The story is set in a dystopian alternative present where any kind of substance able to alter the state of mind is legalized and authorized for consumption at home or in designated places called Pomp Bars.... more>>

These products, once considered very dangerous, are now freely advertised on TV. The bartender chooses the ones more suited to his customers and serves them with special cocktails.

When the Pompies movement obtained the liberalization of the drugs it seemed a historically meaningful change destined to improve the world - a dream realized in a manner that radically affected humanity's way of life.

But in a world where all feelings are artificial and where everyone is a potential drug addict, nothing has really changed for the better. Only a select few drugs are considered dangerous and put under strict control by hygiene offices, which is given full authority to handle matters related to the severely addicted.

Kabu, a small-time peddler and heavy addict. Used to any kind of hallucinogenic trip, he is able to feel the happiness through the ecstasy of the drug, while on the same time hypocritically hating who gave birtn to that society which has forced him to the live this way.

After an overdose caused by mixing two incompatible drugs, he spends his days looking for stimulants until the encounter with an enigmatic man who offers him a new kind of illegal substance. Ultraheaven.

From that moment on his incredible journey begins - where dream and reality are fused in an undivided world - causing him both hysterical joy and unbearable pain. <<less

A compilation of short stories by Keiichi Koike.... more>>

1. Knockin' on Heaven's Door

2. 3000 Leagues Searching For Mother

3. Lazaro Franco's Fourth Hour

4. The Fallen Samurai And The Sea

5. Loopa

6. Kenbo's Diary

7. Sponge Generation

8. By Plane

9. Horizon

10. Landed

An astronaut sent on a space mission promises his wife and child that he will come back to them. <<less

Koike Keiichi's take on the Story of the Navajo People.... more>>

This short story was published in 野生哲学 アメリカ・インディアンに学ぶ (管啓次郎. May 2011. ISBN 9784062881074) <<less

Take me to the end of the world... said Blaise Cendrars.... more>>

Come on, I'll take you, says Keiichi Koike.

He takes you on a trip through time and space to the end of the world that is also but the beginning of it all...

Background:

An unfinished, text-less narrative that was first published in Gekkan Agama between 1989 and 1991. The first two chapters were then re-published in Art Publisher's Error magazine in 2000, after which the first eleven chapters re-appeared in the initial three issues of MHz magazine published by Magazine Five in 2006. The manga was never collected and released in a tankoubon.

Source: MAL <<less

G takes place at these points we call boundaries. Boundaries between times, dimensions, destinies, life and death, …... more>>

It tells the story of young Tomak through his initiatic journey.

The Death Grass Spirit is never far...

This story is related to the short story "Lazaro Franco's Fourth Hour" published in Heaven's Door. <<less

A metaphorical depiction of Japan's apprehension concerning the advance of western culture in the country during the period preceding the Meiji Era.... more>>

Historical figures and psychedelic experiences are on the menu. <<less

Spinoza has been printed in 7 issues of Photo Japon, from december 1985 to june 1986.... more>>

Each issue contains a whole chapter, printed on one page. The format is that of a contact sheet, with the pages shrunk to fit on a single page. <<less

The shadow of a man creeps upon Jessie. Is it real or merely a figment of her imagination ? Or perhaps, something else...?