Tsukumo Mutsumi

Collections of one-shots each selected by 85 different shoujo manga authors and organized by theme: Volume 1 - Love Story (恋愛) Biidama no Hashi (ビー玉の橋) \[Robico] \[Selected by Saki Haruki] Haruaki Hime (春秋姫) \[Yukiko Kai] \[Selected by Aiko Itou] Fuyu-Haru-Anata (冬・春・あなた) \[Fusako Kuramochi] \[Selected by herself] Koibumi Biyori "Atashi wo Shiranai Kimi e" (恋文日和＜あたしをしらないキミへ＞) \[George Asakura] \[Selected by Machiko Sakurai] Romantical Blue Illumination (ロマンティカル・ブルー・イルミネーション) \[Hiromu Ono] \[Selected by herself] Kotsu Tsubo (骨壺) \[Ayato Katsuma] \[Selected by Joniel Sugawara] Michikusa (みちくさ) \[Kyouko Fumizuki] \[Selected by Chieko Hara] Pink no Yuki ga Futtara... (ピンクの雪が降ったら…) \[Kaoru Tada] \[Selected by Saya Miyauchi] Volume 2 - Family (家族) Tasogare (黄昏) \[Mariko Iwadate] \[Selected by Masako Yoshi] 50-nen no Toki wo Koete (50年の時を超えて) \[Mariko Takeda] \[Selected by herself] Moderato Cantabile (モデラートカンタービレ) \[Noriko Nakayama] \[Selected by herself] Kiseki no Okurimono (奇跡の贈りもの) \[Rina Morino] \[Selected by herself] Hareta Hi wa Gakkou wo Yasunde (はれた日は学校をやすんで) \[Rieko Saibara] \[Selected by Nami Akimoto] Barairo ga Me ni Shimiru (バラ色が目にしみる) \[Yoshida Mayumi] \[Selected by herself] Sora no Kotori (空の小鳥) \[Chica Umino] \[Selected by Saki Aoi] Volume 3 - Emotion (感動) Saionji-san to Yamada-kun (西園寺さんと山田くん) \[Tsunami Umino] \[Selected by Kei Yoshizawa] Pocket no Naka no Kiseki (Ayako) (ポケットの中の奇跡 (綾子)) \[Waki Yamato] \[Selected by Miwa Ueda] Itteshimatta Natsu (いってしまった夏) \[Mutsumi Tsukumo] \[Selected by Hara Chieko] Anata no Aozora (あなたの青空) \[Fuyumi Ogura] \[Self selection] Yuki Warisou (雪割草) \[Chiki Oya] \[Selected by Fuyumi Ogura] Haruyume Hime (春夢姫) \[Jun Fukami] \[Self selection] Volume 4 - Fantasy (幻想) Kitsune Yomeiri (きつねよめいり) \[Akimi Yoshida] \[Selected by Masako Yoshi] My Dear B・F \[Ikuemi Ryou] \[Selected by Saya Miyauchi] Kimi yo Shiru ya Minami no Kuni (君よ知るや南の国) \[Kumi Morikawa] \[Selected by Youko Miyajima] Arcadia no Shounen (アルカディアの少年) \[Ritsuko Abe] \[Selected by Youko Hanabusa] Dorobou Cinderella (泥棒シンデレラ) \[Suzue Miuchi] \[Selected by Nami Akimoto] Chijou no Itten (地上の一点) \[Yuko Kono] \[Selected by Itsumi Kirishima] Ki no Fureta Kisetsu (気のふれた季節) \[Tomoko Naka] \[Selected by Seika Nakayama] Volume 5 - Extraordinary (異彩) Hoshi no Opera (星のオペラ) \[Chica Umino] \[Selected by Kazu Gotou] Nire Yashiki (にれ屋敷) \[Hideko Mizuno] \[Selected by Seika Nakayama, Chieko Hara, and herself] Genkan (玄関) \[Fumiko Takano] \[Selected by Kiwa Irie] Sault Seint Marie no Koi (スー・セント・マリーの恋) \[Kyouko Fumizuki] \[Selected by Udou Shinohara and Akiko Hatsu] Ame (雨) \[Minori Kimura] \[Selected by Hideko Mizuno] Omukae Ga Kuru (おむかえがくるよ) \[Masako Sone] \[Self selection] Hinata e Hikage e no Romance (日なたへ日かげへのロマンス) \[Toshie Kihara] \[Selected by Ayuko Omi] Uso Happyaku-ya (嘘八百屋) \[Masako Yoshi] \[Self selection] Hanshin (半神) \[Moto Hagio] \[Selected by Chie Shinohara, Tsugumi Tsukishima, and Akirako Toudou]

