Inside the village of Poe a mysterious noble family takes residence with their son Edgar and ill daughter Marybell. Edgar is quickly intrigued by Allan,... more>> the heir of a transportation company, who catches his eye by almost running him over with a horse. As the story unfolds a few residents of Poe slowly begin to wonder about the new family... <<less

A Drunken Dream, is a collection of literary short stories by Hagio falling into multiple genres, created between 1971-2007. The stories were selected by translator Matt Thorn to be an introduction to Hagio for English speakers.... more>>

This tome travels through several of Hagio's most revolutionary and poignant tales that span over the years of her lush career.

• (1970, 16 pages)

• Girl on Porch with Puppy (1971, 12 pages)

• Autumn Journey (1971, 24 pages)

A boy’s pilgrimage to the home of his favorite author has more meaning than either the author or his daughter can imagine.

• Marié, Ten Years Later (1977, 16 pages)

Two estranged friends learn too late how their actions had destroyed the balance of a perfect triad of intimacy.

• A Drunken Dream (1980, 21 pages)

Two scientists—one a hermaphrodite, the other a tribal priest—meet on a space station orbiting Io; but they have met before and are destined to meet again.

• (1984, 16 pages)

Conjoined twins Yudy and Yucy are as different as possible. Older Yudy is intelligent but ugly, as her nutrients are used up by her beautiful but simpleminded sister Yucy. Loving and hating so deeply, where does one girl begin and the other end?

• Angel Mimic (1984, 50 pages)

• (1991, 50 pages)

A girl who appears to her mother and herself to be a hideous anthropoid iguana struggles to overcome her mother’s rejection and find happiness ... but her mother has a secret.

• The Child Who Comes Home (1998, 24 pages)

• (2007, 20 pages)

A woman stands day to day under a growing willow tree and watches the people who pass by...

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The volume has been nominated for an Eisner Award

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In the Anywhere But Here series:... more>>

V.1 - Yama e Iku

• Yama e Iku (Going to the Mountains)

It's about a sensitive writer with an overactive imagination and intolerance for the banalities of everyday life.

• Yanagi Ki (The Willow Tree)

A woman stands day to day under a growing willow tree and watches the people who pass by...

V.2 - Sphinx

V.3 - Haru no Ogawa <<less

Short story collection including:... more>>

1. Iguana no Musume:

A girl develops a complex about herself after her mother thinks of her as a hideous iguana. Iguana Girl reflects Hagio's own relationship with her mother, and it took her "years to write this story".

Catalsis", a momentary hesitation to the aventure

"Afternoon"

"Sunshine of the Sun", and a short collection of comics, "The Returning Child", 6 unique masterpieces.

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A prequel to Thomas' Heart. Other stories include "Egg Stand" and "Angel Mimic''.... more>>

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This manga contains four stories: Houmonsha, Castle, Egg Stand, and Angel Mimic. The title story features the earlier life of the character Oscar from the manga "Thomas' Heart." Due to many large and small problems that have added up over the years, Oscar's parents' marriage is collapsing. One day, after a fight that Oscar believes is going to end like all of the others, his father does something irreversible. Now Oscar and his father will have to deal with the consequences. [tethysdust] <<less