Takuji Umihara is an independent manga artist who regularly self-publishes their works at the COMITIA comic markets in Japan. They specialize in surreal sci-fi stories. They are heavily influenced and inspired by the works of the legendary Osamu Tezuka, and have even embarked on a personal project to read all of his work in chronological order. They regularly write about their thoughts on manga on their blog, “Manga and Other Diaries.”