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Volume 1: \- **Haru wa Yayoi** (春は弥生) \- **Otouto** (おとうと) Volume 2: \- **Ame no Nioi no Suru Machi** (雨のにおいのする街) \- **Maya no Souretsu** (摩耶の葬列) Volume 3: \- **Kugatsu no Poppy** (９月のポピィ) \- **Christina no Aoizora** (クリスチーナの青い空)
Debut One-Shot of Yukari Ichijo. *Note: it was reprinted in Ribon DX 1976 Spring issue.*
Youkei, a 21-year-old college student, just lost his apartment and his roommate as that roommante kicked him out after inviting his girlfriend to move in. So what's a guy to do? Go get stinking drunk and marry the first eligible woman he runs into, an older woman named Keiko, who is as drunk as he is. Next morning, they both wake up not remembering a thing, but Keiko's 14-year-old daughter does - and knows exactly what they did. And she isn't the youngest daughter...
A French girl Jules is studying art in Britain. Jules is obsessed with a painter by the name of Wilson and doesn't care much for the boy band Penny Rain that is all the rage at the student dorms. When she refuses to join the Penny Rain fan club she's promptly evicted from the dorm. Passed out from wandering the streets she's taken in by a young widow... the widow of Wilson the painter! Charmed by Jules and her artistic sensibilities the widow offers to lodge her. Jules gladly accepts the offer, only to find out her son is the vocalist of Penny Rain!? *Also includes the sequel story Husky Voice de Sasayaite (ハスキーボイスでささやいて)*
The love letter she stayed up all night to write was rejected. She found out her boyfriend was cheating on her. The teacher she had a crush on just got engaged. What is the fate for Kanako, Kirara, and Junko, three girls who are lost in the game of love? A remake of the of Yukari Ichijo's immortal masterpiece! (Source: Shueisha, translated)
his installment of Chikuma Bunko's "contemporary manga" series is curated by Riku Onda and looks at manga artists and works from the 1970's to today that has continued to innovate and develop the rich genre that is shoujo manga. 1. **Door no Naka no Watashi no Musuko** (ドアの中のわたしの息子) \[Moto Hagio\] 2. **Love❤Game** (ラブ❤ゲーム) \[Yukari Ichijou\] 3. **Sarmyu no Ie** (サーミュの家) \[Yasuko Sakata\] 4. **Tsuruhime Ja! (Excerpt)** (つる姫じゃ～っ！) \[Yoshiko Tsuchida\] 5. **Erika Akai Tsumijikaze** (エリカ赤いつむじ風) \[Suzue Miuchi\] 6. **Hanaoka-chan no Natsuyasumi** (花岡ちゃんの夏休み) \[Natsuno Kiyohara\] 7. **Saint Rosalind (Excerpt)** (聖ロザリンド) \[Masako Watanabe\] 8. **Gishiki from Ichimanjuu Byou Monogatari** (『一万十秒物語』より「儀式」) \[Emi Kurata\] 9. **Fresh Green no Kisetsu** (フレッシュグリーンの季節) \[Yukiko Shino\] 10. **Semishigure no Yamu Koro from Umimachi Dairy** (『海街ｄｉａｒｙ』より「蟬時雨のやむ頃」) \[Akimi Yoshida\]