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Akari and Toru are sisters and brothers who have no friends because they have hard faces. Will they be able to make friends in the new place when they move and change schools?
When their parents divorced, Fujiko and Namiko were separated and raised by their father and mother, respectively. Year by year, as they grew closer to adulthood, the more they want grandma's white satin dress. It is the promise of a love fulfilled....... The title story and three other tales about different forms of love. Take your time and enjoy Iwadate-sensei's world! (Source: Shueisha, translated) Included Stories: 1. **Shiroi Satin no Ribbon** (白いサテンのリボン) 2. **Iris no Kobachi** (アイリスの小鉢) 3. **Tenshi no Jida** (天使の耳朶) 4. **Hanazaku Mori no Otome** (花咲く森の乙女)
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Christina, a countess's daughter who also serves as a princess's bodyguard, possesses memories of her past life. Memories of a tragic queen, imprisoned by a cruel king, stripped of her homeland and freedom, and ultimately meeting her death— Christina, having broken free from her unfortunate past, vows to live freely in this life, unbound by anyone's control. She refuses marriage and forges her own path. One day, however, Albert, a duke with immense power in the kingdom, appears before her. "I want to call you my wife. I desire nothing else." Albert, offering incredibly generous terms, passionately proposes to the bewildered Christina. But his true identity is that of her husband from her previous life—the reincarnation of the cruel king who imprisoned her in a birdcage! Regretting his past mistakes, he will stop at nothing to capture her this time. The former king, showing unwavering obsession, and the former queen, yearning for freedom. What will become of their struggle...? [Original Webtoon](https://www.comico.jp/comic/13808)
In Meiji Era Japan (1884), art scholars Ernest Fenellosa and Okakura Tenshin opened a sealed temple that had been built 1200 years before. Inside, they found many swords and a bodhisattva statue wrapped in cloth. Why was this temple sealed in the first place? The truth lies back in the Asuka Period (645), at a time when there is political tension concerning the power of the Soga clan. Prince Naka no Oe is beginning to set a plot in action against the main branch of the Soga family, targeting Soga no Iruka.
On a moonlit night, an accident causes the girl Noriko to lose her memory. Minamikawa, the convenience store clerk who caused the accident, takes her in to stay with him, and love begins to bloom between the two, but…? (Source: Shueisha, translated) Included Stories: 1. **Bara no Hoo** (薔薇のほお) 2. **Vivian no Akai Tsume** (ヴィヴィアンの赤い爪) 3. **Tasogare** (黄昏) 4. **Sekai de Ichiban** (世界で１番)
Won the 16th Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo in 1992.
Lin, the eldest daughter of the Takato family, who runs Umetou, a long-established dried plum company in Wakayama, has a prodigious memory, but spends her days in the plum grove observing the plums. However, misfortune and mysterious events begin to unfold when Mei-hua from Taiwan marries Dan, the eldest son of the Takato family, the president of Umetou. When Lin, who has a hunch that Mei-hua is not an ordinary woman, questions her, Mei-hua tells him about her unexpected past! The unpredictable drama of women shaking up a world heritage site opens with a shocking twist!
Chiriko leaves her family in Hokkaido and begins a new life living alone in Tokyo. She undergoes personal growth with the support of her family, friends, and Takashima, a boy she likes.... A book filled with the heartwarming and humorous worldview of Iwadate-sensei. (Source: Shueisha, translated)