A "masterpiece collection" of 11 stories that were released from 1969 to 1973 by the father of the gekiga movement, Yoshihiro Tatsumi. 1. Namakemono 2. Ore no Hitler (My Hitler) 3. Kuroneko no Tango 4. Ana (The Hole) 5. Wakaremichi (Forked Road) 6. Chousou (Sky Burial) 7. Taihou 8. Futon no Naka 9. Hana Ijime 10. Michikusa Onna 11. Koppu no Naka no Taiyou

A lost hiker asks for directions from a woman at a hut. However, she leads him to fall into a trap and the woman refuses to let him out.
 
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Ken drinks too much at his friend Yoshio's bar, so he is put to sleep upstairs. He reminisces on his childhood, including a traumatizing experience where he walked in on Yoshio's mother having sex.
 
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Nogawa suspects that he is being followed by vultures. Scared, he secludes himself, dropping out of college and breaking up with his girlfriend. When it is discovered that his neighbor had been dead for three months, his friend and other neighbors move out. However, with nowhere to go, Nogawa stays as the building succumbs to nature and a group of vultures roost on the roof.
 
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