Ninomiya Tomoko

A series of biographical oneshots by various mangaka, published in 2009-2010 by Asahi Shimbun. Each issue focuses on a different notable figure from Japanese history. Collection of all titles released under Asahi Publications can be found on their Official Website - Link Title and Author details for each issue can be found at MangaSeek (JP)

The manga anthology is created as part of charity with royalties donated for reconstruction of areas affected by the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake (Higashi Nihon Daishinsai) disaster that struck Japan on March 11, 2011. The volume contains works by Satoru Hiura (Hotaru no Hikari - It's Only Little Light in My Life), Toshinao Aoki (Kurumi no Ki!), Ume (Giga Tokyo Toy Box), Keiko Okamoto (Corrector Yui), Mayu Shinjo (Demon Love, Ai Ore, Love Celeb), Tomoko Ninomiya (Nodame Cantabile), Naoko Matsuda (Juuhan Shuttai!), Kyo Hatsuki (Itaya-san to Ushiyama-san, Sudden Death), Nagamu Nanaji (Parfait Tic!, Aruitou), Riho Sachimi, and Kazumi Ohya.

The story is set around a pawn shop in Shitamachi, a working-class neighborhood, and it follows Shinobu and Aki, two people fascinated by sparkling jewels metaphorically "born from a distant ancient Earth."

A cute autobiography based off Ninomiya Tomoko's family life, with her husband and son.

Ichinose, a violin music student, is coming towards a crossroads in his life. He has to decide what to do with his future, but he doesn't feel pulled towards any one particular dream. In the absence of any ambition, he decides to work alongside his mother, who is a piano teacher, and teach violin. But one night, he sees a pretty, sad girl standing barefoot outside an apartment. A little investigation shows that she seems to share the apartment with a cat and a mysterious guy called Mike. Will meeting her be the trigger that can change his dull life?

A two-volume sequel of the Nodame Cantabile series. Chiaki and Nodame are back in Japan, Nodame for her first recital there, and Chiaki for his first Opera Concerto. (Collected in volumes 24 & 25)

The son of a famous pianist, music student Shinichi Chiaki dreams of studying abroad and becoming a conductor like his mentor. Unfortunately, his fear of flying grounds his lofty plans! As he watches other classmates achieve what he has always wanted, Shinichi wonders if he should quit music altogether.Then one day he meets fellow student Megumi Noda, also known as Nodame. This oddball girl cannot cook, clean, or even read a music score, but she can play the piano in incomparable Cantabile style. And she teaches Chiaki something that he has forgotten: to enjoy his music, no matter where he is.It received the 2004 Kodansha Manga Award for best shoujo manga.Officially Translated:In Indonesian by Elex Media

A city girl goes to the countryside and falls in love with a young farmer, so she offers to help him out as a live-in part-timer. Will something sprout...?

Katsuyuki, a gifted, petty and egocentric high schooler, intends to work in the high financial world. His well regulated life explodes when his mother remarries his worst nightmare: a traveller writer, unproductive, nice and completely unpredictable… and father of a son who looks like him. All his opposite… Consequently begins the subtle contamination of his entourage by their terrible joie de vivre. Even Nagasawa, "the female brain of the high school", the only one for which he had respect for … Decided to find anew his peace, Katsuyuki feverishly seeks a way for returning these aliens on their planet. And he's not sparing with spite!

Miho, a meek college girl apparently, pursues trends with a relentless and fearsome obsession in this masterpiece black comedy. A monstrously funny work that laughs at the frivolous bubble era, when people put their lives on the line to follow the latest fads. (google translated)