Short story collection of a variety of more mature Tezuka work.
Chapter 1
A Nazi faces a firing squad, but does he have a way out of it.
Chapter 2
Alone in space a man and a robot fall in love, but tragedy happens. Can miracles happen?
Chapter 3 - ClockWork Apple
A bustling town is suddenly quiet. Where are all the people? Has it been cut off from the rest of the world?
The story "Clockwork Apple" was borrowed from the book, before the movie was made, but has very little to do with the book either as Tezuka admits to writing it without reading Clockwork Orange.
Chapter 4
A man and a cabbie share horrifying stories with each other on the way to their destination.
Chapter 5
Chic hipsters fall in love but one of them is hiding a secret.
Chapter 6 - Yellow Dust
Vietnam vets hold a class of children and there teacher hostage.
Chapter 7 - Curtains
An assassination attempt but who is really behind it all?
Chapter 7 - Return Ship
Humans traveling space encounter another ship in dire need of help. Given the situation will man be his at best or at his worst?
Tokeijikake no Ringo has finished publishing and it has 8 Chapters. It is also Known as: 時計仕掛けのりんご, Clockwork Apple, Tokei Jikake no Ringo
Genres: Science Fiction , Horror , Drama , Action , Mystery , Romance , Android , Conspiracy , Seinen , Violence , Crime , Military , Japan , Alternative Past , Future , Politics , Tokyo , Space , Shipboard , Alien , Revenge , Epidemic
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Cat's Eye has finished publishing and it has 158 Chapters. It is also Known as: キャッツ・アイ, Cats Eye
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Notes:
- The chapter count includes a prologue and epilogue.
- The manga got licensed by Kadokawa on September 3rd, 2021. From that day onwards it also started to be published on the Shounen Ace Plus service.
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A story of tension and action of a couple who have love for kill!
Note: Chapter count includes 14 extra chapters.
Love of Kill has finished publishing and it has 93 Chapters. It is also Known as: 殺し愛, Koroshiai, 杀爱
2. The Voynich Hotel
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The Voynich Hotel has finished publishing and it has 68 Chapters. It is also Known as: Voynich Hotel, ヴォイニッチホテル, Voinichi Hoteru, Vovnich Hotel
1. Case Closed
Kudo Shinichi is a seventeen year-old high school detective whom people call the "Modern Sherlock Holmes." However, one night after a date with his childhood sweetheart, Ran, Shinichi witnessed an illegal trade and, caught off his guard, was knocked unconscious and fed a drug that was supposed to kill him... but he woke up and found himself shrunken to a seven year-old. In order to track down the men who did this to him, Shinichi hid his identity and lived with Ran, whose father happened to be a hopeless detective, and with that came a series of murders and mysteries that he must solve.
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