17 year old Katsuhiro Otomo participated again in Ribon Comic (りぼんコミック) magazine's manga competition under the pen name Fumiko Otomo (大友文子). He got an honorable mention and a thumbnail of the cover page was published in 1971 January issue of the magazine.
16 year old Katsuhiro Otomo got the second place in Ribon Comic (りぼんコミック) magazine's manga competition under the pen name Fumiko Otomo (大友文子). The awarded works were announced in 1970's October issue of the magazine and just two thumbnails of the first two pages of Otomo's story were shown.
This is one of Katsuhiro Otomo's early submission to a manga magazine. The 5 page manga titled SOGEKI (狙撃) was never published but the cover and a short comment were printed in Weekly Shonen Sunday (週刊少年サンデー) issue No.46 in November 9, 1969.