Kayama Tetsu

In this land sandwiched between seas, there are 4 countries. People live different lifestyles in each region. Recently, Kankan, a boy living in a village in the northern country Leteite, is not satisfied with his life. “It seems strange to make something that no one in my town can afford.”.One day, Kankan, feeling the struggling of his people and the town's stagnation, suddenly decides to venture out into the outside world.A fantasy story about the powerless finding a place to belong!Additional Links:Buy original Michikusa Comics Volume 1: Amazon, CDJapanOfficial Guide Website

With Berline Uwa no Sora finished, Kayama Tetsu prepares for his next work.Additional Links:Supplement

This is a record of “Mercury”, Kayama Tetsu's first solo art exhibition. It carefully describes how he prepared, how he dealt with anxiety, and the process from the opening of the exhibition to its end. Photos and explanations of the actual works exhibited are also included.

Semi-fictional autobiographical manga about living in Berlin, Germany, and doing various things.Individual Chapter Retail Links:Berlin AbsentmindednessBerlin Absentmindedness: UntergrundBerlin Absentmindedness: Lange Schlange

A manga artist living in Europe, Kayama Tetsu heard about a country with a strangely attractive name, “Mindkuwait”, from a man he met at a cafe during his stay in Poland. Immediately, the author set out to explore this place, embarking on an imaginary journey from Berlin, Germany, through a fictional European landscape. Enjoying the cultures and lifestyles of various countries he visits for the first time, analyzing societies through the streets' appearances, the author continues his journey. What is this “Mindkuwait” he ultimately reaches? What is the crucial “state of heart” he discovers there? This is a travel essay that weaves fiction, imagination, and philosophical contemplation throughout, recording an inner journey.

Work, romance, personal relationships… and even his only hobby, drawing comics, he can't do satisfactorily. Nothing goes well for the young man, Siegel, who is burdened by his youth. But when he meets Mephistopheles, who knows Siegel's hidden talent, he awakens to the only ability he possesses: nostalgia power! Resolving to die once because of Mephistopheles, he sets off for a new world: β World! Kayama Tetsu's Faust, while based on Goethe's Faust, is overall conceived as different from it. The series will have 3 parts. Part 1 is completed and released as a volume (or in 2 halves digitally). 40 pages of Part 2 were created in 2015, and it will be resumed when there's time. Part 3 has been entirely plotted out, but work on it has not yet started.

A collection of short comics.Additional Buy Links:Suruga-yaMANDARAKETACO ché

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