A short story published in the magazine "Weekly Shonen King" in September 1974 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Tezuka Osamu's career as a mangaka. It is a semi-autobiographical manga that depicts Tezuka's main character, Tetsuro Osamu, modeled after Tezuka himself, who desperately lives his life with a passion for manga while the war intensifies day by day at the end of the Pacific War. 
 
In the postscript to the Kodansha edition of Tezuka Osamu's Complete Manga Collection, Tezuka wrote that the manga "contains a great deal of fiction", but many of the events depicted in the manga are based on his own experiences, which he also wrote about in his essays and other writings.

1. Gachaboy Ichidaiki (Gachaboy's Record of One Generation) 
2. Kami no Toride 
3. Sukippara no Blues 
4. Tokiwasou Monogatari 
5. Toiu Tegami ga Kita 
6. Doubutsu Tsurezuregusa (Essay on Idleness of Animals) 
7. Dotsuitare (Bassui)

Tezuka Osamu the best is a collection of stories written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. The majority of these stories were published in the 1970s, particularly through the magazines Weekly Shounen Jump and Weekly Shounen Sunday, although the 1950s and 1980s are also represented.

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