A pharmaceutical manufacturer worker and replica painter tells a biography of Vincent van Gogh.
A man finds a picture scroll and tries to understand the iconography. Everyone who encounters the scroll sees something different, but the initial man thinks it's a map and he follows it as such until he eventually find the scroll's artist. (Source: Anime News Network, edited) *Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 17 (January 1966).*
A simple domestic drama about expectations, fidelity, and escape. A couple purchase a beautiful white bird with a red beak. It is said that the bird will grow attached to its owners and never fly away. While the girlfriend is working as a hostess, flirting with men for money, the boyfriend decides to draw a portrait of the new family member, and disaster strikes. (Source: Drawn & Quarterly) *Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 19 (March 1966).*
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 mysterious wandering gambler with distant eyes suddenly appears in town and confounds the local hoodlums.
*Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 37 (September 1967).*
"It is said that salamanders have no memory of the past because of the polluted water." This work follows a salamander waking up in a sewer with no recollection of the past, but out of place, as if they were reborn as a completely different creature. The salamander grows accustomed to their new habitat until one day when an incomprehensible object appears in the sewer. *Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 33 (May 1967).*
A nameless traveler comes across a young girl running an inn. While showing the traveler where the best fishing hole is, a bratty schoolmate reveals the girl must run the business because her alcoholic father is incapable. At the story’s end, the traveler witnesses an unusual act of kindness from the boy... (Source: Drawn & Quarterly) *Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 38 (October 1967).*
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