Diaさんのイラストまとめ

Playing jazz in the 60s (Sakamichi no Apollon/Kids on the Slope) or dancing at the Owara festival (Tsukikage Baby). Kodama Yuki's young small-town artists struggle creatively & romantically. The 1st volume of her pottery-centric Ao no Hana, Utsuwa no Mori goes on sale Sept 10.

Yes, Kamatani Yuhki’s masterpiece Shimanami Tasogare is about struggling with your identity & creating a community where you feel accepted w/o always having to explain or justify yourself. It's also about the thing most vital to surviving the Summer of '18: eating ice cream🍦🍧🍨

Yazawa Ai’s first longer series Marine Blue no Kaze ni Dakarete which ran in Ribon from 1989-1992 about the budding romance between Haruka & the surfer Tōru, complicated by the presence of Haruka’s cousin Ippei & her friend Tomoyo. Read this & smell the salty summer air 🏄‍♂️🌊

Dien Bien Phu by Nishijima Daisuke, one of the admittedly few male mangaka I love, has just come to an end in Gekkan Action after 17 years & 2 publisher switches! A Vietnam War epic in his idiosyncratic SD chara style about war photographer Hikaru &a Vietnamese guerilla girl 📸💣

Her new manga series, 2.43 Seiin Kōkō Danshi Barē-bu (2.43 Seiin High School Boys' Volleyball Club), based on the novels by Kabei Yukako illustrated by Yamakawa Aiji, starts in the next issue of Cocohana (out 7/27). Prepare yourselves for dramatic matches... and boys in shorts 🏐

2018 shall be celebrated in the shoujo manga world as the year of the return of Yamakawa Aiji 🎉 Stand Up!, her longest series so far, which had gone on a 3-year hiatus in 2015, finished its run in The Margaret earlier this year. Its 4th and final volume goes on sale on July 25.

Nakahara Aya sends out happy summer vibes on the cover of YOU's August issue 🍈☀️ A skill she honed during her LOVE*COM (Lovely Complex) era in Betsuma. Dame na watashi ni koishite kudasai R(eturns) 5 is out July 25. The original series is available in French (Please Love Me).

Hana, 19, fashion model. Another irresistably cool girl by Yamashita Tomoko, from her manga WHITE NOTE PAD. But wait! Look beyond her pretty face & you'll find a 40-year-old man inside her body. Whereas Hana's mind has been trapped in the man's body for the past 2 years! 🚺🔁🚹

Before the two artists known as Morishita suu rose to fame with Hibi Chouchou and Shortcake Cake, they debuted with a summery collection of shorter works titled Mada Amanogawa ni ikenai (2011). Fluffy romance shoujo manga, perfect for light beach reading or Tanabata tomorrow! 💫

Kanno Aya’s first artbook “Bara no Hitsugi” with illustrations for her series Requiem of the Rose King/Baraō no Sōretsu, which started its successful run 5 years ago, is in stores now! It contains both color and black & white artworks + commentary and an exclusive interview 🌹👑