A Murakami Minute: Manga Stories Volume 1 Introduction

Drunken Pen Writing Podcast

We are back with A Murakami Minute! This time, we are covering Haruki Murakami's Manga Stories Volume 1. In this first volume, Jc Deveney has adapted four of Murakami's stories into a manga collection with art by PMGL Pierre-Marie Grille-Liou.

The four stories in this collection are:

Super-Frog Saves Tokyo: A few days after an earthquake, Katagiri discovers a giant frog in this home. The frog promises to save Tokyo from another earthquake, but Katagiri must help him. Is this real, or is Katagiri dreaming?

Where I'm Likely to Find It: A woman's husband goes missing so she hires a detective. As the detective traces the man's whereabouts, he reflects on the meaning of his own life.

Birthday Girl: A woman tells her friend the story of a surreal encounter she has on her twentieth birthday with the owner of the restaurant where she works, who grants her a wish.

The Seventh Man: The story of a man scarred by the death of his childhood friend in a tsunami.