Hiroki Endo's Tanpenshu - Volume 1

Volume 1

"The Crows, the Girl and the Yakuza" (カラスと少女とヤクザ?)

Originally published in 1996 in Monthly Afternoon.

A lone yakuza member takes refuge from a gang war with a young woman who seems to have formed a strange relationship with crows. During his time with her, he comes to reconsider the course of his own life.

"Because You're Definitely a Cute Girl" (きっとかわいい女の子だから?)

Originally published in 1996 in Monthly Afternoon.

A young girl's bewilderment over sex is overloaded by her widower father's decision to take a lover, driving her to a sudden swing from passive indifference to reactionary violence.

"For Those of Us Who Don't Believe in God" (神様なんて信じていない僕らのために?)

Originally published in 1997 in Monthly Afternoon.

Centers around a group of college drama students preparing and performing a play depicting a conversation between a serial killer and the sister of one of his victims. The process causes the group to reflect and ultimately confront their own individual problems.