is a Japanese

manga Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is use ...

written and illustrated by

Rieko Saibara is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1988 with , serialized in '' Weekly Young Sunday''. In 1989, she graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University. Saibara has received nume ...

. It was adapted into a

live action Live action (or live-action) is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live-action with animation to create a live-action animated film. Live-action is used to define film, video ...

film in 2013. In 2005, the manga, along with '' Mainichi Kaasan'', won Saibara the Short story Award at the

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Curren ...

Cast

Kii Kitano is a Japanese actress, singer and gravure idol. Career Kitano was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, and is a former member of the celebrity girls futsal team ''Miss Magazine''. In 2005, Kitano won a Miss Magazine Award, becoming the youngest (age 1 ...

as Natsumi Takahara * Fumino Kimura * Asuka Kurosawa * Ittoku Kishibe *

Asaka Seto also known as Megumi Ieda, is a Japanese actress who works at Foster Management. She won the award for Best Actress at the 24th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Travail''. She is married to Yoshihiko Inohara of the band V6. Filmography ;Televisio ...

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* 2004 manga Live-action films based on manga Manga adapted into films Seinen manga Shogakukan manga Japanese comedy films {{manga-stub