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Kani ni Sasowarete

Also known as An Invitation from a Crab.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Collecting a handful of self-published shorts along with a mix of serialized stories and essays, panpanya's English-language debut mixes art styles and narratives from a range of genres.

If you are ever fortunate enough to see a crab strolling through your neighborhood, please follow its lead. By slowing down to a crab's pace and looking around and about in this world, you too may discover life's many mysteries that are hidden in plain sight.



Tags: Denpa , Josei , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Anthology , Iyashikei , Episodic

Rapid Commuter Underground

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

Zajiro is a salaryman who draws manga during his daily four-hour round-trip commute — a perfectly appropriate activity on a subway that shuttles between fantasy and reality. Today he continues to ride that real/surreal subway, pen in hand, depicting a mysterious underground world where pens take the form of pantographs and elephants amble aboard the train.



Tags: Trains , Full Color , Drawing , Meta , Denpa , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Surreal Comedy , Kemonomimi

Chirorin Dou no Natsuyasumi

Also known as Chirorin Dou no Natsuyasumi.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

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Sumikko no Sora-san

Also known as Sumikko no Sora-san.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

A boy returns to his family home in the country and strikes up an odd friendship with the young girl who lives next door, Sora, who believes the boy is God. However, it is Plato, the boy's pet turtle, with whom Sora develops a strong bond. Plato believes Sora to be the classical Greek philosopher Socrates and calls her his teacher. Together, they ponder the mysteries and wonders of life in the quiet but beautiful countryside.



Tags: Shounen , Rural