YOSHIDA AKIMI

Various unconnected oneshots from different years in the author's career.

It’s been 18 years since the end of Yasha. Alisa, who is Sei and Lou May’s daughter, lives with her mother, her brother Shinji, and Ken in Hawaii. Shinji is Ken and Lou May’s son. Shinji knows Alisa isn’t Ken’s real daughter, but Alisa doesn’t. Alisa sometimes sees a phantom boy. One day, she sees a boy point to the sky, where she sees a plane. By the plane, Rie, Shin’s son, comes to ask Ken for some help. He also knows Alisa is really Sei’s daughter. Alisa is called “Dragon’s daughter.“ Rie says a prophet told him that he would marry a woman who’s a dragon’s blood relative. When they go into the forest, Rie also sees a boy. Alisa tells him that the boy is a phantom and that he is the only other person who can see him. Her family had told her that the boy was the spirit of the forest, but she doubted that. She thinks the boy is trying to tell her something.

A letter comes to the three Kohda sisters in Kamakura, bringing the news of their father's death. A father they hadn't seen since he divorced and left home 15 years ago. Despite feeling indifferent about their father, Yoshino, the middle of the three, and Chika, the youngest, go to Yamagata to attend his funeral on oldest sister Sachi's request. There, they meet Suzu, their young and reliable half sister.Umimachi Diary won the Excellence Prize for manga at the 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival Awards. It was also nominated for the 1st Manga Taisho, where it came in 3rd place, for the 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, where it came in 2nd place, and for the 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Collection of one-shots. Also includes an extra chapter of California Monogatari, "Garden of Dreams".