“Baka to Gogh” Complete in 2 Volumes ✳︎Author: Shinkichi Kato ✳︎Publisher: Kodansha Morning KC ✳︎Size: B6 ① Baka to Gogh First Edition Published: January 23, 2002 《Contents》 Main Story Chapter 1: Baka to Gogh Chapter 2: The Scent of a Top Loin T-shirt Chapter 3: A Chic Consideration of "Anxiety" Chapter 4: Baka Couldn't Just Stand There and Watch Chapter 5: Cave Romance Chapter 6: Buds Open Gently Another Story (Bonus Works) Part 1: Isamu Diary Part 2: MY MHz ② Baka to Gogh First Edition Published: September 23, 2002 《Contents》 Main Story Chapter 7: Love is Wobbly Chapter 8: Baka News Chapter 9: Rain Without a Hint of Courtesy Chapter 10: Reunion is Cruel Chapter 11: Monkey and Gogh Final Chapter: "Baka and Woman" Another Story (Bonus Works) Part 1: L&P Love and Scattered Part 2: Night Gra YOGERA To you who cannot believe in your own talent right now. To you who are confused by the noise around you and are anxious about whether the path you have chosen is the right one, this work is the bible you should pick up. Shinkichi Kato's "Baka to Gogh" is too structurally unique to be simply described as a "youth story of dreamers," and these two volumes, which represent a certain culmination in manga expression, do not focus on the generally discussed "consistency of the story" or "easy-to-understand catharsis." Instead, the author's own "exhilaration" for creation, the unique structure of "pictures moving the story" and the overwhelming "power of the pictures," and the obsessive "detailed drawing" drive the story itself powerfully. The biggest reason this work should be re-evaluated now is its structural uniqueness. While general manga adds "pictures" to the framework of "story," "Baka to Gogh" is where the pictures themselves are philosophy, a message, and the climax of the story. In particular, the reason why all the backgrounds and drawings were praised as "the pictures are bursting" is that the attention to detail captures the reader's emotions without reason through the depiction of the world, and has the power to simultaneously confront the joy and loneliness of creation. The "pure enthusiasm for creation" embodied by the three characters perfectly synchronizes with the author's "I'm going to start a series!" exhilaration at the time of serialization. #ShinkichiKato