Fifth grade. The threshold of puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Nitori Shuichi and his new friend Takatsuki Yoshino enjoy happy... more>> homes and loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone: Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy... <<less

A Drunken Dream, is a collection of literary short stories by Hagio falling into multiple genres, created between 1971-2007. The stories were selected by translator Matt Thorn to be an introduction to Hagio for English speakers.... more>>

This tome travels through several of Hagio's most revolutionary and poignant tales that span over the years of her lush career.

• (1970, 16 pages)

• Girl on Porch with Puppy (1971, 12 pages)

• Autumn Journey (1971, 24 pages)

A boy’s pilgrimage to the home of his favorite author has more meaning than either the author or his daughter can imagine.

• Marié, Ten Years Later (1977, 16 pages)

Two estranged friends learn too late how their actions had destroyed the balance of a perfect triad of intimacy.

• A Drunken Dream (1980, 21 pages)

Two scientists—one a hermaphrodite, the other a tribal priest—meet on a space station orbiting Io; but they have met before and are destined to meet again.

• (1984, 16 pages)

Conjoined twins Yudy and Yucy are as different as possible. Older Yudy is intelligent but ugly, as her nutrients are used up by her beautiful but simpleminded sister Yucy. Loving and hating so deeply, where does one girl begin and the other end?

• Angel Mimic (1984, 50 pages)

• (1991, 50 pages)

A girl who appears to her mother and herself to be a hideous anthropoid iguana struggles to overcome her mother’s rejection and find happiness ... but her mother has a secret.

• The Child Who Comes Home (1998, 24 pages)

• (2007, 20 pages)

A woman stands day to day under a growing willow tree and watches the people who pass by...

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The volume has been nominated for an Eisner Award

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A DECADE-SPANNING JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS... more>>

Even as butterflies ominously proliferate in town, the rumor of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school spreads among the children. When the body of Arié Kimura's mother is found by this tunnel's entrance, next to apparently human traces, the legend seems to be confirmed. Is the end of the world coming? In order to appease the wrath of the beast, the children decide to offer it a sacrifice: The unfortunate Arié, whom they believe to be the cause of the curse, is shoved into a well that leads to the Nijigahara tunnel — an act that in turns pushes Komatsuzaki, the budding thug who has carried a torch for Arié for a while already, entirely over the edge.

But this is only the beginning of the complex, challenging, obliquely told Nijigahara Holograph, which takes place in two separate timelines and involves the suicidal Suzuki; Higure, his stalkerish would-be girlfriend; and their teacher Miss Sakaki, whose heavily bandaged face remains a mystery; and many more — brothers, sisters, parents, co-workers, teachers, aggressors and victims who are all inextricably linked to one another and all will eventually — ten years later — have to live with what they've done or suffered through. <<less

The setting: A boys’ boarding school in Germany, sometime in the latter 20th Century. Fourteen year-old Thomas Werner falls from a lonely pedestrian overpass to his death immediately after sending a single, brief letter to a schoolmate:... more>>

To Juli, one last time

This is my love

This is the sound of my heart

Surely you must understand

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Inside the village of Poe a mysterious noble family takes residence with their son Edgar and ill daughter Marybell. Edgar is quickly intrigued by Allan,... more>> the heir of a transportation company, who catches his eye by almost running him over with a horse. As the story unfolds a few residents of Poe slowly begin to wonder about the new family... <<less

Conjoined twins Yudy and Yucy are as different as possible. Older Yudy is intelligent but ugly, as her nutrients are used up by her beautiful... more>> but simpleminded sister Yucy. Loving and hating so deeply, where does one girl begin and the other end? <<less

A prequel to Thomas' Heart. Other stories include "Egg Stand" and "Angel Mimic''.... more>>

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This manga contains four stories: Houmonsha, Castle, Egg Stand, and Angel Mimic. The title story features the earlier life of the character Oscar from the manga "Thomas' Heart." Due to many large and small problems that have added up over the years, Oscar's parents' marriage is collapsing. One day, after a fight that Oscar believes is going to end like all of the others, his father does something irreversible. Now Oscar and his father will have to deal with the consequences. [tethysdust] <<less

In the Anywhere But Here series:... more>>

V.1 - Yama e Iku

• Yama e Iku (Going to the Mountains)

It's about a sensitive writer with an overactive imagination and intolerance for the banalities of everyday life.

• Yanagi Ki (The Willow Tree)

A woman stands day to day under a growing willow tree and watches the people who pass by...

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Short story collection including:... more>>

1. Iguana no Musume:

A girl develops a complex about herself after her mother thinks of her as a hideous iguana. Iguana Girl reflects Hagio's own relationship with her mother, and it took her "years to write this story".

Catalsis", a momentary hesitation to the aventure

"Afternoon"

"Sunshine of the Sun", and a short collection of comics, "The Returning Child", 6 unique masterpieces.

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