is a Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 manga artist

Mangaka

is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...

. His simple drawing style reflects the gentle nature of his often romantic tales of modern young Japanese salary-men. While Living Game has been favorably compared to Rumiko Takahashi

Rumiko Takahashi

is a Japanese manga artist.Takahashi is one of the wealthiest individuals, and the most affluent manga artists in Japan. The manga she creates are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages...

's Maison Ikkoku

Maison Ikkoku

is a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi and serialized in the manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1980 through 1987. Maison Ikkoku is a bitter-sweet comedic romance involving a group of madcap people who live in a boarding house in 1980s Tokyo...

, Hoshisato's Yume-ka mo Shinnai and Honki no Shirushi contain fewer superfluous side-plots than Living Game, but may be just too depressing for some readers to enjoy.

Manga

:1986-1989, Tokuma Shoten

Tokuma Shoten

is a publisher in Japan, that was established in 1954.The company was also the parent company for the film studio Daiei Motion Pictures, bought in 1974, and the record label Tokuma Japan Communications, bought in 1972, until both were sold off when Yasuyoshi Tokuma, who established this company,...

, 4 volumes, originally published in Petit Apple Pie

Petit Apple Pie

is an 18-volume bishōjo lolicon manga anthology series published by Animage Comics from November 10, 1982 to March 10, 1987. The first volume was released under the name , before the series was renamed to Petit Apple Pie with the original title as a subtitle.The series primarily featured works from...

anthology.

About a girl who "sweats" nitroglycerin, and therefore must constantly be eating and drinking things to cool her down.

:1989, Tokuma Shotem, 1 volume.
:1990, Tokuma Shoten, 1 volume.
:1991, Tokuma Shoten, 1 volume.
:1991, Shogakukan

Shogakukan

is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...

, 2 volumes.

A couple is drawn together despite mutual dislike.

Living Game

Living Game

is a seinen manga by Mochiru Hoshisato, originally published in Big Comic Spirits between October 1990 and April 1993. It is a romantic comedy that also examines some of the absurd effects of the rampant real estate speculation brought about in Japan in the late 1980s and the subsequent recession...

:1991-1993, Shogakukan, 10 volumes.

A salaryman's

Salaryman

refers to someone whose income is salary based; particularly those working for corporations. Its frequent use by Japanese corporations, and its prevalence in Japanese manga and anime has gradually led to its acceptance in English-speaking countries as a noun for a Japanese white-collar...

 apartment is turned into temporary office following a disaster at the new office.

:1994-1995, Shogakukan, 6 volumes.

A marriage agency composed of marryable people.

:1996-1997, Shogakukan, 5 volumes.
:1998-2000, Shogakukan, 5 volumes.
:2000-2003, Shogakukan, 6 volumes.

Need and obligations trump complacency.

:2002, Shogakukan, 2 volumes.
:2003-2004, Shogakukan, 4 volumes.

More salaryman apartment social complications.

:2004-2005, Shogakukan, 2 volumes.

Manga essay

:(2000, Mainichi Communications, 1 volume)

Illustration

:(1987-08-01, JICC Shuppankyoku, 1 volume)

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