Nude Model & Other Stories

Three deeply resonant short manga stories that turn the traditional style of josei manga into something stranger and more erotic.

Three tales explore the darker more mature side of Tsubasa Yamaguchi's imagnination, where they weave the complex webs that provide little in the way of easy answers, while accurately depicting the strangeness and confusion of life for teenagers and adults alike.

1. Nude Model a high school delinquent tries to seduce an introverted artist in his class, only for her to turn the tables on him.

2. Girl a teenage boy becomes in-demand for his recordings of erotic moaning, and uncovers a sexual predator on the school's staff in the process.

3. Kamiya a young doctor who can't stand the sight of blood overcomes her fears by going to a host club staffed by vampires, only to get caught up in a serial killer's web.

This fascinating, elliptical and alluring collection of shorts is very much more than the sum of its parts.

In the title story, a high school delinquent tries to seduce an introverted artist in his class as part of a cruel game, but learns some unexpected things about himself when she turns the tables.

Then there's "Girl," in which a teenage boy gets more than he bargained for when he tries to fulfill his own need for attention in an unusual way.

Finally, in "Kamiya," a young doctor who can't stand the sight of blood overcomes her phobia thanks to a host club staffed by vampires. But there are other things to fear lurking in the night...

In these three complex, alluring stories, Tsubasa Yamaguchi (author of the award-winning Blue Period) shows off the darker side of her imagination, in the process transforming josei manga into something stranger and more erotic.