Based on the novels by Saho Sasazawa, Monjiro Kogarashi is a professional gambler who travels around Japan during the Edo era, until one day he is framed for a crime committed by a friend, and exiled to Hachijou Island. When his friend breaks his silence to protest Mojiro's innocence, everything changes.

Gassou tells the story of the young men who were part of the Shougitai, a group of former Tokugawa retainers who fought to oppose the Meiji government in the final days of the Tokugawa Shogunate. (Source: Anime News Network)

Jiroubei (57), after 38 years of loyal service as a shinobi, loses his job after the death of his mistress. Taroubei (61) decides to retire after 41 years working as a constable in the city of Edo. These two men decided to give their lives to a loyal cause. Now free from their duty, a strange friendship begins between the two of them.

Adaptation of Rampo Edogawa's novel of the same name.

A collection of Kazuo Kamimura's one-shots from early in his career. 1. **Lagrima: Namida** (Lagrima 涙) 2. **Shiroi Natsu** (白い夏) 3. **Kanzen Naru Touan Youshi** (完全なる答案用紙) 4. **Shinya Housou Shinjuu Jiken** (深夜放送心中事件) 5. **Hatsukoi wa Shikara no Aji Da to Itta Onna** (初恋は塩辛の味だといった女) 6. **Haru Kakeochi Tsuru Onna** (春駆け落つる女) 7. **Shiroi Parasol** (白いパラソル) 8. **Te no Hira to Ase to Shuuchishin no Kankei ni Tsuite** (手のひらと汗と羞恥心の関係について) 9. **IN THE SMOG** 10. **Boukyou** (望郷)

A collection of Kazuo Kamimura's one-shots from late in his career. 1. **Akai Heya** (紅い部屋) 2. **Tootta Onna** (通った女) 3. **Obasan wa Lesbian** (おばさんはレズビアン) 4. **Ichi-you Ura Nisshi: Takekurabe no Koro** (一葉裏日誌　たけくらべの頃) 5. **Ichi-you Ura Nisshi: Hanagomori no Koro** (一葉裏日誌　花ごもりの頃) 6. **Ichi-you Ura Nisshi: Nigorie no Koro** (一葉裏日誌　にごりえの頃) 7. **Megitsune** (女狐)

A manga that is just plain macho, bursting with macho quotes from a manly woman