Nejishiki

ねじ式
Screw-Style
The Stopcock
Numa
Marsh
The Swamp
Chico
Chirpy
Hatsutakegari
Mushroom Hunting
Sanshouuo
Salamander
Touge no Inu
The Dog of the Mountain Pass
The Dog from Prayer Pass
Uwasa no Bushi
The Phony Warrior
Ondoru Koya
Ondoru House
Ondol Shack
Gensenkan Shujin
Master of the Gensenkan Inn
Chouhachi no Yado
Chohachi Inn
Ooba Denki Mekki Kougyou-sho
Oba's Electroplate Factory
Yoshiboo no Hanzai
Shounen
Aru Mumei Sakka

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Synopsis

1. Nejishiki (Screw-Style) 2. Numa (The Swamp) 3. Chico (Chirpy) 4. Hatsutakegari (Mushroom Hunting) 5. Sanshouuo (The Salamander) 6. Touge no Inu (The Dog from Prayer Pass) 7. Uwasa no Bushi (The Phony Warrior) 8. Ondoru Koya (The Ondol Shack) 9. Gensenkan Shujin (Master of the Gensenkan Inn) 10. Chouhachi no Yado (Chohachi Inn) 11. Ooba Denki Mekki Kougyou-sho (Oba's Electroplate Factory) 12. Yoshiboo no Hanzai 13. Shounen 14. Aru Mumei Sakka

Publication notes

The one-shot Nejishiki is considered Tsuge's most famous work and has become a key example of avant-garde manga. It was first published in English as The Stopcock in the scholarly journal Concerned Theatre Japan, 1971 (Vol. 2 #2). The one-shot was again published in English as Screw-Style in the American magazine The Comics Journal, February 2003 (No. 250). It was adapted into a PC-9800 game in 1989. Ooba Denki Mekki Kougyou-sho was published in English as Oba's Electroplate Factory in the avant-garde alternative comics magazine RAW, May 15, 1990 (No. 2). have been published in English in Drawn & Quarterly's Yoshiharu Tsuge compilations, beginning with The Swamp on April 28, 2020. Japanese film director Teruo Ishii adapted Gensenkan Shujin and Nejishiki into live-action films, which were released in 1993 and 1998, respectively.