwhile, Marx flies by and decides to bully Kirby since he has lacking in recent notable appearances in the manga. However, Kirby is so devastated that he makes no notice of Marx. Just as Marx is about to strike at Kirby, Pooch appears and punches him out of the way. Kirby is overjoyed by his pet's return and gives Pooch a ribbon with its name, which moves the hand. An upset Taranza watches from a distance. He makes the mistake of telling Marx it was his hand, and Marx returns its original owner the favor by blasting Taranza.

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Chapter 1: Invasion of the Shadow Army

Major characters:

• Kirby
  • Shadow Kirby
• Meta Knight
  • Dark Meta Knight
• King Dedede
  • Shadow Dedede
• Box Boxer
• Marx
• Galactic Nova

Supporting/minor characters:

• Bonkers
• Waddle Doo
  • Shadow Waddle Doo
• Knuckle Joe
  • Shadow Knuckle Joe
• Gao Gao
  • Shadow Gao Gao
• Phan Phan
• Broom Hatter
• Bandana Waddle Dee
• Waddle Dee
  • Shadow Waddle Dee
• Batty
  • Shadow Batty
• Chip
  • Shadow Chip
• Jukid
  • Shadow Jukid
• Cool Spook
  • Shadow Cool Spook
• Chilly
  • Shadow Chilly
• Mr. Frosty
  • Shadow Mr. Frosty
• Chef Kawasaki
  • Shadow Chef Kawasaki
• Key Dee
  • Shadow Key Dee
• Snooter
  • Shadow Snooter
• Paint Roller
  • Shadow Paint Roller
• Bronto Burt
  • Shadow Bronto Burt
• Prank
• Daroach
• Storo
• Squeaker
• Mega Titan
• Noddy
• Bouncy
• Shadow Heavy Knight

Cameo:

• Octacon/Flotzo/someone else? (decoration)

On the day of the Dream Festival, the residents of Dream Land prepare to celebrate. Kirby leaves to the forest to get some apples. Here he finds Box Boxer, who noticed Galactic Nova approaching Popstar. Marx shows up, revealing that he plans to use the Nova to take over Dream Land, to which King Dedede retaliates as the current ruler of the land. Just then, a rainbow appears over the town. Kirby and friends find everyone asleep. Meta Knight comes and warns them that the rainbow was created by Marx with the power of the Fountain of Dreams and is the cause of their sleep, and evacuates his friends when the warning proves to be somewhat late. Marx is ready to claim victory, but in that moment, a new group appears and contests it. This crowd is the Shadow Army, the nightmare counterparts of Dream Land's residents that came to this world when Dream Land was put to sleep. With Shadow Kirby in the lead, they intend to replace the residents of Dream Land with the power of the Galactic Nova. However, the trio stands in their way.

As Meta Knight prepares to strike, Shadow Kirby readies the Dimension Mirror, and Meta Knight's blade crosses with Dark Meta Knight's. At the same time, King Dedede faces his own Shadow version. Using the Shadow Army for distraction, Shadow Kirby runs towards the Galactic Nova. Kirby and his counterpart clash with Fire and Ice, Parasol and Beam, until Kirby falls to Burning. Meta Knight gives Kirby encouraging words, and the pink puffball chases after his shadow. In the meantime, Meta Knight and King Dedede fight against their counterparts but end up bonding with their evenly matched opponents.

Shadow Kirby reaches the Galactic Nova and begins to say his wish, but Kirby continuously interrupts him by wishing for the Shadow Army to join them for the Dream Fesival. After a long time quarreling, Shadow Kirby accidentally says Kirby's wish instead od his own. A flash occurs, everyone and their shadow counterpart have fun at the festival, and even the grumpy Shadow Kirby ends up enjoying it. As dawn approaches, they bid the Shadow Army farewell, and Shadow Kirby that they'll still appear in nightmares. Kirby cheerfully accepts this, saying that scary dreams are fun. The shadow counterparts are moved by this, and they soon fade away in the light. Kirby wishes to go to bed to see them in his sleep right away.

Chapter 2: Kirby's Stamp Rally

Major characters:

• Kirby
• Box Boxer
• Cool Spook
• Mega Titan
• Chilly
• Queen Sectonia

Supporting/minor characters:

• Mr. Frosty
• Taranza

Kirby partakes in a Stamp Rally in order to win a folder with an apple on it. His friends Box Boxer and Cool Spook join him since they have a lot of free time on their metaphorical hands.

The first step is Mega Titan's Mega Bakery. After an initial whop, Mega Titan demands high-level kneading techniques from Kirby. A long training session later, Kirby hits the punching ball through a wall. Satisfied and proud, Mega Titan gives Kirby a stamp. The following stop is Chilly's house. Kirby and company expect an easy stamp as Chilly is their friend, but the requires them to make him say "too cold". After failed attempts, they deem the challenge impossible and start to freeze, but Box Boxer makes a harsh pun that gets the desired reaction out of Chilly, who reluctantly stamps.

For the dinal destination, Kirby and the others climb the Dreamstalk up to Floralia. Queen Sectonia, who signed up to get her mind off of conquering the world, happily prepares to add her stamp, but once she does, her castle comes crumbling down due to her sheer force. As they fall, Kirby notices that the stamp is upside down, so she promises to fix it. Near the ground, Kirby saves his friends by protecting them with the Bubble ability. After this adventure, Kirby finally wins the treasured folder.

Chapter 3: The New Year's New Dawn

Major characters:

• Kirby
• King Dedede
• Meta Knight
• Box Boxer
• Knuckle Joe
• Marx

Supporting/minor characters:

• Magolor
• Waddle Dee
• Gao Gao
• Cool Spook

Cameo:

• Queen Sectonia (cover)
• Taranza (cover)

The New Year arrives in Dream Land, and its residents set out to stay up and see the sunrise for good fortune during the rest of the year. Adjusting to the cold, Kirby reveals a full-body wool coat the size and shape of himself, while Meta Knight and King Dedede stack up on masks and hats, respectively, although this proves to be less effective. To kill some time, Kirby reads a book with a flashlight, which brings false hopes to the rest who thought it was the sunrise.

As time passes, the residents grow tired, and Cool Spook and Gao Gao fall asleep. Kirby makes a hot tub out of a giant cup of coffee, which Meta Knight joins in for. Marx, who was eavesdropping, decides to make some mischief and tries to hypnotize Kirby to sleep. However, he falls victim to his own trap.

Knuckle Joe and Box Boxer help each other stay up, but this ends in them collapsing and agreeing to try next year, leaving only Kirby, Meta Knight and King Dedede. The three slap each other to keep themselves awake, and they finally witness the beautiful sunrise. Kirby hurries to savor the sunrise and gobbles it up whole, much to his friends' annoyance.

Chapter 4: Meta Knight's New Game!

Major characters:

• Meta Knight
• Bandana Waddle Dees

Supporting/minor characters:

• Kirby
• Cool Spook
• Gao Gao
• Knuckle Joe
• Box Boxer

Cameo:

• Elline (video game)

Kirby and his friends play Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, a new hit game, at his place. On their way home, Meta Knight overhears two Bandana Waddle Dees talking about the game and presents his own idea, Meta Knight and the Rainbow Curse.

As he tries to prove the superiority of his idea to the Waddle Dees, he rolls into a tree, knocking down a wasp nest and angering its residents. Covered in wasp bites, he continues rolling, passing through burning flames for Sweet Potatoes and ending up in a bog. He realizes the difficulty of rolling and trains intensely, until he is ripped to the point his new human-like musculature could prevent him from rolling.

Chapter 5

Characters, not separated:

• Kirby
• Waddle Doo
• Cool Spook
• Elline
• Chilly
• Gao Gao
• Paint Roller
• Magolor
• Knuckle Joe
• Taranza
• Bandana Waddle Dees
• Box Boxer
• Meta Knight
• Key Dee
• King Dedede
• Batty
• Daroach
• Spinni
• Storo
• Doc
• Squeaker
• Mr. Frosty
• Galacta Knight
• Snooter
• Chip
• Birdon
• Jukid
• Bouncy
• Cupie
• Gordo
• Scarfy
• Phan Phan
• Simirror
• Wheelie
• Bronto Burt
• Squishy
• Rocky
• Chef Kawasaki
• Gip
• Bubble Head
• Prank
• Sir Kibble
• Pengy
• Foley
• Whispy Woods
• Tac
• Walky
• Heavy Knight
• Marx
• Mysterious dark being at the very end

Chapter 6

Characters, not sorted:

• Whispy Woods
• Kirby
• King Dedede
• Meta Knight
• Box Boxer
• Knuckle Joe
• Key Dee
• Elline
• Claycia
• Cotta
• Cool Spook
• Bandana Waddle Dees
• Gao Gao
• Taranza

Cameos (clay):

