Kodoku Manga

Hideo Yamada compiles 18 stories about loneliness. Presented through themes of straggling, futility, insanity, seclusion, and an epilogue.

Rakugo (落伍):

1. Chikatetsu wo Orite.......(地下鉄を降りて……) [Daijiro Morohoshi]

2. Ohenro-san (おへんろさん) [Takashi Imashiro]

3. Oshiroi Komachi (白粉小町) [Youko Kondou]

4. Kuroi Chou (黒い蝶) [Kakusai Han]

Muyou (無用):

5. Kamen (仮面) [Shinji Nagashima]

6. Ishi wo Kai ni Kita Onna (石を買いに来た女) [Motoyuki Oota]

7. Otsuuya no Kyaku (お通夜の客) [Yuu Takita]

8. Kibishii Shiren (from Pattman X) (きびしい試練「パットマンＸ」より) [George Akiyama]

9. Nichijou Seikatsu (日常生活) [Jun Kagari]

Fuukyou (風狂):

10. Omoide no Occhan (思い出のおっちゃん) [Jun Urata]

11. Yoru no Semi (夜の蝉) [Tadao Tsuge]

12. Aburemon (あぶれもん) [Kaiji Kawaguchi]

13. Hisashiburi (久しぶり)　[Shinichi Abe]

Inton (隠遁):

14. Shounan (From Musashino) (沼南「武蔵野」より) [Junichirou Saitou]

15. The Salamander (山椒魚) [Yoshiharu Tsuge]

16. Shimi (紙魚) [Shigeru Mizuki]

Epilogue (エピローグ)

17. Sorekara (それから) [Hozumi]

18. Hitotsu no Hi (ひとつの火　カシワイ) [Kashiwai, original story: Niimi Nankichi]