73Mr. Taguchi, an office worker, had an urge to see steam engines and disappeared for three months. When he had spent all his money traveling from town to town and returned, a local newspaper interviews him for a piece. The newspaper recounts a narrative it put together while searching for him, but he finds that the details contradict his experiences. Confused, he reluctantly agrees to write notes for them based on their story.
A mysterious wandering gambler with distant eyes suddenly appears in town and confounds the local hoodlums.
A student pontificates on his life within the grand design which leads him to some murky roads.
62An ex-kamikaze pilot remembers his days as a World War II pilot. (Source: Vice)
The story of an average businessman with subtle hints of his time in the military and WW2.
A pharmaceutical manufacturer worker and replica painter tells a biography of Vincent van Gogh.
After her friend Julia is expelled from school and later goes missing, Cindy retreats into an online game, hoping to somehow reconnect with her friend there. In the game, she meets another player named Prince, who helps her to search for Julia. Back in her life, Cindy has to travel alone to a rural area for a school project... and ends up getting in trouble with the local residents. Can she find the courage to make things right?
Tomeo, a child, is disliked by his grandfather who feels that his mother pays him more attention than his two working older brothers. Tomeo's father also stays at home and takes out his frustration on his mother and him. One day, as his father hits them and argues with his grandfather, one of his brothers leaves because of the family's issues.
A story of two men sharing stories of Sabu, a local tough guy and kamikaze trainee who survived the war. The conversation leads to the older man remarking that, “After the war was over... We were all still hurting. None of our wounds had healed yet.” (Source: The Comics Journal)
