Shuto

A bearded art teacher and a boy named Sankichi walk through a city that feels both familiar and unfamiliar, blending elements of nostalgia with the unknown. The setting appears to mix characteristics of Tokyo and foreign locations, while the time period remains ambiguous, somewhere between the Showa era and a near-future. The manga features a prominent figure in Japanese contemporary art in a serialized format for the first time. The work challenges conventional ideas of beauty.