Gouda Mamora

"If I can die by my best friend's hand... By your hand... I'll be happy." Ten years have passed since the execution of death row inmate Watase Mitsuru. Oikawa Naoki, the man who pressed the execution button, continues to suffer. Now assigned to Tama Detention House, Oikawa is once again engulfed by the vortex of capital punishment.

"Hideo... You poor thing..." October 2nd, 2018 - a murder takes place inside a hair salon in Harajuku. The victim: fashion designer Senkawa Ai. The killer: the salon's manager, Masuko Hideo. Masuko has a secret. The pursuers, the pursued, and the harborer. As the mystery of the case unfolds, the darkness within each person comes to light.

Oikawa Naoki, a new prison officer, explores the issues of the death penalty through his friendship with Watase Mitsuru, an inmate on death row. Side-story of the award winning manga Mori no Asagao.

A work which highlights the “present” of the capital punishment system through Oikawa Naoki, a newly recruited prison officer, who faces condemned criminals everyday and agonizes. Based on close and careful research, the author tackles with the serious theme of the “capital punishment system” head-on. Won the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Manga.

Shirakawa Makoto is a medical examiner who can see ghosts. When Makoto resolves their unfinished business, they can finally pass on. However, there is one spirit Makoto can't put to rest—the spirit of his beloved wife, Em...

Hikaru is a medical examiner who examines bodies and investigates the cause of death. Set in Osaka, the series depicts a human drama where difficult cases are solved.

Sakata Kaoru, a boy living in Nekota Ward, Osaka, becomes close with Ueno-san, a beautiful girl who transferred from Tokyo. But Fujiwara, the most popular kid in class, seems to be interested in Ueno-san too... This is a story portraying the innocence of four boys and girls in their 6th year of elementary school.

When an art student known as "Sally" is murdered, Sarutahiko of the Osaka Prefectural Police Department is assigned to the case. He then discovers what appears to be a powdered drug on the victim's face... One of Gouda Mamora's early works.