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Contents

prologue OMEN 5 column

● WERE ARE WE? WHAT'S AN ORATORIO? 40
chapter 1 ENCOUNTER 21
● WHO IS THE PRIEST? 58
chapter 2 TRUST 41 ● WHAT KIND OF DIFFICULTIES DID THE
YOUTH FACE IN THOSE DAYS? 82
chapter 3 NEVER GIVE UP 59
● COULDN'T GO TO SCHOOL? WHY? 102
chapter 4 HOME 83 ● A STRANGE DREAM, WAS IT FOR REAL? 124

chapter 5 COURAGE 103 ● DOMINIC, HE'S KIND OF UNUSUAL… 142

● HOW DID CHRISTIANITY START? 158

chapter 6 DEDICATION 125
● HOW DO CHRISTIANS LEAD THEIR LIFE? 178
chapter 7 STAYING TOGETHER 143

chapter 8 CHRONOLOGY: DON BOSCO'S LIFE　　 202

DEFEND 159
DEAR READERS, BY FR. URATA SHINJIRō
chapter 9 PRAYER 179 (SALESIAN PRIEST, EXPERT ON DON BOSCO'S LIFE) 204

epilogue START 193 CARTOONIST SUZUKI GURI,

THE WAY LEADING TO THE POSTSCRIPT!　　 206
GRIGIO

THE MARCHESE DE SIRIO

MAMMA M
MANA ARGARET THE BOY
S OF
THE ORA
TORY
DON BOSCO RIKU DOMINIC
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 MY PROSPECTS FOR
THE FUTURE?

NOTHIN 'SPECIALLY…

GUESS I COULD
GO TO COLLEGE
FOR NOW…

I DON'T WANT
TO START TUT TUT
WORKING YET… TUT

WHICH COLLEGE?

I DON'T KNOW…ONE
THAT'S NOT TOO BAD.

…NO REPLY YET.

WHY? I'M NOT OF COURSE, DON'T

BEING IGNORED, EVER THINK OF
AM I? UNIVERSITY OF
TOKYO. HA, HA…

TUT
TUT
TUT

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 CLICK
CLICK

WHY DO THEY
BOTHER AT ALL?

CLICK

CLICK BLURTING OUT

WHATEVER THEY WANT.
THEY'RE SCREWED UP.

YAWN OH

RIKU
YOU KNOW, I WAS
EMBARASSED YESTERDAY
AT THE MEETING WITH
YOUR TEACHER.

YOU CAN ……
ACCOMPLISH
THINGS IF YOU TRY.
prologue GET SERIOUS
AND WORK HARD.

OMEN
MM…

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 WHAT'RE YOU DOING
SEE YOU LATER… HERE ALONE?
OH, I DON'T OH, IT'S OH, RIKU.
WANT IT. YOU, MANA.

UH…NOTHIN'…I'M
JUST TRYING OUT MY
SMART PHONE.

AH DON'T YOU
HAVE FRIENDS?
WAIT, TAKE YOUR
LUNCH!

O…OF
COURSE,
I'VE GOT
LOT'S OF
'EM!

PEEP PEEP
I…I WAS CHATTING
WITH THEM ON SNS
PEEP JUST NOW!
YOU DON'T HAVE
PEEP
FRIENDS AT
SCHOOL.

WHAT A LONER.
I USED TO, A NOW,
MUMBLE WHY NOT JOIN
WHAT ABOUT LITTLE. I JUST
AN SNS FOR A BROWS
E.
MUMBLE YOU, DON'T YOU CHANGE?
HAVE FRIENDS?
MUMBLE

MUMBLE
THEY'RE JUST A
BUNCH OF TROUBLE. IT
TIRESOME. THAT'S WHY
I KEEP ALONE.
THAT'S ONE
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 SHARING LAUGHS AND
CONCERNS WITH YOUR
"FRIENDS" ON THE …I BEGIN TO FEEL REALLY
INTERNET INSECURE IF I'M NOT
THAT'S WHY I KEEP
SEEMS SUPERFICIAL TO ME. ONLINE, THAT I MIGHT BE
CHATTING, SO THAT
HOW CAN YOU CALL EACH LEFT AN OUTSIDER.
THEY WON'T DROP ME.
OTHER FRIENDS?

TRYING TO PLEASE, GETTING

IMPATIENT WHEN I DON'T
AT OTHER TIMES, PEOPLE HURT OR GET A RESPONSE, IN THE END,
BASH OTHERS IN COOL BLOOD, JUST I GET SO TIRED.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED TO MEET
THE OTHER IN PERSON, FACE TO FACE.

WELL, I GUESS
THAT'S HOW
BUT I JUST CAN'T
PEOPLE ARE.
STOP, I CAN'T
YOU DON'T KNOW
GET IT OUT OF MY
WHAT TO BELIEVE
MIND.
IN…

YOU'D GO CRAZY IF YOU AND YOU'RE COOL

TAKE THINGS SERIOUSLY. WITH THAT?
I SEE YOU HAVE
YOUR SHARE
BETTER TO FOLLOW YOUR
OF THINGS TO
OWN RULE IN THE GAME.
TACKLE.
DING
DONG
OHHH

…I'M NOT.

