A collection of some of the best stories by Baron Yoshimoto, one of the seminal Japanese manga artists who helped develop the graphic novel form in the 1960s and 1970s by targeting an older audience with scintillating and exquisitely drawn stories. The stories included are "Eriko's Happiness," "High School Brawler Ditty," "Dirt Bag," "One Stripper's Gambling Life," "Homesick," "The Girl and the Black G.I.."