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English: Tanpenshu

Synonyms: Hiroki Endo's Short Stories, Hiroki Endo's Tanpenshu

Japanese: 遠藤浩輝短編集

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 2

Chapters: 7

Status: Finished

Published: 1997 to 2001

Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life, Psychological

Authors: Endo, Hiroki (Story & Art)

Serialization: Afternoon

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Score: 7.85¹ (scored by 762 users)

Ranked: #1491²

Popularity: #1796

Members: 1,685

Favorites: 31

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Hiroki Endo's Tanpenshu is a two tankōbon series long collection of various short manga by Hiroki Endo. "Tanpenshu" is Japanese for "short stories".

Volume 1:
"The Crows, the Girl and the Yakuza" Originally published in 1996 in Monthly Afternoon. A lone yakuza member takes refuge from a gang war with a young woman who seems to have formed a strange relationship with crows. During his time with her, he comes to reconsider the course of his own life.
"Because You're Definitely a Cute Girl" Originally published in 1996 in Monthly Afternoon. A young girl's bewilderment over sex is overloaded by her widower father's decision to take a lover, driving her to a sudden swing from passive indifference to reactionary violence.
"For Those of Us Who Don't Believe in God" Originally published in 1997 in Monthly Afternoon. Centers around a group of college drama students preparing and performing a play depicting a conversation between a serial killer and the sister of one of his victims. The process causes the group to reflect and ultimately confront their own individual problems.

Volume 2:
"Hang" Originally published in 2000 in Afternoon Season Special Edition.
"High School Girl 2000" Originally published in 1999 in Afternoon Season Special Edition. A semi-autobiographical story featuring Hiroki Endo being distracted from doing work.
"Platform" Originally published in 1996 in Monthly Afternoon.
"Boys Don't Cry"

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Apr 11, 2010

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7 of 7 chapters read

Overall Rating: 6

I've started reading this manga quite enthusiastically, because after just a few pages I was smitten by the artwork.The Crows, the Girl and the Yakuza is the first story, and in my opinion the best one. It's the only story in which I did not feel that the artist was in a hurry to finish, or he had a limited number of pages he could use for each story.There's a certain unfinished air to the stories, they seem as pieces of an artist's practice sketchbook, like a draft for the real thing.

Despite this, I rather enjoyed this work, because I like darkness, spleen and despair, read more

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