‘Grrr!’ growl the cats. ‘Eeek!’ squeak the mice. So it goes in the battle between cat and mouse. But when feline crime hits Tokyo, an unlikely hero strikes back.”
“to make Sumo Mouse makes his home in Tokyo, where smaller, skinnier mice are being abducted. He knows that a cat mafia runs the mousenapping ring, to keep Tanaka Toys in business.”
“We can’t make squeaky toys without squeaky mice,′ growls the cats’ leader. Meanwhile, down at the wrestling arena, Sumo Mouse turns out to be not a real sumo champion or rikishi, but a scrawny barber named Yama who ‘trained’ to be a rikishi like his forefathers.”
“The superhero jingle sets the mood for a mock-dramatic story about a “chubby champion of justice,” an enormous purple mouse with a topknot and yellow trunks.′
“Although they are stopped dead in their tracks by the wrestling tactics of the real Sumo Mouse and never learn his identity, clever readers will soon spot the true hero in the tiny, mild-mannered barber who gives wrestling tips to the stars.”