Tsunoda Jirou

Jiro Tsunoda's version of Kaidan. Yuki-onna, Hoichi Miminashi (Hoichi the Earless), Rokurokubi. Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, aka Koizumi Yakumo, revived these ghost stories in the Meiji era by scouring Japanese classical literature and collecting folklore.From his works such as "Kaidan" and "Kotto", Jiro Tsunoda, a leading occult mangaka, has carefully selected 15 must-read stories to present this definitive collection of Yakumo's works.Won the Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in 1997

(from ebookjapan): Yuko Hondo is an ordinary girl who becomes possessed by the "Horror Newspaper" and is plunged into the depths of misfortune and fear. The newspaper causes a chain of turmoil around her, not only for her parents, but also for her uncle and aunt.... Fumito Tagaki, a transfer student who was victimized by the Horror Newspaper, approaches Yuko. He was fatally injured in an accident and died, but to her surprise, the spirit of Rei Onigata resides in him and he was able to come back to life. The two work together to fight the evil forces of the "Horror Newspaper"!　 Ten years have passed since the original "Horror Newspaper". Tonight, too, someone will receive it and experience a tidbit of misfortune!

(from ebookjapan): The father of a high school girl, Hatsune Kozumi, is the abbot of Hoshuzan Kurinji Temple. At the temple's main hall, a "Hyakumonogatari no Kai" (Hundred Tales Club) is held every month. Hatsune's friends, as well as psychics and psychic researchers, attend the meeting to discuss real-life bizarre occurrences and horror stories, including psychic phenomena, yokai, curses, and black magic. This is an authentic horror manga that uses real-life examples and scientifically verifies bizarre phenomena!

(from ebookjapan): Horror manga master Jiro Tsunoda depicts the seven terrifying wonders associated with various schools in this school psychic manga. At a girls' high school, a rumor circulates that a handsome man's ghost appears in the art room. Shinobu, a high school girl who refuses to believe the rumor, goes to the art room after school just for the fun of it, and encounters a handsome male ghost as rumored. At that moment, the ghost asks her, "What is your name...?" Shinobu is then approached by...!

(from ebookjapan): "Hyataro of the Ushiro " returns with a sequel! Junior high school student Ichitaro Ushiro is involved in a series of mysterious phenomena as if guided by his guardian spirit, Hyataro. This time, he is guided by a mysterious girl, Miu Fuka, to visit the "Parapsychology Research Institute", which researches spirits, and is again involved in mysterious phenomena.... Ichitaro, Hyataro, and their dog, Zero, a psychic dog. The three of them must work together to unravel the mysterious phenomenon!

(from ebookjapan): Tameko Ishigami, who works for a travel agency, goes on an unusual occult tour of Tohoku and encounters a variety of spirits. She had bizarre spiritual experiences at Lake Jusanko in Tsugaru, and at Mount Osorezan in Shimokita, also haunting the accompanying psychic researcher, Makisusuke, and psychic, Reiko Maya. And what was the true nature of the spirit that possessed Tameko? It is a message from the spirit world that exists in everyone!

(from ebookjapan): A psychological gekiga in which Emu Shichijo, a psychic, saves people who are afflicted by spirits. Yumi is a woman who has bad luck with men. When an arranged marriage proposal breaks up, Yumi is told by Emu Shichijo, whom she meets by chance, that she is possessed by the spirit of a doll...?

One night, Natsume, a TV scriptwriter, had a dream in which lotus flowers and ukiyo-e paintings appeared. In the dream, Natsume had relations with the woman in the Shunga painting. The next morning, he found a fertilized egg in a brandy glass in his room...! The fertilized egg continues to grow in the glass with the scent of lotus flowers. Natsume begins to pursue the mystery of the lotus flower and the ukiyo-e... Jiro Tsunoda's ambitious work combines the occult and SEX!

(from ebookjapan): Nijiko and Kaori were ordinary OLs, but dreaming of an elegant life, they entered the nightlife world to become "Ginza Hanazoku", the most prestigious hostesses in Ginza. However, behind this seemingly glamorous world lies a life of love and hate. This is a realistic nightlife world based on in-depth interviews. A story of butterflies in Ginza, where the thoughts of customers, colleagues, and each other intersect.

