• Book Name: Paper Fortress Manga
• Genre(s): Thriller Historical Romance Comedy Crime Military Gore Drama School Life Slice Of Life Tragedy
• Author(s): Tezuka Osamu
• Year 1974
• Status: Completed Download Manga
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Summary: A collection of one-shots done during the 1970s (and one from 1980), all regarding some aspect of Tezuka\'s early life. Includes a reflection of his time at the famous Tokiwa-so. - **Record of the Life of Gachaboy** : A reflection on Tezuka\'s career up to that point. Tezuka encounters the God of Manga right after the war, who nicknames Tezuka \"Gachaboy\". He is determined to see Tezuka become a great mangaka, no matter what - and restore manga\'s presence in Japan. - **Paper Fortress**: Right at the end of the war, Tezuka is doing manga in private in high school. He meets a girl who fully understands his situation, and they get along well. In a society where manga, dancing, and even informal relationships are forbidden, how will Tezuka, crazy about manga, keep on? - **Hungry Blues** - **Tokiwa-so Monogatari** - **The Letter that Came** - **Animal Tsurezuregusa** An excerpt of *Dotsuitare* featuring Tezuka is also included at the end. --- **Volume 274 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**