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) \[Fumiko Takano\]

Rikidozan, the champion of Japan Pro Wrestling, teamed up with Toyonori in the Asia Tag Team Championship match against the monstrous duo of Great and The Satan. The match ended in a win, but the vindictive Great and the Satan duo asked for a rematch two weeks later. After the match, Rikidozan met a pair of young orphaned siblings who were big fans. The older brother, Mitsuo, was so excited to shake hands with Rikidozan, that he ran out into the street and got hit by a car! Fortunately, Mitsuo survived, but he was in danger of losing his eyesight. Praying for the safety of his young fan, Rikidozan decided to fight his next match without his special move, the karate chop!

1. **Atom no Saigo** (アトムの最後) \[Osamu Tezuka\] 2. **Yamabiko 13-gou** (ヤマビコ13号) \[Leiji Matsumoto\] 3. **Kyuuryuu** (急流) \[Yasutaka Tsusui\] 4. **Asobidama** (あそび玉) \[Moto Hagio\] 5. **Taiji no Seiki** (胎児の世紀) \[Shoutaro Ishinomori\] 6. **Seibutsu Toshi** (生物都市) \[Daijiro Morohoshi\] 7. **Silvester no Hoshi Kara** (ジルベスターの星から) \[Keiko Takemiya\] 8. **Fuyu no Enban** (冬の円盤) \[Mineko Yamada\] 9. **Konchuu Wakusei** (昆虫惑星) \[Mitsuteru Yokoyama\] 10. **Kinseiju** (金星樹) \[Shio Sato\] 11. **Ridia no Sumu Toki ni...** (リディアの住む時に…) \[Junko Sasaki\] 12. **Milk ga Neji wo Mawasu Toki** (ミルクがねじを回す時) \[Yousuke Takahashi\] 13. **Kima** (樹魔) \[ Wakako Mizuki\] 14. **Zanzou: AN AFTER IMAGE** (残像　AN AFTER IMAGE) \[Yukinobu Hoshino\]

When the company Sakita had been working at went out of business, he returned to his small-city hometown for a second start as the head of a call-girl business, "Fruits Delivery Service." This drama tells the tale of a group of women who, being poor and faced with a variety of life situations, have no choice but to work as call girls. It is a work that calls into question how to deal with the inequalities of society.

The year was 1941, and the Pacific War was imminent. Private Hayato Yabuki was sentenced to hang for protecting an American from the military police. However, with the help of a mysterious soldier, he was secretly rescued and taken to the Nakano School, where he underwent rigorous training to become a military spy. He was given the code name "Kikusui No. 3," and graduated with honors due to his outstanding athletic ability. As his first mission, Kikusui No. 3 was sent to the Philippines to support the war effort from the shadows and protect the Chief of Staff, who was the cornerstone of the unit. However, in the chaos of the enemy counterattack during the battle, the Chief of Staff was captured! If the Chief of Staff is tortured into revealing classified information, it could turn the tide of battle. Relying on the transmitter attached to the Chief of Staff, Kikusui No. 3 located the Chief in the enemy's fortress. Using tricks such as projectors and balloon bombs to confuse the enemy forces, Kikusui No. 3 finally rescued the Chief of Staff with his Daikoku Ninpo techniques, and his first mission was a success. Then, in August 1945, a few days before the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, an American aircraft carrier was sunk by a mysterious explosion, and Kikusui No. 3's weapons trunk was found floating off the coast of Okinawa. Did he fulfill his mission and escape? If the Nakano School had been established five years earlier, could the defeat in the Pacific War have been reversed... Farewell, Kikusui No. 3!