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
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2. Tokeijikake no Ringo
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
1. Ibara no Ou
Two twins, separated by fatal illness and a selective cure. Kasumi and her sister, Shizuku, were infected with the Medusa virus, which slowly turns the victim to stone. There is no cure, but of the two only Kasumi is selected to go into a sort of cryogenically frozen state along with 159 others until a cure is found. At some point in the undetermined future, Kasumi awakens to find herself and others who were in suspended animation in an unfamiliar world with violent monsters. Resolving to unlock the mysteries of her current situation and the fate of her twin sister, Kasumi struggles to survive in a treacherous world.
King of Thorn has finished publishing and it has 37 Chapters. It is also Known as: いばらの王, Ibara no Ou
