Takeda Kyouko

(from ebookjapan): The main character is 24-year-old Yoko Ito (a.k.a. Hako), who has longed to become a midwife. She starts as a midwife in the obstetrics and gynecology ward of a general hospital and grows day by day as she is confronted with unexpected situations such as selfish pregnant women and women with special needs, sudden C-sections, premature births, and problems in witnessing births. With the support of senior midwives and her loved ones, she feels joy in her job of witnessing the birth of new life.

(from ebookjapan) A small mannequin company has grown rapidly since Kuniko Katsuragi joined the design department. Kuniko, who is devoted to her work, has a crush on Sadaoka, the head of the design department. However, Sadaoka is 12 years older than Kuniko and has a wife and child. In a moment of inspiration, Kuniko says something that tells Sadaoka of her feelings for him, but Sadaoka doesn't seem to care.... Then Kuniko meets a young man, Masanori, a member of a poor theater troupe, at a convenience store, and they easily have a relationship, and he lets her stay at his room. Kuniko wants to break up with him, but things don't go smoothly...

(from ebookjapan): Wataru's neighbor in his apartment is a funny old man who is good at impersonations. In fact, he is Madame May, a great comedian of the past. The girl he jokes about as his girlfriend is actually his daughter, Mei. Mei has a faint crush on Wataru. But then, by chance, Mei gets her debut as an actress...?

A pair of two shojo one-shots for an older teenage audience; the title story, and an additional one-shot titled "Morley!"

(from ebookjapan): Yoko Kuriuki, aka Cooley, a popular singer, was good enough to win a rookie of the year award, but suddenly disappeared from the entertainment world. One day, Cooley's cousin Yumiko happens to see Ogita, who used to be Cooley's backup guitarist, on the street and follows him. She follows him and succeeds in forcing him to meet Cooley... but Cooley can only speak in private and cannot sing anymore.... However, her manager Karashima thinks that Yumiko, who has a similar face and body shape to Cooley, might be able to take Cooley's place when he hears her sing, so he takes a chance on her...? Note: The second volume contains the two one-shots from the "Reject Series", a short-lived series of one-shots Takeda did for Monthly Seventeen (Gekkan Seventeen) in 1979 that stopped abruptly after the second one-shot. These are absent from the digital edition.

(from ebookjapan): At the request of her friend Satsuki, the good-natured Tomoko goes to the home of Satoshi, Satsuki's fiancé, to tell him that she has called off their engagement unilaterally. However, Satoshi and his mother's mild-mannered personality makes it difficult for Tomoko to call off the engagement... In addition to the title story, which depicts delicate romantic feelings between a man and a woman, it also includes "Hoshikage no Hito," a unique jidaigeki about the youth of Soji Okita, and "Sweet Key, Bitter Key," about the sorrow of an workplace love affair.

(from ebookjapan): Shiro and Motoko love each other in their hearts, but out of consideration for each other, they cannot say "I love you" to each other. Even though they are not related by blood, the words of love are too painful for the two, who refer to each other as sister and brother. What will happen to their love, which suffers because of their tenderness?

(from ebookjapan): Keiko Egawa and Chiaki Tateishi were childhood friends, and in their hearts, they were in love with each other. However, Chiaki is about to give up on his love for Keiko due to a heart condition. Then, Yoshiko Hatanaka approaches Chiaki. One day, Keiko, who thought Chiaki hated her, receives a letter from Chiaki at her house saying he would be waiting for her at the park. ...... The story begins to move toward a shocking end.

(from ebookjapan): Mariko Ito is 17 years old. She works part-time at Sanko Shuppan while attending a regular high school. She dreams of becoming a top editorial reporter, but she always fails and sometimes feels like giving up. Mariko is faced with a cameraman from the same publishing company, Hitoshi Ito... Kyoko Takeda's masterpiece was serialized in Weekly Seventeen (Shueisha) from 1970 to 1971, and was dramatized for television by Nippon Television Network Corporation. Volume 4 contains the one-shot "That's a Rule Violation!"