Shō-chan no Bōken
Japanese manga series
Shō-chan no Bōken is a Japanese four-panel manga drawn by Katsuichi Kabashima and written by Nobutsune Oda, serialized in Asahi Graph and Asahi Shimbun from 1923 to 1926 At first, the serialization was anonymous, but the authors' names were written in the March 1, 1924 edition. The comic depicted various adventurous journeys of the main character, a boy named Shō-chan and his sidekick squirrel Risu (リス), and was very popular among readers of the time for its fantastic stories, reminiscent of fairy tales and illustrations with a Western flair.