Abstract

A four-volume publication of a masterpiece that skillfully expresses light-hearted gags and complicated feelings that cannot be black and white.

We have all passed through the days of being complicated. Those days when you couldn't help worrying about how other people saw you. The setting is Tokyo in the zero's. High school life is infested with a “school caste” based on lookism. It is a harsh world where being popular or not is the deciding factor. This work is the story of a dull man, “Komatsu,” who falls in love with the popular girl in his class, “Sakura,” and grows as a man and a person.
At the time of its serialization, it was called “the popularity bible” and “the male version of Happy Mania” and attracted a lot of attention.

Readers who are currently in school may feel an unfathomable storm of sympathy. And how will those times look to readers who have grown up over time? Moyoco Anno's masterpiece depicting the “irrepressible twists and turns of the heart” through the love stories of high school students has been revived in a complete edition (four volumes) with beautifully reproduced color pages from the serialization.

In the first volume, Komatsu, a simple man, takes a leap of faith and dedicates himself to the “Bishio World” esthetic salon! He devotes himself to the esthetic salon “Bishio World” and spends all his time improving himself by learning about beauty and women's psychology. Soon, a woman named “Nagasawa Chan,” who has been watching Komatsu's gradual growth, approaches him calculatingly. ......

Author’s Information

Born in Tokyo. Made his debut as a manga artist in his third year of high school. Notable works include "Happy Mania" (1995, Shodensha) and "Hataraki Man" (2004, Kodansha). Won the 29th Kodansha Manga Award for "Sugar Sugar Rune" (2003), a fantasy manga serialized in the girls' manga magazine "Nakayoshi" (Kodansha). Won the Excellence Award in the Manga Division of the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival, sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, for "Nose-Choking Gentleman Recollections" (Shodensha). Currently, he is serializing "Go Happy Mania" in "FEEL YOUNG" (Shodensha).