Haruko Ichikawa Sakuhinshuu

Two volumes of the author's best oneshots. Volume 1: Mushi to Uta (Insects and Songs) 1) Star Lover - The odd relationship between a teenage boy and his uncle's "daughter." 2) Violight - A boy wakes up in an unfamiliar land, with only a strange, ethereal young man to accompany him on his journey to safety. 3) The Kusaka Siblings - A baseball player who's just quit the school team due to a shoulder injury and the adorable robot he adopts as his little sister. 4) Mushi to Uta - The story of a young man who builds models of insects for odd clients, and his siblings. Winner of the Shikitaishou award. 5) Secret - A two-page oneshot. Volume 2: 25-Ji no Vacances (25-Hour Vacation) 1-2) 25-Hour Vacation - Marine biologist Nishi Otome takes time off and reunites with her brother, Kotaro, for the first time in a while. 3) On Pandora - The meeting between a delinquent named Nana and a strange transfer student at Pandora Women’s College, located on one of Saturn's satellites. 4) The Funeral of the Moon - A genius high school student begins living with a lonely man in the isolated snowy mountains of the north. Note: Mushi to Uta was nominated for the 3rd Manga Taisho in 2010. 25-ji no Vacance was nominated for the 5th Manga Taisho in 2012. Winner of the Tezuka Osamu New Artist Prize (2010).