(fromebookjapan): This baseball drama depicts the tragic struggle of the players to make it to the first team under the "Flag of the Second-Stringers", a symbol of the tears of the second team players covered in blood, sweat, and mud. Natsuki, the ace of the Fierce Tigers, who boasts having one of the best pitches in the league, somehow messes up his pitching in a game against the Chubu Tigers and gets hit by a series of pitches. So reporter Minami investigates the Natsuki strategy developed by Chubu's batting coach Haida, and...?

(from ebookjapan): Ryu Komagata is a junior high school student who has a father who runs an outlandish betting Shogi parlor called "Serious Master" for a living. One day, Keisuke Torafura, a betting Shogi player who had turned his father's fate upside down, appears on the scene. In order to stop his father from challenging him to a fight that would plunge the family to the bottom again if he loses, Ryu challenges his father to a serious game of Shogi, a game he has always hated... This is a legendary Shogi manga that many professional players, including Zenji Hanyu, aspired to become professionals after reading this work!

(from ebookjapan): This is a bizarre and sexy manga by the master of horror manga, Jiro Tsunoda, depicting men who are at the mercy of a demon woman, Mako. A young man is walking through an empty town at night when all the bars he frequents close early, and he is lured by a beautiful, half-naked woman standing in the street, Mako, into a strange restaurant called Walpurgis. There, the young man drinks a drink called "Witch's Blood" and spends a night of wonderful pleasure and...!

(from amazon.jp): Mino Katase, a beautiful OL, recalls a strange scene as she waits for her lover, Naoto Otani. Whenever she shared a bed with him at a dizzying moment, she would see a white flash explode in her head and glasses and masks would break. Was it a sign of things to come? An old fortune teller passing by also warns Mino that he is going to leave her. When she dreams that Otani is sleeping with another woman and talking disparagingly about her, will Mino's fears come true? Is Mino's psychic power real? A collection of occult romance manga that only Jiro Tsunoda could depict. Showing the drama between a man and a woman with a psychic theme.

(from ebookjapan): The PSI Investigation Room. It is a special team that is assigned a small room next to the Kuki Police Station's Investigation Section 1 as a private reference agency. Their mission is to solve cases involving "paranormal phenomena" that cannot be solved by modern science. The clairvoyant Kyosuke and the psychic Ko take on the tough cases!

(from ebookjapan): Sonota Kimiwa, the son of a taiyaki shop owner in downtown Tokyo, is a self-proclaimed manga enthusiast. While his classmates are thinking about their future as they prepare for high school entrance exams, Sonota decides to become a mangaka! However, Sonota, who has always been a bit of a dope in every way, is unable to get his friends or his parents to recognize his dream. Determined, Sonota goes to see Osamu Tezuka, the master mangaka, for advice, but what happens?

(from ebookjapan): One day, strange incidents began to occur one after another around Hokuto Issei. One after another, people whom Hokuto found unfavorable began to disappear. And before he knew it, a birthmark of the Big Dipper appeared on Hokuto's face.... Who are Kotoe, a glowing girl with an eerie secret, and the mysterious man, Cancer Shiratori, whom they met at the same time? And what is the key word "Fire of Megiddo"? This is the story of a boy who was ordered by aliens to purge the earth!

(from ebookjapan): A school horror manga by the master of horror manga, Jiro Tsunoda. He depicts a terrifying event that took place at school. Tori, a member of the class council, dies in a traffic accident while shouting, "Mita-san is scary". Ishihara, who was elected as a new class member in place of Tori, is summoned to the science laboratory by Sanda, a female student who is also a class member...?

(from ebookjapan): This is the legendary occult manga! Welcome to the psychic world that cannot be explained by science. A world where psychic dogs speak human language and bizarre phenomena occur... Ichitaro Ushiro, whose psychic scientist father discovered his "talent for the occult," has a series of horrifying experiences with his guardian spirit "Ushiro no Hyakutaro"... ESP cards, psychic photography, and an itako at Mount Osorezan (Mt. Osorezan). This blockbuster hit work explores a variety of mysterious themes, and was the catalyst for the ESP and Occult boom in Japan!

(from MangaUpdates): There exists a horrific newspaper called the Horror Newspaper that foretells of people’s extreme misfortunes.

