From the same mangaka that brought us Sun-ken Rock, Boichi, comes a collection of five oneshots. 

In general these oneshots have amazingly detailed drawings. Seeing how most of these oneshots have a sci-fi theme to them pictures can become quite grand, to have such images as detailed, crisp, and clear as these is quite the accomplishment. The facial expressions on the people here are of the most expressive I have ever seen in a manga. Boichi-sensei also shows off his ability as a writer. Together, the drawing and the writing act as an efficient conductor of emotion.  The emotion Boichi-sensei put in is the emotion you receive, no less but everything more.

Click the break to read a summery of each oneshot and my thoughts on them.

Hotel: This oneshot follows the struggle a computer named Louis as he struggles through thousands of years in a post-apocalypse Earth to keep the Hotel, a storage unit containing the DNA of every living creature except human on earth, safe from harm.

I loved this oneshot. Louis lives a sad and lonely life trying fill his’s parent’s only wish. Like a human he holds his parents very dear, for a robot, he displays some very human emotions and acts very human. Louis hold very dear what little his mother gave him, all he has from her is a face she drew on his central control module, yet he treasures this greatly even going as far as drawing faces on the robots he creates. Making a robot like this seem so human show what an amazing writer Boichi-sensei is. I am in awe.

Present: Hanako suffers from an unknown illness which put her in a coma. Now, upon awakening, she has but three days to live. Her husband, Takao, suffers unbearable pain which no man should ever have to bear.

What started off as a happy go lucky romance ends in a tear-jerker like no other. This oneshot explains nothing until the end but that is what makes it so good. Although you think you understand what is going on just enough is left unsaid for questions to develop somewhere in the back of your head. Once these questions have been answered you realize that you did not read what you thought you read. It might have seemed like a sad romance but what you actually read was a tragedy. Such pain! Such suffering! But, oh, what love!

It Was All for the Tuna: This is the most light hearted of this collection of oneshots. Jun Shiozaki will stop at nothing to bring back Tuna, which have gone extinct due to over-fishing.

Shiozaki, is a genius, by focusing on recreating tuna he has discovered many amazing things. His accidental discoveries and creations have saved humanity from destruction, but humans are not tuna.