Ohikkoshi 1993 ●

But don’t let the mundane title fool you. This 1993 cyberpunk romp is less about packing boxes and more about shotgun weddings, Yakuza debt, hyper-advanced bio-implants, and a protagonist who would rather set his brain on fire than grow up. The story follows Shinohara , a grungy, chain-smoking twenty-something living in a near-future Tokyo that feels like Akira crashed into a punk house. Shinohara owes a massive debt to the local Yakuza, and his only asset is a bizarre piece of black-market tech: a “Brain Hiccup” chip implanted in his skull that allows him to rewind time — but only by a few seconds, and only for himself.

For fans of Katsuhiro Otomo , Tsutomu Takahashi , or anyone who ever wished The Big Lebowski had more Yakuza and time loops — track this down. Just don’t expect a tidy ending. Some moves aren’t about arriving. They’re about the frantic, stupid, glorious act of leaving. ohikkoshi 1993

Here’s a write-up about Ohikkoshi (1993), the cult classic Japanese cyberpunk manga by Hiroaki Samura (best known for Blade of the Immortal ). Before Hiroaki Samura became a legend for his epic samurai saga Blade of the Immortal , he unleashed a short, feverish, and utterly unclassifiable one-shot onto the world: Ohikkoshi (お引越し) — literally, “Moving Day.” But don’t let the mundane title fool you

Samura’s art here is raw, kinetic, and gloriously messy. His signature expressive faces are already on full display — characters twist into snarls, laughs, and agony within single panels. The action is frantic, cut like a music video from the golden age of MTV: jump-cuts, wide-angle lurches, and sudden close-ups of a boot connecting with a skull. Shinohara owes a massive debt to the local