Edo period, a young draftsman, Sutehachi, arrives at Katsuhika Hokusai's house, the genius of the print and his daughter O-ei. If the boy's passion for drawing does not give way to that of the master, haunted just like him by the passion of the print, he is also very attracted by the world of pleasures.

Seiichi Hayashi produced Red Colored Elegy between 1970 and 1971, in the aftermath of a politically turbulent and culturally vibrant decade that promised but failed to deliver new possibilities. With a combination of sparse line work and visual codes borrowed from animation and film, the quiet melancholy lives of a young couple struggling to make ends meet are beautifully captured in this poetic masterpiece. Uninvolved with the political movements of the time, Ichiro and Sachiko hope for something better, but they're no revolutionaries; their spare time is spent drinking, smoking, daydreaming, and sleeping--together and at times with others. While Ichiro attempts to make a living from his comics, Sachiko's parents are eager to arrange a marriage for her, but Ichiro doesn't seem interested. Both in their relationship and at work, Ichiro and Sachiko are unable to say the things they need to say, and like any couple, at times say things to each other that they do not mean, ultimately communicating as much with their body language and what remains unsaid as with words. Red Colored Elegy is informed as much by underground Japanese comics of the time as it is by the French Nouvelle Vague, and its cultural referents range from James Dean to Ken Takakura. Its influence in Japan was so large that Morio Agata, a prominent Japanese folk musician and singer songwriter, debuted with a love song written and named after it. "I wanted to live like Sachiko and Ichiro; to have aspirations even while living stoically and humbly." --Morio Agata (Source: Drawn and Quaterly)

A collection of short stories: 1. **Nejishiki** (ねじ式, Screw-Style, The Stopcock), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-06 2. **Numa** (沼, The Swamp), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-02 3. **Chico** (チーコ, Chirpy), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-03 4. **Hatsu Take-gari** (初茸がり, Mushroom Hunting), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-04 5. **Sanshouuo** (山椒魚, The Salamander), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-05 6. **Touge no Inu** (峠の犬, The Dog from Prayer Pass), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-08 7. **Uwasa no Bushi** (噂の武士, The Phony Warrior), Monthly Manga Garo 1965-08 8. **Ondol Koya** (オンドル小屋, The Ondol Shack), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-04 9. **Gensenkan Shujin** (ゲンセンカン主人, Master of the Gensenkan Inn), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-07 10. **Chouhachi no Yado** (長八の宿, Chohachi Inn), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-01 11. **Ooba Denki Mekki Kougyou-sho** (大場電気鍍金工業所, Oba's Electroplate Factory), Bessatsu Manga Story 1973-04

In this collection of hauntingly elliptical short stories, Oji Suzuki explores memory, relationships, and loss with a loose narrative style, filling each tale with a sense of unfulfilled longing. He plumbs the dissolute depths of human psychology, literally bathing his characters in expansive shadows that paradoxically reveal as much as they obscure.

1. **Akai Hana** (紅い花, Red Flowers), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-10 2. **Ri-san Ikka** (李さん一家, The Lee Family), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-06 3. **Tsuya** (通夜, The Wake), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-03 4. **Umibe no Jokei** (海辺の叙景, Scenes from the Seaside), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-09 5. **Nishibeta Mura Jiken** (西部田村事件, The Incident at Nishibeta Village), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-12 6. **Futamata Keikoku** (二岐溪谷, Futamata Gorge), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-02 7. **Honyara Hora no Ben-san** (ほんやら洞のべんさん, Mister Ben of the Honyara Cave), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-06 8. **Jonin** (女忍, The Ninjess), Ryuuko 1961-02, redrawn and -published in Monthly Manga Garo 1966-12 9. **Furuhon to Shoujo** (古本と少女, The Secondhand Book), Meiro2 1960-02, redrawn and -published in Monthly Manga Garo 1966-09 10. **Mokkiriya no Shoujo** (もっきり屋の少女), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-08 11. **Yanagiya Shujin** (やなぎ屋主人), Monthly Manga Garo 1970-02 & 1970-03 12. **Shomin Onyado** (庶民御宿), Manga Sunday 1975-04 13. **Kinjo no Keshiki** (近所の景色), Custom Comics 1981-10 *Note: Chapter 11 was originally published in two parts, the chapter count reflects that.*

Over four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tastsumi expanded the horizons of comics storytelling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary short stories about the private lives of everyday people. He has been called "the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics" and has influenced generations of cartoonists, but, until now, the majority of his works has remained unavailable outside of Japan. By turns poetic, comical, and deeply unsettling, Abandon the Old in Tokyo is a collection of unforgettable short stories from the modern master. *- Drawn & Quarterly* "Starkly beautiful... revelatory... fearless." *- The Village Voice* "Marvelously evocative... Tatsumis's stories flow with dreamlike ambiguity" *- Publishers Weekly* "With both fascination and empathy, Tatsumi explores the lives of people on society's bottom rung and exposes a world of lost souls, unattainable dreams, and unexpected redemption." *- Bookforum*

A collection of war-themed horrific, erotic and grotesque short stories. Includes: 1. **Farewell Showa/Saraba Shouwa** (さらば昭和) 2. **Electric Ant/Denki Ari: Waga Bunretsu no Hanasaku Toki** (電気蟻＜吾が分裂の華咲く時＞) 3. **Hail Death!/Shi yo Banzai** (死よバンザイ) 4. **Farmer No.1/Nourin Ichigou** (農林一号) 5. **Snake Boy/Hebi Shounen** (へび少年) 6. **Poison Strawberry/Hebi Ichigo** (蛇苺) 1 7. **Poison Strawberry/Hebi Ichigo** (蛇苺) 2 8. **Poison Strawberry/Hebi Ichigo** (蛇苺) 3 9. **3rd Year High School Student/Koukou Sannen Sei** (高校三年生) 10. **Children's Art Broadcast/Shounen Gahou** (少年画報) 11. **Nagasaki Prefecture Minamitakaki - Gunnishiariechou Jionji/Nagasaki Minami-takagi Gunnishiariiemchou Jionji** (長崎県南高来郡西有家町慈恩寺) 12. **Michael Jackson's Bad/BAD** 13. **Totally Scary/Tottemo Kowai** (とっても恐い) 14. **Sleeping Man/Nemuri Otoko** (眠り男) 15. **SOJIN** 14. **The Gold Notebook/Cornet d'or** (金の手帳) 15. **Joy Division** 16. **Fake Electric Ant/Gansaku: Denki Ari** (贋作・電気蟻) 17. **Planet Of The Jap** (日本人の惑星)

A group of men wait outside a blood bank exchanging stories while waiting to sell their blood so they can eat for the day.

It’s the 17th century in Japan. Child outcast Kamui lives on the fringes of a miserably stratified society. Fueled by pure grit, rage, and a dash of cunning, his only way out is to take up the mantle of ninja. Follow scrappy peasants, cold-blooded ninja, and warriors both disgraced and exalted as they navigate the unforgiving hardships of a violent yet hopeful age. With its vivid and critical attention to social injustice and environmental issues against a backdrop of heart-pounding action and romance, this multilayered gekiga drama not only redefined ninja and samurai fantasy, it also offers astonishing parallels with the modern day. (Source: Drawn & Quarterly)

1. Miyoko Asagaya Kibun 2. Guntou 3. Burai no Omokage 4. Asagaya Shinjuu 5. Pistol 6. Kawa 7. Shizuka na Pink 8. Rakkasan 9. Renai 10. Kiss

Oneshots created in 'gekiga' style. A lone man travels the country, projecting pornographic films for private individuals while attempting to maintain a normal home life. A medical student lives a secret life as a sperm donor, and finds his world turned upside down when his donations are rejected by the fertility clinic. A young couple's marriage is irrevocably affected when a sewer rat takes up residence in their home. The lives of two men become intertwined when one hires the other to observe his sexual escapades through a telescope. An auto mechanic's obsession with a female TV personality turns fatal after a chance meeting between the two. The volume consists of the short stories: Piranha, Projectionist, Black Smoke, The Burden, Test Tube, Pimp, The Push Man, Sewer, Telescope, The Killer, Traffic Accident, Make-Up, Disinfection, Who Are You?, Bedridden, My Hitler

Everything would have been perfect in the best of possible worlds if Death had not decided to come and pick up the hero's little sister. Despite being a kitten, he does not intend to let himself be carried away by this sinister character. Between fascination for the absurd, and immoderate taste for a sweet wickedness, Nekojiru stages Nyato and Nyata, who under their airs of cute little kittens, will set fire to the whole planet. (Source: IMHO, translated) *Note: \-Originally serialized in Monthly Manga Garo for 31 chapters, starting with the 1990-06 and ending with the 1995-10 issue. \-Incomplete 2-volume tankoubon (23 chs) published by Seirindo in 1992 and 1995. \-Complete 3-volume tankoubon published by Bungeishunjuu in 1998 and 1999. This tankoubon collects all chapters with the exception of "□nugoroshi no Maki" (□ぬごろしの巻). It additionally includes 3 newly drawn chapters (one in each volume) as well as the One Shot "Nyango-tan" (にゃんごたん) by Nekojiru-y, originally published in COMIC Gon No. 3 (November 1998). \-The tankoubon releases change the order of the chapters. The credits on this entry are according to this ordering. \-The chapter "Neko Saiban no Maki" (ねこさいばんの巻) was published in English as "kitty court drama" in the anthology "Sake Jock" by Fantagraphics Books.*