Hiroki Endo's Tanpenshu

• Name — Hiroki Endo's Tanpenshu • Ja Kanji — 遠藤浩輝短編集 • Ja Romaji — Endō Hiroki Tanpenshū • Genre — Psychological drama

• Type — manga • Author — Hiroki Endo • Publisher — Kodansha • Imprint — Afternoon KC • Magazine — * Monthly Afternoon • (December 25, 1995 – February 25, 1997) • Afternoon Season Zōkan • (October 10, 1999 – February 9, 2001) • First — December 25, 1995 • Last — February 9, 2001 • Volumes — 2

• Portal — yes Hiroki Endo's Short Stories Collection is a Japanese anthology manga series written and illustrated by Hiroki Endo. It is a collection of various one-shot stories originally published in Kodansha's seinen manga magazines Monthly Afternoon (1995 to 1997) and Afternoon Season Zōkan (1999 to 2001). They were collected in two tankōbon volumes, released on April 1998 and September 2002.

Hiroki Endo's Tanpenshu is a series of one-shot stories that explore the darker aspects of the human psyche. Each story follows the point-of-view of someone or a group of people of varying backgrounds, including Hiroki Endo himself.

In the play in "For Those of Us Who Don't Believe in God", the story of American serial killer Henry Lee Lucas is recounted. It is evident that Hiroki Endo put effort into his research of the man, as a short bibliography is listed within the manga itself. It is implied that Lucas was the basis for the killer character within the play.

Written and illustrated by Hiroki Endo, the collection of one-shot stories were first published in Kodansha's seinen manga magazines Monthly Afternoon and its spin-off, Afternoon Season Zōkan, from December 25, 1995, to February 9, 2001. Two of the one-shots were Afternoon Shiki Shō winners: "The Crows, the Girl and the Yakuza" won the Shiki prize for Autumn 1995, and "Because You're Definitely a Cute Girl", won the grand prize for Winter 1995. The stories were compiled in two tankōbon volumes, released on April 23, 1998, and September 21, 2002. In October 2006, Dark Horse Comics announced that they had licensed the manga, simply titled Tanpenshu, for English distribution. Two volumes were released on January 17 and May 30, 2007.