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 SWO
OP
IT'S YOU
AGAIN,
MANA.
LOOK, ISN'T
THIS PUPPY CUTE

HEY, RIKU,
YOU'RE IN
GOOD TIMING!

L O P
C

SWOOS
TAKE A PICTURE I WANT TO I'M GONNA SAY,
FOR ME, WON'T
YOU?
UPLOAD IT ON
SNS
I RAN INTO THIS
ANGEL ON MY WAY
HEY!
HOME TODAY

MY SMART- H
WHAT?
PHONE!

SO YOU'RE GONNA
SHOW OFF HOW
YOU'RE HAVING A
FUN LIFE

THAT'S KIND
OF CHEAP

I DON'T CARE WHAT

YOU SAY! HOW CAN WHAT ARE WAIT!
I DO ANYTHING? YOU DOING!? HUFF
HEY, RIKU! JUST
HUFF
TAKE A SHOT…

OH GOD, THAT'S
WHY I DON'T BOTHER
WITH PEOPLE! AH…HEY! HUFF

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 HE'S NOT
STRANGE…
HERE
OVER THERE!

IS THIS… YOU CAN'T

A CHURCH? GET AWAY

MAYBE HE'S GOT AWAY MMM…

SOMEWHERE

WHERE ARE
YOU!?
MY GIVE IT BACK!!
STU
SMART-PHONE…
MP

WAIT!

MY
SMART-PHONE…!

HEY!

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 CLOP OW…!?

I…CAN'T
BELIVE THIS!

WHAT
WOBBLE…

A REAL BLOW…!
WHAT IS THIS,
THERE WAS
NOTHING OUTSIDE
OW…CH JUST A MINUTE
AGO… SOMETHIN'S
WHAT ARE HEY…
WH… STRANGE HUH?
YOU DOING! RIKU…

R A S H HH
C YOU…WHAT DO YOU
THINK YOU'RE DOING…

OH, S…
SORRY…

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 YOU'RE IN TAP
FOR IT…

STOP.

WH…WHAT…
WHERE ARE WE?

IT'S…NOT OUR
TOWN!

YOU'VE HOW'RE YOU WHAT'S GOING ON???

SPOILED GOING TO VIOLENCE IS
JERK MY GOODS! MAKE UP? NO GOOD.

OR I COULD
WORK YOUR HIT YOU TILL
WAY OUT? I'M CONTENT!

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 chapter 1
ENCOUNTER

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 AND
RIKU I'M WE WANDERED INTO THIS I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
,
MANA
I'M A PRIEST AND PLACE, CHASING AFTER A
WHAT DON BOSCO GOING ON
I LIVE IN THIS
NICE PUPPY…
TOWN.
NAME WE'RE FOLLOWING HIM
S!
'CAUSE WE NEED TO GET
AWAY FROM THAT PLACE

BUT ANYONE WHO ACTS LIKE A

NICE PERSON IN THIS SITUATION
SEEMS FISHY TO ME
IF YOU'RE LOST, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO COME TO MY
ORATORY?

I HEAR EVERYTHING
YOU SAY UHH…

THUS, WE WERE SAVED DON'T BE

BY A MAN WHO CALLED IT'S ALL AFRAID
HIMSELF DON BOSCO AND RIGHT!
DECIDED TO FOLLOW HIM

WHILE WE WERE LOT'S OF YOUNG PEOPLE

COMPLETELY LOST. YOUR AGE COME TO THE
ORATORY.

HEY, RIKU THIS MAN WHO SAYS I

SAVED US…BUT TRUST HIM?
UH…WHAT'S AN OH, IT'S A PLACE
HOW MUCH
ORATORY? I OPENED WHERE
CAN WE TRUST YOUNG PEOPLE
HIM? CAN SPEND TIME.

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 LOT'S OF CHILDREN
THAT'S THE FOR NOW, WE ARE
GATHER THERE TO
ORATORY RENTING THE PLACE FROM
SPEND TIME
SOMEONE WHO WAS KIND
PLAYING, ENOUGH.
STUDYING,

PRAYING, OR SINGING
SONGS

THE REFUGIO,
MARCHIONESS BARORO'S
YOU CAN IF YOU HAVE NOWHERE CHARITY INSTITUTION
EVEN HAVE OH, YES, TO GO TO, YOU CAN STAY
MEALS AT THE ORATORY FOR A
THERE! SWISH WHILE.
RUSTLE

OK, LET'S
GO

N…NO THANKS!
IF YOU LIKE IT, YOU WE'VE JUST MET
CAN COME ANY TIME YOU… IT'S TOO
TO PLAY THERE. MUCH TO ASK…!

DON'T
HA HA HA, WE'RE WORRY
ALREADY FRIENDS ABOUT A
THING LOOK

ZAP
HA

P
AH HA

A
HA

Z
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 DON BOSCO!

