NASA: Naoki Urasawa Short Story Collection

NASA: Naoki Urasawa Short Story Collection gathers twelve short works originally published in a single volume by Shogakukan in 1988. The title story, presented in two parts, is a fantasy about a middle-aged office worker who trains every day in order to become Japan's first astronaut. Around this central narrative, the collection also brings together earlier short stories, including Beta!!. Also included are Scenario, Crash Dance, Children Children, Return, Tsutome Hito Hashiru!!, Street Corner Gangs, Old Western Mama, and the two-part Mighty Boy. Together, these twelve pieces form a varied anthology of Naoki Urasawa's early short-form work.