Sakurazawa Erica

A tribute to Maya Mineo's Fly Me To Saitama with short stories, illustrations and full manga by a variety of artists.

A love-hate story about four generations of women from the Asakura family, who are legends in the hairdressing industry. (google translated)

Tamao Ichimatsu, a veteran entertainment reporter who has been reporting on the weekly magazine "Women's Generation" for more than 50 years and is still active at the forefront. When she heard the news of the death of movie actor Hitoshi Asakura, the editorial department began to reveal the story of the unknown tragic love of the Showa big star for the first time. (google translated)

An essay manga by Sakurazawa that has both comedy and how-to's for fashion, cometics, and more.

From Shoujo Manga Maniac: Body & Soul is a manga "wellness guide," and also a surprising and touching love story. The initial story of Miku's quest for health precedes a fantastic love adventure, where love appears little by little, and where we don't expect it…

When two gal pals go on a road trip, anything can happen! Sayumi and Hide are two friends cursed with the same fate: They're both stuck in dead-end relationships, and neither can find her way out. When they decide to hit the road and go to Hide's country home for the summer, they learn loads about love, life, and each other. 'The Aromatic Bitters' follows the lives of two women with nothing left to lose but their inhibitions.

From Tokyopop: A woman named Natsu finds Ken, her husband, with another woman when she comes home from work one day. Ken confesses that he is in love with the girl, mi, and asks Natsu for a divorce. Natsu doesn't really feel shocked OR sad, for some strange reason. All she can think of is what she has learned from her five years with Ken, and how she can move forward. Then, one sleepless night, she sees an angel sitting on her balcony…and soon after, the angel begins living with her.

A romantic story set in the show business and modeling world, CRASH reveals the influence played and the links joining the publicity, cinema, and TV worlds: as a vector to the image manipulation, that tends too often to dehumanize the top model or actor, reducing him to a simple image in 2-dimension.

Kato-kun (Mr. Kato) is an ordinary boy who works at a convenience store. Extraordinary things have started happening to him since he picked up a beautiful girl at a bar one night. It turns out she is an Angel–literally! She has two wings that sprout from her back, and only a few people can see her. She's moved into his bachelor pad, and he feels like he's in heaven. Although he has no idea where she is from or why she is living with him, he lets her stay as long as she wants. An Angel is a savior–and there are a lot of people who need saving! She crosses the paths of a neglected kindergartner, a troubled middle-school student, and she even helps Kato himself in his attempts to befriend a pretty girl named Miho.

Shouji has a girlfriend but is seeing Mako on the side. Unable to continue pretending she feels less for him than she does, she breaks it off with him. Shortly before that happens, Mako is hit on by Mika, who tells Mako that she's interested in both men and women. Mika wants to pursue a relationship with Mako, but is Mako's relationship with Shouji really over?

Between the Sheets features the unusual friendship from the nearly inseparable Saki and Minako. Minako carries a fervent torch for the other girl - a passion of which Saki is initially ignorant. But when Minako sleeps with Saki's boyfriend Ken (just to see what Saki sees in him), the true nature of Minako's obsession begins to reveal itself … provoking an understandably strong reaction from Saki.

Nanako, an up and coming model, falls in love with another model named Etsushi… Who, alas, turns out to be gay. Meanwhile, Nanako also discovers that another young actor is deeply in love with her and she is unable to choose between him and Etsushi. Her indecision leads her to a state of depression until the two men come together to encourage her and help her make decisions about her future.

From Tokyopop: To experience true love, sometimes you have to break the rules. Taku is a total player and a sometime-gigolo who has a little black book a mile thick . But when he meets a shy girl named Chizu who falls head over heels for him, he tries his hardest to change his playboy ways. This poignant volume from Sakurazawa-san depicts Taku and Chizu's bittersweet summer of love.

Ako starts living with her gay brother, Nobuo. Their "sisterhood" is what helps them overcome heartbreak, and find their path in life.

Erika's pets, Akemi, Katchi and Ben, the cats. Akemi, Katchi, and Ben, Erika's pets, and Kerr, a tortoise. Nothing seems to go wrong with these super-lovely animals, but every day they are in turmoil!　This is a masterpiece of pet comics that depicts the daily lives of these super-lovely animals. (google translated)

A tale of unrequited love.

What will become of Hanae's love? Will Nanbara's feelings reach Hanae? The title story, the full-length novel "Every Day is an Autumn Sky," is the author's first serialized work in a seinen magazine. "It's a story I created while reminiscing about my own high school days." In addition, the book includes three other stories, such as the trilogy "You're a Wonderful You" and "Sorry, I'm So Happy!" which depicts the inner turmoil of Ittoku as he falls in love with Orie, a college student who comes to tutor him, as well as "Banana Tears" from "Let's Go Lovely," published in 1988.