Ai… Shirisomeshi Koro ni…

The sequel to Manga Michi. Follows Michio Maga and Shigeru Saino as manga artists living at the famous Tokiwa-sō in Osamu Tezuka‘s former housing.

This is essentially a continuation of Fujiko Fujio A.’s autobiography from the unfinished Manga Michi series. I love how Fujiko Fujio A. goes into a lot of background stories of fellow manga artist legends like Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka who also lived in Tokiwa-sō. There are also a lot of extras included in each volume. Some contain pages of the manga the duo drew in the story while others have photos of the time they shot a Western movie on 8mm film.

This is a must read for manga history buffs. I absolutely love this series.

~dakazu