DON BOSCOOO!!!
YOUR SOULS YOU GUYS
YOU HAVE
ARE WELL SOME NEW
LOOK
STRANGE
TOO? FRIENDS

HUG OF
COURSE!
IS THIS A
BOY? A
GIRL?

NOW LET'S
PREPARE
DINNER

UM
PH

WE'RE ALL HUNGRY SORRY FOR

WHERE'VE YOU THAT, BOYS
AND TIRED, BUT
BEEN?
WAITING FOR YOU

WHAT'S DUNNO…
THIS…?

YOU'RE FULL
OF LIFE AS
USUAL

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 R
CHATTE CHATTER BUZZ BUZZ
I'M SO
HUNGRY

CRUNCH
LET'S EAT GULP
CRUNCH
GULP

WAIT! BUZZ LET'S SAY R

GRACE CHATTE
CHATTER
BUZZ

CLOMP
OUR FATHER IN
HEAVEN, WE THANK
YOU FOR THIS MEAL
THAT YOU GIVE US BLESS THIS MEAL

OWWW…THIS 'T WANT YOU'RE NOT

BREAD'S TOO
I DON
IT … EATING?
HARD TO EAT

STARTLE

IN THE NAME OF OUR

LORD JESUS CHRIST NOW LET'S
AMEN. EAT

DOESN'T AH…WE
HAVE ANY THOUGHT
TASTE
WE COULD
EITHER
EAT LATER…
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 E
AV
U H
YO OND
NEWCOMERS?
I'M C H IT T E R ALM PED E
YES

OH, YOU TOO?

YOU'RE NEW TO THE
ORATORY, AREN'T
CROWD MICHAEL RUA CHA TTER
S H A

YOU? I'M JOHN CAGLIERO.

NICE MEETING YOU
WHERE ARE
GUYS YOU FROM?

YES…I'M
MANA

THIS IS RIKU

YEAH,

THERE ARE KIDS

WHO ARE HUNGRIER
THAN ME. I'LL GIVE
THIS TO THEM LATER.

JOSEPH BUZETTI.
NICE TO KNOW YOU

I'M WHOA!? THIS IS GRIGIO

DOMINIC
WUFF
DOMINIC SAVIO

HA HA
HA

S TO M P STO MP
HE'S NOT OURS, BUT
SOMEHOW, HE'S WITH
US.

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 HERE YOU ALRIGHT, GIVE
WELL, THERE ARE GO, DON ME YOUR FULL
UH…I STILL DON'T DIFFERENT PEOPLE, AS STRENGTH!
BOSCO!
GET WHAT AN FOR MYSELF, I'VE COME BUZZ
ORATORY IS… FROM CASTELNUOVO TO
STUDY FOR PRIESTHOOD.
BUZZ

AS FOR THE OTHERS, SOME

WANT TO BECOME A PRIEST
LIKE DON BOSCO, THE
WHO ARE ALL THESE MAJORITY OF OTHERS COME
LOOKING FOR BREAD OR A

WBAM !
CHILDREN?
PLACE TO STAY

WHAT'S IN COMMON WITH THEM

ALL IS THAT THEY ARE AWAY
FROM HOME, WORKING, OR BEING
FROM A POOR FAMILY WITH THIS IS WHERE
SINGLE PARENTS, THEYL KNOW WE CAN FEEL AT
WHAT HARDSHIP MEANS. HOME.
THAT WAS TOO
WOW MUCH!
ARE…YOU
JOSEPH ALL RIGHT?

GRIP
HERE IN THE ORATORY, DON BOSCO OH,…SO HE REALLY IS IT'S OK, IT'S OK!
PLAY TO YOUR HEART'S
TEACHES US POOR KIDS HOW TO A NICE PERSON
CONTENT
STUDY, TELLS US ABOUT GOD AND AND ENJOY
TAKES TIME TO PLAY WITH US.

WELL…LOOKS LIKE
THEY'RE HAVING
LOTS OF FUN
WHY…AM I HERE…

WA
WA

…I WANT TO
I'M GOING TO STAY GO HOME
WITH DON BOSCO
AND KEEP HIM FROM
DANGER
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 I WILL PREPARE
YOUR ROOM
NOW

GOOD BYE ARE YOU SURE

DON BOSCO! IT'S OK?

WAIT IN MY
SEE YOU ROOM
TOMORROW!

WE'RE IN AN
EMERGENCY

…WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO?

OH NO,
WE CAN'T STAY
E..
IN THIS WEIRD
PLACE
RUMBL LE.. IT'S GOING TO

RUMB RAIN

LET'S GO
HOME

PATTER
PATTER

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BUM YOU! YOU WERE
THE ONES MAKING
HAVOC TODAY!
WE DON'T
WANT YOU TO
BE A PROBLEM
HERE
...... OH NO,

I DON'T HAVE
WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO…?

GET LOST A CLUE

HOW DO WE GET
WHAT…
HOME…?!

WHAT ARE WE GOING

TO DO? WE SEEM
TO BE A PROBLEM TUT…
AROUND HERE.

