"Purple Pill: Short Stories by Keiichi Tatsumura" Released on November 24, 2023
Created by Keiichi Tatsumura, an emerging manga artist, "Purple Pill" is his first series of short stories that went viral on his personal social media platforms. It is also the first manga work to be collected at the art museum of Tokyo University of the Arts—the most prestigious national art university in Japan. The English version of "Purple Pill: Short Stories by Keiichi Tatsumura" is now avaiable worldwide on Amazon Kindle.
The original Japanese version of “Purple Pill: Short Stories by Keiichi Tatsumura" is an alternative manga short story series released on January 1, 2023 in Japan. Comprising five short stories, each instalment was initially shared on the artistʼ s personal social media platforms, which immediately went viral and generated a cumulative total of over 100,000 likes.
During its initial release, Tatsumura was still a graduate student and the work was created as part of his graduation project. The content and his practice facilitated through social media garnered high commendation at school, and subsequently led to a groundbreaking achievement as the project became the first manga ever to be collected at the art museum of Tokyo University of the Arts, one of Japan's oldest and most prestigious art education institutions.
Published independently, this alternative manga is a rare gem in the Japanese manga market. Its translation and publication in English further enhance its uniqueness, as it diverges from the conventional path of works being brought to an international audience through major publishing houses.
The collection includes "It's time to take your medicine" which depicts the emotional exchange between a psychiatric cat and a nurse; "Tsuppari Yankee Apocolypse" where an 80s yankee challenges the torture of a super intelligence AI in order to save his loved one; "ISEKAI IMMIGRATION -That Time I Got Reincarnated as a HUMAN-" which tells the story of a hero reincarnated into a different world but ends up being detained by immigration; and "First Love of the Dead" a pure love story of a girl turned into a living corpse. The collection also includes one unpublished short story. Japanese A5 size, 216 pages, monochrome.
Purchase Information
"Purple Pill: Short Stories by Keiichi Tatsumura" is now available onAmazon Kindle for
US$5. For detailed purchase information, please referto the official amazon page.
Link
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNSW7L4Z
Artist profile
Keiichi Tatsumura
Japanese Cartoonist / Manga Artist
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1995.
In addition to manga, he works mainly with videos and graphic novels.
His main publications include the "Purple Pill: Short Stories" series and the ""Peeping
Pension" Complete Strategy Guide", a game-guide book for a game that does not exist.
Editor in chief of independent magazine "Choman Pangea" and the representative of the
online store "Junkissa Violence Bazooka".
Graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts in Oil Painting in 2020, and from the
Graduate School of Film and New Media in 2023.
web
https://tatsumurakeiichi.com/about
X
https://twitter.com/YumboGoldLove
