Mori no Asagao - The Story of a New Prison Guard and a Certain Death Row Inmate

A work which highlights the “present” of the capital punishment system through Oikawa Naoki, a newly recruited prison officer, who faces condemned criminals everyday and agonizes. Based on close and careful research, the author tackles with the serious theme of the “capital punishment system” head-on.

Won the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Manga.