I ONLY HOPED PATTER

PATTER
WE COULD EAT
SOMETHING

SHIVER…

OH WELL, LET'S FIND PATTER PATTER

A WAY HOME

HUFF
HUFF

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 YOU…AREN'T YOU MUST
YOU HAVE BEEN LET'S GO
COLD HOME QUICK
…GRIGIO?
PAT
PIT

A WARM SOUP'S
READY
AND THE RAIN IS
JUST BEGINNING

RUFF
TO CLEAR
SLASH
SLASH

RUFF
UM…
SLASH

RUFF SLASH

RUFF WHY…ARE YOU SO

NICE TO US?

UHH…

I LOOKED
ALL OVER FOR WHERE
YOU! WERE YOU?

HUG DIDN'T I TELL

YOU?
HUFF
WE'RE
HUFF FRIENDS
HUFF

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 column
FR.URATA SHINJIRO WILL ANSWER RIKU AND MANA'S QUESTION
RIKU, MANA, NICE TO MEET YOU. I'M FR. URATA. I'M A CATHOLIC
PRIEST AND A SALESIAN OF DON BOSCO. I'M ALSO SUPERVISING THIS
COMIC. YOU CAN ASK ME ANYTHING IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS! I WILL
ANSWER YOU.

WHERE ARE WE? WHAT'S AN ORATORIO?

SOMEHOW, WE'VE FOUND OURSELVES IN THIS WEIRD PLACE…WHAT IS
THIS PLACE?
WE ARE IN TORINO, A TOWN IN NORTHERN ITALY. BUT ITALY IS NOT A
UNIFIED COUNTRY YET. AT THIS TIME, IT BELONGED TO THE KINGDOM OF
SARDEGNA.

OH. WHICH AGE?

MID-19TH CENTURY. chapter 2

WOW. TWO CENTURIES AGO. WHAT WAS IT LIKE?

TRUST
WELL, THE TIMES WHEN KINGS HAD ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY IS OVER, AND
PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO ACQUIRE MORE POWER.

SO THERE WERE KINGS…I'D LIKE TO BE A PRINCESS…

WHAT ARE YOU TABLKING ABOUT…BY THE WAY, WHAT IS THE "ORATORIO"
THEY TALK ABOUT IN THE COMIC?
IT'S A PLACE FOR YOUTH THAT DON BOSCO FOUNDED. IT'S A PLACE
WHERE YOU CAN PRAY, PLAY, STUDY, WORK AND LIVE TOGETHER.

SO IT'S LIKE A SCHOOL…WHAT DID THEY STUDY?

READING AN WRITING, MATHEMATICS, SOME YOUTHS STUDIED TO BECOME

FUTURE PRIESTS!
IS THAT SO. THEY'RE DIFFERENT FROM US. BUT OTHER THAN STUDYING,
DIDN'T THEY HAVE FUN TOO?
OF COURSE! THEY PLAYED A LOT, WITH GAMES SUCH AS ROLLING BALLS,
HOPSCOTCH, BATTLE GAMES...

TOO BAD! THEY COULDN'T PLAY GAMES ON SMART-PHONES.

THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING…

BREAD, SOUP, A LITTLE SIDE DISH. NOT MUCH MEAT.

WHAAT! THAT'S NOT ENOUGH! WE'D WANT HAMBURGER AND STUFF.

LOOK, IT WAS TWO CENTURIES AGO.

MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE THE GREATEST MEAL, BUT THIS PLACE, THE
ORATORY SEEMS LIKE A FUN!

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 PIPP
6 MONTHS AGO
THIS
MANPI
A

IKA,…
LIST
EN M D WEIR
U N
D,
GOSH YOU'RE REALLY OTHER PEOPLE WILL NEVER
S O AND
MAY RE YOU JUMPY
BUT
A
ERS
E
…AR AT UNDERSTAND YOU…THAT'S
OTH ME
THE ING
A
YOU OL?
VOID LIFE
PI SCH
O

ONCE YOU ACCEPT THAT,

E IT'S
…SINC
UHMM SAY IN YOU WON'T GET HURT
R TO OU'RE
MIKA EASIE M ANA, Y AND IT'LL BE EASY
ITIN G … IN IN
WR EAP A
LE LIK
A LITT
ECK
THE N

PIP DON'T GO AFTER

SOMETHING THAT
LEAVES YOU
YOU WERE REALLY
APPEALING TO
I ONLY BELIEVE
IT'S OBVIOUS…YOU
BE FRIENDLY AT JUST WANT TO SHOW
IN MYSELF
FIRST, YOU'RE NICE TO THAT'S KIND OF
BUT YOU WERE EVERYONE
SINISTER
SAYING THE SAME
THING TO OTHERS

BETTER THAN BEING JUMPY

AND DO YOU LIKE YOU WORRYING ABOUT
ENJOY LIFE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
LIKE THAT? OTHERS

WHAT…I JUST…WANTED WE FEEL BETTER

TO BE FRIENDS OFF WITHOUT YOU

OHH…
YOU WANT TO TAKE
WAIT… PIP WHY DON'T THINGS EVER
THE KIDS IN PRISON
PIP GO RIGHT?
OUT FOR EXCURSION
OF THE ORATORY?
GIVE ME ANOTHER
CHANCE BELIEVE
ME
…NOT AGAIN

