The main featured one-shot, which is also the longest and split in four blocks across the volume, is the hilariously titled 'Kishizuki-san is a Graceful but Bitchy Girl', which is exactly what the title promises: pretty much rom-com fanservice featuring Kishizuki-san herself, who is in fact the school's idol, and graceful and bitchy in equal measure. The story is pretty much non-existent, but graphically it's on par with Hattori's main series - and full color, which always helps.
The other one-shots are mostly b&w, and generally fall within the standards of comedy, with a dash of yuri here and there. The highlights are definitely 'Dear Miyuki-chan', a bizarre almost-mystery with a hilariously comedical twist ending; and 'Existence Check', which is Hattori's first published one-shot ever and, graphically, far from the author's current style but still not too bad at all.
Rounding out the collection is a gallery of illustrations for various clients, from pinups for manga magazines to a mascot designed for NHK Japan, to a way-too-cute 'manatee burger' chara created to promote Mie's food industry... I have to say it's quite nice and refreshing to see an author who's not afraid to show commercial work for hire and humble beginnings along with more recent work - as I mentioned in previous posts, the tendency is to swiftly sweep under the rug all traces of non-professional, non-manga work as soon as an author reaches some kind of notoriety. A shame, really.
Overall, a pretty good collection, which made me appreciate more a mangaka who, to be honest, hadn't impressed me much before.
