Episode 1
When he turned 19, Ishikawa Koji moved to Tokyo and began living in a four-and-a-half-tatami-mat apartment with rent of 20,000 yen.
When I entered the unlocked bathroom, I found the manager’s mistress…
The 19-year-old’s spring begins in Koenji, in a 4.5 tatami room with a 20,000 yen rent, shared toilet and no bath (1)
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“Goodbye Humanity: Aboard the Ship “Tama””A list of comics is here
“Goodbye Humanity: Aboard the Ship “Tama”” (Futabasha)
Original story: Koji Ishikawa Manga: Takayuki Harada
July 21, 2022
1,430 yen (tax included)
Paperback (softcover) 256 pages
ISBN: 978-4-575-31715-2
“I was on a ship called ‘Tama’: Revised and expanded edition” (Futabasha)
Hiroshi Ishikawa
March 23, 2023
1,870 yen (tax included)
Paperback (softcover) 280 pages
ISBN: 978-4575317893
The band’s autobiography, “I Was on a Boat Called ‘Tama,'” published in 2004 by former Tama percussionist Koji Ishikawa, shortly after Tama disbanded, has been reissued with a new look!
Ishikawa Koji talks in a light-hearted manner about his journey from moving to Tokyo to forming the band “Tama,” his big break after appearing on “Ika-ten,” and then all the way to their breakup!
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