The Old One-Two Sanshiro

To celebrate Weekly Shounen Magazine's 50th anniversary Makoto Kobayashi was tasked with telling the story of his rookie years at the magazine. A year after the 19 year old moved from Niigata to Tokyo to pursue his manga dreams he makes a submission for Shounen Magazine's rookie award, and wins the grand prize of 1 million yen!! He soon debuts with his first hit serial Ichi Ni no Sanshiro. In this short manga he tells the story of a whirlwind serialization filled with of ups and downs, and close friendships with his peers Shinji Ono and Natsuki Oowada. *Nominated for the 2nd Manga Taisho Award (2009).*

Sango Jūgo from "Judo-bu Monogatari" and Higashi Sanshirō from "1・2 no Sanshirō" are back in action in the form of masterpiece stories by Hasegawa Shin! In the *Gekiga Hasegawa Shin* Series: V.1 - *Seki no Yatappe* V.2 - *Kutsukake Tokijirou* V.3 - *Ippontou Dohyouiri* V.4 - *Mabuta no Haha*