Anzai Mizumaru

Publisher Hayakawa is celebrating its 70th anniversary with two manga anthology reprints. One collection is dedicated to mystery works while the other compiles sci-fi stories printed over the publisher's long career. "Mugen Shinshi (Shutchou-hen) Zashiki Oni" by Yosuke Takahashi (p. April 2011 issue Mystery Magazine) "Kao" by Yosuke Takahashi (p. April 2011 issue Mystery Magazine) "Holmes-kun no Himitsu" by Meiko Komichi (p. September 1987 issue Mystery Magazine) "Holmes Kimi no Tsuitachi" by Mizumaru Anzai (p. September 1987 issue Mystery Magazine) "Soiukimiha" by Taku Furukawa (p. September 1987 issue Mystery Magazine) "Holmes Kimi no Iraijin o Sagase!" by Eiji Yokoyama (p. February 1995 issue Mystery Magazine) "Karera" by Jun Ishikawa (p. July 1994 issue Mystery Magazine) "Kowarete Iru ka"" by Yoshihisa Tagami (p. August 2001 issue Mystery Magazine) "Yuurei Shitsuji Bangai-hen Soshite Dare mo Inakunattari Shinai" by Yasuko Sakata "Soshite Minna Iru" by Izumi Okaya "Ai no Machikado" by Tsuyako Haraniku (p. July 2007 issue Mystery Magazine) "Soshite Dare ka Inaku natta" by Shinji Ohara "Inu wa Kanjou Shikiremasen" by Chuuya Chikazawa "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" by Keita Yatera "Koko Chiyoi Basho" by Asami Shimoda "Seinaru Shinnyuu" by Masakazu Ishiguro "Mahou Shoujo Time-chan Sono 2 Jiryuuya no Kai Jiken" by Akihito Yoshitomi "To, Aru Hi no Watashi to Takeru" by Natsujikei Miyazaki "Mugen Shinshi (Eigyou-hen) Come Mad and Go–Saa Ki Chigai ni Narinasai" by Yosuke Takahashi

A massive, 1200 page anthology gathering one-shots from every Garo mangaka up until 1984.

If I could describe it in a few words, I’d say “poetic”, “lonely”, and “deliberate”. There’s a touch of the sadness that comes at the end of summer, the transition into cold and quiet. It feels heavy with undertones. Every word seems deliberate and filled with meaning.