Shuuhei Wakatsuki, a man who lives and works in Tokyo, decides to take his girlfriend and her son to his old home to see his parents on New Year's Eve. While driving, he recalls memories of his father that he's never gotten along with and become estranged. When they arrive at his parents' house, Shuuhei and his father silently sit down to watch a New Year's TV show together and begin to talk...
A webcomic written by Asano Inio and put up on Big Comic Spirit's online reader.
A two-volume compilation of the popular one-page series in FEEL YOUNG magazine, where various mangaka share their food-related memories or current favorite meals!
A tribute manga in anthology for the cult-classic series of videogame "Mother" titled "Pollyanna" with special illustrations and chapters made by 35 different mangaka.
This series tells the story of a bar where several mangaka come to visit. Each chapter is a short gag and interview with an artist that visits the bars. These collection of stories work as an artist to explain their unique styles and stories about some of their most famous series. The bar's patrons are: ASANO Inio Erichin FUJIWARA Satoshi FURUYA Usamaru HANAZAWA Kengo KOZAKI Ai MIYASHITA Hiroki MORISHIGE Takuma OSHIMI Shuzo SUENOBU Keiko UMINO Chica WAKASUGI Kiminori
Etchan is on a date with her Senpai who happen to be a famous voice anime actor. She discovers that the both of them have changed so much since they last met.
A oneshot by Inio Asano, published in Big Comic Spirits and also in his artbook Ctrl+T. People are told to be who they truly are, but what if their parents expect their children to behave and act a different way? Himawari explores a repressed man who struggles with this for most of his life.
A war breaks out between two feuding countries.
One day, Kiyosumi Hamada, who is preparing for his university entrance exam, witnesses a first-year girl being bullied at a school assembly. Kiyosumi intervenes. However, what awaited him was a scream of "Aaaahhhhh!" from Hari Kuramoto, the underclassman who should have been glad to be saved. What is the meaning of her rejection? Who are the "two dead people"? Eventually, Kiyosumi discovers the true nature of the incident, and Hari's true nature… (Source: Shincho Bunko, translated)
Have you ever done something out of pity that backfired? Recchan is a high school girl with a monster face who is popular among her classmates. The student council president however thinks otherwise. In her opinion, kindness out of pity is the wrong way to treat a girl like Recchan. Although others may think her cruel and unkind, in the end her refusal to be nice earns her a new friendship.
