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 well...

"If nothing changes whether one laughs or cries, then in this lifetime, I refuse to cry." This collection consists of six historical short stories which tragicomically depict people trying to do their best in...

Wilted leaves beside the board, empty seats between the towering trees, a passerby who chose to put down a stone in the middle of the board, unbeknownst to him eons have passed… Waking up from his slumber, Ji...

Yoshiko has been missing from Tokyo for almost thirty years. Now there she is, in a changed city, in a different country:.. Yoshiko in Italy had another life, her memories of Japan have been frozen for thirty...

Immediately after the end of the war, Tokuma lives as a craftsman at a steel works in Yawata, Fukuoka. His brother, Giichi, was killed in the war and married to his widow Mankiko. Life with Mankiko, who was a...

A oneshot published in Garo '70 from Sasaki Maki.

O-Fuku, a maidservant who is greedy and has nothing else to offer, is appointed as Odai-sama's (Atsuhime) ``poison-monitor''. For Fuku, whose appetite for food outweighs his fear of poison, he is happy with...

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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.

Popular Edo series on Twitter gets serialization in Comic Ran Twins. This short manga tells in picture book format.

A collection of oneshots about everyday life in Edo (former name of Tokyo). KanzashiChoubikeiMenbokuKappaSobakiriOminaeshiHonkaiKatagurumaOyakozake

Taisho era. Oishi passed through a narrow gate and entered an elite high school. His biggest goal in school life is to "get the first friend in his life". Mr. Umehara, who won the Literary Newcomer Award at...

Bizarre romance between a tsundere praying mantis girl & a pervert boy who loves his cute insect lady so much he would be A-okay getting (partially) gobbled up by her after the deed.

Calling upon his former governess, William Jones, gentleman, is startled when his knock is answered by an uncommonly beautiful servant, the soft-spoken Emma. Throughout his visit, William's eyes drift to the...

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...

In Fallen Words, Yoshihiro Tatsumi takes up the oral tradition of rakugo and breathes new life into it by shifting the format from spoken word to manga. Each of the eight stories in the collection is lifted...