Rockman & Forte (manga)

Rockman & Forte (ロックマン&フォルテ) is a Japanese manga based on the game Mega Man & Bass. The manga was drawn by Kōji Izuki and published by Comic BonBon between 1998 and 1999. The manga was also released in Taiwan.

Summary
Like the game, the story has the rivals Mega Man (Rockman) and Bass (Forte) joining forces to fight against King, a robot that wants to create a human-free nation.

Prologue: Forte no Kyūjitsu
Forte no Kyūjitsu (フォルテの休日) begins with Bass taking a break in a ruined bowling building, and he senses something is wrong when Treble begins to act strangely. Mega Man and Roll are in the opening of a robot museum, and the robots in exhibition (including some from Mega Man 6 and Mega Man V) suddenly began moving, being controlled by a one-eyed hand-like robot. Mega Man and Bass fight against the robot and destroy him, stopping the other robots.

Stage 1: King Jinrui Shihai Sengen
In King Jinrui Shihai Sengen (キング人類支配宣言), Dr. Wily's new fortress is almost complete, but King sends his army of robots to attack the base and they soon surround Wily and his remaining robots, a Mets and two Sniper Joes. Mega Man appears to rescue Dr. Wily, taking him and the Met (the two Joes being destroyed by Mash) to Dr. Light's laboratory. Bass awakes and sees the fortress in ruins, taking down two robots from King's army.

Stage 2: King Tsuyore!! Blues Maffutatsuni!?
King Tsuyore!! Blues Maffutatsuni!? (キング強レ!! ブルース真っ二つに!?) has Dr. Light and Dr. Wily joining forces to stop King and his army, which are causing havoc. Mega Man searches for King in the city and finds Proto Man (Blues) battling against him, and King cuts Proto Man in half. Shortly after Bass appears and King summons the Green Devil to take care of them while he escapes, but Bass goes after him while Mega Man takes care of the Green Devil and takes Proto Man to Dr. Light.

Stage 3: Chiyoujiyou Genshiyou!? Natsu ni Yuki ga!!
In Chiyoujiyou Genshiyou!? Natsu ni Yuki ga!! (超常現象!? 夏に雪が!!), the weather of the city changes and several snowmen fall from the sky, but they soon begin to cause mischief and combine into a large snowman robot. After defeating the robot, Mega Man discovers that the responsible for the weather change is Cold Man, and fights against him.

"Mr. Snow" (スノラー)

Stage 4:
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Ground Man

Stage 5:
Astro Man

???
Three small side-stories in the end of volume two.


 * Rockman Burning Shot (ロックマンバーニングショット) - Dr. Wily captured Roll and Mega Man goes to his fortress to rescue her. Bass and Ballade appear to stop Mega Man, but the two fight against each other to see who will face him, and Mega Man takes the opportunity to search for Roll, finding her stuck with a timed bomb. Bass defeats Ballade and goes after Mega Man, and the two battle.
 * Arigatou Rockman (ありがとうロックマン) - Short stories. In one of them Mega Man goes to Dr. Wily's house in Christmas and gives gifts to him and all Robot Masters inside. Most of them like their presents, except for Wily which is angry for winning a book written by Dr. Light.
 * Onore Rockman (おのれロックマン) - Features Enker and Ballade trying to defeat Mega Man by several means, like having Enker disguise as Roll to trick him, but their plans end up not working.