Ichikawa Haruko Sakuhinshuu

A collection of five one-shots and a two-page story from a manga artist, compiled into two volumes. The first volume includes tales such as a teenage boy's complex relationship with a girl connected to his uncle, a boy stranded in an unknown place with a mysterious young man, a former baseball player adjusting to life with a robot sibling, a model insect builder and his family, and a brief, unnamed piece. The second volume features a marine biologist reconnecting with her estranged brother, a delinquent encountering a mysterious student on a Saturnian satellite, and a gifted student moving in with a solitary man in a remote mountain village. The collection includes award-winning works, such as one that won the Shikitaishou and another that earned the Tezuka Osamu New Artist Prize.