A collection of short stories.

A dystopic future in which men are a dying breed.

Ritsuko Kaji, an author of short stories, finds herself unable to write. On a certain day, a remnant from Ritsuko's past reemerged. Aoi, a male friend she used to completely confide in, appears in a dream and asks her, "Your life... is that really it?". The next morning, Ritsuko is awakened by a phone call. Aoi has committed suicide. The glimmer of a forgotten dream, the day-to-day of a modern couple, the death of someone irreplaceable...


A life of "loss" that she had always averted her eyes from begins to move...


(Source: Shogakukan, translated)

Misuzu Hara is a 24-year-old high school teacher who, four years earlier, endured a traumatic experience at the hands of Hayafuji, the then-boyfriend of her best friend Minako. She has never forgotten the experience, but she has kept it secret from Minako to protect their engagement, and has rationalized it to herself as having occurred to her due to her being a woman, even if it has continued to negatively impact her emotional well-being


(Source: ANN)

An anthology manga containing 8 short stories based around the theme “ZQN“ (From “I Am a Hero“)

Somewhere, in Asia, in the future... For several years now, men have hardly been born. The latter are often reduced to their role of reproductive partner. Society is built around a matriarchal system. Neither wars nor conflicts disturb the daily life and the balance. But some have decided to flee the city. They settled outside, in a slum. This is where Sanada resides. Sanada has a secret... a secret that could well stir up the lust of her fellows.

An anthology comic of I Am a Hero by various mangaka.

I Am a Hero Koushiki Comic Anthology: 8 Tales of the ZQN has been licensed in Spanish by Norma Editorial.

Publishers:

• Big Comic Spirits (magazine)