is a Japanese

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shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Kiyoko Arai and serialized by

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on '' Ciao'' magazine. It has nine volumes, the first published on 10 September 1996 and the last on 10 October 1999.

Characters

* Mikina

Reception

It won the 44th

Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since ...

for

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References

Romantic comedy anime and manga Shogakukan manga Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga {{manga-stub