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Katekyoushi Hitman Reborn!, often translated at Home Tutor Hitman Reborn! or just Reborn!, is popular manga turned anime by Akira Amano. It is currently running in Japan's Weekly Shonen Jump (Weekly Jump or Jump for short) and it has over 300 chapters. The story revolves around a below average junior high school student Sawada "No Good" Tsunayoshi, often called Tsuna, who is told by his tutor that he is going to become the next boss of one of the most powerful families in the Italian Mafia, the Vongola. His tutor Reborn, a fedora wearing toddler with a shape shifting lizard isn’t just going to help Tsuna in school, he also plans to help him become the best mafia boss possible.
Tsuna spend the first ten volumes building up a family from his friends from school and various mafia misfits who came to antagonize and/or visit him. One of his first family members is a spunky baseball star and school mate named Yamamoto Takeshi. Tsuna saves Yamamoto when he tries to commit suicide after breaking his arm. Tsuna teaches Yamamoto that baseball isn’t everything and Yamamoto in turn joins Tsuna’s family. Tsuna, Yamamoto and the others then go on to face challenges from their own family, rival families, and even futuristic threats via time travel.
Overall, the series in a great combination of laughs and action that and this combination is what makes Reborn! so popular among fans. There are currently 33 volumes in the series (as of May 11, 2011) and it shows no signs of stopping any time soon. So far there have been four arcs and it is unknown how many, if any more arcs there will be before the series conclusion.
the story of a boy
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