Otenba Banzai

おてんばバンザイ

by Shoutarou Ishinomori

A shojo one-shot compilation that chiefly features one-shots from the 1960's and ones published in Kodansha shojo magazines, with a theme of celebrating girlhood and girls from all walks of life. 1. Otenba Banzai/Tomboy Banzai (おてんばバンザイ): A gag one-shot in three parts about a thrill-seeking tomboy and her encounters with a group of petty yakuza. 2. Gatakon Kyoushitsu (ガタコン教室) 3. Giniro no Me/The Silver Eyes (銀色の目) Horror manga is all the rage at Sumi's school. One day, her teacher asks her to check up on her friend, who has been absent from school for some time. Before she knows it, Sumi ends up in a horror manga of her own! 4. Go-issho ni Hakuchou no Mizuumi wo Kikimasen?/Will You Listen to Swan Lake With Me? (ごいっしょに白鳥のみずうみをききません？) Ishinomori's whimsical take on Swan Lake. 5. Manga School (まんがスクール) 6. Akazukin-chan (赤ずきんちゃん) 7. Shin Meisaku Douwa Akazukin-chan (新メイ作童話 赤ずきんちゃん) 8. Gendai Musume Kishitsu/The Modern Girl's Mentality (現代むすめ気質) A whimsical commentary on all the hottest trends and pastimes of modern girls. 9. Natsuyasumi! Cupid Sakusen/Summer Break! Operation Cupid (夏休み！ キューピッド作戦) A boy gets asked by his friend to set him up with a girl, whose friend asks her to set her up with the boy. What does Cupid have in store for these youth? 10. MY Friend (MYフレンド) 11. Hatsukoi ya Aa Hatsukoi ya Hatsukoi ya/First Love, Ah, First Love, First Love! (初恋や アア初恋や 初恋や) The woes of a girl experiencing her first love. 12.Migimuke Hidari-chan/Miss Resist (右むけ左ちゃん) The story of a girl in a literal rebellious phase, acting contrary to what's said to her. 13-15.Lala-chan/Lala-chan (ララちゃん) A three-chapter gag manga about a girl and her trials and tribulations in love.