This volume contains two unrelated stories. 1. **Poppoya** Satou Otomatsu is a lonely station master of a small station in Hokkaido, situated at the end of the line in a small village with an aging population. The station is due to close in the coming spring, and he will retire with it. One night in his last winter manning the station, an encounter with a young girl marks the beginning of the events that will see him reflect on his working life - performing his duty as a railroad man, whilst enduring the pain of its cost to his personal life. 2. **Love Letter** Goro just got out from jail, but a police officer wants to talk to him right away. He announces to him that Goro's wife is dead and that he has to go to Chiba and take her body. Goro has no recollection of having a wife, but then he remembers he married a Chinese woman a long time ago. He married her for her money, and had she married him because she needed a Japanese visa to work. In fact, she's a prostitute who came to Japan hoping to find better life. At first, Goro can't be bothered by this situation, but he goes to Chiba just because he can earn a lot of money. Later on, during his trip, Goro finds a letter she wrote him and through it he discovers the pure person that lies beneath this common prostitute. She is a woman of such kindness and love that Goro is moved to learn something about the woman he married. With those few words of love and tenderness, he understands her fears, her goals, and her hopes for the future -- a future that he knows will never come.

An anthology collection with manga & illustrations from Japanese and international artists for the FIFA World Cup 2002. Cover Illustration: Otomo Katsuhiro 1. **I Love This Game** (I LOVE THIS GAME) \[Inoue Takehiko\] 2. **Kaerenai Futari** (帰れない二人, Those Who Will Never Return) \[Atsushi Kamijo\] 3. **Mie-ken no Shounen** (三重県の少年) \[Matsumoto Taiyou\] 4. **Lust for Life \[Mizugame 3** (Asada Hiroyuki, Obata Takeshi, Tajima Sho-u\] 5. **Netsu** (熱\[netsu\]) \[Kusumoto Maki\] 6. **GOAL!!** \[Yoshino Sakumi\] 7. **Sekai wa Mawaru** (世界は回る) \[François Boucq\] 8. **Bateren Nanban Hei Yuuki Joshou** (BATEREN 南蛮西遊記序章) \[Yasuhiko Yoshikazu\] 9. **A Fantastic Dream** \[penthon\] 10. **Montceau-les-Mines VS Pont-Ã -Mousson** (モンソー・レ・ミンヌ VS ポンタ・ムーソン) \[Nicolas de Crécy\] 11. **2002 FIFA World Tea Cup** (2002 FIFA WORLD TEA CUP) \[Frédéric Boilet\] 12. **Soccer no Dendou** (サッカーの殿堂) \[Nicolas de Crécy\] 13. **Robot Battle VI** (ロボットバトルV1) \[Kow Yokoyama\] 14. **Fire Star Man** (FIRE STAR MAN) \[D\[di:\]\] 15. **Fuka** (孵化) \[Taniguchi Jiro\] 16. **Shinpan wa 12-hitome no Senshu!** (審判は12人目の選手!) \[Emile Bravo\] 17. **Penalty Area** (ペナルティエリア) \[Max Cabanne\] 18. **Schweitzer** \[Kuroda Iou\] 19. **Box!** (BOX!) \[Terada Katsuya\] 20. **Galatograd-hatsu Kyoui no Shouri!** (ガラトグラート発 驚異の勝利!) \[Benoît Peeters & François Schuiten\] 21. **Kankoku** (韓国) \[Young Soon Yang\]

Adapted from the Jiro Asada historical novel of the same name and based loosely on true events, the story follows two Shinsengumi during the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Two mysterious tough guys, Ryuji Hoshikawa and Kyotaro Ochiai, win money at the track but have some of their winnings swindled by Tetsu, a member of the Hyakkikai posing as a car dealer. Mr. Makimura, an elderly fish seller, cannot pay off his debts to the Hyakkikai so he jumps in front of a car being driven by Ryuji and Kyotaro but they stop in time and help him by robbing a Hyakkikai gambling den and giving him most of the money in order to repay his debt. From wikipedia