From the 1950s to the early 1960s, rental bookstores were overflowing in towns. The manga specially drawn for these rental bookstores is called “rental manga.” It exudes a unique atmosphere different from ordinary children’s manga. Kamishibai authors also began to draw manga, and small to medium-sized publishers dedicated to rental manga published 180 titles. The number of manga artists became inadequate, and a succession of artists with vibrant individuality emerged, such as Kazuo Umezu, Tetsuya Chiba, Takao Saito, and Shigeru Mizuki. From within rental manga, Sanpei Shirato emerged. Rental bookstores disappeared, rental-specific publishers kept going out of business, and rental manga became less read. As the 1960s began and television spread in households… However…