Abstraction

A collection of some of Kago Shintaro's works.

1. Oral Cavity Infectious SyndromeOn the surreal premise that women's mouths take the often weird shape of their partner's penis, Yoriko starts an investigation to discover with whom her boyfriend is cheating.
2. Local Tourist InformationA guide to an extraterritorial region of Japan.
3. Back Streets in Front of the StationA girl goes crazy about reverse sides of different things, including streets, cars, and animals.
4. GenesisThe biblical story of the Genesis revised and depicted with the usual unholy irony of Kago, with delirious situations quickly following one each other.
5. SuperglueWhat happens when you step on something so disgusting that you never want to uncover it.
6. Akutagawa in Front of the StationA surreal homage to the writings of Ryunosuke Akutagawa.
7. When All's Said and DoneA gruesome tale of hardened faeces, and a limbless girl.
8. MultiplicationA panel of a manga on an otherwise blank page becomes self-aware and decides to create other panels so it won't be lonely. What begins as a single panel quickly turns into a story of infinite possibilities.
9. AbstractionA one-shot that utilizes distilled surrealism to smash the fourth wall and every other wall it throws up. An experiment in the distinctly non-linear nature of comics. The story is not important; its visual presentation is its substance.
10. Blow-UpMacrocosm in a microcosm in a macrocosm. That's what this one-shot is about.
11. No Need for CautionThe action of the comic happens outside of the panels, literally, in the white space.
12. The Memories of OthersImagine your past would float after you as a series of comic panels.
13. Lord of the RingAn incompetent sumo wrestler uses the powers of a forbidden pair of pants to overcome and shame his competition, until one day someone rises to attempt to crush him and take the pants for himself.
14. Spinning ThoughtsWearing urinary calculi is the latest fashion trend.