is a Japanese one-shot manga written and illustrated by Junichi Yamakawa. It was first published in 1987 in , a manga supplement of the gay magazine . The short story is a famous meme on the Internet (especially on Japanese Internet forums). It is largely considered the representative work of Yamakawa and responsible for the revived popularity of his manga. Etymology Some translate the title as meaning "Poop Soup Technique". "Kuso" (くそ) means "crap", though the word is often used simply as interjection. Miso is actually a kind of seasoning used in miso soup. Kuso Miso figuratively meaning "mess, muddle", a state where one cannot tell the difference between brown miso paste and feces. Plot Masaki Michishita, a "typical guy" enrolled in preparatory school, is running to the park washroom when he spots a man wearing a jumpsuit sitting on a nearby bench. The man, Takakazu Abe, unzips his jumpsuit and exposes his penis, asking Masaki, . They proceed to the washroom to sexual intercourse. When Abe performs fellatio on Michishita, the latter cannot hold his bladder and accidentally urinates in Abe's mouth. Abe suggests that Michishita empty his bladder in Abe during anal sex, and Michishita does so. When it is Michishita's turn to be on the receiving end, he defecates on Abe's penis, much to the dismay of Abe and the embarrassment of a middle-aged man walking by. Characters A prep school student with no prior sexual experience with men, though he often fantasizes about them. He is strongly attracted to Takakazu Abe at first sight, prompting him to think, . An auto mechanic. In the story, he sits provocatively on a park bench looking for sex. He is well-endowed and an experienced sexual partner. Impact Interest in this manga outside of homoerotica circles sparked more than ten years after its first publication, as it was illegally posted on Ayashii World in 2002. There, the manga gained some interest for its surreal depiction of gay men and its cheesy storyline. In March 2003, pages of the manga were posted on Futaba Channel, triggering the so-called "Yamajun boom" of interest in Junichi Yamakawa's works. At the same time, Shift_JIS art of the manga produced on 2channel also contributed to the boom. Since then, lines from the manga such as "uho! ii otoko" and "yaranai ka" became known as the "Yamajun language", which became popular Internet slang. On Japanese forums