Mod Edit: This review was original posted for Bakemono Recchan and has subsequently been merged into Bakemono Recchan/Kinoko Takenoko: Asano Inio Tanpenshuu. I recognized so much of the modern society in this one-shot, the "strange person", who everyone thinks is strange but no one dares to say, because it would be not politically correct, so instead everyone pretends the strange person is special in order to not be labeled as an intolerant being. I'm not a great admirer of Asano's work, but i must say this piece of work showed a lot of his improvement, the art it's simple but is somehow better than his other works,the storyline is satisfying (unlike some of his previous works), overall i must say no one who likes good manga would regret reading Bakemono Recchan.