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Okera no Tsubasa

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Okera no Tsubasa

A comedy manga about rich playboy who is saved after a fatal car crash by a god of misfortune and now is unable to use money in any form until he dies.

This is such a beautifully cruel manga. The main character Tsubasa is such a scummy and shallow guy it’s both hilarious and satisfying to see him get put into this terrible situation. He argues and cries and tries to weasel his way out of paying for rent or anything but eventually he ends up homeless. His journey takes him to an ocean side town where a caring man feeds him and houses him and it ends up teaches him humility and the importance of kindness. All in all Masaharu Noritsuke ended up writing a nice story under the premise of a comedy. Not bad for a manga he drew between while making his main Afro Tanaka series. Well done!

~dakazu

Kekkon Afro Tanaka

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Kekkon Afro Tanaka

The latest in the Afro Tanaka comedy series about the life of afro haired Hiroshi Tanaka that focuses on his life as a newly married man who is starting a family.

Masaharu Noritsuke‘s Afro Tanaka series has been running since 2002 in Big Comic Spirits. It started with Hiroshi in high school and followed his life as he drops out of school, moves to the city, travels throughout Japan, starts a relationship, and now focuses on his married life. And throughout this long running series Noritsuke’s jokes are so good I’m still enjoying this latest iteration. Afro Tanaka works because it combines dumb happenings, sharp wit, and extreme overreactions into a perfect blend of comedy. I’m sure it will never be published in English which is a damn shame because it’s one of my favorite comedies.

~dakazu