is a Japanese '' shōjo''

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

. She made her debut in 1977 with ''Yakusoku'' ("Promise") in ''Lyrica''. In 1988, she won the

Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: '' shōnen'', '' shōjo'', and general. The awards began in 1977, initially w ...

for ''shōjo'' for ''Junjō Crazy Fruits'', which was serialized in the manga magazine ''Bouquet'' from 1982 to 1988. Matsunae is known for her

romantic comedies Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

Rachel Thorn Rachel Thorn (formerly Matt Thorn; born May 12, 1965) is a cultural anthropologist and an associate professor in the Department of Manga Production at Kyoto Seika University's Faculty of Manga in Japan. She is best known in North America for he ...

mentions worklife for women, divorce and casual sex as issues that show up in her work.

References

External links

Profile
at The Ultimate Manga Page

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