Middle-aged salaryman Hiroshi Nakahara accidentally takes a train ride back to his old hometown to visit his mother’s grave. Then for reasons he can’t explain, Hiroshi is transported back in time, and discovers that he’s an 8th grader again, but with all of his adult memories intact.... more>>

Can he, or should he try to change the decisions he made before? But more importantly, can he find his way back to the present day, or is he stuck in the past? <<less

A boy is taken to a nightmarish world, where he stumbles upon twisted visions of humanity's inner demons. What will his trip entail? Will he... more>> be able to return to his former self, or is his new form in the world he now inhabits irreversible? <<less

Who takes the time these days to climb a tree in bare feet to rescue a child’s toy? To stop and observe the birds? To... more>> play in the puddles after a storm? To go down to the sea to put a shell back? The Walking Man does as he strolls at random through urban Japan – often silent, often alone – with his vivid dreams that let time stand still. <<less

KNOW THY FATHER The book opens with some childhood thoughts of Yoichi Yamashita spurred by a phone call at work informing him of his father's... more>> death. So, he journeys back to his hometown after an absence of well over a decade during which time he has not seen his father. But as the relatives gather for the funeral and the stories start to flow, Yoichi's childhood starts to resurface. The Spring afternoons playing on the floor of his father's barber shop, the fire that ravaged the city and his family home, his parents' divorce and a new ‘mother’. Through confidences and memories shared with those who knew him best, Yoichi rediscovers the man he had long considered an absent and rather cold father. <<less

Two linked stories, both revolving around a deadly female assassin. In Hotel Harbour View, a Japanese expatriate in Hong Kong spends his time drinking whisky, photographing a high class prostitute and waiting for death at the hands of the assassin he knows is coming for him. In Brief Encounter, a notorious Parisian assassin is himself marked for assassination and his hunter is no stranger to him.... more>>

Viz published 2 stories. <<less

Five short stories. ... more>>

- Inu wo Kau (Raising a Dog)

- Soshite Neko wo Kau (And Then, Caring for a Cat)

- Niwa no Nagame (View of the Backyard)

- Sannin no Hibi (Three People's Days)

- Yakusoku no Chi (Promised Land)

The first four stories are about the everyday life of a couple living together with their pets.The first one tells the death of an old dog, hence the title. The last one is a bit similar to a later work of the author, Kamigami no Itadaki.

Note: Won the Shogakukan Manga Award (examination committee special) in 1992. <<less

14 pages short story which originally appeared in AERA COMIC'S "Nippon no Manga" anthology.... more>>

To get anything other than the pretty pictures out of this short story, one should have read Natsume Souseki's Sanshiro. <<less

It's the summer of 1967, where 11-year-old Ken'ichi discovers a magic mountain thanks to a salamander trapped in a museum.