Kasutoro Shiki

Synopsis

A collection of some of Kago Shintaro's works. 1. Oral Cavity Infectious Syndrome On the surreal premise that women's mouths take the often weird shape of their partner's penis, Yoriko starts an investigation to discover with whom her boyfriend is cheating. 2. Local Tourist Information A guide to an extraterritorial region of Japan. 3. Back Streets in Front of the Station A girl goes crazy about reverse sides of different things, including streets, cars, and animals. 4. Genesis The biblical story of the Genesis revised and depicted with the usual unholy irony of Kago, with delirious situations quickly following one each other. 5. Superglue What happens when you step on something so disgusting that you never want to uncover it. 6. Akutagawa in Front of the Station A surreal homage to the writings of Ryunosuke Akutagawa. 7. When All's Said and Done A gruesome tale of hardened faeces, and a limbless girl. 8. Multiplication A panel of a manga on an otherwise blank page becomes self-aware and decides to create other panels so it won't be lonely. What begins as a single panel quickly turns into a story of infinite possibilities. 9. Abstraction A one-shot that utilizes distilled surrealism to smash the fourth wall and every other wall it throws up. An experiment in the distinctly non-linear nature of comics. The story is not important; its visual presentation is its substance. 10. Blow-Up Macrocosm in a microcosm in a macrocosm. That's what this one-shot is about. 11. No Need for Caution The action of the comic happens outside of the panels, literally, in the white space. 12. The Memories of Others Imagine your past would float after you as a series of comic panels. 13. Lord of the Ring An incompetent sumo wrestler uses the powers of a forbidden pair of pants to overcome and shame his competition, until one day someone rises to attempt to crush him and take the pants for himself. 14. Spinning Thoughts Wearing urinary calculi is the latest fashion trend.