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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books
  • First Book:
    March 2016
  • Latest Book:
    October 2020
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Book List in Order: 24 titles



  • THE LONG-AWAITED STORY OF FANGIRLS TAKING ON TOKYO!Special large-size 2-in-1 edition of over 400 pages!One of the best anime and manga for beginners. Enthusiasm – geeky and otherwise – is power in Princess Jellyfish. Enthusiasm saves the ...



  • THE LONG-AWAITED STORY OF FANGIRLS TAKING ON TOKYO! Special large-size 2-in-1 edition of over 400 pages! One of the best anime and manga for beginners. Enthusiasm – geeky and otherwise – is power in Princess Jellyfish. Enthusiasm saves th...



  • Tsukimi Kurashita has a strange fascination with jellyfish. She’s loved them from a young age and has carried that love with her to her new life in the big city of Tokyo. There, she resides in Amamizukan, a safe-haven for girl geeks who regularly g...



  • THE BUSINESS OF LOVE With the help of Amars and their savvy new ally Nisha, Tsukimi’s jellyfish designs are slowly taking shape as a real clothing line. There’s no time to waste if the group wants to save Amamizukan and make a splash in the fashi...



  • What if I had done this... What if I could just.. After years spent spinning these what-if tales, Rinko woke up to find herself a 33-year-old woman with rusty romantic instincts. Even at that age, she doesn't know her next move. She doesn't even know...



  • If I had done this... If only that would happen... The What-If stories still haven't stopped. Or so we thought, but then arises a friendship-shattering crisis among the three girls who were supposed to be linked together with an unbreakable bond! Plu...



  • I spent all my time wondering 'what if,' then one day I woke up and I was 33. She's not that bad-looking, but before she knew it, Rinko was thirty-something and single. She wants to be married by the time the Tokyo Olympics roll around in six years, ...



  • FASHIONING A FAIRY TALE The night of the fashion show for Tsukimi and Kuranosuke’s Jelly Fish brand has finally arrived. They pulled out all the stops to make Amamizu-kan into an enchanting wonderlandâ€"even Mayaya has transformed into a chic model...



  • If I had done this… If only that would happen… It’s not like we’re seeking happiness beyond our stations. But what’s wrong with dreaming a little?! Those were our feelings as we told our What-If stories, but what we ende...






  • LONG DISTANCES In order to save Amamizukan, the girls decide to put up an exhibition of their work. When the Jelly Fish dresses catch the eye of Asia’s greatest fashion influencer, Kai, it’s not only the dresses that the mogul wants -- it’s the...



  • If I had done this… If only that would happen… I repeated those hypotheticals for years and years, but now I’ve finally, finally reached a tranquil, mature love!! Or so I thought. But this What-If Story isn’t over yet…...



  • Rinko has finally found happiness in a relaxing, stable romance. But then comes a Four Alarm call that will shake her life at its foundations?!?! Should she go down this path to a future with zero guarantees, even at the cost of her long-sought happi...



  • A BRAND NEW WORLD In order to save Amamizukan, Tsukimi makes the ultimate sacrifice: She goes to Singapore to work as a designer for Kai’s fashion company. While Amars seems to accept Tsukimi’s departure and the end of Jelly Fish, Kuranosuke refu...



  • TURNING TIDES As this modern fairy tale of otaku girls bum-rushing the fashion industry hits its penultimate volume, Kuranosuke charges onwards for Tsukimi’s retrieval mission! Hanamori-san also makes his way to Singapore, for less noble reasons, b...



  • FIT FOR A PRINCESS As a brand, Jelly Fish comes to the conclusion that their dresses are for Amars, by Amars. After embracing the fact that they make clothes for weirdos, Tsukimi and the crew must figure out how to sell their styles! In true Amars fa...



  • A sharp new comedy about female friendship from the creator of Princess Jellyfish!

    THE BOYFRIEND SHE DESERVES

    A meet-cute in a movie rental store has led Rinko into a relationship with the perfect man: He''s tall, he cooks, and he owns ...



  • High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problem...



  • The award-winning autobiographical manga Kakukaku Shikajika by Akiko Higashimura, the creator of Princess Jellyfish, about her high school dream to become a comic book creator!

    High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka be...



  • "A sharp new comedy about female friendship from the creator of Princess Jellyfish!

    COULD, SHOULD, DID

    During her four-alarm search for Key, Rinko makes a decision she can''t take back, and is forced to finally reckon with the question ...







  • UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES Akiko has finally achieved her dream of becoming a manga artist! She’s almost ready to fully immerse herself in the wonderful world of shoujo when Hidaka-sensei approaches her. Just what does he want?...



  • LIFE LESSONS Akiko’s school days are long over and her work as a manga artist is keeping her very busy. Yet when Hidaka-sensei declares that he has four months left to live, it turns out he’s got one final lesson to teach her. The emotio...




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    What if I had done this... What if things had been different... After wasting so much time spinning hypotheticals at their What-If Girls' nights out, they ended up thirty-something women at one of life's critical moments. One-night stands? Being the ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Akiko Higashimura has published 24 books.

Akiko Higashimura does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns 1, was published in October 2020.

The first book by Akiko Higashimura, Princess Jellyfish, Volume 1, was published in March 2016.

No. Akiko Higashimura does not write books in series.