ハッピィ・ハウス

by Kyōko Okazaki

テレビ局ディレクターの父、大女優の母、そしてふたりの兄。主人公の女子中学生・鈴木るみ子の家庭はみんながみんな自分勝手に生きていて、危ういバランスをとりながらもなんとかやってきていた。ところがある日突然、父が家族解散を宣言。成り行き上、家族バラバラになってしまう。一人、家に残ったるみ子は自宅をラブホ代わりに貸す商売を始めるのだが…。生きるために考え、生きるために行動する、そんなるみ子と鈴木家の行く末は？

351 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Kyōko Okazaki (岡崎京子) is a Japanese cartoonist. In a relatively short career, spanning from 1983 to 1996, Okazaki established herself as a leading figure in josei manga, i.e. comics primarily targeting women. In particular, she was a major contributor to gyaru manga, a trend reclaiming 'girliness' into adult graphic novels.
Okazaki is known for her unorthodox visual style and her bluntness in tackling topics such as sex, prostitution, bourgeois decadence and body dismorphia, against the backdrop of the opulent life in 80s and 90s Tokyo. Her most famous works are Pink (1989), River's Edge (1993-1994) and Helter Skelter (1995-1996), the latter also adapted into a live-action film.
In 1996 Okazaki was hit by a car. The accident, from which she is still re-habilitating, put an end to her comic book career.