It is the Meiji era. Hanako and Misuzu, who attend the same girls' school, are best friends with different personalities. Hanako is engaged to her childhood friend, but one night at a party, she meets a British man named Henry, and her fate changes dramatically...

In the 1960s, Uozu is a small city in the Hokuriku region where mirages can be seen. Hitomi, Jun, and Kazuo spent their innocent childhood in this town. However, their happiness did not last long. What strange fate awaits them? This is the first volume of a pure love tragedy where the feelings of three people intertwine!

Chihiro Sano loses her husband Yasuhiro in a traffic accident, but eventually falls in love with Katsuya Goto, who was driving the car at the time of the accident. However, Katsuya is engaged to Mika, the daughter of the company president, and is also hated by his half-sister Mari, who is not related to him by blood, and he is subject to various obstacles.

Mayumi, the older sister, is suffering from an affair with a married man. Yukiya, the younger brother, has a secret: he can only love the same sex. What awaits this brother and sister living in a world of forbidden love...? A shocking work that exposes the false image of the modern family!!

The popular Ogawa romance depicts the love and hate of twin sisters who are being played by a strange destiny. The twin sisters Maho and Mio, who were born in 1945 as daughters of painters, are 17 years old. Instead of his ill father, Maho helped to live in a US military officer's house, and Mio began working at an antique shop while helping the mother's Japanese court. A work depicting the life of twin sisters who are at the mercy of fate of destiny.

A classic yuri manga about a woman who leaves her husband for an old friend from school. The story is told in two parts - one from the married woman's point-of-view, and one from the friend's point-of-view.

\[Big volume version with many pages!] When Natsuo was in elementary school, her mother and uncle died in a house fire. Natsuo's father, Daisuke, took over the Noshiro industry from his deceased uncle, and Natsuo ended up living with her father and brother at the Noshiro family, where her grandparents and uncle's family live. She is persistently harassed by her late uncle's wife, Asami, but she eventually falls in love with Asami's son, Hideaki.

depicts the cycle of tragic love spanning two generations of mothers and children.

\[What will become of Kaori's heart as she wanders through a deep labyrinth after her love is betrayed?!] Yuichi Suda is a handsome, intelligent man, and the student council president that all the girls admire. Shinomiya Kaori, who has just entered high school, is attracted to him, and soon Yuichi is also attracted to Kaori... However, Yuichi betrays the expectations of those around him and fails the entrance exam to Tokyo University, and he begins to distance himself from the devoted Kaori...

Protagonist Kobayashi Kouji is transfering to Aoba High School, where his older brother was recently hired as a teacher. The school has a long history of being a prestigious girls high school, and only a few years have passed since it became co-ed. As a result, there are few boys, and the girls remain in charge inside the school. In order to combat the female dominance at school, Kouji forms a kendo club with some of the other male students. In the class into which Kouji transfered, he finds the high-acheiving Yoshikawa Misao, who happens to live in the apartment next to Kouji's--so close that they could talk to each other from their windows. While Kouji and his kendo club are in competition with Misao and her baton club, they slowly start to come to a mutual understanding.

Tara, a town in the American South just before the Civil War. Scarlett, the daughter of a wealthy landowner, is proud and beautiful, a high-class woman who captivates any man. However, Ashley, the man she loves, is going to marry Melanie. Mutsumi Tsugumo vividly depicts this timeless classic. A grand story of love and hate begins!!