Hinako Ashihara

• Nov-2012
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Daigo digs up the time capsule he buried twenty yearsago when he was only ten. What message did Daigo leave for his future self? And what does it take to live life fully and without regret?Final Touching Volume!...

• Oct-2012
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What were our parents like at our age? We'll never really know... But now you can get a glimpse into the teenage years of the mothers of Ann, Daigo, Fuji and Shika. How was their destiny shaped? Plus, Ann's little sister visits Shika--and Ann's ex-fi...

• Sep-2012
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Ann's junior high school reunion is coming up, and she hasn't seen Daigo in two years. How will their reunion go? Then, finally, the story behind Ann's engagement. Who is her fiancé...?...

• Sep-2012
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• Aug-2012
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Shika will stop at nothing to steal Daigo from Ann. And the competition ramps up when an attractive girl resurfaces from their past. Meanwhile, Fuji patiently waits to win Ann from Daigo. But who do Ann and Daigo want to be with...?...

• Jul-2012
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Sweet 16-year-old Ann returns to rural Shimane from Tokyo for the summer, eager to reconnect with her boyfriend Daigo. But will the allure of their close friends--wealthy brother and sister Fuji and Shika--sunder the romantic ties that have bound Ann...

• Jul-2012
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Ann and Daigo's long-distance relationship is put to the test as time goes by, and they find themselves spending more and more time with their childhood friends-aristocratic brother and sister Fuji and Shika-than each other. Is it just due to proxi...

• Jun-2012
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After her parents get divorced, Ann Uekusa and her mother move from Tokyo to rural Shimane. Accustomed to the anonymity of city living, Ann can't get used to the almost overbearing kindness of the people in her mother's hometown. But when personal tr...

• Jun-2012
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Just when Ann has adjusted to life in the countryside--and even has a boyfriend!--her father invites her to move back to Tokyo. Now she must choose between a father she hardly knows and a young man she is just beginning to know. But she soon discover...

• Jan-2011
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Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for T+ audiences. Final Touching Volume!Daigo digs up the time capsule he buried twenty years ago when he was only ten. What message did Daigo leave for his future self? And what does it take to live life fully and with...

• Sep-2010
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Can the sands of time bury the pain of the past?Reads R to L (Japanese Style). Can the sands of time bury the pain of the past? What were our parents like at our age? We'll never really know... But now you can get a glimpse into the teenage years of ...

• May-2010
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Can the sands of time heal wounds?; Can the sands of time bury the pain of the past?R to L (Japanese Style). Can the sands of time heal all wounds?; Can the sands of time bury the pains of the past? Revisiting scenes and people from earlier days driv...

• Jan-2010
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Can the sands of time bury the pain of the past? R to L (Japanese Style). Ann's junior high school reunion is coming up, and she hasn't seen Daigo in two years. How will their reunion go? Then, finally, the story behind Ann's engagement. Who is her f...

• Sep-2009
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R to L (Japanese Style). Ann and Daigo begin dating other people. But can anyone take the place of her first love in Ann's heart? Then, Ann learns a surprising secret about her father's romantic life!...

• May-2009
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R to L (Japanese Style)Twelve-year-old Ann and her divorced mother move from big city Tokyo to her mother's rural hometown. How will Ann survive her exile from civilization? Then, when her mother commits suicide, Ann has to grow up fast. As the years...

• Jan-2009
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Can the sands of time bury the pain of the past?Ann and Daigo's LD (long-distance) relationship is put to the test as time goes by and they find themselves spending more and more time with their childhood friends--aristocratic brother and sister Fuji...

• Sep-2008
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• A 10-volume manga series.• Serialized in VIZ Media's Shojo Beat magazine• Sand Chronicles has become very popular in Shojo Beat magazine after its first installment!• Published in Italian as La Clessidra• Published in German as Sunadokei�...

• May-2008
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Just when Ann has adjusted to life in the countryside--and even has a boyfriend!--her father invites her to move back to Tokyo to live with him. Now she must choose between a father she hardly knows and a young man she is just beginning to know. But ...

• Jan-2008
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After her parents get divorced, Ann Uekusa and her mother move from Tokyo to rural Shimane. Accustomed to the anonymity of city living, Ann can't get used to the almost overbearing kindness of the people in her mother's hometown. But when personal tr...

• Mar-2005
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This collection offers up three love stories about sweet girls and the hot guys they fall for. Ashihara, creator of the popular Forbidden Dance series, distinguishes each of these formulaic romances with a unique narrative quirk. The dark side of ...

• Mar-2004
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Aya, the only female member of the formerly all-male ballet troupe Cool, prepares for the group's recital after its leader, Akira, the man she loves, flies off to London to follow British dancer Diana Roberts....

• Jan-2004
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Aya Fujii is a high school student who eats, sleeps, and breathes ballet, but an accident during the National Competition causes an ankle injury for her that left her unable to dance for nearly a year. Although Aya recovers physically, she has not re...

• Oct-2003
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• Aug-2003
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When a young girl loses her confidence to dance, she fears she'll never set foot on the stage again. But when she falls in lust with an all-guy avant-garde dance troupe and their leader, everything changes. Soon, her primary goal in life is to join t...