Manga like Modern Lovers

Match Ippon no Hanashi

Also known as A Single Match.

Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological , Slice of Life

In this collection of hauntingly elliptical short stories, Oji Suzuki explores memory, relationships, and loss with a loose narrative style, filling each tale with a sense of unfulfilled longing. He plumbs the dissolute depths of human psychology, literally bathing his characters in expansive shadows that paradoxically reveal as much as they obscure.

Tags: Seinen , Anthology , Gekiga

Ougon Kafun

Also known as Gold Pollen and Other Stories.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Seiichi Hayashi (b. 1945) was a leading figure in Tokyo's hotbed of avant-garde artistic production in the 1960s and '70s. He is best known for his lyrical and experimental manga for Garo, the famous alternative comics magazine. The present volume collects a handful of Hayashi’s most important manga from this period, including “Red Dragonfly” (1968), “Yamauba’s Lullaby (1968), and “Gold Pollen” (1971). Published here in their original full color, these stories mix traditional Japanese aesthetics with Pop Art sensibilities, and range in topic from the legacies of Japanese rightwing nationalism and World War II, to the shadow of America over 60s Japanese youth culture.



Tags: Anthology , Seinen , Nudity , Heterosexual , Bondage , Full Color

Mokuzou Mortar no Oukoku: Garo 20-nenshi

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy , Horror , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

A massive, 1200 page anthology gathering stories from every Garo author up until 1984.

