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Taichi Imada lives in poverty, barely scraping by working as a janitor. Due to various uncontrollable and unreasonable events, his depressed state of mind finally reaches the breaking point. (Source: Big Comic Superior, translated) *Note: The grand-prize winning work in the 2nd Big Comic Superior Manga Newcomer Award.*
-APPLE PIE is a bar attached to a liquor store. It serves alcoholic drinks and sweets to go with them. Shino Mizuhara, a sweet-toothed woman who drinks and loves sweets, stops by on her way home from work. She encounters an unexpected pairing of alcohol and sweets at this bar, which is frequented by a unique group of people, including the bar owner Yukimura. (Source: Kodansha, translated) *Note: Chapters 12 to 16 were split into two parts in the original serialization and later combined in the volume release.*
