Ooshima Yumiko

Collection of one-shots by various authors.

(from ebookjapan): The long-awaited sequel to "Even Gou-gou is a Cat" is here. Joy and sorrow, life and death are always side by side. Gou-gou, Tenmike, and Kuro are now deceased. And Tama, who lost the sight in his left eye, Kijitaro, who imitates Gou-gou, Tora, who has a dual personality, and Bee, who never fails to go to the bathroom....... This masterpiece essay manga gently (and sometimes harshly) describes the days of interacting with these cats, each of whom is full of personality. "Catnip" is the name of the herb cats like.

After Ooshima's cat named Sava suddenly dies, she finds it difficult to continue creating manga. However, with the help of a new kitten named Gou-Gou who shows up, she’s able to get over the loss of Sava and eventually feels inspired to continue her work. When she gets the horrible news that she’s been diagnosed with cancer, she’s devastated at first, but soon finds some new perspective on life and death. Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Short story Award in 2008. (from mangaupdates)

(from ebookjapan): Gentle stories in picture book format serialized in the picture book magazine "Ohisama." The 70 gems of stories selected by the author herself are all in color, and all are original editions never included in a tankobon. A must-have picture book for fans of the masterpiece The Star of Cottonland! Note: Volume 2 is subtitled Kuriman.

(from ebookjapan): Eri cannot forget the next-door neighbor in the apartment she lived in as a child. Every day she would go out without locking the door to her room, and this neighbor gave her a free space. The title story, depicting a girl's distant longing, and four others are included in this collection.

Sava is an anthropomorphic representation of one of Ooshima's cats, modeled after David Bowie. He has several essay manga dedicated to him, and this is the second of two bunko containing them. (from ebookjapan): This is the second volume in the series describing the author's casual days with her beloved cat, Sava. Includes the title story and five other stories, including "Sava Time," a heartwarming essay manga about enjoying seasonal events with a cat. Life with a cat by your side is wonderful!

Sava is an anthropomorphic representation of one of Ooshima's cats, modeled after David Bowie. He has several essay manga dedicated to him, and this is the first of two bunko containing them. (from ebookjapan): Cats and humans... A one-to-one, equal relationship. It is episodes of interaction with cats. A collection of humorous and heartwarming stories of the author's days with her beloved cat, Sava. Includes the title story and three others. It is full of the joy of living with cats.

(from ebookjapan): A stranger calls out to Tsuguo, "Come here," in a dream he has had repeatedly since childhood. Tsuguo decides to search for the house he sees in the dream, which becomes more and more real with each passing month... Includes the title story and four others.

(from ebookjapan): Oo, an alien, appears in front of Kotaro when he wakes up from a mysterious dream. He is transformed into a beautiful woman through a pseudo transformation...? The title story, in which dreams and reality intersect, and six other stories are included. Note: The first one-shot of the bunko is an adaptation of a story by Kenji Miyazawa.

Consists of (Hakusensha bunko ver.) : Yumemushi, Hitsujigusa : divorced wife and her little daughter Mizumakura Hanemakura Kaisoku Hansen Summer Time : A young man, about to be married to his childhood love goes to look for his best friend who was supposed to return to the small village for his wedding from Tokyo. When the young man arrives, he finds a note left by his friend and the presents he would have brought. The note refers to a night when there was lightning and rain, cutting off the power in his small village. Was it really lightning? Non Regart Dahlia no Obi Rangiri Ninjin

Asahi Sonorama (2000): Kinpatsu no Sougen : Meet NIPPORI Ayumu, an 80 year-old man, who, due to a serious heart condition, has spent sixty years of his life confined to his house. One morning, he wakes up believing himself to be twenty again. In his mind, he has become the youthful young man that he once was. However, reality fails to keep up with his illusion, and everything around him seems to be quite different from what he is used to. So, he decides that he is simply dreaming. As his reality becomes his dream, his unhappy world turns into a life enriched with happiness and expectations for the future. Ayumu is now enjoying his life to the full again. Enter KODAI Narisu, an 18 year-old home-care worker who is newly assigned to look after Ayumu. To his great surprise, Narisu looks exactly like the girl he had fallen for when he was twenty and he immediately mistakes Narisu for her. Narisu, on the other hand, is trying to deal with her own secret love. She is living amidst the uncertainties of youth, struggling to find her way. Ayumu's happy dream. Narisu's fragile and sometimes painful reality. The story takes place in an old house, where these two contradicting worlds intertwine with each other through their words and exchanges. Ayumu gradually begins to realize what is real, until one day, he decides to find out whether what he believes to be his life is in fact a dream. Yumemushi Hitsujigusa Mizumakura Hanemakura Ama no kaguyama Non Regaato Dahlia no Obi

Short oneshot published in issue no. 2 of Grapefruit (1981).

Illustrated poem published in April 1981 issue of LaLa.

(from ebookjapan): Hatsuko, a girl who died in an accident and became a spirit. Floating through this world, unaware that she has lost her life, she learns of her lost love for her senpai whom she longed for...? Contains the title story and six other stories. Note: The Hakusensha bunko contains Across a Golden Prairie.

Illustrated poem published in September 1979 issue of Mimi.

