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An autobiographical manga based on Yoshiharu Tsuge's adolescence. Set in a downtown plating factory, the work follows Mr. Wolves, the owner of the factory, and a young worker named Yoshio, alongside other employees. *Note: Published in Bessatsu Manga Story (April 1973). Republished in Monthly Manga Garo No. 131 (July 1974).*
This work humorously depicts the story of the protagonist and his friends on a fishing trip to Okuaizu. *Note: Published in Custom Comic No. 7 (May 1980).*
A philosophical work that questions the uncertainty of human existence through the disappearance of a dog. *Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 36 (August 1967).*
A grisly tale of a crematorium worker who burned his coworker alive in the furnace, later confessing in a letter to a boy who was accidentally given some of the wrong remains.
A story about a shabby inn in the fishing town of Ajigasawa during winter, based on the author's own travels. *Note: Published in Manga Story (November 1973).*
A penniless student yearns to buy an expensive book that he can’t afford until a small ill-gotten fortune falls into his lap.
*Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 34 (June 1967).*
*Note: Published in Yagyou No. 2 (September 1972).*
A kunoichi plays a long con against a brutish samurai lord, spending years in his detention to fulfill her contract.
A simple rural encounter is charged with sexual tension that is alluring but also fraught with danger. When a young woman happens upon a wing-shot goose, she tries to calm it then suddenly snaps its neck. Later, she befriends a young hunter and offers him shelter, but her motivations remain unclear, especially when the hunter notices a snake in the room where they’ll both be sleeping. (Source: Drawn & Quarterly) *Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 18 (February 1966).*
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).*