The main character, Rascalnikov, is a child from a poor family who murders an old woman who works as a loan shark.

He was assigned to take on a role as a painter on top of a tall staircase, which terrified him greatly as Tezuka was afraid of heights.

Despite his fear, Tezuka bravely went up and performed his role, but was disappointed when he discovered that all the audience could see of him on stage was his feet.

[4] In September 2007 an exhibition dedicated to Crime and Punishment manga was opened in Dostoyevsky Museum in St. Petersburg.

The only other releases to be in bilingual like this is Jippi English Comics' edition of volume one of Jungle Emperor Leo, and Kodansha's 6-volume Princess Knight in 2001.