MADARA tells the story of an apprentice blacksmith in a rural village who gets by using artificial limbs created by his adoptive father. But when a chance encounter with the demon Moki reveals Madara's true destiny, he's catapulted into a mythic quest! His real father, the evil despot Miroku, feared long ago that Madara was destined to kill him and rule in his place. After Madara was born with tremendous powers, his body was cut up, and the parts divided amongst eight evil generals. Now Madara, with the help of a band of freedom fighters and a magical sword, sets out to retrieve his body parts and defeat his brothers, who covet the throne. As he fights his way across the world, he contemplates the prophecy: How will he wrest control of the kingdom from his father and win the people their freedom?
A boy named Chinmi is very infatuated with billiards. Problems arise when a new student body president, Olive, suddenly decided to cut the funding for his billiards club. Unhappy with that, Chinmi wants to convince Olive that his billiards club is worthy of the funding. He decided to challenge a two-time former national billiards champion. Will Chinmi be able to defend his club?
\"Mr. HPL! Have you decided?\" --- Published in Fantasy Literature Journal Vol. 2 special issue: Cthulhu Club (1987).
Tokyo, November 1905. The Meiji Era began about 30 years ago, propelling Japan into the modern era. Never before had a country experienced such profound transformations in such a short time. It is in this context, at the same time totally changed and intensely Japanese, that the writer Natsume Soseki, back from England, begins the writing of his most famous work: Botchan... It will have taken twelve years to Jirô Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekikawa to complete the 5 volumes of the vast fresco that is At the time of Botchan.
