"It is said that salamanders have no memory of the past because of the polluted water." This work follows a salamander waking up in a sewer with no recollection of the past, but out of place, as if they were reborn as a completely different creature. The salamander grows accustomed to their new habitat until one day when an incomprehensible object appears in the sewer. 
 
Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 33 (May 1967).

A collection of short stories: 
1. Numa (沼, The Swamp), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-02 
2. Chiiko (チーコ, Chirpy), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-03 
3. Hatsu Take-gari (初茸がり, Mushroom Hunting), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-04 
4. Tsuya (通夜, The Wake), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-03 
5. Sanshouuo (山椒魚, The Salamander), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-05 
6. Ri-san Ikka (李さん一家, The Lee Family), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-06 
7. Touge no Inu (峠の犬, The Dog from Prayer Pass), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-08 
8. Umibe no Jokei (海辺の叙景, Scenes from the Seaside), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-09 
9. Akai Hana (紅い花, Red Flowers), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-10 
10. Nishibetamura Satsujin Jiken (西部田村殺人事件, The Incident at Nishibeta Village), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-12 
11. Chouhachi no Yado (長八の宿, Chohachi Inn), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-01 
12. Futamata Keikoku (二岐溪谷, Futamata Gorge), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-02 
13. Ondol Koya (オンドル小屋, The Ondol Shack), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-04 
14. Honyaradou no Ben-san (ほんやら洞のべんさん, Mister Ben of the Honyara Cave), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-06 
15. Nejishiki (ねじ式, Screw-Style, The Stopcock), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-06 
16. Gensenkan Shujin (ゲンセンカン主人, Master of the Gensenkan Inn), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-07 
17. Mokkiriya no Shoujo (もっきり屋の少女, The Mokkiriya Tavern Girl), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-08 
18. Kani (蟹, The Crab), Gendai Comic 1970-01-08 
19. Yanagiya Shujin (やなぎ屋主人, Master of the Willow Inn), Monthly Manga Garo 1970-02 & 1970-03 
20. Ooba Denki Mekki Kougyou-sho (大場電気鍍金工業所, Oba's Electroplate Factory), Bessatsu Manga Story 1973-04 
 
Note: Chapter 19 was originally published in two parts; the total chapter count reflects that.

A collection of short stories: 
1. Nejishiki (ねじ式, Screw-Style, The Stopcock), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-06 
2. Numa (沼, The Swamp), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-02 
3. Chico (チーコ, Chirpy), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-03 
4. Hatsu Take-gari (初茸がり, Mushroom Hunting), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-04 
5. Sanshouuo (山椒魚, The Salamander), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-05 
6. Touge no Inu (峠の犬, The Dog from Prayer Pass), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-08 
7. Uwasa no Bushi (噂の武士, The Phony Warrior), Monthly Manga Garo 1965-08 
8. Ondol Koya (オンドル小屋, The Ondol Shack), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-04 
9. Gensenkan Shujin (ゲンセンカン主人, Master of the Gensenkan Inn), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-07 
10. Chouhachi no Yado (長八の宿, Chohachi Inn), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-01 
11. Ooba Denki Mekki Kougyou-sho (大場電気鍍金工業所, Oba's Electroplate Factory), Bessatsu Manga Story 1973-04

1. Nejishiki (ねじ式, Screw-Style, The Stopcock), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-06 
2. Numa (沼, The Swamp), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-02 
3. Chico (チーコ, Chirpy), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-03 
4. Hatsu Take-gari (初茸がり, Mushroom Hunting), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-04 
5. Sanshouuo (山椒魚, The Salamander), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-05 
6. Touge no Inu (峠の犬, The Dog from Prayer Pass), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-08 
7. Uwasa no Bushi (噂の武士, The Phony Warrior), Monthly Manga Garo 1965-08 
8. Ondol Koya (オンドル小屋, The Ondol Shack), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-04 
9. Gensenkan Shujin (ゲンセンカン主人), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-07 
10. Chouhachi no Yado (長八の宿, Chohachi Inn), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-01 
11. Ooba Denki Mekki Kougyou-sho (大場電気鍍金工業所, Oba's Electroplate Factory), Bessatsu Manga Story 1973-04 
12. Yoshiboo no Hanzai (ヨシボーの犯罪), Custom Comics 1979-09 
13. Shounen (少年), 1981-07 
14. Aru Mumei Sakka (ある無名作家), 1984-09

1. Nejishiki (ねじ式, Screw-Style, The Stopcock), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-06 
2. Sanshouuo (山椒魚, The Salamander), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-05 
3. Tsuya (通夜, The Wake), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-03 
4. Umibe no Jokei (海辺の叙景, Scenes from the Seaside), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-09 
5. Numa (沼, The Swamp), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-02 
6. Touge no Inu (峠の犬, The Dog from Prayer Pass), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-08 
7. Yanagiya Shujin (やなぎ屋主人, Master of the Willow Inn), Monthly Manga Garo 1970-02 & 1970-03 
8. Hatsu Take-gari (初茸がり, Mushroom Hunting), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-04 
9. Furuhon to Shoujo (古本と少女, The Secondhand Book), Meiro2 1960-02, redrawn and -published in Monthly Manga Garo 1966-09 
10. Chiiko (チーコ, Chirpy), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-03 
11. Uwasa no Bushi (噂の武士, The Phony Warrior), Monthly Manga Garo 1965-08 
12. Gensenkan Shujin (ゲンセンカン主人, Master of the Gensenkan Inn), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-07 
Note: Chapter 7 was originally published in two parts, the chapter count reflects that.

1. The Secondhand Book (古本と少女) 
2. A Strange Letter (不思議な手紙) 
3. Handcuffs (手錠) 
4. The Antlion Pit (蟻地獄) 
5. The Ninjess (女忍) 
6. The Phony Warrior (噂の武士) 
7. Watermelon Sake (西瓜酒) 
8. Destiny (運命) 
9. An Unusual Painting (不思議な絵) 
10. The Swamp (沼) 
11. Chirpy (チーコ) 
12. Mushroom Hunting (初茸がり) 
13. The Wake (通夜) 
14. The Salamander (山椒魚) 
15. The Lee Family (李さん一家) 
16. The Crab (蟹) 
17. The Dog from Prayer Pass (峠の犬) 
18. Scenes from the Seaside (海辺の叙景)

Hideo Yamada compiles 18 stories about loneliness. Presented through themes of straggling, futility, insanity, seclusion, and an epilogue. 
Rakugo (落伍): 
1. Chikatetsu wo Orite.......(地下鉄を降りて……) [Daijiro Morohoshi] 
2. Ohenro-san (おへんろさん) [Takashi Imashiro] 
3. Oshiroi Komachi (白粉小町) [Youko Kondou] 
4. Kuroi Chou (黒い蝶) [Kakusai Han] 

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

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

Inton (隠遁): 
14. Shounan (From Musashino) (沼南「武蔵野」より) [Junichirou Saitou] 
15. The Salamander (山椒魚) [Yoshiharu Tsuge] 
16. Shimi (紙魚) [Shigeru Mizuki] 

Epilogue (エピローグ) 
17. Sorekara (それから) [Hozumi] 
18. Hitotsu no Hi (ひとつの火　カシワイ) [Kashiwai, original story: Niimi Nankichi]

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