This is a group of short stories centered around different sad-sack or comedic people in the waning days of World War II and the recovery after.

A collection of novelistic one-shots from Monden Akiko. With most stories set in post-war Japan, this collection touches upon topics of desire, war, and humanity.

In the spring of 1952, 11-year-old Chizuru moves with her family (her father, his new wife, and her new younger brother) to the town of Nochiu in Hokkaido, a place with strong Ainu roots. They plan to live in a...

This is the exhibition catalog that contains all the works from the "Inoue Takehiko: The LAST Manga Exhibition" held at the Ueno Royal Museum in 2008. Along with readers' impressions and a documentary of the...

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 - Weekly...

This is a short story collection anchored with the tale of a young woman who is trying to ignore the reality that her husband is a serial killer, including "The Record of Peter Kyulten", "Sensual Nights", "Lord...

The massive tsunami caused from the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake mercilessly hit 30 beaches up and down the Oshika Peninsula, affecting the lives of the the people who lived by the beach. This story tells of a...

Historie takes place in ancient Greece and follows the childhood and adult life of Eumenes, who would grow up to be the secretary and general to Alexander the Great. Note: Won the 16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural...

Tea for Universe, Tea for Life. It's the Sengoku Era, a time when warring daimyou usurped each other constantly. There was a man whose soul was overtaken by the ways of tea and material greed as he worked...

A man stumbles upon a mysterious box in which a town of minuscule people from long ago live.

April 1919 - Chizuru, a girl who lost her voice as a child, is surrounded by a horrific murder case. Chizuru's older brother, an overprotective newspaper reporter, and her kind friend who she spends her after...

The Caterpillar is an adaptation of the 1929 Edogawa Rampo short story of the same name. The Caterpillar is a haunting psychosexual tale of Lt. Sunaga, a disfigured and limbless veteran of WWI who returns home...

From Easy Going Scans: The kingdom of Juushin is suffering at the hands of a cruel emperor. In order to stop his father's rule of tyranny, the crown prince will enlist the aid of a legendary assassin with...

In the 18th century, seeking "freedom and equality," the event that became the starting point of modern French society, the French Revolution, began. There was one more protagonist that lived within the...

The eve of the French Revolution, 1772: The eldest brother of the Sanson family, Charles-Henri, has grown as an executioner, while his sister, Marie-Joseph, has been living freely in Versailles. But then Marie...