Zashiki Warashi (ざしきわらし) [Sanpei Shirato]
Nekonin (ねこ忍) [Shigeru Mizuki]
Unabara no Ken (Musashi no Maki) (海原の剣（武蔵の巻）) [Goseki Kojima]
Kao no Magatta Otoko no Monogatari (顔の曲がった男の物語) [Teppu Hoshikawa]
Mahiru (真昼) [Futoshi Watari]
Ai: Shinshaku Bushido Monogatari (愛─新釈武士道物語─) [Hiroshi Hirata under the name Issei Kaji]
Chiko (チーコ) [Yoshiharu Tsuge]
Wakakusa Manpo (若草漫歩) [Mitsuo Fujisawa]
Uchuu no Dekigoto (宇宙の出来事) [Shintarou Tashiro]
Natsu (夏) [Ryouichi Ikegami]
Kakashi ni Kitaeru no Hanashi: Series Kiirooi Namida (かかしにきいたかえるの話─シリーズ 黄色い涙─) [Shinji Nagashima]
Rokunomiya Himeko no Higeki (六の宮姫子の悲劇) [Kuniko Tsurita]
Kyodai na Sakana (巨大な魚) [Seiichi Hayashi]
Doro Ningyou (どろ人形) [Hino Hideshi]
Umi Hoozuki (海ほおずき) [Keiko Naka]
Hana Arashi no Goro: Terajimachou Kidan (花あらしの頃─寺島町奇譚─) [Yuu Takita]
Nagamochiuta Kou (長持唄考) [Takao Yaguchi]
Uki (2) (雨季(二)) [Tadao Tsuge]
Wakaremichi (わかれみち) [Yoshihiro Tatsumi]
Tako ni Natta Shounen (たこになった少年) [Sanpo Yodogawa]
Kantaro Tsuki (かんたろ月) [Susumu Katsumata]
Urabure Yokaze (うらぶれ夜風) [Yukio Kawasaki]
Ame no Iro (雨の色) [Oji Suzuki]
Matsuko Ojichan no Nageki (マツコおじちゃんの嘆き) [Ryuuzan Aki]
Boku no Debu Inko-chan (ぼくのデブインコちゃん) [Maki Sasaki]
Burai no Omokage (無頼の面影) [Shinichi Abe]
Maboroshi no Shoujo: Wakouji Hakushakutei no Trouble (幻の少女･和小路伯爵邸のトラブル) [Hiroji Tani]
Niku Yashiki (肉屋敷) [Kazuichi Hanawa]
Kita e no Tabibito (北への旅人) [Shouichi Yoshida]
Saisetsu ni Mau… (彩雪に舞う･･････) [Shouhei Kusunoki]
Oza-shiki (おざ式) [Genpei Akasegawa]
Saikai (再会) [Hiroshi Masumura]
Murasaki no Densetsu (Image STATION) (紫の伝説(イメージSTATION)) [Masuzou Furukawa]
Zettai Kyuujitsu (絶対休日) [Shigenobu Akiyama]
Areta Umibe (荒れた海辺) [Anzai Mizumaru]
Kushii-kun no Hatsumei (クシー君の発明) [Yuuji Kamosawa]
Boxer (毆者(ボクサー)) [Mitsuhiko Yoshida]
Nobori Tako (昇り凧) [Moribi Murano]
Penguin Gohan (ペンギンごはん) [Teruhiko Yumura + Shigesato Itoi]
Ai no Arashi (愛の嵐) [Yoshikazu Ebisu]
Boku no Otouto (ぼくの弟) [Shigesato Itoi]
？ [Shinbou Minami]
Sore kara no Iwamoto Musashi Kaidan (それからの岩本武蔵･怪談) [Kyuusoku Iwamoto]
Harry-shi no Koto (ハリー氏のこと) [Hiroshi Matsuo]
Aitsuma Ki (愛妻記) [Misao Hisauchi]
Gyoza Teishoku no Hiru (ギョーザ定食の昼) [Hiromi Hiraguchi]
Otou-san no Neji (お父さんのネジ) [Kazuhiro Watanabe]
Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko (長靴をはいた猫) [Satoshi Shimizu]
Monologue (ものろおぐ) [Youko Kondou]
Modern Lovers (モダン・ラヴァーズ) [Ira Okudaira]
Shouwaru Neko (性悪猫) [Murasaki Yamada]
Seishun no Ase wa Nigai ze (青春の汗は苦いぜ) [Norikazu Kobayashi]
Yakou (夜行) [Kazuo Takayama]
Puisanmura Housoukyoku (ぷいさん村放送局) [Masako Yakuwa]
Gonin Damashi Doufun Bushido: Gensou no Meiji (五人だまし･道糞武士道─幻想の明治─) [Shintarou Kou]
K [Masaaki Oosawa]
Taikutsu na Hi (怠屈な日) [Masayuki Izumi]
Umi no Ohanashi (海のお話) [Kotarou Momotarou]
Futatsu no Makura (Hatsune) (二つ枕(初音)) [Hinako Sugiura]
PHANTASMAGORIA [Shigeru Tamura]
Nobe wa Naku (野辺は無く) [Otoya Mitsuhashi]
Shounen (少年) [Hiromi Morishita]
Itoguchi (糸口) [Michiyo Matsumoto]
Mama to Yobarete Sankagetsu (ママと呼ばれて三ヶ月) [Takashi Nemoto + Jun Takagi]
Local-sen no Gogo (ローカル線の午後) [Osamu Kanno]
Hoto Hoto Nangi na Papa to Mama (ホトホトなんぎなパパとママ)
Hentousen no Natsu (扁桃腺の夏) [Tooru Minegishi]
Modotte Kita Hi (戻ってきた日) [Tomiko Higo]
Srap Skip (スラップスキップ) [Hisaichi Ishii]
Happy Birthday (はぴー・ばーす・でい) [Yuka Haga]
Dou Natten no: Aesop-shiki Manga Kouza (どうなってんの─イソップ式漫画講座─) [Shigeru Mizuki]


Tags: Seinen , Anthology

Daihakken

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life

A collection of short stories by Yoshihiro Tatsumi.

Otoko Ippatsu (男一発, Just a Man)
Haittemasu (はいってます, Occupied)
Wakaremichi (わかれみち, Forked Road)
Sasori (さそり)
Shiiku (飼育)
Tokyo Ubasuteyama (東京うばすて山, Abandon the Old in Tokyo)
Kemono Namida (けもの・なみだ)
Kotsu Kotsu Kotsu (コツコツコツ, Click Click Click)
ORIZURU -S-kun e no Tegami- (ORIZURU -S君への手紙-)
Saikai (再会)
Itoshi no Monkey (いとしのモンキー, Beloved Monkey)
Goodbye (グッドバイ)
Daihakken (大発見)

Several of the stories in this collection were published in English by Drawn & Quarterly in the collections Abandon the Old in Tokyo and Goodbye in 2009.



Tags: Anthology , Tragedy , Gekiga , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical