Splatoon (manga)

Splatoon is a manga series that is available with the CoroCoro Comic (コロコロコミック) Special Magazines, made by Hinodeya Sankichi.

Summary
The manga stars Goggles-Kun and his three friends: Headphones-Chan, Glasses-Kun, and Knit Cap (Bobble)-Chan. This kid-friendly manga uses the Splatoon rules and world and the action on the arena, developing on Turf Wars.

Plot
Most plots focus primarily on male Inklings.

Fan made issue
The Blue Team face the yellow team in this ink-crazy extravaganza! -Released in June's CoroCoro Special Magazine in 2015

Issue 1
The four main squids, Goggles-Kun, Headphones-Chan, Knit Cap-Chan and Glasses-Kun, become involved in a troublesome Turf War after Goggles pranks a leader of an S+ squad.

Released in December's CoroCoro Special Magazine in 2015.

Issue 2
The Blue Team learn that they will battle the Orange Team Army with S+ ranked Inklings. When the battle begins and the Orange Team takes the lead with ease, the Blue Team find an unexpected weakness that the Orange Team has which allows the lead.

Curry was first seen in this issue.

Released in April's CoroCoro Special Magazine in 2016.

Issue 3
Taking a break from battling against S+ ranked squids, Goggles-Kun gets his clothes damaged during a Turf Rar and has to go shopping for new gear, but someone is watching him from afar.

Pickled plums were seen in this issue.

Released in June's CoroCoro Special Magazine in 2016

Battle to Become the Best Squid in the World!!!
Battle to Become the Best Squid in the World!!! is a series of translated Splatoon issues that is made by Vectorcrest. (Note: They thought the fan made issue was the first so it reads 2, 3, and 4)
 * Issue 1
 * Issue 2
 * Issue 3

Blue Team
A group of apparently idiotic Inklings who are the main protagonists of the series. They don a blue ink color. This team consists of four members.
 * Goggles-Kun, a male Inkling who sports, an and .He seems to be the leader. His trait is clueless and takes on Shooter weapons. He weilds a.

Rating
Since the manga is published in the CoroCoro Special Magazines, it is child-friendly. However, there are some brief scenes of comical nudity in the comic. Furthermore, he manga is easy to read, even if the reader dosen't know jpJapanese. The manga itself has a good dose of comedy and a nice representation of the Splatoon world and action.

Splatoon gags and memes
The Splatoon manga follows a lot of internet culture like gags and memes.

Ink-rings
"The strongest inkrings?! you mean they're gonna eat us?"

- Early Goggles-Kun, fan made issue

When an unnamed inkling said that the yellow team will be the victors, an early Glasses said that their team have the strongest inklings. Early-Goggles mistakes Inklings for a squid dish, calamari, saying "The strongest inkrings?! you mean they're gonna eat us?"

Rolling is my speciality
"ROLLING IS MY SPECIALITY"

- Early Knit Cap-Chan, fan made issue

Early-Knit Cap proceeds to roll on her friends, saying "Rolling is my speciality!!"
 * This is the most prominent manga quote in the series so far.

Naked Goggles Gag
There is a running gag in this manga where Goggles-Kun ends up naked.

Trivia

 * The fan-made issue of the Splatoon manga was published in June's CoroCoro Special issue in 2015.
 * In this issue, the main protagonists made their first appearance as unnamed characters.
 * The first official issue was published in December 2015's CoroCoro Special issue.
 * Furthermore, Rider and The Squid Sisters made their first appearance in this issue.

Japansese name (characters)
Callie, Marie, and Judd's names aren't seen in this content. For their Japanese names, search their names.