Yazawa Ai

Komatsu "Hachi" Nana is a 20-year-old Genki Girl from the countryside with a bad habit of falling in love at first sight. Oosaki Nana is a 20-year-old punk rocker from a different small city, who's coming off a bad breakup with her boyfriend (and former bass player of her band). When "Hachi" decides to follow her boyfriend to Tokyo, and the other Nana heads there to start her music career, the two young women meet by chance on a snowbound train. They rent an apartment together several days later. Surprisingly realistic drama and an oddly romantic friendship ensues.Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Shojo in 2002Currently on an indefinite hiatus since 2009 due to the mangaka's health.

Yukari wants nothing more than to make her parents happy by studying hard and getting into a good college. One afternoon, however, she is kidnapped by a group of self-styled fashion-obsessed artists who call themselves "Paradise Kiss." Yukari suddenly finds herself flung into the roller-coaster life of the fashion world, guided by George, art-snob extraordinaire. In a glamorous makeover of body, mind and soul, she is turned from a hapless bookworm into her friends own exclusive clothing model. In this manga we meet characters from Gokinjo Monogatari like Mikako (and her little sister, Miwako - she's in "ParaKiss" group) and Arashi's father (only poster, but still) and new like Isabella.

From Storm in Heaven: Mizuki is a girl who wants to run away from her life. As she smiles at everything sad that happens to her, her soul becomes heavier day by day. Her escape door is Adam, an English singer. But is he really real, or is everything they've been through just a dream? Adam sees his dead Japanese girlfriend in Mizuki, but strangely, nobody, apart from a girl who met her at the gates of heaven, can see Mizuki. This is a story that takes place somewhere between dream and reality.

Ever since he was small, all the girls in the neighborhood have fawned over Tsutomu Yamaguchi, whose name came from a song and whose adorable face closely resembles the monkey character Monchichi's. Even back then, it was enough to make his friend and neighbor Mikako sick. Now that he's a little more grown, Tsutomu looks like the lead vocalist of Manbou, Ken Nakagawa (Midori friend/boyfriend from Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai; we meet main characters from Tenshi on market/fest), and that makes him even more popular with the ladies. But Mikako–now a trendy teen with modern sensibilities–couldn't care less. Or could she…? Gokinjo Monogatari is a sharp-witted and stylish slice-of-life story!

The dream of his father, now deceased, who was a Little League coach, was to turn his sons into baseball players... In the spring of the sixth year after his father's death, the elder brother Takashi was selected for the spring Nationals, and his younger brother Kiyoshi left the baseball team, shaken by days of insecure irritation...

In a rainy spring day, first year high schooler Midori Saejima saw a tall, handsome fellow student take care of a stray kitten. Without knowing the boy's name, she fell in love with him at the first sight. Due to sickness, Midori returned to school three days after summer vacation – only to find out that she was "volunteered" as a candidate for student council. After a series of embarrassing accidents, both she and the mysterious boy she had a crush on, Akira Sudo, were elected as members of the student council. Being the first student council of this newly established high school, they are about to create "new traditions" for their school and a bittersweet love story for themselves.

Nomura Hiromi is an aspiration-less girl who is feeling left behind. One day, she catches a glimpse of her classmate Miyamoto Hiroshi's singing form and is moved by his song. Hiromi had always thought that Miyamoto felt as lost as she did, but it turns out he is aiming to become a professional singer. Hiromi decides that she too will aim to become a singer.

Tachibana works in a beachside cafe and roams the beach sands with her dog, Dolphin. Then her cousin Ippei loses a surfing challenge to a newcomer. With a shock Tachibana recognizes Arikawa, her first love–her first heartbreak. After four years he's back from the U.S. and he thinks Tachibana doesn't like him. But before they get a chance to talk Ippei challenges Arikawa to another surfing match–in the face of an on-coming hurricane!

High school student Satou Kaoru is having a little bit of bad luck lately. Her teacher gets mad at her, she gets into fights with her sister, and her seniors are being strict with her... on top of that, her beloved cousin Zen has a beautiful girlfriend. What will Kaoru do now that she has lost her emotional anchor?! A collection of gems of short stories about realistic teenage adolescence.

Yuki is a freshman and a member of the tennis club where all she does is fetch balls. One day, by chance, Yuki runs to make up for the lack of members on her best friend Mayumi's track team, but her hidden talent is discovered by the track coach Hideki...

Hoshino Hitomi is a junior high school student who has feelings for her math teacher, Mr. Takeda. Hitomi is studying hard to get into her teacher's school, Higashi High, but her classmate, Kazuya, makes a pass at her... In the end, a secret note describing her feelings for him is discovered by the school...

Chisato and Reiko have been childhood friends for 15 years. They have different hobbies and personalities, but they have fallen in love with one man - Sugimoto Keisuke, a member of the same light music club as Chisato. Keisuke confesses his feelings for Chisato, but Chisato is concerned about Reiko...

Ai is an alien girl who is also a pop star on earth after a series of events. As Ai lives her life on earth, new encounters and experience bring her into drama and feud!. Aided by Kent, Ai meets new people and begins to find out about her out of this world existence

Ai is the only royal princess of Ai-Land, a magical kingdom caught in the midst of a horrific revolution. When Princess Ai makes a hasty escape from her war-torn land, she finds herself in modern-day Tokyo. Confused and in shock, Ai wanders the streets in this strange new land to unravel the secrets that could tear her and her kingdom apart …