Pink (manga)

Pink
Cover page from the manga Pink: The Rain Jack Story
ピンク (Pinku)
Genre	Adventure, comedy, supernatural
Manga
Written by	Akira Toriyama
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Fresh Jump
Published	December 1982
Anime film
Pink: Water Bandit, Rain Bandit
Directed by	Toyoo Ashida
Produced by	Tamio Kojima
Written by	Aya Matsui
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	July 7, 1990
Runtime	31 minutes

Pink (Japanese: ピンク, Hepburn: Pinku^?), subtitled The Rain Jack Story, is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. Originally published in Shueisha's Fresh Jump magazine in December 1982, it was later included in 1988's Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol. 2. Pink was adapted into an anime film in 1990 titled Pink: Water Bandit, Rain Bandit (ピンク みずドロボウあめドロボウ, Pinku Mizu Dorobō Ame Dorobō).

A young girl named Pink makes a living as a mysterious bandit stealing water from the shady Silver Company, which she keeps for herself. Despite the drought, the Silver Company has somehow managed to make a profit by selling a steady supply of water at outrageous prices, thus making them perfect targets for the thief.

Due to her early-pubescent physique and her face being concealed behind black goggles, her opponents all assume Pink is a guy. After numerous thefts, the head of the company, Silver, calls the local sheriff Cobalt Blue to apprehend the bandit and bring them to justice. With little information to go by, Blue goes in search of the bandit. He comes across Pink's home, which he finds suspicious, as there is a lush palm tree thriving amidst the drought. So he asks her a few questions, but comes with nothing despite all the evidence around him. Pink is all too willing to answer his questions as she has become smitten by him.

Later that night, after having a dream about her and Blue walking together with her parents' umbrella in the rain, Pink comes up with the solution to the drought and heads out to the Silver Company for one last heist. Meanwhile, Cobalt Blue has finally put together that the bandit and Pink are the same person and goes after her. Pink performs a frontal assault on the company, but is quickly overpowered by Silver's forces.