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Boku Mushi

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Anthology, Nudity, Seinen

A collection of sixteen early works by Nishioka Kyodai, including their three-part debut series. As always the stories range from the whimsical to the surreal, with tales of serial killers, bird women, and a man who one day wakes to find himself with a pouch like a kangaroo. 1.…

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About Kokoro no Kanashimi

2002, Manga, 12 ch, 68%

Rather more representative of the Nishioka siblings' writing style than Kami no Kodomo, this is a collection of quietly philosophical one-shots that explore the thoughts and feelings of ordinary people in an odd, surrealistic manner replete with atypical and symbolic illustrations.

1) Kokoro ga Kowareta (心が壊れた, A Broken Soul); AX Vol.22
2) Boku no Kodomo-tachi ni (ぼくの子供たちに, To My Children); Vol.3
3) Kokoro no Kanashimi (心の悲しみ, Sadness of the Heart); Vol.6
4) Kekkonshiki (結婚式, Wedding); Vol.11
5) Sora wo Tobu (空を飛ぶ, Flying); Vol.15
6) Hebi Onna (蛇女, Snake Woman); Vol.16
7) Shinigami (死神, God of Death); Vol.17
8) Watashi no Yuurei (わたしの幽霊, My Ghost); Vol.19
9) Me no Aru Ikimono (目のある生き物, A Creature with Eyes); Vol.23
10) Tsurishi no Nayami (釣り師の悩み, An Angler's Anguish); Vol.21
11) Kanashii Koi no Hanashi (悲しい恋の話し, Sad Love Story)
12) Jinsei Iroiro (人生いろいろ, Life Has Its Ups and Downs); Vol.18

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