Hyde & Closer

The one-shot is about the protagonist's goal of going North on his scooter, and Aso said that the story is "90% a story of my own personal experience." The manga is Aso's first to be published in Young Magazine.<br /><br />The manga is the seventh one-shot published as part of Weekly Young Magazine's 35th anniversary BULLET project. The project is publishing 35 one-shots over a one-year period.

The manga follows "another Alice," a female high school student who curses her everyday life. When by chance she loses her way on the "Border road", she is forced into in a deadly battle for survival.

Arisu Ryouhei, now a grown adult and married to Yuzuha, who is expected to give birth to their first child any day now, suddenly finds himself back in the Borderlands, the land between Life and Death, after getting into an accident. Will he be able to make it out of the Borderlands once more…?

Alice Ryouhei will leave high school soon, but he's trying to avoid thinking about his future. Late one night, when he's hanging out with his tough friend Karube and his silly, girl-crazy friend Chota, they see fireworks. After one blindingly bright explosion, they find themselves waking up in a different world. In this 'Borderland,' people are forced to either participate in potentially deadly games or simply die. Will Chota, Karube, and Ryouhei be able to survive this dangerous new world, and is there a way they can get back to their original lives? --- - Indonesian release by Elex Media [tankoubon (2014) and 2-in-1 (2022)]

Shunpei Closer's grandfather, Alsyd Closer, was an odd man. He traveled around the world always coming back to Japan to tell his grandson all the amazing adventures he would have. Before leaving to Africa on Shunpei's 7th birthday, he gives him a teddy bear named Hyde. Six years have passed and one day Shunpei receives a mysterious package that contains a deadly surprise. To survive, he will learn more about his grandfather than he ever dared to dream and learn what it takes to be a real man, and not the coward he always thought it was all right to be. --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Elex Media as **Hyde & Closer** (2010)