(from ebookjapan): Seitoku Juen, the son of the bathhouse owner, is the naughtiest and the most mischievous boy in his class. He screws up everything he does, and his well-meaning actions always backfire. His parents are angry at him for his poor grades, and the general kids bully him... However, he has a pure heart and will not tolerate anything crooked. He wants to be a great big brother for his cute little sister, Taishi, but what will he do?

(from ebookjapan): Keiko goes to Mount Osorezan, where the spirits of the dead gather, to meet Kuramoto, the man who ruined her life and died. Keiko becomes doubtful about the existence of "itako" or itako who summons spirits and draws them to her, and decides to go back home. On the bus on her way home, she meets a man traveling alone, and they decide to go together. However, when Keiko sees a man who looks exactly like Kuramoto at Aomori station, she unintentionally chases after him and...?

(from ebookjapan and bookwalker.jp): Fumie moves to Tokyo to become a hairdresser. One day, she decides to have double eyelid surgery to eliminate her inferiority complex. That was the beginning of her unhappy life. Her humble and unattractive life turns into a glamorous life that makes men look back at her, but it does not last long, and her desire for beauty never stops. What will become of Fumie's future as she repeatedly undergoes plastic surgery? Jiro Tsunoda depicts women wandering in the city of love, including the leading work "When The False Flower Dies" which beautifully depicts women's insatiable desire for beauty with medical explanations, without ending with a story that is merely a curiosity. This is the third volume of this masterpiece collection, which shows a side of the mangaka that is not limited to occult manga.

(from ebookjapan): Rosita Hill, a flamenco dancer from Shinjuku, was a woman who devoted her entire life to flamenco. Day after day, night after night, flamenco was the only thing on her mind and in her heart. People around her felt a certain danger. And it became a reality. This is a unique work that philosophically depicts what happens to people who are cornered and driven, using a flamenco dancer as its subject. In addition, Jiro Tsunoda depicts women wandering in the city of love. This is the fourth in a series of masterpieces that showcases a side of the manga artist that is not limited to occult manga.

(from ebookjapan): Shindo, a self-proclaimed playboy salesman, is approached by a beautiful woman who is drinking alone at a club. Shindo is thrown into a tizzy by the beauty, who guesses his age, personality, occupation, etc. The beauty tells him not to approach her until he solves the riddle, "Who sits on the sphinx with the chair?" Shindo is swept along by the pace of the beautiful woman, and is told by her not to speak to her until he solves the riddle of "Who sits on the sphinx?" Shindo tries to solve the riddle with the help of a strange card given to him by the beautiful woman...?

(from ebookjapan): A hot-blooded baseball manga by one of the biggest names in manga, Jiro Tsunoda!　Saburo is a boy who is passionate about baseball. When he goes to his usual field for team practice, he finds an unfamiliar youth baseball team practicing hard and looking like pros. They call themselves the "Meguro Idols" and display the team's "flag" on the field, and insist on taking it over!　 After an argument, the team that wins the baseball game gets to use the field!　 What will the outcome of the game be...?

(from ebookjapan): Guriguri, who was very popular in "Strange Bug Kabuton", is now the main character! He becomes an astronaut, explores the planet Raqqa, and becomes a teacher at the "Guriguri Academy". The cheerful and fun, quintessential gag manga!

(from ebookjapan): Kabuton is mean and loves pranks, and Guriguri is a good-natured fellow who can only play small pranks. They make a whale swim by filling up a baseball field with water, or catch an angler from the sea using money or a lunch box as bait!!

(from ebookjapan): A passionate baseball manga by the master of the manga world, Jiro TSUNODA!　 The theme of this work is "baseball", and it depicts the importance of having rivals who support and encourage us to strive and grow as human beings!　 Yashiro is a boy who never neglects his efforts to win in everything, including sports, fights, and studies. When he sees Todoroki, a man who is very active in youth baseball, he declares himself a one-sided rival. At first, Todoroki does not take him seriously, but he is gradually taken in by Yashiro's pace...!　 Volume 1 shows Yashiro in the throes of misfortune and adversity!

(from ebookjapan): Original source material for the popular TV anime "Hana no Pinyunpyunmaru"! Awatemaru, an apprentice ninja at Kouga Elementary School, is always late and gets scolded by his teacher. Just then, his rivals from Iga Elementary School attack, and all is not well! Let the slapstick gag comedy of the little ninjas begin!

