In 2002, the scientific journal Nature reported that the human Y chromosome was degrading. The degradation of the Y chromosome, carried only by males, resulted in a sharp decline in the male birthrate. The year...

Gai Sakurai is the head of the Osaragi clan of the Kikaku family, a gangster organization based in Yokohama. While he is leading a small but highly individualistic clan, an incident breaks out. A young member...

Ringo Sawamura is 34 years old and single. One night, Ringo starts having physical relations with 27-year-old Kazama, a younger subordinate of hers at the company she works for - despite the fact that they are...

The stage is the Tokyo district of Roppongi and the players are the various Yakuza gangs. One much smaller gang is audaciously trying to carve out territory for itself. That gang's boss relies heavily on his...

Ryogoku, Tokyo, a city of history and a city of sumo. Haruno Haru, who came to Tokyo from Hokkaido with the aim of becoming a painter, ends up working at Daimon, a long-established izakaya. What will happen to...

A story of a woman living in Tohoku after the 2011 earthquake.

Yamagishi and Fukurokoji fresh from University are starting as the first male teachers in the prestigious girls' Harenochi school. Sure enough, like the predecessor "Harenchi Gakuen", the school isn't lacking...

An "illustrated essay" on the author's visit to the areas affected by the Tohoku earthquake.