YAMA WAYAMA

A compilation of short stories about weird high schoolers.

Satomi, president of his school's choir club, gets embroiled in a bizarre situation when he's asked by Kyouji the yakuza to give him voice lessons. Surprisingly, Kyouji's quite serious, and diligent in his practice too! As the two spend time together, where will this odd friendship take them...?

Known for "Muchuu sa, Kimi ni", Wayama’s first serialization in a commercial magazine is a comedy set in an all-girls school about a Japanese language teacher, Hoshi-sensei, and the carefree play that his students involve him in.The story starts when Kagawa, a student, delivers the class journal to Hoshi-sensei. As the students play word chain game "Shiritori" in the form of drawings in the remarks column of the journal, Hoshi-sensei becomes troubled...?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????……?

"Can you give me some tips to sing well?" The head of the chorus club, Satomi, gets entangled with a yakuza called Kyouji and was asked for singing lessons. Kyouji really wants to get better at singing so he kidnaps Satomi every week despite his unwillingness to teach him to sing. But before long, a strange friendship begins to grow between the two of them…?

Hayashi’s frank, guileless demeanor quietly draws the attention of classmates and strangers as he counts all the stairs in school, photographs street signs, and dries sweet potatoes on the classroom balcony. In a world shaped by conformity, Hayashi is refreshingly and unapologetically true to himself. Conversely, Nikaidou has worked very hard to perfect a gloomy, dour façade that keeps his classmates far, far away. While much of the school regards Nikaidou as a bad omen, one student catches a glimpse behind the mask and—undeterred by rumors of bad luck and supernatural powers—begins to pick away Nikaidou’s carefully crafted persona…

Satomi Oka moved to Tokyo from Osaka when he entered university. On his way home from a new year's party, he stops by a family restaurant and starts a part-time job...---- The MC is Satomi Oka, from author's previous work, (https://mangadex.org/title/212e9236-c0e3-4e85-ae92-087495820251)

Won the 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in Short Work category A compilation of short stories about weird high schoolers by Wayama Yama revised along with an original sequel over 30 pages long