(from ebookjapan): This is a story of a sweet Ainu girl, Machi, who lives in Hidaka, Hokkaido, and her pony, full of the spirit of travel.

(from ebookjapan): The world's dumbest gang, that's right, "The Black Company". Consisting of the leader of the gang, Kato Koneko, a.k.a. Capone, is the "biggest" gangster in the world. Taro, with his fat belly button and heart. And Jiro, who has a scar across his face. They are three goofball gangsters who have never once succeeded in a mission, but for some reason, they are relentlessly pursued by the Oni detective Higetora. "Dang it, you'll see, I'm going to succeed in my mission today!"

(from ebookjapan): This is a poignant jidaigeki manga about Super Manbe, a skilled samurai with a strong sense of justice and a kind heart, who goes on an unusual journey to exterminate a group of villains. Manbe subdues a rampaging horse with his bare hands and then makes the acquaintance of Senkichi, a horse boy who hates samurai. Later, Senkichi's horse is almost taken by the arrogant samurai Shigebei Nagashima, but Manbe rescues him...?

(from ebookjapan): Rumi lives with her brother in a shabby apartment. Although she is not rich, she lives a very happy and joyful life. Even though she has not yet started school, she follows her older sister to the fourth grade classroom every day. This is a heartwarming story about the adorable Rumi and the people around her. This is a legendary rare work that is said to be the pinnacle of children's manga.

This work, "The Inugami Family," is one of the finest masterpieces among Yokomizo's many works. The founder of the Inugami Zaibatsu, the wealthy Inugami family, has died. His illegitimate children, grandchildren, and the appearance of a third party have finally begun a bloody inheritance struggle. The axe, the koto, the chrysanthemum—a horrifying murder case reminiscent of the three sacred treasures passed down through the Inugami family. Who will be the third victim?! And what do the brightly colored poppies adorning the corpse signify?! Kindaichi Kosuke approaches the chilling truth hidden within the Inugami family! The seal of a cursed bloodline is about to be broken—a masterpiece that sparked an unprecedented boom in Yokomizo Seishi's works!

"It's a curse... this is a curse!!"

A manga biography on the famous "God of Karate" Mas Oyama, starting from the post-war period to when he travels to the United States.

(from amazon.jp and wikipedia.ja): Volume 1: A karate manga made by Ikki Kajiwara and Jiro Tsunoda, just before "Karate Master" (空手バカ一代, Karate Baka Ichidai). It was serialized in the "Adventure King" (Boken-oh) magazine. Kajiwara chose Tsunoda because he wanted to shine a light on him. Tsunoda was known to be in a slump at the time. Makihiko Kasuga has transferred to a junior high school in a newly developed residential area in the Tokyo metropolitan region, and although his studies are the best in his class, he is very poor in athletics. On the other hand, his classmate Ryuhei Akagaki is an all-around sportsman, but he is not very good at studying. Kasuga was envious of Akagaki. When Kasuga hears that Akagaki's athletic prowess is the result of his karate training, he decides to join the same dojo as Akagaki. However, he is not a good athlete by nature, so his training does not go very well.

(from ebookjapan): Ikki Kajiwara, one of the greatest Showa-era writers, and Jiro Tsunoda of "Horror Newspaper" fame team up to present this manga about camaraderie among three men. Koichiro Tsukasa, a race car driver, Shosuke Akatsuki, a horse racing jockey, and Yohei Otani, a professional skier, met by chance and have been unable to win any major competitions or achieve any success. Then, at a club in Roppongi, they meet Akiko Enjoji, the mistress of the president of a major electronics manufacturer, who is also known as "Mrs. Roppongi", an extremely beautiful woman. This encounter changes their destiny drastically, and all three of them start to think that they want to win a big competition. (Tankoban Originally published 6/30/1970)

There exists a horrific newspaper called the Fear Newspaper that foretells of people’s extreme misfortunes. Kagata Mei, a male high-school student, has been cursed with this evil spirit and has to fight against it on a daily basis. He is forced by the Fear Newspaper to stop the events on the paper from occurring or face the consequences of his life being shortened by 100 days for every article he is unable to prevent. What makes this horrific situation even worse is that no one else but Mei can see the cursed newspaper and so he is left to undertake this task alone.