Diaさんのイラストまとめ

Saitou Chiho is presenting her take on the Heian period tale of Kaguya-hime (i.e. the Taketori Monogatari). Her new series Kaguya-den starts in the June issue of Flowers magazine, out today. I’m waiting for the book version so the next couple of months will be torture... 🎍✨🌕

Life after orange: Takano Ichigo's new series Kimi ni nare, inspired by a song by band Kobukuro, starts in the latest issue of Gekkan Action, out today & comes with a manga/band clear file.

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That crazy wonderful feeling when you finally finish writing a review almost 1 year after you found out you had a real gem sleeping in your stack of unread shoujo manga for almost 1 year 💫

So, in a lonely island situation where I was only allowed one shoujo manga magazine subscription, it’d be Betsuma! They’ve had this perfect balance between mainstream hits and newly discovered intriguing talent for years and years and I'm convinced it'll stay this way.

And then there’s the curious case of Takano Ichigo whose talent was discovered by Betsuma. Then they dropped her & her series orange which went on to become a massive hit after Futabasha/Gekkan Action picked it up again. A successful new ed. of Dreamin' Sun also followed. Ouch.

Betsuma's more recent hit shoujo manga titles (III):
Hatta Ayuko’s Wolf Girl and Black Prince (16 vols., 2011-2016)
Sakisaka Io’s Strobe Edge (10 vols., 2007-2010), but especially Ao Haru Ride/Blue Spring Ride (13 vols., 2011-2015), Furifura (currently 6 vols., 2015-).

More Kimi ni Todoke predecessors & contemporary hits in Betsuma (II):
Kawahara Kazune’s Sensei! (20 vols., 1996-2003) and her following works, including Aozora Yell (19 vols., 2008-2015) & her collab with the fantastic Aruko, Ore Monogatari!!/My Love Story!! (13 vols., 2012-2016)

Similarly loved-by-the-nation older Betsuma titles (I):
Tada Kaoru’s Itazura na Kiss (23 vols, 1990-1999)
Nagata Masami’s Renai Catalogue (34 vols., 1994-2007)
Nakahara Aya’s Love★Com/Lovely Complex (17 vols., 2001-2007)
Takanashi Mitsuba’s Crimson HERO (20 vols., 2002-2011)

Ikeda Riyoko's shoujo manga classic Rose of Versailles/Berubara returns to Margaret magazine for 2-part Episode 9 starting Oct 20 (Margaret #22) with 45 pages (incl. 5 color pages) 🌹✨ https://t.co/jtOsaLidrL

LRT 1 of 2017's best new shoujo manga: Kawanishi Moe's Komatsubara! OTT silly&serious moments, 2 memorable protag.s, the new KareKano indeed