17-21 is classic Fujimoto: a work of creative insanity that still somehow manages to provide the reader with engaging character work and heartfelt storytelling. Of the collected stories, "A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin' in the Schoolyard" and "Love is Blind" are notably superior compared to the remaining two - but seeing as you can finish off the whole volume in an afternoon, it's still well worth your time to read them all. That said, I think that 22-26 is the stronger of the two one-shot collections. For that reason, I recommend reading this set before 22-26 — which is probably what you wantto do anyway given that the volumes are roughly presented in chronological order (based on Fujimoto's publications, not the stories themselves). Overall, a solid 7/10