his installment of Chikuma Bunko's "contemporary manga" series is curated by Riku Onda and looks at manga artists and works from the 1970's to today that has continued to innovate and develop the rich genre that is shoujo manga. 

1. Door no Naka no Watashi no Musuko (ドアの中のわたしの息子) [Moto Hagio] 
2. Love❤Game (ラブ❤ゲーム) [Yukari Ichijou] 
3. Sarmyu no Ie (サーミュの家) [Yasuko Sakata] 
4. ITsuruhime Ja! (Excerpt) (つる姫じゃ～っ！) [Yoshiko Tsuchida] 
5. Erika Akai Tsumijikaze (エリカ赤いつむじ風) [Suzue Miuchi] 
6. Hanaoka-chan no Natsuyasumi (花岡ちゃんの夏休み) [Natsuno Kiyohara] 
7. Saint Rosalind (Excerpt) (聖ロザリンド) [Masako Watanabe] 
8. Gishiki from Ichimanjuu Byou Monogatari (『一万十秒物語』より「儀式」) [Emi Kurata] 
9. Fresh Green no Kisetsu (フレッシュグリーンの季節) [Yukiko Shino] 
10. Semishigure no Yamu Koro from Umimachi Dairy (『海街ｄｉａｒｙ』より「蟬時雨のやむ頃」) [Akimi Yoshida]

1) Fresh Green no Kisetsu 
2) Aa-chan no Omoibito 
3) Lever Lever Story 
4) Fuyu no Hi no Page

At the height of the popularity of delicate girls' manga with beautiful heroines, the main character is a dirty princess with a bald head and a hairpin, wearing a spiky kasuri kimono, and who doesn't wash her face and hates taking baths. The story is set in both Hagemasu Castle, where Tsuruhime lives with her father, the chief retainer, the maid Ine-san, and her pet vultures, and in Terakoya Elementary School, where she spends time with Ohana and other classmates and teachers. 
 
(Source: Shueisha, translated)

The main character, Rosa, is the child of the devil. Although her appearance is patently innocuous, the terrible things that befall everyone around her soon prove that she is anything but.
 
A dark, gruesome story, made all the more eerie by the sparkly, feminine 1960s shoujo art style Watanabe continues to use.

The manga's story takes place in Kamakura, and revolves around three sisters: Sachi, the eldest sister who works as a nurse; Yoshino, the middle sister who works in a bank; and Chika, the youngest sister who works at a sporting goods store. The three sisters have been living together in their family's house after their parents divorced and left. One day, they receive news that their father has passed away. Yoshino hasn't seen her father in over 15 years, and is not particularly affected by the news, while Chika barely has any memory of him. Despite this, Sachi persuades the sisters to go to his funeral. There, they discover that they have a 13-year-old half-sister named Suzu whom they have never met. With no one left to care for her, the sisters invite her to live with them.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)
 
Notes: 
- Chapter count includes two extras and the side story "Tooriame no Ato ni". 
- Won an Excellence Award for manga at the 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival. Won the 2013 Manga Taishou award. Won the 2015 Shogakukan Manga Award in the general manga category. 
- Adapted into a live action film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda which competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015.

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