Good Day for Gag Manga

Down the Narrow Road, Episode 1 (1x5)

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In 1689, the well-known poet (and wimpy looney) Matsuo Bashō took his apprentice, the "apprentice-teaches-master" Sora as his travelling company, and started a journey towards the narrow road to the deep north. This is the beginning of their story - and, in extension, their madness.