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On Feb 9th, 1989, legendary manga author Osamu Tezuka died after a prolonged hospital stay due to Stomach Cancer. Months later, Asahi Journal ran a Special issue as homage to Tezuka's legacy. In this issue, a bunch of his contemporaries, as well as some of his own assistants, drew up tribute pages to mourn their fallen colleague. This listing is for the translated tribute pages.

"In December of 1970 Takemiya published a short story, "In the Sunroom" (in Bessatsu Shojo Komikku) which is possibly the first shonen-ai manga published and contains the earliest known male-male kiss in shjo manga.The manga volume consists of five shorter stories:- Sunroom Nite (In the Sunroom, 1970)- Hohoemu Shounen (The Laughing Boy, 1972)- 20 no Hiru to Yoru (20 Days and Nights, 1973)- Star! (1974)- Mister no Kotori (The Mr.'s Baby Bird, 1975)"

At 29 years old, carefree Hiroto Ikuta doesn't have a girlfriend, a full-time job, or a plan for the future—and he couldn't be happier. Hiroto's breezy attitude isn't easy for everyone to understand, though. In a world filled with anxiety, confusion, and grief, Hiroto and the people who surround him are all just doing their best to figure out this thing called life.

A compilation collecting the new one-shot which depicts the later developments following the final chapter of the main story, a previously uncollected one-shot, latest interviews with Toume Kei and the director of the anime adaptation, Fujiwara Yoshiyuki, and more.