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  • Bibliography:
    23 Books
  • First Book:
    March 2008
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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Book List in Order: 23 titles



  • Takemoto, a sophomore art student in Tokyo, thinks his greatest worries in life are finding ways to eat more meat and getting to class on time. But with friends like his, life is never going to be that uninteresting....



  • • Serialized in Shojo Beat magazine.• VIZ Media has acquired the rights to the Honey & Clover anime series. • VIZ Pictures has acquired the rights to the Honey & Clover live action film for U.S. distribution. Release...



  • • Serialized in Shojo Beat magazine.• VIZ Media has acquired the rights to the Honey & Clover anime series. • VIZ Pictures has acquired the rights to the Honey & Clover live action film for U.S. distribution. Release TBD.• Over 7.8 million so...



  • A Japanese pop-culture phenomenon invades the U.S.!Morita has disappeared, leaving his friends bereft and confused. Hagu and Takemoto turn to their art, while Mayama and Ayu cling to their unrequited loves. When his coworker begins to romance Ayu, Ma...



  • R to L (Japanese Style)Takemoto, a sophomore art student in Tokyo, thinks his greatest worries in life are finding ways to eat more meat and getting to class on time. But with friends like his, life is never going to be that tame.Takemoto is nearing ...



  • R to L (Japanese Style). With graduation projects in full swing, Takemoto and Hagu are face-to-face with their future. Takemoto is still unclear about what he wants to do, and his complete lack of job prospects isn't helping. Hagu just wants to retur...



  • R to L (Japanese Style). Takemoto's journey across Japan continues, and though he's sleeping in empty lots and subsisting on convenience store food, he seems to be getting closer to understanding what made him ride away from school and his friends. B...



  • Love Triangles--who says you don't learn math in Art School?; The friends you make in college can change your whole life; Art School Unclassified R to L (Japanese Style). Ayu still can't give up on her love for Mayama, even though his relationship wi...



  • Love Triangles--who says you don't learn math in Art School?; The friends you make in college can change your whole life; Art School UnclassifiedR to L (Japanese Style). Love Triangles--who says you don't learn math in Art School?; The friends you ma...






  • Love Triangles--who says you don't learn math in Art School?; The friends you make in college can change your whole life; Art School UnclassifiedReads R to L (Japanese Style). Love Triangles--who says you don't learn math in Art School?; The friends ...



  • Takemoto, a sophomore art student in Tokyo, thinks his greatest worries in life are finding ways to eat more meat and getting to class on time. But with friends like his, life is never going to be that tame....



  • Love is never easy for our heroes. Takemoto is forced to confront his resentment of his stepfather and his own feelings of being cast adrift, while Mayama and Ayu flounder in their unrequited loves and Morita faces the prospect of being held back ano...



  • Professor Hanamoto is off in Mongolia on a research trip, and Hagu is having a hard time coping. The gang do their best to help her out, especially Takemoto. But as graduation threatens to alter their friendships forever, Hagu begins to turn toward M...



  • Morita has disappeared, leaving his friends bereft and confused. Hagu and Takemoto turn to their art, while Mayama and Ayu cling to their unrequited loves. When his coworker begins to romance Ayu, Mayama can’t help interfering. But what does he car...



  • Takemoto is nearing graduation, but he doesn’t have a job lined up -- he doesn’t even know what he wants to do with his life. His friends try to be supportive, but they have their own dramas to act out. With his health failing and his heart in tu...



  • With graduation projects in full swing, Takemoto and Hagu are face-to-face with their future. Takemoto’s complete lack of job prospects are making a sad situation worse, and Hagu just wants to return to her home in the country to paint. With pressu...



  • Takemoto’s journey across Japan continues, and though he’s sleeping in empty lots and subsisting on convenience store food, he seems to be getting closer to understanding what made him ride away from school and his friends. But with his money run...



  • Ayu still can’t give up on her love for Mayama, even though his relationship with Rika seems to be deepening. Nomiya’s growing interest in Ayu might be a balm to her broken heart, but he’s moving to Tottori for six months! Is Ayu cursed to suff...



  • Hagu and Takemoto are the last of the gang to graduate, and after his bike odyssey Takemoto has a future in temple restoration. But Hagu’s recent injury might steal her ability to paint forever. Can love make up for such a painful loss?...






  • The mystery behind Morita’s obsession with money is finally revealed -- he and his brother Kaoru need all the cash they can get their hands on to bankroll their revenge against the man who destroyed their father. Now they’re finally close to thei...



  • Rei Kiriyama is a child prodigy. Rei Kiriyama is also an orphan who lives alone in an empty apartment. Rei Kiriyama is a teen working in an adult's world. Life is complicated for Rei. He's an up-and-coming shogi (Japanese chess) player on the verge...



  • Kiriyama is moving up the ranks and now he is even appearing on television. With the new exposure means, more unusual exposure to his friends, family and classmates. Suddenly everyone seems to know what he meant when he said playing Japanese chess is...



  • Rei is ill after a few stressful tournaments but rushing to his aide are the Kawamoto sisters. They hold an intervention and spirit him away to their place after they find that he was sick and had forgotten to charge his phone. Even when times are do...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Chica Umino has published 23 books.

The next book by Chica Umino, March Comes in Like a Lion, Volume 3, will be published in June 2024.

The first book by Chica Umino, Honey and Clover, Volume 1, was published in March 2008.

No. Chica Umino does not write books in series.