Enomoto: New Elements that Shake the World

Enomoto: New Elements that Shake the World (えの素) is a manga written and drawn by Shunji Enomoto. It appeared in Kodansha's Weekly Morning from 1997 to 2003 and has been gathered into nine book collections. It is filled with extreme scatological and sexual humor on a gargantuan scale. The series centers on the exploits of the shameless and irresponsible salaryman Gosuke Maeda, his equally unhinged preadolescent son Michiro, and various depraved co-workers, including the obsessive voyeur and exhibitionist Tamura and the unsmiling closet dominatrix Kuzuhara.

Enomoto: New Elements that Shake the World
Cover of volume 1, showing the main characters Gosuke and Michiro Maeda
えの素
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byShunji Enomoto
Published byKodansha
MagazineWeekly Morning
DemographicSeinen
Original run1997 – 2003
Volumes9

Volumes
  • Volume 1 (ISBN 4-06-337343-6)
  • Volume 2 (ISBN 4-06-337360-6)
  • Volume 3 (ISBN 4-06-337380-0)
  • Volume 4 (ISBN 4-06-337402-5)
  • Volume 5 (ISBN 4-06-337427-0)
  • Volume 6 (ISBN 4-06-337483-1)
  • Volume 7 (ISBN 4-06-337511-0)
  • Volume 8 (ISBN 4-06-337523-4)
  • Volume 9 (ISBN 4-06-337529-3)

All volumes above published by Kodansha.

A tribute volume, Enomoto Tribute: Shunji Enomoto and Pleasant People (ISBN 4-06-372231-7), featuring interpretations of Enomoto's characters by other cartoonists (including Moebius), was released by MouRa in 2006.

International

The series has not been translated into English. Its main source of exposure among English-speaking audiences was an enthusiastic 2001 review by Highwater Books publisher Tom Devlin in The Comics Journal. Devlin marveled at Enomoto's ability to "make innovative comics that are almost entirely concerned with bodily functions," and suggested that it was "entirely unnecessary" to know what the characters were saying to appreciate the series: "Just imagine that every time someone opens their mouth, they scream 'Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!'."[1] Enomoto: New Elements that Shake the World has also been praised by the alternative comics creators Tom Hart and James Kochalka.[2]

Portions of the series have been translated into Italian and Spanish.[3]

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References
  1. Devlin, Tom. "King of Shit." The Comics Journal #238, October 2001, pp. 65-67.
  2. "Praise by Tom Hart and James Kochalka". Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
  3. kodanclub.com
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