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Pink is a manga about a Japanese girl named Yumi, a beautiful girl in her early 20s. During the day, Yumi works as a regular office lady, but by night, she works as a prostitute. Yumi needs her two jobs to make ends meet. She also needs the extra income to feed her unusual pet, a crocodile, which she keeps in her apartment. Working in an office is quite normal for young Japanese women, but keeping a pet crocodile, and being a prostitute makes Yumi stand out. In truth, few girls are like Yumi, however, many readers can empathize with her. Young women love their "something," symbolized by her pet crocodile, and they can also identify with Yumi's "wild at heart" nature.
If you are aware of fashion in Japan, you must have seen Liliko's face. For the last few years, she has been at the top of the modeling world, with her face and body promoting the biggest brands. But as everyone who is in this world admits, staying on top is a constant and never ending battle. There are always new faces introduced to the public. Younger models and new looks are brought into the fold every season. And keeping that position means learning to adapt and learning to cope with change. To maintain her position Liliko has decided to go under the knife. This is not her first go with this service. It is yet another round of plastic surgery, all done to keep herself looking young and vibrant. However, in this case just a little nip and tuck was not enough. Liliko is bent on undergoing a full body makeover. From head-to-toe, every inch of her will undergo cosmetic surgery, and thus begins her madness. (Source: Kodansha USA)
Haruna Wakakusa and Yamada become friends after she saves him several times from her boyfriend's constant bullying. Through him she gets to know Kozue Yoshikawa, a fellow student who also models professionally. The three emotionally stunted teens' lives briefly yet intensely intertwine for one semester before splintering from the aftereffects of one disastrous night. For both Wakakusa and Yamada, their emotional awakening fosters an unlikely friendship between the two battered souls.
The story takes place in the 80's. Kaneda Sakae, a high school girl living in Sapporo, suddenly moves to Tokyo with her mother...
After his live-in girlfriend breaks up with him, Santa Hayashiya runs away from his apartment at night because he can no longer afford the rent. A classmate, Junko Sakurada, invites him to move in with her and her brother, but the relationship between the Sakurada siblings seems... strange. A story of yearning, a story of people that want to love and be loved.
Rock and Astro meet, fall in love, and decide to marry after their first night together. Between romantic comedy and hallucinated fairy tale, Kyoko Okazaki blows a wind of hysteria in the fashion world and its nights saturated with music and drugs. (Source: Librairie Dialogues)
1. **LOVE, PEACE & MIRACLE -Kami no Ue no Slideshow-** (-紙の上のスライドショウ-) 2. **Natsu no Omoide** (夏の思い出) 3. **Chocolate Marble-chan** (チョコレートマーブルちゃん) 4. **GIRL OF THE YEAR** 5. **Chihuahua-chan** (チワワちゃん) 6. **Suki? Suki? Daisuki?** (好き? 好き? 大好き?) In Tokyo, Chiwawa is a popular girl. One day, her dead body is found in Tokyo Bay. Her body is in pieces. Chiwawa's friends gather to remember her, but they realize they do not know anything about her like her real name or her background.
The title refers to the scattershot chatter of the three main characters, a group of 23-year-old women living in Tokyo. The work vividly depicted the fashion and social conditions of the late 1980s, in the midst of the bubble economy. (Source: Wikipedia Japan, translated)
Our protagonist Ruriko Suzuki has a TV director as a father, an famous actress mother, and two older brothers. In this house everyone lives and do as they please, but the peace is suddenly ended when her father out of the blue declares that he is leaving the family and abruptly takes off. This shattering of the balance leads the other members to follow after him one by one to live their own independent lives, but 13 year old Ruriko who is now completely alone in the condo has nowhere else to go and no one to support her. To make money she starts running the family home like a love hotel for teenagers. But this new adult world of independence is rough for a young girl, how will Ruriko find her way in it?
1. Aki no Hi wa Tsurubeotoshi 1 2. Aki no Hi wa Tsurubeotoshi 2 3. Aki no Hi wa Tsurubeotoshi 3 4. Hamburger 1 5. Hamburger 2 6. Hamburger 3
Chiemi Sawada, an ordinary-looking sister who feels a complex against her beautiful sister who fascinates men. Chiemi had a boyfriend and lived an ordinary life, but when she met Takashi Yamane, who lived upstairs, and is approached by him, she gradually became attracted to Takashi. (Source: Mangapedia)