KNOW THY FATHER The book opens with some childhood thoughts of Yoichi Yamashita spurred by a phone call at work informing him of his father's death. So, he journeys back to his hometown after an absence of w...

Sorry, I know you must've been lonely. Don't worry. I won't keep you waiting long." Maruyama, Nagasaki's pleasure district — where the music of shamisens mingles with the language of foreign lands. From ar...

Dien Bien Phu - TRUE END is the complete series of Dien Bien Phu. The story is set at the Vietnam War and depicts the love between a young photographer in the military and a young girl who fights for the Vie...

A collection of short stories: The Distant Dawn - Weekly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1975 Issue 34 The Steel Queen - Weekly Shounen Jump (Shueisha) 1975 April 28th Extra Edition Escape from the Wastelands - W...

A manga diary by the legendary Tetsuya Chiba about his current life and how his family escaped from China back to Japan post-World War II.

Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she doesn’t long for a life of ...

In the East is a land ruled by an emperor, whose consorts and serving women live in a sprawling complex known as the hougong, the rear palace. Maomao, an unassuming girl raised in an unassuming town by her a...

Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Creative Award in 2007.

Koike Keiichi's take on the Story of the Navajo People. This short story was published in 野生哲学 アメリカ・インディアンに学ぶ (管啓次郎. May 2011. ISBN 9784062881074)

The Edo period has ended, and former samurai Haruyasu is adrift in a strange new world. Not even the promise of rebellion can cure him of his desire for death. But after an assassination gone wrong, Haruyasu...