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Garo Advent calendar 12/10/25(Wed)11:56:22 No.284389195

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Garo Advent calendar Anonymous 12/10/25(Wed)11:56:22 No.284389195 Archived

Every day until Christmas, I will dump a few oneshots from Garo Magazine.
Join me as we explore the wonderful world of alternative manga from the 20th century.

>what the hell is Garo?
Garo was an influential manga magazine published monthly from 1964 to 2002.
It was founded as a platform for avant-garde, experimental, and counterculture manga creators who were rejected by mainstream publishers, and was a starting point for many artists you've probably never heard of.

Some of these stories are funny and whimsical, some of them shocking and thought-provoking, and some are incomprehensible pretentious nonsense. Try to keep an open mind, and feel free to discuss manga in general as well.

Anonymous
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Day 10
Fugitives, by Watari Futoshi
First published in 1967

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Previous thread: >>284367528

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And today's second story is coming right now.

Forbidden Games, by Shinji Nagashima
Also from 1967.

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And that's it for day 10.
What's been your favorite story so far?

Anonymous
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>>284389976
I think I like Le Masque the most so far. It tells its story well with almost no text, and has some interesting compositions.

Anonymous
12/10/25(Wed)13:10:31 No.284390988

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>>284389577
Goddamn, not the sex bot!

Anonymous
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>>284389642
Can't have shit during the apocalypse.

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12/10/25(Wed)13:17:20 No.284391114

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>>284389976
I love the morbid games kids play.
The lunchbox noir pastiche was fun.

Anonymous
12/10/25(Wed)15:46:38 No.284394003

Anonymous 12/10/25(Wed)15:46:38 No.284394003

Fuck yes Garo is awesome thank you OP

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>>284389195
I was too late to post yesterday
This one was really refreshing and heartwarming, was expecting it to end on a sour note but it stuck the landing

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>>284389976
A couple days ago I'd say Le Masque but Crescent Moon really started living rent free in my mind. It's everything I wished a crazy oneshot from Garo would be.

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12/10/25(Wed)17:44:29 No.284396063

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>>284389195
bumping

Anonymous
12/10/25(Wed)18:47:28 No.284397135

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>>284389976
Thx mate

Anonymous
12/10/25(Wed)19:23:05 No.284397720

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>>284389976
i dont get it but the loli was very very cute. thanks op.

Anonymous
12/10/25(Wed)19:25:28 No.284397753

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>>284389642
very cool little story. i hope he finds a way to get her repaired.

>>284389976
this is also extremely neat. it's a very kids being kids kind of idea, the sort of shit you get up to unsupervised.
this is my first thread for this but i'll probably go back and read the previous ones. thanks for posting.

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12/10/25(Wed)19:30:25 No.284397851

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Nice.

Anonymous
12/10/25(Wed)21:42:11 No.284400158

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>>284389976
Thank you for posting.

Anonymous
12/10/25(Wed)21:59:03 No.284400467

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>>284389976
This one was pretty good. Great panel compositions in service of a morbidly inane story.

Anonymous
12/10/25(Wed)23:40:39 No.284402734

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bump for more readers

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12/10/25(Wed)23:49:11 No.284402935

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>>284389976
Like this one. Might take them a while to find one huh

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>>284389976
>What's been your favorite story so far?
This one. Made me laugh like hell.

Anonymous
12/11/25(Thu)02:34:50 No.284405647

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>>284403976
good choice