Your first image of Shotaro Ishinomori, author of Cyborg 009, Super Sentai, and Kamen Rider, probably isn't that of an experimental writer. However, this was the time of Gekiga, and Ishinomori proved he could match in experimentalness any of the up-and-coming underground artists. This is the story of Jun, a boy who wants to be manga writer. It is a story of being a manga writer, and of the wonder of imagination. It is also a love story, with a girl who takes many forms. Beyond that, it is impossible to explain the plot. The chapters are esoteric visions that have symbolic, rather literal, significance.Ishinomori thought that manga with direct storylines had become too thoughtless and dumbed down, and so he instead wanted to write something less direct, which required the reader to think harder and make their own interpretation. According to Ishinomori, it is poem in manga form, and his contribution to developing manga as an artform.

"I wanted to draw a poem. A poem, not a manga. A manga with just atmosphere. I wanted to experiment to see how far I could make use of that subject in a type of experimental manga." - Shotaro Ishinomori