Kodoku Manga

Hideo Yamada compiles 18 stories about loneliness. Presented through themes of straggling, futility, insanity, seclusion, and an epilogue.


Rakugo (落伍):

Chikatetsu wo Orite.......(地下鉄を降りて……) [Daijiro Morohoshi]
Ohenro-san (おへんろさん) [Takashi Imashiro]
Oshiroi Komachi (白粉小町) [Youko Kondou]
Kuroi Chou (黒い蝶) [Kakusai Han]

Muyou (無用):

Kamen (仮面) [Shinji Nagashima]
Ishi wo Kai ni Kita Onna (石を買いに来た女) [Motoyuki Oota]
Otsuuya no Kyaku (お通夜の客) [Yuu Takita]
Kibishii Shiren (from Pattman X) (きびしい試練「パットマンＸ」より) [George Akiyama]
Nichijou Seikatsu (日常生活) [Jun Kagari]

Fuukyou (風狂):

Omoide no Occhan (思い出のおっちゃん) [Jun Urata]
Yoru no Semi (夜の蝉) [Tadao Tsuge]
Aburemon (あぶれもん) [Kaiji Kawaguchi]
Hisashiburi (久しぶり)　[Shinichi Abe]

Inton (隠遁):

Shounan (From Musashino) (沼南「武蔵野」より) [Junichirou Saitou]
The Salamander (山椒魚) [Yoshiharu Tsuge]
Shimi (紙魚) [Shigeru Mizuki]

Epilogue (エピローグ)

Sorekara (それから) [Hozumi]
Hitotsu no Hi (ひとつの火　カシワイ) [Kashiwai, original story: Niimi Nankichi]