Youkai are specters who have lived in the human world since the dawn of time. They often rest peacefully in their dwelling places, until humans rouse them by inconsiderate actions. Kitaro is a young youkai boy who wants to help humans and youkai live in harmony, and he fights to protect humans from the enraged youkai who lash out at them.
203 views Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro 03, Street of Mysteries explores the fantastical-poetic vein that has forged Mizuki's reputation in Japan. The stories contained in this series hold in common the obsessive ideas of immortality and of life after death. Skillfully blending a range of black humor, drama, and questions of morality, Mizuki shows once more his profound understanding of the human soul. (paraphrased from Astiberri)
62 views 3, Street of Mysteries 18Compilation of Mizuki's Garo stories.
0 views “Garo” Keisai Sakuhin (Mizuki Shigeru Manga Taizenshū) Vol.1 Ch.29Anthology of Mizuki's Garo stories.
63 views "Garo" Keisai Sakuhin 29Youkai are specters who have lived in the human world since the dawn of time. They often rest peacefully in their dwelling places, until humans rouse them by inconsiderate actions. Kitaro is a young youkai boy who wants to help humans and youkai live in harmony, and he fights to protect humans from the enraged youkai who lash out at them.
169 views Gegege no Kitaro Vol.7 Ch.48.5New oneshot published in the January 2019 of Comic Ran Twins magazine. First new publication after the authors death.
27 views Gegege no Kitaro: Showdown on Mt. Atago OneshotAutobiographical tale in which Mizuki narrates the memories of his childhood in the decade of 1930, in Sakaiminato, a small coastal town at the southwest Japan. With nostalgia and tenderness, the mangaka narrates his first years of life within a modest family, the fights with his friends,the school and his first loves. The title character of the book, NonNonBa, is an old mystical and superstitious woman by which Shigeru discovers the world of yokai, supernatural beings and grotesque bestiary of medieval Japanese. Won Best Album at the 2007 Angoulême International Comics Festival.
5 views Nonnonbaa to Ore Ch.000“War and Japan”, a short work in the style of Showa-shi, originally published in 1991 in Shogaku rokunen-sei (Sixth Grader), a leading edutainment magazine for young readers.
6 views War and Japan Vol.0 Ch.0