Tsuge Yoshiharu

Tsuge's debut work based on the Shourui Awaremi no Rei, an edict which existed in the early days of the Edo period during the reign of shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. It depicts the exploits of a mysterious messenger, Hakumen Yasha, who saves people suffering due to the evil law.

The Secondhand Book (古本と少女) A Strange Letter (不思議な手紙) Handcuffs (手錠) The Antlion Pit (蟻地獄) The Ninjess (女忍) The Phony Warrior (噂の武士) Watermelon Sake (西瓜酒) Destiny (運命) An Unusual Painting (不思議な絵) The Swamp (沼) Chirpy (チーコ) Mushroom Hunting (初茸がり) The Wake (通夜) The Salamander (山椒魚) The Lee Family (李さん一家) The Crab (蟹) The Dog from Prayer Pass (峠の犬) Scenes from the Seaside (海辺の叙景)

Kani (蟹, The Crab), Gendai Comic 1970-01-08 Yume no Sanpo (夢の散歩, A Dream Stroll), Yagyou No. 1 (April 1972) Natsu no Omoide (夏の思いで, A Summer Memory), Yagyou No. 2 (September 1972) Geshuku no Koro (下宿の頃), Young Comic 1973-01-10 Jiken (事件), Yagyou No. 5 (April 1974) Yoshio no Seishun (義男の青春), Weekly Manga Sunday 1974-11-09, 1974-11-16 & 1974-11-23 Yoru ga Tsukamu (夜が掴む), Weekly Manga Sunday 1976-09-28 Komatsu Misaki no Seikatsu (コマツ岬の生活), Yagyou No. 7 (June 1978) Soto no Fukurami (外のふくらみ), Yagyou No. 8 (May 1979) Hissatsu Surume Katame (必殺するめ固め), Custom Comic No. 2 (July 1979) Mado no Te (窓の手), Custom Comic No. 6 (May 1980) Yamori (やもり), COMIC Baku No. 10 (September 1986) Umi e (海へ), COMIC Baku No. 12 (May 1987) Betsuri (別離), COMIC Baku No. 13 (June 1987) & No. 14 (September 1987) Note: Chapter 6 was originally published in three and Chapter 14 was originally published in two parts, the chapter count reflects that.

Nejishiki (ねじ式, Screw-Style, The Stopcock), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-06 Sanshouuo (山椒魚, The Salamander), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-05 Tsuya (通夜, The Wake), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-03 Umibe no Jokei (海辺の叙景, Scenes from the Seaside), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-09 Numa (沼, The Swamp), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-02 Touge no Inu (峠の犬, The Dog from Prayer Pass), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-08 Yanagiya Shujin (やなぎ屋主人, Master of the Willow Inn), Monthly Manga Garo 1970-02 & 1970-03 Hatsutake Gari (初茸がり, Mushroom Hunting), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-04 Furuhon to Shoujo (古本と少女, The Secondhand Book), Meiro2 1960-02, redrawn and -published in Monthly Manga Garo 1966-09 Chiiko (チーコ, Chirpy), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-03 Uwasa no Bushi (噂の武士, The Phony Warrior), Monthly Manga Garo 1965-08 Gensenkan Shujin (ゲンセンカン主人, Master of the Gensenkan Inn), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-07 Note: Chapter 7 was originally published in two parts, the chapter count reflects that.

A collection of late-period Yoshiharu Tsuge stories, originally published 1981-1985.

(from amazon.jp): " I, a mangaka who has come to a standstill, may appear to others to be a good-for nothing. I work poorly and earn little, even my wife and children curse me, and I spend my days in idleness, indulging in bizarre fantasies..." This is a work which depicts the agonizing daily life of a worthless mangaka. Official English

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

(from ebookjapan): A man whose beloved wife is stolen by a former pro-wrestler who specializes in the "The Deadly Dried Squid Technique" feels despair when he sees her being raped in front of his eyes.... （The author goes fishing along the Nojiri River, a tributary of the Aizu Tadami River, but stays at an inn that is insensitive to the feelings of travelers... (Fishing Inn in Aizu) \*These works were published between 1979 and 1980. Part of an anthology of short stories.

The outside inexplicably threatens to collapse a man's house, leading him out to a world of anxiety and oddness in this minimalist story.

Oneshot published in Monthly Poem 1977-01.

