From all around the world come many legends and beliefs; professor MUNAKATA, an authority on the study of folklore, reveals the invisible historical facts hidden behind the myths. This story is brightly depicted, the main character using keen reasoning and a deep insight to solve one mystery after another.

Although I have been working as a manga artist for some time, it has been a while since I last received an award. In my youth, when I desired to become a manga artist, I had the vague idea that I would draw science fiction stories. Back then, I would never have imagined that, as an adult, I would draw a story that took history and folklore as its themes, still less that I would receive a prize for it. I will receive it gladly, imagining the amazed expression I would have once worn.

I imagine there are many people who think that scholars are limited in that they cannot speak as to the facts of history without certain evidence, such as historical records or relics; for such historically minded readers, Munakata kyouju Ikouroku might be a fascinating and fantastical work of manga. The main character, professor MUNAKATA, is a folklore specialist who, as though cutting the Gordian Knot, ratiocinates mysteries based on romances, legends, and historical materials; the way in which this is done, utilizing a very manga-like freedom of conceptual interpretation and imagination, is very entertaining, transforming quite difficult academic themes into perfect entertainment. Indeed, it could be said that this work has cultivated a new frontier in the genre of Story Manga.