ONCE YOU LOSE THEIR

TRUST, YOU WON'T GET IT
BACK

HMM…THAT'S WHY
YOU STARTED SNS, TO
FIND NEW FRIENDS

EVEN WITH SNS, IT'S

STILL HARD
I GET NERVOUS WHEN I
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RIGHT AWAY
 WE INTEND TO BAN ALL
ACTIVITIES OF THE ORATORY
I'VE TOLD YOU MANY IN THE FUTURE I AM
NOT A GOOD TIMES, BUT THEY ARE
IDEA DON CRIMINALS DEMANDING THIS TRYING TO HELP THE
BOSCO THROUGH THE YOUTH WHO ARE
ABANDONED BY SOCIETY.
ARCHBISHOP
AT THE ORATORY, THEY
CAN BE PROTECTED FROM
DANGER,
HOW CAN WE GIVE YOU
PERMISSION TO TAKE
CRIMINALS OUT OF THE
PRISON?

HELPED TO FIND
MARCHESE
JOBS
I BELIEVE FROM MY EXPERIENCE AND TO AVOID
AT THE ORATORY THAT YOUNG
GOING TO PRISON
DELINQUENTS OR YOUTHS IN
PRISON CAN BE REHABILITATED

I TRUST THEM AND THEY PLEASE!

DIRECTOR OF THE TRUST ME
CITY OF TORINO,
MARCHESE DE SIRIO
THE ORATORY IS
ACHIEVING GOOD
RESULTS STOMP
THE ORATORY THAT YOU
ARE SPEAKING OF, I WANT TO THE YOUTH WILL BECOME SICK BOTH
IN MIND AND BODY IF YOU JUST KEEP
SAVE THE
I CONSIDER IT TO THEM LOCKED UP IN PRISON WITH
YOUNG PEOPLE TERRIBLE CONDITION, RANKING WITH
BE A DANGEROUS
FOUL ODOR, INFESTED WITH BUGS ABOVE
ASSEMBLY
ALL…

WE RECEIVE IN ANY CASE, WE

WE WONDER WHAT YOU
COMPLAINTS FROM CANNOT GIVE YOU
ARE ABOUT, GATHERING
CITIZENS WHO ARE PERMISSION TO TAKE
RUFFIANS WORRIED ABOUT THE YOUNG PRISONERS
PUBLIC SECURITY OUTSIDE

WE REGULARLY GIVE
REPORT OF THE I WANT THEM TO
ACTIVITIES OF THE THE YOUTH WHO ARE KNOW THAT THERE
ORATORY TO THE AND WITH PERMISSION ARE ADULTS WHO
IN PRISON ARE AMONG
ARCHBISHOP OF THE ARCHBISHOP…
THEM WILL PUT TRUST IN
THEM!
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 THOSE CRIMINALS WOULD
NEVER PRETEND TO BE
…TRUST…
ALL RIGHT.
SIGH… SHEEPISH ONCE THEY GET
OUTSIDE

TRUST! WHAT
FOOLISHNESS

…WELL, NOW I WILL HAVE A

GOOD EXCUSE TO DISBAND
THE ORATORY

I GIVE YOU
PERMISSION

OFF TO OUR
FIELD TRIP!!

THANK YOU!
RRAY!
HU !
ON
CONDITION
GOOD
THAT …ALRIGHT
IF THERE SHOULD BE
EVEN ONE CRIMINAL WHO
CLICK
ESCAPES, THE ORATORY
WILL BE DISSOLVED

B O O M TAP TAP BAM

BAM
HONK

…HUMPH
IS THAT
ALRIGHT WITH
YOU?
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 THE GUYS BEHIND US CLOMP THEY'VE COME TO
HEY RIKU NOTHING BAD
TRUST DON BOSCO WILL HAPPEN
CLOMP
LISTEN

REALLY…?
GRIN
……
…PROBABLY

CHATTER
OH, THEY MUST BE THE
GUYS FROM PRISON
DON BOSCO AS TALKING
ABOUT
CHATTER
HA HA
HA
UH…THAT'S WHAT
I THOUGHT…!

