SLICE OF LIFE

A series of 5 'picture book' manga for very young children, Ishinomori crafts his own tales that fit right at home with well-known Japanese folklore, gracing them with dozens and dozens of gorgeously done two-page spreads.- **Child of the Stars** - H

Ou Shigeo's band, Ozone, would probably be a big hit if it weren't for the fact that he's their lead singer and he isn't very good. But he's also the guitarist and songwriter. When the other members of the band finally convince him to find a singer,

"I want to change" Sakura, Tsuchigure, who entered Sendai Hoshimi High School, had a secret that her friend Karen could not tell. That is the creative activity of "drawing a manga." ...Sakira was giving up her creative work for a certain reason, but

Yuzu Okashi is a shut-in author living alone in neglected squalor. When the neighbor girl Makoto forgot her apartment key, Yuzu took her in until her mom got home. When Makoto saw the mess in Yuzu's apartment, she promised to take care of Yuzu like a

Amae Yuuya, an office worker in his third year of employment, is completely exhausted by the daily grind. Then, for the first time in seven years, Yuuya meets Aoi Shiratori, a girl eight years younger than him who used to live in his neighborhood. Sh