Katou Shinkichi

This series is a set of several extremely short pieces: usually between 2-4 pages in length. They vary wildly in mood, character and art style, and the detail is often stunning. NOTE: this manga was serialized in Kodansha's novel and manga fiction magazine, which does not targeted a specific demographic rather the general reader.

A person cannot be both bound by something and free from it.

Set in the dystopic future: A girl steals a bag from an old woman, a fellow member of a homeless colony. All the bag contains are volume after volume of shojo manga. But even after the girl has finished reading all the volumes, our story is still not complete…

Collection of various oneshots, including Katou Shinkichi’s debut work, which was originally published on November 22, 1990 in Weekly Morning.

Sakai and Shoji are two idiots. Their band, Moozmuz, is eccentric, flamboyant and silly. Gogh, their classmate, is a quiet but intense clothes designer. Watch the friendship between these three artists blossom and suffer, rendered in Shinkichi Kato's vibrant, lively art. The two volumes also contain a pair of one-shots each.

In a different world than the one we live in, a world where Japan is the lone superpower of the world, there is a wildly popular game show called the National Quiz. Every night, people dreaming of riches, fame, vengeance, and happiness compete on the show, for the chance to be granted a wish, any wish they have: the National Quiz has the power to make your wildest dreams come true. It also has the ability, if you lose, to make your life a living hell. This is the story of K-i K-ichi (aka prisoner KK47331), a former actor-turned losing National Quiz contestant-turned wildly popular host of the show, and the people and events surrounding him.