WE DON'T NEED YOU GUYS

NEVER BE. IF SIGH… TO HEY YOU LOOK
I FEEL SCARED
ANYTHING DIFFERENT FROM
HAPPENS, LEAVE IF WE KNOW HOW
THE OTHERS
IT TO ME TO GET BACK, WE
DON'T NEED TO BE
HERE

IT'LL BE HE'S BEEN

ALRIGHT. VISITING THE
DON BOSCO HAS PRISON MANY
BEEN TALKING WITH TIMES,
THEM FOR A LONG TRYING TO SAVE THEM,
TIME TRYING HARD TO HELP
WE STILL CAN'T
THEM GET BACK TO
GET INSIDE, CAN
DECENT LIFE.
WE?
…IS THAT SO

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 I'M FOR THE ADULTS,
CHARLES WE'RE ONLY TOOLS TO
BE USED

UH…UMM…
THAT DON BOSCO,TOO, HE'S
JUST USING US, TO SHOW OFF
THAT HE'S A GOOD GUY

YOU GUYS SEEM TO

BE UNCOMFORTABLE
YOU CAN'T FOOL ME
HERE, LIKE ME

NOW, I'M GOING

TO USE THEM

WHADDYA YOU GUYS

THINK? SHOULD COME
WITH ME
WANNA GET OUT
OF HERE WITH ME?
YOU CAN GO
…… WITHOUT US

I USED TO BE WE CAN'T TRUST

I GOT SO ANGRY YOU MORE THAN WE
A DECENT GUY
AND HIT HIM BACK… TRUST DON BOSCO

WORKING IN A FACTORY

WHAT SORRY FELLAS

…TUT YOU ARE! PUPPETS OF
THAT PRIEST

I HAD TO WORK MORE THAN TEN

HOURS EVERY DAY, AND THE MASTER THEY DECIDED I'M A
WOULD HIT ME TO MAKE SURE I DANGEROUS KID, PUT
ME IN JAIL WITH 3
DON'T IDLE SO LONG
YEARS SENTENCE

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CHARLES, WHERE
ARE YOU GOING? ALL RIGHT.
SIGH…
IT'S DANGEROUS TO GO
DEEP INTO THE HILLS

…… GO CHARLES.

I…HAVE TO
MEET HIM
JUST AS WELL BUT JUST
REMEMBER ONE
DON'T DISPAIR
THING
ACTUALLY, MY OLD BUDDY WITH YOURSELF
SEEMS TO BE SICK

ALTHOUGH YOU'VE
BEEN WRONGED BY
I PROMISE TO GROWN-UPS, YOU'VE
WON'T YOU LET MADE A MISTAKE
COME BACK IN ME GO YOURSELF
TIME NEVERTHLESS,

HOW MANY TIMES

YOU FAIL, YOU
…… SHOULDN'T DISPAIR
I WILL ALSO
BE WITH YOU
ARE YOU TELLING
THE TRUTH?

AREN'T YOU
SUPPOSED TO
GOD WILL
BELIEVE IN US?
ALWAYS BE
WITH YOU

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 YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR
MIND TO TRUST A
OH GOD……
CRIMINAL

PLEASE SAVE
CHARLES

AND…

PLEASE HELP ME IN MY
WEAKNESS, UNABLE TO TRUST
SO…SEE YOU LATER, UNRESERVEDLY IN CHARLES…
DON BOSCO
NOONE COULD TELL IF
DON BOSCO'S WORDS
HAD REACHED HIS HEART

I…WANT TO TRUST
HIM
DON BOSCO IS
BUT… THE EXCURSION WAS
TOO SOFT COMING TO AN END
AND THE TIME LIMIT
WAS APPROACHING

DON BOSCO…
CHARLES HADN'T RETURNED

TIME'S UP GO AT ONCE TO NOW THE ORATORY

YES SIR!
SIGH…THE DAY'S HE ISN'T COMING, IS FIND THE ESCAPEE
IS FINISHED
ALREADY OVER? HE, DON BOSCO CHARLES AND
ARREST HIM!

GO ON, WALK HUMPH

STOMP
STOMP

……
THERE IS STILL
SOME TIME LEFT

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 HANG IN THERE
I'LL BE WAITING FOR
CHARLES!! A LITTLE WHILE YOU AT THE ORATORY!
CHARLES!! UNTIL YOU CAN LET'S WORK TOGETHER
H U FF GET OUT! THEN

I WILL
DEFINITELY BE
WAITING FOR
YOU!
HUFF

HUFF

…I DIDN'T COME BACK

MY SENTENCE IS …SO CHARLES
FOR YOU
OVER SOON CAME BACK

HUFF I DON'T NEED TO TUT

TAKE THE RISK

HUFF

I WILL GO ALONG WITH

THIS PIG PEN FOR A
GRIP LITTLE WHILE MORE

……
TRUST…

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WHO IS THE PRIEST?
DON BOSCO IS A PRIEST. WHAT DOES A PRIEST DO?

PRIESTS ARE THE PASTORS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. I'M A PRIEST, TOO. :)

THAT'S RIGHT! TELL US WHAT KIND OF WORK YOU DO

WE TEACH ABOUT GOD. WE PRAY FOR EVERYONE. WE HELP THOSE IN

NEED. WE DO ANYTHING NECESSARY TO HELP PEOPLE.

HOW DO YOU MAKE A LIVING?

MAKE A LIVING…FOR INSTANCE, PRIESTS WHO WORK IN SCHOOLS WILL

RECEIVE SALARY FROM THE SCHOOLS, THOSE WHO WORK IN THE CHURCH
WILL ALSO RECEIVE SALARY FROM THE CHURCH.
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CAN ANYONE BECOME A PRIEST?

