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"Yakou Kanransya" follows three families who reside in the wealthy residential neighborhood of Hibarigaoka: the Endo family, Takahashi family and Kojima family. Mayumi Endo has dreamt of living in Hibarigaoka and is finally able to build a home there. Meanwhile, Mayumi's daughter Ayaka, who failed her high school entrance exam, inflicts domestic violence upon her mother. Neighbors can hear an angry voice. Meanwhile, the Takahashi family lives across from the Endo family. The Takahashis consists of the father who is a doctor, the mother, daughter who attends the elite private high school that Ayaka failed to get into and a son who is good in sports. Their house is spectacular and they appear perfectly happy. One day, the father in the Takahashi home is murdered. Detectives believe the killer is an acquaintance of the murdered father. Then, the son, who is presumed to have been at their home when the murder occurred, goes missing. People begin to think that the son killed the father.
[title](https://www.cmoa.jp/title/297682/) Shaolan, who works at a diner in the downtown area, has a hobby of painting. Her unique style of painting uses ink and water to express colors through shading, and she is loved and called the "artist of the downtown area." Eventually, her reputation leads to Jiang Zun, the deputy director of the Dragonfly Ministry, asking her to paint a picture for the Emperor to take to the palace for a matchmaking session. The reason is that the Emperor, who has never met his consorts, wants to use this as an opportunity to become interested in his consorts...
Collections of one-shots that won the monthly Hop Step Award from 1987 to 1996.
