A collection of previously unpublished works from 1968 to 1972, including the absurdities of the 60s and the sequels to the Tsuge parody, showing once again the diversity of Tsurita’s works. Includes a commentary by Naoyuki Takahashi and a chronological table.Contains:1. 彼方へ (Kanata e)2. 住人 (Juunin)3. 無題 (Mudai)4. 李さん一家 (Lee-san Ikka)The story Juunin was published in English as Occupants by Drawn & Quarterly in the collection The Sky Is Blue with a Single Cloud on July 7, 2020, and as Habitantes by Les éditions Atrabile in the collection L'Envol on May 14, 2021.
When Futaro was five years old, his father left his home. Futaro's mother got sick in poverty. Also, Futaro has a ugly face, like Quasimodo. He's been discriminated against and treated like trash by almost everyone in his neighborhood. Finally, his mother dies because they can't afford medical treatment. Burying his mother's body, Futaro makes up his mind to do anything for money...
In a town with nothing, in the middle of a daily life with seemingly no signs of change, high schooler Reiji Kurose was "just" living. Family, dreams for the future, childhood friends. All of them were binding him down to that city. He thought he would "just" keep on living like that. Until he met her. Is there hope in living? Is there light waiting ahead? It's the start of a boy meets girl series which reflects the "now". By the author of Hatsukoi Zombie
“The person who is destined to be the perfect lover is secretly a murderous devil?! There are many secrets to the widowed mother. The life of Qiqi is completely changed by a mysterious stalker.”
A humble medicine peddler comes across an elf slave, saddled with disabilities stemming from months of abuse. Can he save her?Fan Colored
A junior high school girl living alone in her grandparents' house. One day a man who claimed to be her father's younger brother arrived. The two of them started living together.
Part 2 of the Black Jack celebration. Featuring one-shots by Shojo and Josei mangaka.
Fukamori Shizuku, a monstrous girlfriend who attacked me in my first day of high school. Every day I spend with this big deceiver is in ultra hard mode due to some serious circumstances!!!! A big trouble!
Takashi Shiki is a ronin student who has nothing going for him. One day, he sees fighter planes flying above the sky - as well as a man who died from a gunshot to the head on the ground. The next day, after tanks start to show up, a mysterious young woman named Yuki Kitano begins to accompany Shiki. Shiki also is given the task of watching over his wealthy neighbor's mansion for a hefty sum. But this fortunate turn of events for Shiki is too good to be true: before long, the truth of the matter becomes clear to him - *World War III is about to begin.*In addition to the title story, also includes:- **Mirai of the City of Nocturnal Light**: Adachi resides in a city far from the sun - so far from it, there is no night or day. One day, a surprise encounter leads him to meeting Mirai, a young lady who not only lives in a place even further below Adachi's, but wishes to obtain a flower in the city of light above.- **The Yellow Rabbit**
Shindou Yuuichi gets a girlfriend on his first day of high school. The only problem is that she used to bully him mercilessly in middle school and he can't figure out why she's suddenly decided to like him. The next day she seems like an entirely different person. That can't be right, can it?
In an alternate history of the aftermath of World War II, Japan has been cleaved in half, with the southHonshu and the other islandsallied with the United States and the northern island Hokkaido annexed by the enigmatic Union. It was on Hokkaido that a mysterious tower had been built, a strand of metal reaching up out of the atmosphere, visible from the northern tip of Honshu. In 1996, three teenagers, Hiroki, Takuya and Sayuri, make a pactthey will build an experimental aircraft, almost invisible to surveillance, cross over to Hokkaido and unlock the secrets of the tower. Their dream was never realized, because Sayuri was sent to Tokyo for treatment after she fell into a coma. It is now three years later. The rosy illusions of youth have fallen away, but not the unbreakable strength of the trio's promise. The truth of the tower will be uncovered, and with it, the link between it and Sayuri's mysterious, carefully tended condition.+
This is a story of 6 school friends, adults now, who during their school-days were persistently bullying one of their classmates. Suddenly though their quiet lives will be shaken violently when things they wanted to keep secret are coming out to haunt them! Is this the revenge of the bullied classmate and how far will he go?
