Suzue Miuchi (美内 すずえ), Miuchi Suzue) is a Japanese mangaka and author of long running shōjo manga Glass Mask. She was born in Nishinomiya, Japan and grew up in Osaka. She won the Kodansha Manga Award (1982) for Youkihi-den and the Japan Cartoonists Association Award (1995).
In December 1975, Miuchi began work on Glass Mask which is regarded as her representative work today. Although the core shōjo manga fandom at the time viewed this series blatantly conservative and obsolete, its popularity turned out to be sensational and it has gained a huge mass of admirers during its run for more than 20 years. Miuchi is now a big-name shōjo manga artist enjoying the fact that Glass Mask is still attracting a new generation of fans, while the long-time fans are eagerly waiting for the conclusion.
This series is literally the BEST female comic ever drawn. Granted the waiting period is not over for the fans. But it has been such a joy reading it. Precautions for people who wants to read this series: 1. be patient 2. be patient 3. look at 1 and 2 the reason being is simply because this comic was started in mid 70's and it hasn't finish. Currently (July 2012) hana to yume has publish up to vol 49. The tankoubon (comic book format) just reached no 48. in 2005 there was an interview with the author and she mentioned that the book should be finished before vol 50. But after reading the latest chapter in my opinion this series probably will end around vol 56. Hopefully this series will end soon, I guess the only comforting fact is that previous editor of this work have seen the last scene of this comic 15 years ago. so hopefully this manga will have a happy end that we, the fans crave. As far as I know this comic only been publish in few languages: Japanese, Indonesian, Chinese, Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, and Italian. If you are interested to read this series in english mangafox site has it. Happy reading
Topeng kaca adalah favorit saya karya Suzue Miuchi, awalnya saya minjam dari kakak kos habis tu saya baca on line tapi sayangnya belum ada lanjutannya alias masih menggantung ceritanya. Ceritanya tentang perjuangan Maya Kitajima yang memiliki bakat luar biasa sebagai aktris panggung pemain drama. Keinginan terbesarnya adalah untuk mendapatkan peran fenomenal sebagai Bidadari Merah tetapi tentu saja dia harus bersaing dengan Ayumi Himekawa seorang artis terkenal. Di bawah asuhan Chigusa Tsukikage mereka berdua bekerja keras untuk mendapatkan peran tersebut. Selain itu, dalam komik ini juga diceritakan tentang cinta segitiga antara Maya, Koji dan Masyumi. Udah nonton Animenya juga tapi kurang suka, mungkin gak sesuai ama pengharapan kali ya?!
I think everybody's obsession of bidadari merah is too lebay'.. but I love maya's spirit n never give up attitude in achieving what she's always dream of.. to become a good actress.. simply because she love to act!! not to perform..!! her simplicity n modesty remind me of me. being invisible and nobody in the real world.. and her guardian angel... ahhh *sigh* *daydreaming.com* I hate when this comic just disappeared from the bookstore without knowing the ending...
Akhirnya diriku menemukan komik yang sudah lama dicari2..hehehe..leganya... Selama ini banyak yg nawarin tapi harus beli 1 set, nah..kebetulan ada yang jual cabutan, murah lagi...mulus pula...wah, senangnya...
Tapi yang bikin bete, tetap aja ceritanya ga selesai sampe disini... Masih bersambung yang ga jelas kapan tamatnya :-(
glass mask series is my "favorite manga" wonderful, great! this comic was started in the mid 70's and it has not finished. You must read, you will be swept up in the love story is winding Maya and Masumi ;-).