Sumiyaki Monogatari
- Volume 01Chapter 1-11
- Ch 11 The Woodpecker and H... May 7, 2015 Ch 10 The Pillow of Snow Apr 20, 2015 Ch 9 Our Hunting Diary (P... Apr 4, 2015 Ch 8 Our Hunting Diary (P... Mar 21, 2015 Ch 7 The Thrush Mar 8, 2015 Ch 6 The Himegani of the... Mar 4, 2015 Ch 5 The Supervisor Feb 20, 2015 Ch 4 Preparing the Fire Feb 13, 2015 Ch 3 Taking Out the Charc... Feb 3, 2015 Ch 2 Burning the Charcoal Jan 21, 2015 Ch 1 Chopping Trees Jan 13, 2015
Tales of a Charcoal Burner narrates the day to day life of young Toshikatsu Ue, who, following family tradition, devotes himself to the hard labor of the titular profession in Wakayama Prefecture.
The protagonist shows the laborious process of manufacturing charcoal in first person and strikes up a conversation with the reader through stories of his daily life and folk tales handed down in the region since antiquity.
-from Dolmen Editorial