Tsuda Masami 津田雅美

Onna ni natta Hi [The day I became a woman]
オンナになった日
serialized on Hana to Yume,
1 volume @ Y390
[ 01:____]

No Synopsis.

Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou [His and her Circumstances, aka KareKano]
彼氏彼女の事情
serialized on Hana to Yume,
16 volumes @ Y390
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A television series has been made by Evangelion director Hideaki Anno. Miyazawa Yukino is a good looking very smart girl. Tries to be the leader at school and gets a kick out of the admiration. But she is only pretending and showing off. At home, where no one can see her, she is sloppy, lazy...

When a handsome and even smarter boy enters the picture, and kicks her out of the #1 place, she gets envious and is pissed off. She plans revenge. Her revenge doesn't work out as planned though. Arima Soichiro (the boy in question) hasn't got a clue what she's planning for him, but then he discovers Miyazawa's true nature. He abuses this knowledge for a little while but after that, the two gradually fall in love with each other.

There is no love-triangle or whatever in this series. It is immediately clear that Miyazawa and Arima are made for each other. Fortunately, this is not a bad thing, because the strength of the series lies in showing us how the main characters learn to develop friendships, love. Miyazawa drops her showing off and actually becomes a likeable person.

See also:
<http://senka.megami.net/karekano/>

APG:(TV)(26)981002-990326(Gainax and J.C. Staff)
TRA:(E)Tokyopop
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Busu to Himegimi
serialized on Hana to Yume,
1 volume @ Y390
[ 01:9412]

It seems to be about 3 (girl) friends in high school who eventually find "Mr. Right". There seems to be a fair amount of searching for the "real self". {DCD}

This manga is a compilation of four short one-shot stories, the first one is the title story, the second is Koi wa Ichibyo (First Love), the third is Suki ni natta Hito (The Person in Love), and finally 18sai (just simply 18 years old).