This installment of Chikuma Bunko's "contemporary manga" series is curated by Nobuhiko Saito and takes a look at gag manga from inside and outside of the genre. 
1. Televi Kozou (テレビ小僧) [Shoutaro Ishinomori] 
2. Sarutobi Ecchan (さるとびエッちゃん) [Shoutaro Ishinomori] 
3. Black Dan (ブラック団) [Jirou Tsunoda] 
4. Like a Erotic Comic Strip (ライク ア エロチック コミック ストリップ) [Kunio Nagatani] 
5. Gag Guerilla (ギャグゲリラ) [Fujio Akatsuka] 
6. 007 Gansaku Mangashuu (007 贋作漫画集) [Makoto Wada] 
7. Mishiranu Hoshi de (見知らぬ星で) [Maki Sasaki] 
8. Shin Manga Bungaku Zenshuu (新漫画文学全集) [Shoji Sadao] 
9. Oh☆Jarry's (Oh☆ジャリーズ) [Aki Ryuuzan] 
10. Terajima-chou Kidan (寺島町奇譚) [Yuu Takita] 
11. Shin, Ari Jigoku (新、あり地獄) [Mizuki Shigeru] 
12. Tomete Kureruna Okkasan (Poster) (とめてくれるなおっかさん) [Osamu Hashimoto] 
13. Toudaiban Bakuto Retsuden (東大版博徒列伝) [Osamu Hashimoto] 
14. Yasuji no Mettameta Gaki: Doukouza (ヤスジのメッタメタガキ 道講座) [Yasuji Tanioka] 
15. Binbou Kuji wo Boku ga Hiku! (貧乏くじをぼくが引く!) [Toshihiko Yahagi as Daddy Goose] 
16. Gekko Kamrn Ansatsu Monogatari (月光仮面暗殺物語り) [Toshihiko Yahagi as Daddy Goose] 
17. Sakura Gahou (櫻画報) [Genpei Akasegawa] 
18. Kigeki Shin Shisho Taikei (喜劇新思想大系) [Tatsuhiko Yamagami] 
19. Hinotama Enka (火の玉怨歌) [Seiichi Hayashi] 
20. Kyomen to Shura (鏡面と修羅) [Kouichi Tanigawa] 
21. Jonen Magazineban Tensai Bakabon (情念魔我人版 天才ばかぼん) [Shintaro Kou & Toshio Saeki] 
22. Briefs Hosakan (ブリーフ補佐官) [Shigeru Sugiura] 
23. Baito-kun (バイトくん) [Hisaichi Ishii] 
24. Boku no Suteki na Poshii Obasan (ぼくのすてきなポシイおばさん) [Chiki Ooya] 
25. Wendy no Christmas (ウェンディのクリスマス) [Fumiko Takano]

The world's dumbest gang, that's right, "The Black Company". Consisting of the leader of the gang, Kato Koneko, a.k.a. Capone, is the "biggest" gangster in the world. Taro, with his fat belly button and heart. Jiro has a scar across his face.

They are three goofball gangsters who have never once succeeded in a mission, but for some reason, they are relentlessly pursued by the Oni detective Higetora.

"Dang it, you'll see, I'm going to succeed in my mission today!"


A collection of short autobiographical stories from 1930s and 1940s, Terajima District, Tokyo, where mangaka's family ran a tavern.

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