From Ponent Mon: Seventeen authors (nine from France or French-speaking countries, eight from Japan) brought together in the same book, a succession of freely created short stories about the same universe: Japan. The French, of course, journeyed to Japan for the occasion. Each cartoonist was sent for two weeks to a different city in the archipelago (Joann Sfar in Tôkyô, Emmanuel Guibert in Kyôto, Nicolas de Crécy in Nagoya, etc.) to bring back an original creation. The Japanese tell us about their district, the city where they live or where they originally come from (Kazuichi Hanawa's story being about the northern island of Hokkaido, Jiro Taniguchi's about the town of Tottori, etc.) The result is often inspired, always surprising: Japan through new eyes. "Japan" will appear simultaneously in French, Japanese, Spanish, Italian and English. Along with "A Patch Of Dreams" by Hideji Oda, it is the first step in a series of international creations with left-to-right reading direction, created for us by some of the best European and Japanese comic book artists. List of included short stories: At the Seaside - [TAKAHAMA Kan](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=4331) The Gateway - David Prudhomme Summer Sky - [TANIGUCHI Jiro](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=714) Now I Can Die! - Aurélia Aurita Osaka 2034 - François Schuiten & Benoît Peeters Shin.Ichi. - Emmanual Guibert The New Gods - Nicolas de Crécy *Kankichi* - [MATSUMOTO Taiyou](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=361) The Tokyo of Qualtérou - Joann Sfar The Sunflower - [Little Fish](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=19995) The Song of the Crickets - [ANNO Moyoco](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=152) In Love Alley - [Frédéric Boilet](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=6069) The City of Trees - Fabrice Neaud The Festival of the Bell-Horses - [IGARASHI Daisuke](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2216) In the Deep Forest - [HANAWA Kazuichi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2080) Sapporo Fiction - Étienne Davodeau

Satsuki is a hard-working designer. She finishes all her jobs on-time so that she can pursue her hobby of doujin artist. Satsuki keeps her hobby a secret at work, until an idol-otaku suddenly proposes to her at an event(......) , and the man turns out to be her colleague, Takimoto-san. At work, he is an able businessman known for his cool efficiency, but in private he is a full-blown otaku. (Source: ComicWalker, translated)

A doujin-artist woman and an idol-otaku man start a fake marriage and end up living a super fun married life!

The serious class president is adorably mischievous when it’s just the two of them! Feeling a bit out of place at home, I’m working part-time in the bustling nightlife. One day, when I helped a girl who was being harassed by a thug… it turned out to be our class president, Yoshino Sara! “I get tired when I’m always so strict, so sometimes I *transform* into my true self,” she said. With a sense of camaraderie, we establish a secret friendship where we can show our true selves to each other. “But I never expected to be playing rock throwing games with a girl at this age!” “Come on, it’s fun! Oh, and I want to go to the candy store with you too!” In truth, Yoshino is innocent and childlike. A ‘little mischievous’ friendship begins where we can just be ourselves!

Rieko is a video producer who has always prioritized work while leaving her love life on the back burner. Mei is a housewife who lost her happy marriage and her place to live, due to her husband's betrayal. Rieko told Mei, "If we are going to live together, let's do something different with our lives." Their life together, which began with the promise of change, began to take on color as one fell in love with the man of her dreams, one had a fling with a young singer, and more....... Finally, a light began to shine on the future they had lost sight of. (Source: Comic Bridge, translated)