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written and drawn by

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. It appeared in

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'' from 1997 to 2003 and has been gathered into nine book collections. It is filled with extreme

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and sexual humor on a

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n scale. The series centers on the exploits of the shameless and irresponsible

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Gosuke Maeda, his equally unhinged preadolescent son Michiro, and various depraved co-workers, including the obsessive

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Tamura and the unsmiling closet

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Kuzuhara.

Volumes

* Volume 1 () * Volume 2 () * Volume 3 () * Volume 4 () * Volume 5 () * Volume 6 () * Volume 7 () * Volume 8 () * Volume 9 () All volumes above published by Kodansha. A tribute volume, ''Enomoto Tribute: Shunji Enomoto and Pleasant People'' (), featuring interpretations of Enomoto's characters by other cartoonists (including

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), was released by MouRa in 2006.

International

The series has not been translated into

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. Its main source of exposure among English-speaking audiences was an enthusiastic 2001 review by

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publisher Tom Devlin in ''

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''. 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!'." ''Enomoto: New Elements that Shake the World'' has also been praised by the

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creators Tom Hart and

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. Portions of the series have been translated into

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