My mother, who raised me and my sister on her own, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Now I, her son, take time off college to look after her, and when my mother passes away, I must make a decision.
It was published in Monthly Magazine Garo (月刊漫画ガロ) on May 1974
Where did the [Cactusmen](https://mangadex.org/chapter/a7a4df6c-5749-4d12-a12a-610e8f08cf20) come from? --- Published in Bikkuri House August 1983.
Cursed to take the life of anything she touches, the only cure to Bella’s ailment is an act of ‘true love’. However, shunned by the town, the ‘Poisonous Witch’ spends her days living alone in the forest. That was until one fateful day when she meets an unsuccessful painter named Anna… A oneshot published on Ciao Plus in October 2024.
The story of the traveling magician Salad Wizard. On her travels, she meets a girl who aspires to be a magician... This is the first new work by Imitation Crystal in five years, since 2019!
This story was first published in August 1969 issue of COM. It’s the fifth story in the Nagatani Kunio’s parody theater series, which was later compiled in Bakashiki-Nagatani Kunio’s Collection of Plagiarized Works (バカ式: 長谷邦夫盗作全集, Akebono, 1970). The title, “Osorochi” (おそろち), is a play on the words “orochi” (おろち), another work by Umezu, and “osoroshii” (恐ろしい), which means “dreadful, scary.” The pun is kept throughout the story every time the word “dreadful” is used. Umezu Kazuo’s name is also written with different kanji. While his name is spelled “楳図かずお”, here, Nagatani & Fujio Pro use 梅図まずお (Umezu Mazuo) as their penname. The joke is that the kanji for “plum” (梅), which also reads as “ka” is used in his family name, and his given name was turned into “mazuo,” which is a pun on “mazui” (まずい), i.e. something that sucks.
One-pagers depicting a childhood friend in a suggestive and/or sexual situation with the protagonist.
