24 years old Hattori Tsunejiro, who runs a bar in Hakata, has been deceived by a daily money lender called Nekomoto and can’t pay his high interest debt. As a result his debt collector then tied him to a t...

The story is set in a pawn shop in a working-class neighborhood, Shitamachi, and it follows Shinobu and Aki, two people fascinated by sparkling jewels metaphorically "born from a distant ancient Earth."...

"This tale of loan sharks in the Osaka area reads almost like a Fyodor Dostoyevski novel. It's also drawn in a completely original, blocky neo-primitive style." Note: Won the 1992 Kodansha Manga Award for g...