40Kamiemon, whose street name is Kamiemon, is a rough and tumble samurai whom no one calls by his real name. He is ordered by the governor of Izumi to kill all the foxes, but begins to live with a female fox disguised as his beloved wife Okuzu. This is Tezuka's version of the "Kuzunoha" legend concerning the birth of the great scholar Abe no Seimei.
Toshio Yamagata, a young elementary school student, sheds tears every time he listens to the record "The Swan of Tuonela". When he listens to this record, a vivid image of a landscape with a large tree and a white wall appears in his mind, and he believes that this place is his hometown. Toshio's older brother investigates this mysterious phenomenon and discovers that the landscape is from the village of Lien Tao in Vietnam. Furthermore, it becomes clear that there are four other children from different countries who have had similar experiences. To unravel this mystery, these five children are gathered in Vietnam, leading to the revelation of a shocking truth.
-"Tuberculosis" depicts the adventures of Kenichi and his uncle inside a boy's body. After being injected with a drug called ZX that was discovered by Kenichi's uncle, Kenichi and his uncle have shrunk and become very small. When they enter the body of a boy and reach his lung, they find that tubercle bacilli (bacteria) are opening a big hole in the boy's lung. Tubercle bacilli send Mode (a tubercle bacillus), a daughter of Dr. Iyoa (also a tubercle bacillus), to Kenichi and his uncle to learn the human language. The two make friends with Mode, but a war breaks out between the tubercle bacilli and the commandos in the boy's brain, and the two become involved in the war. (Source: Tezuka Osamu Official)
Patients disappeared one after another from a mental hospital. Led by Drome, a wizard from Arabia, as president, the Yokai Club is a group of psychopaths, monsters, and ghosts, all of whom have been ostracized by ordinary people. They take mentally ill patients out of the hospital and induct them as new members. Ken-chan, the nephew of the director of the hospital, Mr. Mustachio, infiltrates the Yokai Club and learns of their goal of turning the world's people completely crazy. Ken-chan escapes from the club and meets Sachiko Sarutobi, the girl they are after, and tells her about the plans of the Yokai Club. Sachiko has an abnormal constitution inherited from her ancestors, which allows her to use ninjutsu. The Yokai Club creates a series of incidents that drive the people of the world insane. Drome's evil influence extends to Mr. Mustachio, but then Sachiko appears, and a showdown between Sachiko's ninjutsu and Drome's magic begins.
Yoshiaki Mikami is 55 years old. As his daughter leaves the nest to look for work in the city, he begins to realize his own old age, which makes him think of his late father. Yoshiaki's father, Yoshio, suddenly died all alone 23 years ago. Yoshiaki was living his own life as a contract worker when he was faced with this major ordeal. As Yoshiaki laid his father to rest, all sorts of thoughts bounced around his head. Osamu Yamamoto, a master of human drama, spins a yarn about human mortality and the bonds between parent and child. (Source: Big Comic Original, translated)
The story is set in 2020. Mamoru, an indoorsy second-year high school student, has a crush on Aya, the pretty girl who lives next door. However, Aya is moving out due to adult reasons. Not wanting to be separated from her, Mamoru musters up his courage and proposes a plan to run away from home. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
