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Fujiko F. Fujio: Shônen SF Tanpenshû vol. 1
A collection of six sci-fi/fantasy-esque short stories. Some of them are pretty typical (old man stealing a young man's body; a boy cloning the girl he can't have), but I loved Nakuna! Yûrei (Stop Crying, Ghost!) which seems to be the oldest story in this collection. A ghost moves in with a boy when his father buys the statue of a frog which the ghost is attached to, and refuces to leave until he has gotten revenge on the ancestors of the person who killed him. It's not a ghost story, though, because the whole thing is light-hearted and pretty deadpanned, and the ghost is as un-ghost-like as they come. Reminds me of early comical Doraemon; nice piece.
Category: Shonen/seinen | Posted by Alicia at October 1, 2004 11:54 AM