A grand 6-volume compilation of the best short stories in shounen and seinen manga. Curated by Jun Ishikawa, Hisashi Eguchi, Tomofusa Kura, Haruyuki Nakano, Tomohiko Murakami, and Tatsuhiko Yamagami. 


Volume 1, 1960s: 
1. Rakuban (落盤) [Osamu Tezuka] 
2. Dokuro ni Tanomu (どくろに頼む) [Masahiko Matsumoto] 
3. Jinniku Kenjou (人肉献上) [Hiroshi Hirata] 
4. Sensou (戦争) [Sanpei Shirato] 
5. Junpaku no Yuuhi (純白の夕日) [Takao Saitou] 
6. Higuma no Kaze (ひぐまの風) [Kyuuta Ishikawa] 
7. Kijin Club (奇人クラブ) [Shoutaro Ishinomori] 
8. Umibe no Jokei (海辺の叙景) [Yoshiharu Tsuge] 
9. Ikinuki (いきぬき) [Yuusuke Aoyagi] 
10. Kinryouku (禁猟区) [Ryoichi Ikegami] 

Volume 2, late 1960s to 1970s: 
1. Ku Ku Ru Ku Ku Paloma ク・ク・ル・ク・ク・パロマ [Shini Nagashima] 
2. Youka Araune (妖花アラウネ) [Shigeru Mizuki] 
3. Seventeen (セブンティーン) [Kazuhiko Miyaya] 
4. Seventeen (セブンティーン) [Maki Sasaki] 
5. Shinigami (死神) [Mitsuteru Yokoyama] 
6. Hitler Ojisan (ひっとらぁ伯父さん) [Fujio Fujiko A] 
7. Yuubae no Oka ni (夕映えの丘に) [Masaaki Sato] 
8. Aru Ashika no Hanashi (あるあしかの話) [Tetsuya Chiba] 
9. Shitsumon ga Arimasu (しつもんがあります) [Murasaki Yamada] 
10. Karera (彼等) [Kuniko Tsurita] 
11. Yakeppachi no Blues (焼けっぱちのブルース) [Toshihiko Yahagi as Daddy Goose] 

Volume 3, 1970s: 
1. Miyoko Asagaya Kibun (美代子阿佐ヶ谷気分) [Shinichi Abe] 
2. Susumu-chan Dai-shock (ススムちゃん大ショック) [Go Nagai] 
3. Yakou Toshi no Mirai (夜光都市のミライ) [Leiji Matsumoto] 
4. Naojirou Aika (from Fuukyou Elegy) (直次郎哀歌) [Kaiji Kawaguchi] 
5. Jigoku (地獄) [Yoshihiro Tatsumi] 
6. Ryouki no Su (猟奇の巣) [Yukio Kawasaki] 
7. Hebi no Ameyadori (ヘビの雨宿り) [Tadao Tsuge] 
8. Ore wa Boro Boro (俺はぼろぼろ) [George Akiyama] 
9. Autobike Shoujo (オートバイ少女) [Oji Suzuki] 
10. Fuan no Ritsuzou (不安の立像) [Daijiro Morohoshi] 
11. Shuugaku Ryokou (修学旅行) [Kazuo Kamimura] 
12. Chikyuu Boueigun (地球防衛軍) [Tstuhiko Yamagami] 

Volume 4, late 1970s to 1980s: 
1. Lamp no Shita (らんぷの下) [Kei Ichinoseki] 
2. Kagekiri Mori no Gin Harp (from Atagoul Monogatari) (影切り森の銀ハープ) [Hiroshi Masumura] 
3. Tooi Yobi Koe (遠い呼び声) [Yukinobu Hoshino] 
4. Milk ga Neji wo Mawasu Toki (ミルクがねじを回す時) [Yousuke Takahashi] 
5. Koi (恋) [Noma Sabea] 
6. Uchuusen Seizouhou (宇宙船製造法) [Fujio Fujiko F] 
7. Chikyuu Boueigun wa Makenai (地球防衛軍は負けない) [Tatsuo Nitta] 
8. Chiteijin (地底人) [Hisaichi Ishii] 
9 Juunanasai no Mekake (十七歳の妾) [Keizo Miyanishi] 
10. Tatsumaki wo Uru Otoko (たつまきを売る老人) [Hisashi Sakaguchi] 
11. Rikidouzan ga Yattekita (力道山がやって来た) [Etsumi Haruki] 

Volume 5, 1980s: 
1. Bunkyuu Ninen no Bakuretsudan (文久二年の爆裂弾) [Yumekichi Minatoya] 
2. Azemichi Road ni Sexy Neechan (あぜみちロードにセクシーねえちゃん) [Fumiko Takano] 
3. Yakou (夜行) [Masayuki Izumi] 
4. Yamamoto-san no Ojiisan no Baai (山本さんのおじいさんの場合) [Michio Hisauchi] 
5. Watashi no Akachan (わたしの赤ちゃん) [Kenshi Hirokane] 
6. Kira Kuyou (吉良供養) [Hinako Sugiura] 
7. Kameotoko (亀男) [Kazuichi Hanawa] 
8. Fire Tripper (炎トリッパー) [Rumiko Takahashi] 
9. Sayonara Mr. Bunny (さよならMrバニー) [Naoki Urasawa] 
10. Kyoko no Shiroi Mune (杏子の白い胸) [Jun Ishikawa] 
11. Kita no Samurai (北のサムライ) [Jiro Taniguchi & Natsuo Sekikawa] 
12. Denkita-san ga Antenna wo Tate ni Kita Hi (電器屋さんがアンテナを立てに来た日) [Mikio Igarashi] 

Volume 6, 1990s to 2000s: 
1. Hagane no Hito (鋼の人) [Sensha Yoshida] 
2. Play It Again (プレイ イット アゲイン) [Gosho Aoyama] 
3. Hatsukoi Jigokuhen (初恋・地獄篇) [Kyoko Okazaki] 
4. SNOW BLIND [Shinichi Sugimura] 
5. Aoi Kuruma (青い車) [Yoshitomo Yoshimoto] 
6. Nihon no Kazoku (日本の家族) [Taiyo Matsumoto] 
7. Shungeki no Kokuu (舜撃の虚空) [Kazuhiro Fujita] 
8. Junpei (甚平) [Moribi Murano] 
9. Okamoto Aya (岡本綾) [Hisashi Eguchi] 
10. Waga Yoki Wolf (original story by Yasutaka Tsutsui) (わが良き狼) [Miki Tori] 
11. Relief (リリーフ) [Mitsuru Adachi] 
12. Kyuujitsu (休日) [Keigo Shinzo]

A series of short stories (some only a couple pages long) revolving around a girl named Milk. Very surreal.

A strange little slice-of-life story about a group of five men living in the city during the 60s. One is a part-timer at an office, two work in a road crew, a fourth seems to be a university student and the fifth just shows up at a coffee shop at the end. 

A woman is looking in the snow for a white bag she lost and asks a young boy on his way to cram school for help. 
 
Note: Published in Mister Magazine 1994 No. 3.

Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 37 (September 1967).

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