• Squishy
• Birdon
• Paint Roller
• Stactus
• Bouncy
• Gip
• Daroach
• Spinni
• Storo
• Doc
• Squeaker
• Cappy
• Broom Hatter
• Grindarr
• Waddle Doo
• Chilly
• Chef Kawasaki
• Sectra Dees
• Foley
• Tac
• Tick
• Gordo
• Simirror
• Batty
• A very unclear figure next to him
• Queen Sectonia
• Walky
• Jukid
• Marx
• Magolor
• Paintra
• Phan Phan
• Snooter
• Clown Acrobot
• Rocky
• Bio Spark
• Mr. Frosty
• Chip
• Pengy
• Bronto Burt
• Tedhaun
• Boxy
• Bonkers

Chapter 7

Characters, sorted from context without nuance:

Main characters:

• Kirby
• Knuckle Joe
• Gao Gao
• King Dedede
• Meta Knight
• Taranza
• Box Boxer
• Cool Spook

Supporting/minor characters:

• Bandana Waddle Dees
• Snooter
• Chip
• Waddle Doo
• Key Dee
• Paint Roller
• Chilly
• Elline
• Claycia
• Cotta
• Boxy
• Bouncy
• Cupie
• Heavy Knight
• Bonkers but weird
• Jukid
• Batty

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10: Dream Academy! Class is in Session!

Takes place in an alternate, school-based reality.

Main characters:

• Kirby, gluttonous student of comically ambiguous gender
• Claycia, the 1st year teacher
• Meta Knight, president of the student council
• Box Boxer, principal of the school
• Magolor, ambitious vice-principal

Supporting/minor characters:

• Paintra, vice-president of the student council
• Waddle Dee, secretary of the student council
• Elline, diligent teacher's pet
• Marx, rebellious student who reads manga during class and pulls pranks on teachers
• Knuckle Joe and Gao Gao, students who play video games during class
• ChuChu/Bouncy?, student who eats snacks during class
• Taranza, student who talks on the phone during class
• King Dedede
• Chilly
• Paint Roller
• Galacta Knight
• Cool Spook
• Key Dee
• Jukid, PE teaher
• Sectra Dees, workers

Cameo:

• Queen Sectonia (mentioned)

Kirby runs into the school as the bell rings and makes it to class. Everyone is greeted by Claycia. The day starts with art class, and Claycia asks the students to make a clay pot. However, the student council barges in, enforcing discipline with a harsh surprise inspection. Indignated by Kirby's lack of clothes, they cover him up as censorship for the manga's target audience. Kirby agrees to put on a uniform, a feminine outfit that prompts Meta Knight to propose. As he rambles on, Claycia clobbers him with her pot, excusing her act as a practical example of the necessity of care towards arts supplies.

Principal Box Boxer is made aware of the racket the class is making and decides to pay them a disciplinary visit together with vice-principal Magolor. Marx sets up a trap for the principal, which the latter triggers upon entrance. Kirby confronts Marx but accidentally strikes at Box Boxer instead. With the principal's safety as an excuse, Magolor throws out bombs at his superior, causing him to fly out of the window. After briefly feigning mourn, Magolor prepares to take over his position. However, Box Boxer happens to bounce back up with a transported trampoline. Chaos ensues upon his return.

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Chapter 5: The Kirby Contagion

Main characters:

• King Dedede
• Kirby

Supporting/minor characters:

• Gips
• Key Dee
• Waddle Doo
• Marx
• Knuckle Joe
• Box Boxer
• Cool Spook
• Gao Gao
• Taranza
• Waddle Dee
• Tac
• Scarfy
• Paint Roller
• Chilly
• Daroach
• Mr. Frosty
• Whispy Woods
• Magolor
• Chef Kawasaki
• Stactus
• Meta Knight
• Snooter
• Elline
• Claycia
• Bun
• Heavy Knight

King Dedede enjoys a stroll in Dream Land. He sees Kirby sneezing on his friends. As he starts lecturing the puffball, his friends start giggling and running around like Kirby, and even inhale like him. This alerts King Dedede, who figures out that the sneeze is the source of this behavior. Before long, most of Dream Land's residents also start running around, giggling and inhaling.

The mob spots King Dedede and playfully chases after him, so he takes cover behind a tree. He decides to prevent Kirby from sneezing others by giving him a mask. However, to get his hands on one, he needs to cross past a crowd of Kirby-fied residents. With no other option, he runs out giggling past the rest. He successfully reaches the pharmacy, only to find Kirby at the counter. The mob hears Kirby's greeting and gathers around the pharmacy, cornering King Dedede. Kirby sneezes, and the ending is left open.

Chapter 9: An Ice-Cold Concert

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Chapter 1: Gryll's Flying Broom

Chapter 4: Attack of the Haltmann Works Company!

Chapter 5: Kirby Needs Our Help!!!

Chapter 6: Kirby Vs. Susie