Gouu wo Matsu

We tell stories and we are told stories. For whom? A high school girl looking for a chance to confess her feelings to a classmate, a gunman who has lived by luck, a drifting cruiser, African people suffering from drought... everyone is waiting for a heavy rain. With the same wish, whose story is this at the end? Three stories submitted to the 5th Torch Manga Award, "Waiting for the Heavy Rain," "Kojima's Pheasant," and "Business Negotiations," are now available. The winner of the 5th Torch Manga Award, the Runner-Up Prize, touches on the primitive foundations of storytelling.