✳︎Book Title: "The Incompetent Man" Recommendation ✳︎Editor-in-Chief: Naoto Takenaka ✳︎Publisher: Aoyama-do (zeit book) ✳︎Publication Year: September 1991 (at the time of the movie "The Incompetent Man" release) ✳︎Size: B6 size ✳︎Number of Pages: 257p 《Table of Contents》 Poem "The Incompetent Man" Naoto Takenaka Foreword ◉Chapter 1: Learning from the Original "The Incompetent Man," Yoshiharu Tsuge Yoshiharu Tsuge Interview Visiting Mr. Chou at the Antique Shop Ichiro Enokido An Invitation to a "Yoshiharu Tsuge Realism Tour" Koji Ishikawa ◉Chapter 2: Biographies of Modern "Incompetent Men" - Self-Praise of Incompetence Days of Unfinished Novels Akio Miyazawa The Ukulele Guy TIM Matsumura Manga Artist Life Yukio Kawasaki My Week Toru Takeuchi Until the Floor Dents Keiichi Suzuki ◉Chapter 3: Around Incompetence - "The Incompetent Man" I Once Saw The Depths of Desire for Retirement Seikou Itoh The Genealogy of Incompetence in Manga Tomohiko Murakami ◉Chapter 4: Competitive Contributions - Private Edition of "The Incompetent Man" The Beginning and End of "Incompetence" Ryo Iwamatsu On the Ambiguity of "Incompetence" Masao Matsuda Does the King Pluck His Nose Hairs? Ryosuke Soda A Study of the Incompetent Man Natsuki Matsui The Incompetent People of the Edo Period Hinako Sugiura The River of Incompetence Yoshikazu Ebisu Incompetent!! Himakousaku Kotobuki Shiriagari Nemoto Edition: The Incompetent Man Takashi Nemoto ◉Chapter 5: Recommendation for Practicing "The Incompetent Man" Life The Art of Laziness Momoko Sakura In the Case of a Frail Life Shinichi Oshikiri Living in the Neighborhood Kitaro The Daily Life of an Ordinary Weekday Dweller Masayuki Kuzu Afterword Naoto Takenaka Special Appendix: Original Screenplay for the Movie "The Incompetent Man" [Content] This is a luxurious anthology, produced in conjunction with the release of the film based on Yoshiharu Tsuge's masterpiece manga "The Incompetent Man." While serving as a kind of guidebook, it also features essays and manga by a diverse range of contributors. Participating are artists such as Ryo Iwamatsu, Masao Matsuda, Ryosuke Soda, Natsuki Matsui, Hinako Sugiura, Yoshikazu Ebisu, Kotobuki Shiriagari, and Takashi Nemoto, all of whom have possessed strong individualities from that time to the present. Each expresses "incompetence" from their own perspective. Momoko Sakura, Shinichi Oshikiri, Kitaro, and Masayuki Kuzu contribute essays on how to enjoy everyday life with a relaxed attitude and how to maintain distance from society. At the end of the book, the original screenplay for the film version by Naoto Takenaka (screenplay by Toshiharu Maruchi) is included as a special appendix. This is a truly rich volume where the "quiet melancholy" and "everyday humor" of Yoshiharu Tsuge's works are interpreted and expanded upon by talents from various fields, each with their own unique approach. #YoshiharuTsuge #TheIncompetentMan #NaotoTakenaka #GaroMonthly