From Denkigai no Honya-san
Say hello to Maria!
When Yakeno Yahachi, better known to his friends as “Yakeppachi” (i.e. “desperate”), has ectoplasm seep out of his nose, he does what any normal teenage boy would do - he puts it in a life-like doll suit, names her Maria, and has her attend high school alongside him.
From Osamu Tezuka’s Yakeppachi’s Maria (1970), part of his trilogy of “sex education” works, along with Marvelous Melmo (1970-72) and Apollo’s Song (1970).
In honour of the final few days of DMP’s latest Tezuka Kickstarter, an image from Triton of the Sea (1969-71).




