| Super Taiheiki | |
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| Japanese | スーパー太平記 |
| Alternative | Sūpā Taiheiki |
| Date | 1959 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Chapters | 1 |
"Super Taiheiki" is a science fiction action drama in which a boy who has come from the future fights against villains in the late Edo period using unique inventions. Dr. Kagami and his wife Kyoko, travel back in time to the Edo period using a time machine. But when they return to the present-day world, they have to leave their baby behind in the Edo period when the machine fails. The baby is found and looked after by a female thief, Konnyaku-no-Oden, and named "Komasuke."
Several years later, when he grows up to be a fine boy, a mysterious couple who introduce themselves as his parents appear before him and give him a science book from the future world. Komasuke starts working in the "Henoya" as an apprentice but is bullied by a nasty clerk. Referring to the science book, Komasuke invents many things, which help him to beat the clerk. Henoya Moheiji, the owner of Henoya, is fascinated by Komasuke and gives him time to study. Meanwhile, Oden, who has quit stealing because of Komasuke, is tempted into rejoining her former group of thieves. She is ordered to steal a secret document on the secret weapon, "Dracula," that a "Roju" (a high-ranking samurai) secretly attempts to import from a foreign country.[1]