Cave In

A one-shot compilation with themes of suffering, crime, and betrayal, incorporating elements from gekiga.

• Cave In (落盤, Rakuban): A young man gets to the bottom of a mining incident from 20 years ago that isn't what it seems.
• The Flowers and the Ruffians (花とあらくれ, Hana to Arakure): Ken is sent to a cabin that houses other vicious men in the barren north. His goal? Plant seeds, and have them flower on the land, no matter what.
• Decisive Battle at Cannibal's Cape (人食岬の決戦, Hito-shoku Misaki no Kessen): A team of soldiers is weary from long battle on an island. Some are willing to go to great extremes - even if it means some may be expendable...
• The Ghost of the Jet Base (ジェット基地の幽霊, Jet Kichi no Yūrei): Detective Hazama is called to investigate paranormal activity at an air base, but finds himself wrapped up in more than he bargained for.
• Fire Valley (火の谷, Hi no Tani): In the Wild West, a young boy searches for the man who killed his father. Rumors of a cursed yet powerful pistol are about - one said to literally be possessed by a demon - and they interest the men of the local saloon. What connection could there be?
• Tatsumaki Voyage Log (タツマキ号航海記, Tatsumaki-gō Kōkaigi): Shichiro is a boy who lives by the sea, and was found as a baby in an abandoned ship. One day, he learns that he is not his parents' blood son, which causes him great distress. Not long after, the red algae that are a key source of revenue in his town are dying off. What begins as an investigation of the cause turns out to be a long journey linked to Shichiro's heritage.
• Wings and Stardust (羽と星くず, Hane to Hoshikuzu): An emonogatari. A pair of wings made of a mysterious substance are found in the stratosphere by an astronaut. Through a tumultuous string of events, they end up in the possession of the young Kazuo. But there are other parties interested in Kazuo's wings as well - yet Kazuo only wishes to have the wings better the lives of his community. And so Kazuo goes on his own journey, his fate bound with the wings...

Volume 319 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works