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i live for josei manga! it seems like there are so many series that never get a release outside of japan tho. :( what are your favorites that you would recommend?

Okay, I made some lists in the past and I’m not taking any of those I had put there back, but I wanted to make a new list of recs for a while, so I guess it’s high time to do so.

All time recs: 

Ikuemi Ryo’s works: my faves are Kiyoku Yawaku, Taiyou ga Miteiru, Principal, Anata no Koto Wa Sorehodo. But. Pretty Much everything by Ikuemi is worth checking.

Tamura Yumi’s works: the obvious 7seeds and Basara aside, I beg you, read her Neko Mix Genkitan Toraji. Also, she has some quality oneshots like this one.

Okazaki Mari’s works: & (I didn’t like it when I first tried to read it, but last year I opened it and it got to my heart), Tomodachi Ijou (second oneshot is something I reread to feel better) and Suppli (love from the first page I saw)

Nishi Keiko’s Otoko no Isshou (it has some things I don’t rly like reading about and yet it owns my heart) and Koi to Gunkan (sadly, translation was dropped)

Umino Chica’s Honey and clover (and 3gatsu no Lion)

Higashimura Akiko’s works: Kakukaku Shikajika (her best work imo) and Tokyo Tarareba Musume

Yazawa Ai’s works

Attention: I know that some of these go as shoujo or seinen but it’s just bc they were published in shoujo/seinen magazines which doesn’t change the fact that these are Josei Authors to me and frankly I don’t give a damn about how they are labeled so no need to tell me about it. Thank you very much.

Stories I mention less often:

Konishi Asuka’s Haru no Noroi

Watanuki Yoshiko’s Manatsu no Delta (a real jem imo, keeping an eye on this author from now)

Fumino Yuki’s Saraba Yoki Hi (I feel like when Ikuemi’s TGM ended the Universe tossed this one to me bc it knew I needed something else with the same lvl of pain and ability to make me rage and want to die while reading but not dropping the series)

Omoide no Toki Shuurishimasu by Tani Mizue (story) and Yamaguchi Izumi (art) - I read it years ago on otakumole, not sure if there’s     translation anywhere else.

Hozumi’s Usemono Yado

Ninomiya Tomoko’s Nodame Cantabile

Katsuta Bun’s Chikutaku Bonbon and Daddy Long Legs (oneshot collection)

Kazuno Tani’s works (Her oneshot In The Pocket is the right mix of slice     of life and fantasy-or-was-it-a-dream-like experience which I appreciate     so I want more of her works)

Ima Ichiko’s Hyakki Yakoushou (not romance, darker fantasy with  Japanese folklore creatures)

Kodama Yuki’s works (her stories are not my 100% faves, but I love the art and the nostalgic atmosphere)

Morimoto Kozueko’s Koudai-ke no Hitotobito (for the humour and The Poor Little Bjorn)

Yoshimura Akemi’s Bara no Tame ni (the main romance annoys me so much but this series overall does have good things so I’m putting it here)

Tanikawa Fumiko’s works (cute romance oneshots mostly)

Things that caught my attention that I still need to check out myself:

Ikebe Aoi’s works (Zassou-tachi yo Taishi o Idake)

Nanamaki Kanako’s works (Minato Machi Neko Machi)

Yoshinaga Fumi’s Ooku (an award winning thing, I’ve read the first volume and wanna continue bc it is interesting indeed but I can’t read it with a lighthearted attitude)

Shimura Takako’s Koiiji (I feel like I’ll be raging a lot while reading about unrequieted love and bad life decisions but I’ll check this one)

Opening a New Rubric: Things I Want Translated

Sugita Kei’s Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi. I yelled about it so much last year, so I want to mention it here too. The anime for Uta Koi is a rec too, but the manga has more stories and contents.

