One Hundred Tales Daria Bogdańska And Jax Amboy is a

And Jax Amboy is a hero on the starball field

a dyspeptic alcoholic who is stuck in his life

heading west

“I read this in July

with Molotov cocktails flying and fellow students disappearing for hours and returning with bruises

One Hundred Tales Daria Bogdańska And Jax Amboy is aBy Osamu Tezuka. Published by Ablaze Manga. Softcover, 208 pages, B&W, 2023 (originally published in Japanese in 1971) An adaptation of the Faust legend as a samurai period piece. Ichirui Hanri is an ordinary accountant servicing his lord. Though innocent, he is sentenced to death by hara kiri after being entangled in a power struggle. A witch named Sudama appears and offers Hanri three wishes in exchange for his soul. Hanri accepts. Is it worth it?