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Uchida Shungiku 内田春菊

[born: 1959, Nagasaki-prefecture; bloodtype: ?]

Debut in 1984 with "Shiirakansu Brains".

Highly popular ladies manga artist. She has a modern style and likes to depict the daily life of young office ladies, in a serious manner but with black humor.

Besides her career as mangaka Uchida also has her own music-band and is a popular essayist. She also wrote a very controversial book with a biographical touch called "Fatherf**ker" which also was made into a live-action movie. According to this book she was sexually abused by her stepfather and led a very very humble life in which she never got the support by men she wanted. Thinking of this gives sometimes a whole new approach to her manga. {DHI}



Anata no sekentei
あなたの世間体
serialized on YOU Comics,
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:9602]
No Synopsis.


Deai ga tarinai watashi tachi
出逢いが足りない私たち
serialized on Feel Comics,
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:0110]
No Synopsis.


Isshinjou no tsugou
一身上の都合
serialized on YOU Comics,
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:8806]
No Synopsis.


Adolescence
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:____]
No Synopsis.


Ai no sei kashira
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:____]
No Synopsis.


Osakanabanashi
お魚の話(仮)
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:____]
No Synopsis.


Omae no kaachan Bitch!!
お前の母ちゃんBitch!!
serialized on Bamboo Comics,
1 volume @ Y922
[ 01:____]
No Synopsis.


Kedarui Yoru ni
けだるい夜に
serialized on You Comics,
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:9204]
No Synopsis.


Koneko no soup
serialized on YOU Comics,
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:9310]
No Synopsis.


Kyuuketsu shoujo tai shoujo Franken
serialized on Nemurenai yoru no kimyouna hanashi Comics,
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:9309]
No Synopsis.


Me wo toite daite
目を閉じて抱いて
serialized on Feel Comics,
5 volumes @ Y?
[ 01:____| 02:____| 03:____| 04:____| 05:0001]
No Synopsis.


Nami no manimani
波のまにまに
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:____]
No Synopsis.


Noroi no one peace
serialized on Halloween Comics,
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:9008]
No Synopsis.


Shiawase no Yukue
しあわせのゆくえ
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:8805]
No Synopsis.


HOME
HOME
1 volume @ Y880
[ 01:9701]
No Synopsis.


Hen na Kudamono
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:____]
No Synopsis.


Boku wa Tsuki no you ni
僕は月のように
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:____]
No Synopsis.


Menzu
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:____]
No Synopsis.


Nootobukku
ノートブック
1 volume @ Y?
[ 01:____]
No Synopsis.


Maboroshi no Futsuu Shoujo [The Elusive Ordinary Girl]
serialized on Action,
3 volumes @ Y667
[ 01:____| 02:____| 03:____]
Description from Mangajin: "This manga is a story about 'futsuu', what it means to be 'futsuu' (common), who in this time is futsuu and whether futsuu is a good thing or not. The word 'futsuu' became to mean more than the dictionary meaning when in 1977 the most popular female singing group announced their break-up with the words 'futsuu no onna no ko ni modoritai' which started a trend. ... For the women born after the second world war becoming a housewife was for the first time in Japanese history not the only way how to earn a living. The greater variety of attitudes and lifestyles available now makes one questioning the meaning of 'futsuu' in today's world." {010}

In this series, we are confronted with Sayuri who has been raised in an unconventional but very independent-minded way which makes her different from her classmates and makes her wonder what is 'futsuu'. Sakata is her best friend and is a girl who tries her very best to be like everyone else, which annoys Sayuri a lot. Youji is Sayuri's steady boyfriend and a drop-out from college, currently working as a host at a bar.


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