Etsusa Bridge Series

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE DOWNRIGHT WEIRD. The Ikebukuro district in Tokyo is full of interesting people. A boy longing for the extraordinary. A hotheaded punk. An airheaded pseudo-stalker. An information broker who works for kicks. An underground doctor who specializes in truly desperate patients. A high school student infatuated with a monster. And a headless rider on a pitch-black motorcycle. Their story may not be a heartwarming one, but as it turns out, even weirdos like these sometimes fall in love. (Source: Yen Press)

A girl with bloody iron pipes, sleepy eyes flickering - just talk. "On the Islands, a gunshot echoes today. As usual. People die. As usual. Dogs and more dogs, the dogs, well, kill each other. As usual. The Bosses of the eastern sections, transform. As usual. A fellow murderer, using swords and the eastern sections of the cat, the brother Li Feng, the detective brother, cute guys, clumsy love. As usual. The Island, I'm terribly confused. ... as always. After all, as usual. The island today is As Usual. That's it. So I, as always, the cute child, hug a lot. It's warm. I'm... sleepy" A series of short stories set on Etsusa Bridge.