Excel Saga Volume 1, Mission 6: The Untreatable Unbeknownst Disease by Rikdo Koshi

Originally published 1997 by Shonengahosha Co.. Ltd; this edition July 2003, September 2003 printing

Publisher: Viz

PG

(D, V, L)

Drug References {G}

Cartoon Violence {G} {Excel being dropped down the trap-door again}

Coarse Language {PG} {nothing stronger than 'bastard'}

Representations

Gender:

Excel Saga Volume 1, Mission 5: Those That Burn, Those That Get Burned by Rikdo Koshi

Originally published 1997 by Shonengahosha Co.. Ltd; this edition July 2003, September 2003 printing

Publisher: Viz

PG

(V, L)

Cartoon Violence {G} {Excel is repeatedly dropped into the pit by Il Palazzo (on the second occasion, being attacked(?) by cave crickets).}

Coarse Language {PG} {A pun; a couple of 'sad bastards' exchanged in argument between Sumiyoshi and Iwata}

Representations

Excel Saga Volume 1, Mission 4: Everyday Living Permissible by Rikdo Koshi

Originally published 1997 by Shonengahosha Co.. Ltd, Tokyo; this edition July 2003, September 2003 printing

Publisher: Viz 

M

(L, V, D)

Coarse Language (PG)

Violence (M) {This time Watanabe is doing the off-screen beating up of Iwata, although Iwata gets his revenge}

Drug Use (M) {Once again Hyatt getting buzzed from an assortment of pills}

Representations

Gender:

Excel Saga Volume 1, Mission 3: Today and Tomorrow for Encounters by Rikdo Koshi

Originally published 1997 by Shonengahosha Co.. Ltd, Tokyo; this edition July 2003, September 2003 printing

Publisher: Viz 

MA15+

(D, V, L, S, H)

Excel Saga Volume 1, Mission 2: Today and Tomorrow for Farewells by Rikdo Koshi

Originally published 1997 by Shonengahosha Co.. Ltd, Tokyo; this edition July 2003, September 2003 printing

Publisher: Viz 

M

(V, L)

Violence (M) {Comedic, but relatively impactful for that sort in my experience}

Minor Coarse Language (PG)

Representations

Gender:

The Long Silence After by Ed Gorman

Originally published 1992 in Prisoners and Other Stories (by Ed Gorman), this edition 1995

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Collected in: Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian)

M

Not recommended for persons under 15 years of age, but no legal restrictions

(L, S, H, D, V)

Coarse Language {M}

Sexual References {PG}

Batman's Helpers by Lawrence Block

Originally published 1990 in Playboy, this edition 1995

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Collected in: Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian)

MA15+

Considered unsuitable for persons under 15 years of age; legally restricted

(L, D, S)

Coarse Language {MA15+}

Drug Use / References {PG} {alcohol}

Gravy Train by James Ellroy

Originally published 1990 in The Armchair Detective, this edition 1995

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Collected in: Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian)

MA15+

Considered unsuitable for persons under 15 years of age; legally restricted

(L, S, D, V, N)

Coarse Language {M} {slurs}

A Sex Scene {M}

Drug References {M}

Violence {MA15+}

Bonding by Faye Kellerman

Originally published 1989 in Sisters in Crime (ed. Marilyn Wallace), this edition 1995

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Collected in: Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian)

R18+

Legally restricted to audiences 18 years and older

(D, S, L, T)

Frequent Drug Use {R18+}

Sexual References {MA15+}

Frequent Coarse Language {M}

Junior Jackson's Parable by James Hannah

Originally published 1988 in Desperate Measures (published by Southern Methodist University Press), this edition 1995

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Collected in: Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian)

M

Not recommended for persons under 15 years of age, but no legal restrictions

(L, D, S, T, V)

Frequent Coarse Language {M}