Yusaku, the son of the village police station, meets a young girl named Neri on the beach and becomes friends with her. However, she has a terrible secret. If she says "I love spiders", she becomes a spider, and if she says "I love lizards", she becomes a lizard... *Note: published in Gekkan Shounen Jump 1981/09 and later compiled in volume 7 of Tiger Books*

This installment of Chikuma Bunko's "contemporary manga" series is curated by Nobuhiko Saito and takes a look at gag manga from inside and outside of the genre. 1. **Televi Kozou** (テレビ小僧) \[Shoutaro Ishinomori\] 2. **Sarutobi Ecchan** (さるとびエッちゃん) \[Shoutaro Ishinomori\] 3. **Black Dan** (ブラック団) \[Jirou Tsunoda\] 4. **Like a Erotic Comic Strip** (ライク ア エロチック コミック ストリップ) \[Kunio Nagatani\] 5. **Gag Guerilla** (ギャグゲリラ) \[Fujio Akatsuka\] 6. **007 Gansaku Mangashuu** (007 贋作漫画集) \[Makoto Wada\] 7. **Mishiranu Hoshi de** (見知らぬ星で) \[Maki Sasaki\] 8. **Shin Manga Bungaku Zenshuu** (新漫画文学全集) \[Shoji Sadao\] 9. **Oh☆Jarry's** (Oh☆ジャリーズ) \[Aki Ryuuzan\] 10. **Terajima-chou Kidan** (寺島町奇譚) \[Yuu Takita\] 11. **Shin, Ari Jigoku** (新、あり地獄) \[Mizuki Shigeru\] 12. **Tomete Kureruna Okkasan (Poster)** (とめてくれるなおっかさん) \[Osamu Hashimoto\] 13. **Toudaiban Bakuto Retsuden** (東大版博徒列伝) \[Osamu Hashimoto\] 14. **Yasuji no Mettameta Gaki: Doukouza** (ヤスジのメッタメタガキ 道講座) \[Yasuji Tanioka\] 15. **Binbou Kuji wo Boku ga Hiku!** (貧乏くじをぼくが引く!) \[Toshihiko Yahagi as Daddy Goose\] 16. **Gekko Kamen Ansatsu Monogatari** (月光仮面暗殺物語り) \[Toshihiko Yahagi as Daddy Goose\] 17. **Sakura Gahou** (櫻画報) \[Genpei Akasegawa\] 18. **Kigeki Shin Shisho Taikei** (喜劇新思想大系) \[Tatsuhiko Yamagami\] 19. **Hinotama Enka** (火の玉怨歌) \[Seiichi Hayashi\] 20. **Kyomen to Shura** (鏡面と修羅) \[Kouichi Tanigawa\] 21. **Jonen Magazineban Tensai Bakabon** (情念魔我人版 天才ばかぼん) \[Shintaro Kou & Toshio Saeki\] 22. **Briefs Hosakan** (ブリーフ補佐官) \[Shigeru Sugiura\] 23. **Baito-kun** (バイトくん) \[Hisaichi Ishii\] 24. **Boku no Suteki na Poshii Obasan** (ぼくのすてきなポシイおばさん) \[Chiki Ooya\] 25. **Wendy no Christmas** (ウェンディのクリスマス) \[Fumiko Takano\]

The setting is Imperial Russia. A young girl, Minya, grew up persecuted and called ”witch” and ”red snow” due to a superstition. After losing her home and falling into poverty, in a strange twist of fate, her hidden music talent is recognized by the great composer Tchaikovsky. (Source: Tezukaosamu.net, translated) *Note: published in Shoujo no Tomo 1955/01-05*

Hoshihiro is a 40 years old virgin that wants desperately a girlfriend. But thanks to his "chastity" he has been chosen as the next fairy king. But in the two weeks until the wedding...

This is a touching fantasy about a boy's friendship with an old umbrella youkai, the Amefuri Kid. *Note: published in Gekkan Shounen Jump 1975/09 and later compiled in volume 3 of Tiger Books*

A petty robber learns of the existence of the "Village of Honesty", where they only tell the truth, and he goes with the purpose of rip off all the townfolk. At the entrance of the village he finds a fork with two beautiful women, one who tells the truth and one who tells lies, and he could make only one question to find the right way.

Akai Kiba is an anthology doujinshi, published between 2002 and 2014. It featured many one-shots from Tsutomu Nihei and other famous mangaka (such as the author of Bokurano, No Longer Human, Blade of the Immortal and Dorohedoro). The anthology spanned 9 total volumes and was sold at the Comiket.

1) **38-do Senjou no Kaibutsu** (３８度線上の怪物/The Monster of the 38th Parallel) 2) **Kasei kara Kita Otoko** (火星からきた男/A Man from Mars) 3) **Kaseki Ningen** (化石人間/The Fossil Man) 4) **Kaseki Ningen no Gyakushuu** (化石人間の逆襲/The Fossil Man Strikes Back)

Kamiemon, 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.