Okazaki Mari’s Suppli (I’m that “let me in” meme but “let me read it let me reaaaad” as this story got me caught with raws only - I knew it was over for me when I saw this page)

Kuramochi Fusako’s Tennen Kokekko and Tsuki no Pulse (in love with her style and wishing to get Tsuki for personal reasons)

Itoi Key’s Hana to Hoho (I loved the summary and Nishi Keiko’s comment on it, would love to read it one day) 

Isoya Yuki’s Nagatan to Ao To (for the sake of Yearning and Food)

Iwamoto Nao’s works (they look so interesting and I love the style)

Nemu Yoko’s Sandaime Kusuriya Kyuubee (several oneshot collections of hers are translated, but I’m not really into them, and I want to read her longer series much more)

Ikuemi’s new series: Ichinichi Nikai and her adaptation of the novel Eine kleine Nachtmusik (looked through chinese raws > cried bc of Ikuemi’s powerful storytelling getting to me even past the language I don’t understand at all)

Anything by Katsuta Bun

Webtoons - I’m (sooo) not a big fan of this format but there are good josei-like stories in it so I decided to mention them too:

Yaggug’s Unlucky Mansion

Go Ara’s stories (some of them are pretty much pessimistic but ugh they hurt me and left a mark – yeah I’m looking at you, Teenager Younghwa)

Kim Ji Hyo’s Hans and Emily (I got such a good fairytale feeling from this one and loved the style)

Uni life stories like Cheese in the trap or Love Barometer (I enjoyed them pretty much in the past, though I haven’t finished both stories yet)

This is it. For now. I’m not sure what you expected from me when asking about josei recs, but I guess now you can see how much I love talking about it. :“)

Of course, the new josei suggestions (and asks about stories in general) are always welcome.

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東京都写真美術館開館20周年記念 「TOPコレクション 東京・TOKYO」 会期: 2016.11.22（火）—2017.1.29（日） 20 Year Anniversary TOP Collection: Tokyo Tokyo and TOKYO Dates: Nov. 22, 2016—Jan. 29, 2017

Section 1 街角 On the Corner

三木淳 Jun Miki

林忠彦 Tadahiko Hayashi

東松照明 Shomei Tomatsu

田中長徳 Chotoku Tanaka

鬼海弘雄 Hiroo Kikai

土田ヒロミ Hiromi Tsuchida

山内道雄 Michio Yamauchi

高梨豊 Yutaka Takanashi

石元泰博 Yasuhiro Ishimoto

大西みつぐ Mitsugu Onishi

児玉房子 Fusako Kodama

レオ・ルビンファイン Leo Rubinfien

Section 2 路地裏で In the Back Streets

荒木経惟 Nobuyoshi Araki

森山大道 Daido Moriyama

倉田精二 Seiji Kurata

Section 3 東京エアポケット Tokyo Air Pockets 

奈良原一高 Ikko Narahara

山本糾 Tadasu Yamamoto

森山大道 Daido Moriyama

尾仲浩二 Koji Onaka

富山治夫 Haruo Tomiyama

林隆喜 Takanobu Hayashi

伊奈英次 Eiji Ina

Section 4 見えないものを覗き見る Glimpses of the Invisible

島尾伸三 Shinzo Shimao

宮本隆司 Ryuji Miyamoto

瀬戸正人 Masato Seto

中野正貴 Masataka Nakano

北島敬三 Keizo Kitajima

朝海陽子 Yoko Asakai

Section 5 境界線の拡大、サバービア Expanding the Borders: Suburbia

秋山忠右 Tadasuke Akiyama

小林のりお Norio Kobayashi

ホンマ タカシ Takashi Homma

Section 6 どこでもない風景 Scenes of Nowhere

清野賀子 Yoshiko Seino

楢橋朝子 Asako Narahashi

鷹野隆大 Ryudai Takano

花代 Hanayo

須田一政 Issei Suda

Section 7 多層の都市・東京と戯れる A Multilayered City: Playing with Tokyo

ホンマ タカシ Takashi Homma

奈良原一高 Ikko Narahara

畠山直哉 Naoya Hatakeyama

本城直季 Naoki Honjo

林ナツミ Natsumi Hayashi

糸崎公朗 (非ユークリッド写真連盟) Kimio Itozaki (Non-Euclidean Photo League)

西野壮平 Sohei Nishino

佐藤時啟 Tokihiro Sato

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