One-shot Collection of works published between 1965-1984 including: Screw-Style (ねじ式, Nejishiki, ALT. ENG - The Stopcock), June 1968 - A man gets bitten on the arm by a jellyfish on a village beach foreign to him. He sets off desperately searching for a doctor who can heal his bleeding veins… Tsuge's 1st English translated work in Concerned Theatre Japan Vol. 2 #1 as The Stopcock, 1971. It was published again in The Comics Journal #250, February 2003. A sensational and controversial piece that stunned American audiences when published in TCJ. One of Tsuge's "dream stories". To be released as the leading one-shot in Volume 3 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works (April 2023). The Swamp (沼, Numa, ALT ENG. - Marsh), February 1966 - A man meets a strange woman while hunting in a marsh. Released as part of Volume 1 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works and is the leading one-shot. Chirpy (チーコ, Chico), March 1966 - A couple takes care of a java sparrow. Released as part of Volume 1 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works Mushroom Hunting (初茸がり, Hatsutakegari), April 1966 - Rain mysteriously falls around a particular place where a boy and his grandfather plan on going mushroom hunting the next morning… Released as part of Volume 1 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works The Salamander (山椒魚, Sanshouuo), May 1967 - Released as part of Volume 2 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works. The Ondol Shack (オンドル小屋, Ondoru Koya, ALT ENG. - Ondoru House), April 1968- Released as part of Volume 2 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works. Oba's Electroplate Factory (大場電気鍍金工業所, Oba Denki Tokin Kogyosho), April 1973 in Bessatsu Manga Story, republished in Garo July 1974 Published in English in Raw Vol. 2 #2, May 1990. The Dog from Prayer Pass, August 1967 (峠の犬, Touge no Inu, ALT ENG. - The Dog of the Mountain Pass) - Released as part of Volume 2 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works. The Phony Warrior (噂の武士, Uwasa no Bushi, ALT ENG. - The Samurai of Rumors), August 1965 - Released as part of Volume 1 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works. Master of the Gensenkan Inn (ゲンセンカン主人, Gensenkan Shujin), July 1968 - A man visits a town that he finds mysteriously nostalgic. The Chohachi Inn (長八の宿, Chouhachi no Yado), January 1968 - Released as part of Volume 2 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works. Yoshibo's Crime (ヨシボーの犯罪, Yoshiboo no Hanzai), September 1979 Boy (少年, Shonen), July 1981 Aru Mumei Sakka (ある無名作家), September 1984 Official English

Red Flowers (紅い花, Akai Hana), October 1967 in Garo , republished in Garo Zoukangou in June 1968 - Depicts the anxieties of a 14 year-old girl reaching puberty. Also published in English in Raw Vol. 1 #7: The Torn-Again Graphix Magazine, May 1985 .Part of Volume 2 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works. The Lee Family (李さん一家, Ri-san Ikka), June 1967 in Garo, republished in Garo Zoukangou in June 1968 - Part of Volume 2 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works. The Wake (通夜, Tsuya), March 1967 in Garo, republished in Garo Zoukangou June 1968 - Part of Volume 2 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works. Scenes from the Seaside (海辺の叙景, Umibe no Jokei), September 1967-09 in Garo, republished in Garo Zoukangou in June 1968 - Part of Volume 2 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works. The Incident at Nishibeta Village (西部田村事件, Nijibetamura Jiken), December 1967 in Garo, republished in Garo Zoukangou in June 1968 - Part of Volume 2 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works. Futamata Gorge (二岐渓谷, Futamata Keikoku), February 1968 - Part of Volume 2 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works. Mr. Ben of Honyara Cave (ほんやら洞のべんさん, Honyaradou no Ben-san); June 1968 - Part of Volume 2 of the Yoshiharu Tsuge Gekiga Complete Works. Jonin (女忍), February 14th 1961 in Ryuku Furuhon to Shoujo (古本と少女), February 2nd 1960 in Meiro , republished in Garo in September 1966 Mokkiriya no Shoujo (もっきり屋の少女), August 1968 Yanagiya Shujin (やなぎ屋主人), February 1970 Shomin Onyado (庶民御宿), April 1975 in Manga Sunday Kinjo no Keshiki (近所の景色), October 1981 in Custom Comic Official English

The story is set on an island where a boy who successfully stows away on a ship finds himself stranded, a graveyard of stranded ships. The mysterious words and actions of the boy's father, the island's lighthouse keeper, lead to more mysteries, and the events unfold around the lighthouse. A series of interviews with the author, the first in four years, are included as an appendix

The story of a swordsman who goes to great pains to avenge the death of his teacher.