YOU HAVE TO BE A CATHOLIC AND YOU HAVE TO BE MALE. YOU HAVE

NEVER GIVE UP
TO STUDY FOR PRIESTHOOD AND IF YOU ARE ACCEPTED, YOU CAN BE A
PRIEST.

COULD I BE A PRIEST?

YES.

DO YOU HAVE A CERTAIN DRESS CODE?

WHAT KIND OF A QUESTION IS THAT?

WELL, DON BOSCO IS DRESSED THE SAME ALL THE TIME.

WE HAVE THE FORMAL DRESS FOR PRIESTS ALSO TODAY, BUT USUALLY
WE WEAR WHAT WE WANT. SEE, TODAY I'M WEARING JEANS :) IN MID 19TH
CENTURY, AT THE TIME OF DON BOSCO, PRIESTS USED TO WEAR THE
CLERICAL HABIT, A LONG BLACK DRESS, AND THE BLACK HAT WITH THREE
FEATHERS CALLED "TRICORNO".

SO THAT WAS THE PRIESTS' UNIFORM! I WONDER IF DON BOSCO HAD

CLOTHES TO CHANGE.

THAT'S A SILLY THOUGHT

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 * THE ORATORY WAS FIRST FOUND IN
THE COMPOUND OF THE REFUGIO

DO YOU THINK
INSTITUTION FOR YOUNG
IT IS GOOD?
WOMEN, THE REFUGIO *
CHATTER
RECENTLY, I'VE HEARD
RUMORS OF SOME
BUZZ B CHATTER DISORDERLY CONDUCT
UZZ
BETWEEN THE GIRLS OF
THE REFUGIO AND THE
BOYS OF THE ORATORY

WOULD THAT THE ORATORY IS ALREADY NOT

…I, TOO HAVE BEEN
MAKE THINGS WELL THOUGHT OF AMONG THE
CONCERNED ABOUT
IMPROVE? TOWN'S FOLK
THIS MATTER

WELL, WELL,
MARCHESE DE MARCHIONESS
SIRIO WHAT HAS BALORO THE BOYS HAVE TRAMPLED
BROUGHT YOU OVER OUR PRECIOUS ROSE
I AM
HERE? GARDEN THAT WOULD BE NO SURPRISE,
CONCERNED
IF WE SEE THOSE ROUGH BOYS
I WILL TALK WITH CONGREGATING AND MAKING
DON BOSCO NOISE ALL THE TIME.

IT HAS EVEN BEEN REPORTED TO

THE POLICE THAT 'DON BOSCO IS WELL…THAT MAY BE SO. IT MAY
ATTEMPTING A REBELLION WITH ONLY BE A RUMOR, BUT RUMORS
THE BOYS' CAN CREATE IMPRESSIONS

THAT WOULD BE TOO

FAR FETCHED…DON
BOSCO IS A VERY
FAITHFUL PRIEST

YES…I RELY ON DON BOSCO FOR

THE REFUGIO THAT DON BOSCO IS USING THESE RUMORS
THE EDUCATION OF MY GIRLS,
YOU RUN… A PART OF IT COULD BECOME
BUT HE ALSO INSISTS AND ASKS
TO HAVE A PLACE FOR THE BOYS… DAMAGING FOR
FOR THE YOUR WORK...
ACTIVITIES OF HIS
BOYS, IS HE NOT?

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 WELL HELLO,
NEIGHBOR AND I'M VERY SORRY. I EVERY TIME THE KIDS I WANT YOU TO DO
DON BOSCO! MASTER OF THE BAR WILL TALK SENSE TO GATHER, I CAN'T SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
NEXT DOOR THEM, SO PLEASE LET STAND THE NOISE
THEM GO FOR NOW

GH
COU

GH
COU

OH…I'M
THIS IS NOT VERY SORRY
ALL

！ TUT
COU
GH
CO
I DON'T UG
H
LIKE IT

BARTHOLOMEW, DO SOMETHING HIS BAR IS

JOHN, WHAT
WITH THESE KIDS
CREATING MUCH
HAPPENED? BIGGER NOISE

WELL, FROM NOW ON,

WE SHOULD TRY TO CARE
ABOUT OTHERS WHEN
WE PLAY

DON BOSCO,
MARCHIONESS I ASK YOUR
BAROLO IS ASKING LEAVE NOW

THEY HAVE BEEN INTRUDING FOR YOU

INTO OUR PROPERTY, WHAT!? I'M SO
CEATING A HAVOC SORRY ABOUT
THAT…

NO! A DOG IN THE

NEIGHBORHOOD TOOK
OUR BALL. WE WERE
GOING AFTER THE DOG
TO GET IT BACK!

