Afternoon Four Season Prize PORTABLE

A 33-volume collection of award-winning oneshots put out by Kodansha from 2002-2012. Some of these would later get serialized or collected in other volumes. Serialized or otherwise collected: AKABOSHI Tomo Shishunki Syndrome AKIZUKI Risu Oku-sama Shinkaron ARAI Hideki 8-gatsu no Hikari ARAMAKI Keiko GENOMES ASADA Torao Spoonman 3.18 ASHINANO Hitoshi Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Endo Hiroki Kitto Kawaii Onnanoko Dakara ENOMOTO Shunji Golden Lucky IGARASHI Daisuke Obayashi ga Hikoeru Hi, Hoka (collected in Hanashippanashi IRIE Kiwa Haikibun! Sakanahime IRIE Noriko Neko no Te Kashimasu KIMURA Kon Koube Zaijuu KITOH Mohiro Vandemieru no Tsubasa KOMAI Yu Sonna Yatsua Inee!! MATSUMOTO Taiyou STRAIGHT NIHEI Tsutomu BLAME! (prototype chapter, included in NOiSE) OHARA Shinji Boku wa Otouto SAMURA Hiroaki Mugen no Juunin SOUJI Hajime Sanmon Mirai no Katei Houmon TOUME Kei Kurogane TOYODA Minoru Love Roma TSUCHIDA Seiki Miseinen URUSHIBARA Yuki Mushishi prototype chapter, collected in Filament WAKANA Shouhei Kamen Tenshi Other: Hiramatsu Kannosuke Yume ABE Yoshitoshi Ame no Furu Basho Eshikawa is a man who has lost sight of his life and stumbles through it, with no clear meaning or purpose. One day, he is informed that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide, which sets his brain on retrospect mode. He goes on a journey of self-revelation and contemplates upon the myriad of human emotions, the joys and sorrows of normalcy. YAMAZAKI Ren Like a Laika From Atelier du Noir Scans: The daily, average life and interactions of some of a ship’s crew as they depart to explore space. Winner of the Jiro Tanaguchi Special Award for manga in the 2010 Four Seasons Award Anthology. NADEGATA Nazuna Kokenoshima From Atelier du Noir Scans: On a remote island, a skilled swordsman who honed his craft on the local population attempts to atone for his sins and lift a curse by hunting and killing demons. Winner of the Hagio Moto Special Award for manga. KIBA Kouichi Jagua As the protagonist is returning home one night, she runs into a man who had just been in a car crash. As he is dying, he asks her to throw a certain package into the sea. JOUYAMA Yui Zanuff the Butcher A butcher with a dark secret finds a little girl.