Yoshio no Seishun

A short, three chapter series created by gekiga legend Yoshiharu Tsuge and serialized over a period of three weeks in Manga Sunday in November 1974. A young mangaka named Yoshio Tsube draws rental manga to support his family of seven. While preparing a new work, Yoshio visits a rural hot springs resort, where he meets a maid named Yoneko. Soon after he returns to Tokyo, Yoshio receives a visit from Yoneko. When first published as a trade paperback in 1976, the volume also included Tsuge's one-shot stories "Realism Inn", "Kareno no Yado", and "Crab", as well as an interpretive essay by Junzo Ishiko.