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 EITHER YOU STOP YOUR
MARCHIONESS
DON BOSCO
I HAVE LET YOU USE THE COMPOUND ACTIVITIES OF THE ORATORY MARCHION-
BALORO, WERE YOU FOR YOUR ORATORY ON CONDITION OR YOU LEAVE YOUR JOB AT ESS,…
CALLING FOR ME? THAT YOU WOULD NOT NEGLECT THE
THE REFUGIO
CARE OF THE GIRLS OF THE REFUGIO

PLEASE MAKE A
CHOICE

BUT YOU ARE SO OBSESSED

WITH THE BOYS OF THE
ORATORY YOU MEAN, IF I AM TO
LEAVE THE REFUGIO…

OF COURSE, I AM
FULFILLING WHAT BUT THERE ARE SO
I PROMISED MANY BOYS WHO
NEED HELP
COUGH COUGH

OH

ISN'T IT TOO MUCH FOR YOU

IT SEEMS YOU
ALL THE MORE TO TAKE CARE
ARE NOT WELL
OF THOSE BOYS IF YOU ARE
NOT IN GOOD HEALTH? I HAVE MY POSITION
YOU SEEM TO HAVE
HAD A VISIT BY THE TO LOOK AFTER
MARCHESE DE SIRIO
I AM SORRY I HAVE TO
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME
..... I DON'T THINK YOU CAN
DO THIS TO YOU…
WORK BOTH AT THE REFUGIO SO THAT'S WHAT
GOD HAS TAKEN CARE OF AND THE ORATORY. I'M ALSO
YOU MEAN
ME UNTIL NOW CONCERNED FOR YOUR HEALTH.

HE WILL CONTINUE
TO DO THE SAME

WHAT CAN I DO
GH THEN…
COU
…I UNDERSTAND
LET'S MAKE A
CHOICE

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 THE CABBAGE GROWS BIGGER
THE ORATORY IS LIKE A AS IT IS REPLANTED
CABBAGE
THE ORATORY
WILL BECOME BIG

MY MIND IS
ALREADY SET

I CAN SEE FOR SURE A HUGE

I DON'T PLAYGROUND AND A BEAUTIFUL
GET IT CHURCH STANDING TALL.

NOW, CHEERFULLY
WE GO!! …ARE YOU
SURE IT'LL BE
ALRIGHT?

OK, LET US GO

WERE WE WHATEVER HE LET'S HAVE FAITH

ARE WE BEING
SAY DON BOSCO DISTURBING SAYS…
THROWN OUT?
THE PEOPLE
I DON'T THINK HE IS
AROUND HERE?
REALLY SURE OF THE
FUTURE…

DON BOSCO HAS A "DREAM"

THAT WAS SHOWN TO HIM
BY GOD
BECAUSE OF THIS HOPE,
WE CAN OVERCOME
TRIALS
N…NO. WE ARE NOT
BEING THROWN
OUT…

IT MEANS THAT'S WHAT

I THOUGHT…
THAT

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 DON'T WORRY, WE'LL
I JUST WANT TO FIND A NEW PLACE
SOON AGAIN, AT
PLAY
THE NEXT
PLACE
COUGH
COUGH

YOU'D BETTER BE GOOD AT

THE NEW ORATORY

DOMINIC…
!
HMPH HA HA HA HA
YOU TOO!

LATER, WE
SETTLED IN AT THE
COMPOUND OF A
CHURCH RUN BY DON
BOSCO'S FRIEND

COME
R
CHEE ON! COUGH
UP!
COUGH

WE KEPT MOVING
ON

BUT AFTER
A WHILE…

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 AT THE PHILIPPI
BROTHERS' MEADOW
DON BOSCO…I
HE LOOKS
BUZZ WONDER IF HE'S
BUZZ BUZZ OK.
UNWELL…

BUZZ
BUZZ

WE'VE FINALLY IT SEEMS TODAY

SETTLED IN HERE, IS THE LIMIT
BUT… DON BOSCO

IT'S THE END

COUGH COUGH THE PEOPLE IN THE

TOWN, THEY SAY YOU'VE
LOST YOUR MIND,
YOU CAN'T GO ON FOREVER
OR THAT YOU'RE
WITH ALL THESE KIDS SCHEMING A THEY ARE
REVOLUTION, BY SAYING
WHATEVER
KINDLING REBELLION
THEY LIKE
AMONG THE YOUTH

YOU SAW THE

REACTION OF THE
TOWN'S FOLK, DIDN'T
YOU?

WE HAVE NOWHERE
TO GO…

WILL TODAY BE THE LAST

DAY OF THE ORATORY FOR
THESE CHILDREN……?

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 BEING CRITICIZED LIKE
THIS, BEING THROWN OUT
AGAIN AND AGAIN…

IS IT
WORTHWHILE
THE YOUTH WERE
TO CONTINUE
EMPLOYED, WORKING IN
THIS ORATORY TERRIBLE CONDITIONS
THING…?
IN THE TOWN, THEY HAD
NO DECENT FOOD OR
PLACE TO LIVE. MANY
WERE HELPLESS IN THEIR
SITUATION.

I TRIED TO INVITE SOME WERE ROUGH

AS MANY YOUTH AS BOYS…
POSSIBLE TO THE
ORATORY

IN THE BEGINNING,
WHEN I FIRST
ARRIVED IN TORINO… BANG
BANG

THEY SHOWED INTEREST

IN THE GAMES AND
LESSONS AT THE ORATORY

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