Chibi-Neko is a young kitten who has been abandoned. She doesn’t know she has been abandoned, and doesn’t know the difference between cats and humans. Indeed, she imagines herself as a human girl and believes she will become human someday. She is found and rescued by a boy named Tokio, who has just graduated from high school. However, he flunked the entrance exams and now is not sure of his future or what he will do. Chibi-Neko soon begins to love Tokio and wants to become a human and marry him someday. But then she sees Tokio with another girl in the park, and sees that he is in love with this girl. She also keeps getting visited by Raphael, a mysterious male cat who tries to tell her that cats cannot become human, they are always cats. What will Chibi-Neko do?Won the 3rd Kodansha Manga Award for Shojo in 1979

Now that Ira's older sister is getting married, who will take her to the bathroom after 10 p.m. and sing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" outside the bathroom door in order to protect her from the beautiful, androgynous, child-eating clown? Will marrying a closeted gay man help? Considered by many fans to be Ooshima's best work.

Four short stories: Kusakan no Hime: The varid speculations concerning Kiriko: Evil Spirit, Demon, Ghost, Witch. Gossiping concerning Kifune: Stupid, Bisexual, Male-whore. She defends him so he decides to ask her out. Is there truth behind these words of malice? Haine Yonde Yohane Gasuki Itai Natsume Itakunai Natsume

(from ebookjapan): The summer before her university entrance exam, Emi is sent to live with her aunt, who she adores, and her family for her parents' convenience. However, each member of the family has an unexpected secret...? Note: The first three one-shots of this bunko were each originally compiled with the first three volumes of The Star of Cottonland.

(from ebookjapan): Lesdeg is the daughter of an oil company president. In order to restore her father's company, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, she is asked to enter into a political marriage...?　A collection of 5 sensitive short stories including the title story!

(from ebookjapan): A high school girl, Mari, aspires to be a mangaka. By chance, she becomes friends with a math teacher who used to be a model for her manga, and begins to fall in love with him... but what happens?　A collection of short stories with faint feelings! Note: Digitized Hakusensha bunko release contains an afterword from Ooshima and 4 other one-shots, including the title one-shot of Shinjirare Nation.

(from MangaUpdates): Ichigo is a fourteen-year-old half Japanese girl that grew up in Lapland. After the death of her father, she moves to Japan where she is hosted by Rintaro Ikuta and his family. His father is a writer and his older brother Moritaro is an university student. Ichigo’s secret dream is to marry Rintaro someday. Since Ichigo can’t read kanji, she is obliged to attend primary school. On top of that, her whole lack of familiarity with the culture and customs of Japan generates a lot of misunderstanding and confusion. But the people around her start to love her as she is a very kind girl, despite her poor health. Rintaro also begins to experience affection for Ichigo, but her health gradually becomes worse…

(from wikipedia.jp): Momo, a sophomore at Sakuraen High School, is molested on her way to school on the bus and loses her student handbook at the same time. Momo's best friend, Yomogi, also loses a book on child-rearing and childbirth that she was supposed to show Momo on the same bus. On the same day, a beautiful boy named Serina Nazuna is transferred to her class. Momo thinks he is the culprit and tries to rehabilitate him, but when she visits Nazuna's house, she finds out that Nazuna is raising a younger sister and four younger brothers. He tells her that he stole Momo's notebook in order to verify her name and face, and because he wanted to try freeing himself from his cold-blooded father in the house where he now lives. Contains Rodian Romanovich Raskolnikov and Respond, People of Planet Kirara! (Kirara-Seijin Outou seyo). Rodian Romanovich Raskolnikov is Yumiko Ooshima's own adaptation of Crime and Punishment. Note: The only edition of Nazuna! Nazuna! is the Hakusensha bunkoban - it was omitted from prior Ooshima selections because the original manuscript was presumed lost, and the subject matter was similar to that of I Love Johan! (Johan ga Suki), another one-shot of Ooshima's.

(from ebookjapan): Maja and Midori are as close as real sisters. Midori is strangely convinced of this when Akio, whom she secretly has feelings for, falls in love with Maja. But suddenly Maja changes...!　Includes the title story and five other stories.

(from wikipedia.ja): Simon was taken in by his uncle, Gilles, an ecologist, after his parents died, but he ended up fighting with his rival Jean-Claude over his cousin Joca, his uncle's daughter. Joca, worried about Simon's weak fighting spirit, gives him a medicine developed by his father that makes him stronger, but it turns out to be a sex-transforming drug. Simon is placed in the care of his uncle's friend in England, and when his uncle shows Simon his own chromosomes, Simon is forced to accept. A month later, Simon was pronounced dead in England. Seven years later, after the death of his mother-in-law, Simon, now named Solange, was taken in again by his uncle and sent to live with Joca. Jean-Claude, who is engaged to Joca, becomes disturbed by Solange as a woman.

Contains three stories: Birth! (誕生！, Tanjou!) When strictly raised teenage girl Asami becomes pregnant, she and her boyfriend decide to keep the child despite the disapproval of their parents. Meanwhile, Asami's best friend Rei discovers some secrets concerning her own background that make her feel especially connected to Asami's situation. This manga caused controversy in its day since it dealt with the pregnancy of a high school girl. Utako to Yonde Mou Ichido (詩子とよんでもういちど) The story of a young leukemia patient and her fiancé. Danshi Shikkaku (男性失格) After surviving a strange accident, a young man starts gradually turning into a woman

On a boat trip, dormmates Simon and Arvy are fighting over their mutual love, Anne. Despite warnings, Simon jumps into the water to impress Anne. Moments later a nuclear test blast occurs, leaving Simon supposedly lost at sea. After a funeral ceremony held at school, Arvy comes back to his dorm room and unexpectedly finds Simon in his bed. But Simon looks strangely different...