Shungiku Nakamura (中村春菊 Nakamura Shungiku?, born December 13,1980) is a Japanese yaoi manga artist. She is most famous for creating Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance. Shungiku Nakamura's distinct style of manga has been identified largely throughout Japanese and English yaoi fanbases. Her works usually include large age gaps between the seme and uke and characters with careers in the publishing industry (as depicted in Junjo Romantica and Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi). She often cowrites with Fujisaki Miyako, who authored the novels of Yoshino Chiaki no baai in Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi.
Works: Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance (2002 - Ongoing) "Junjou Mistake" (2008) Hybrid Child (2003 - 2004) Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi (2007 - Ongoing) "√W.P.B." (2004) "Touzandou Tentsui Ibun" (1998 - 1999) "Mangetsu Monogatari" "Tsuki wa Yamiyo ni Kakuru ga Gotoku" (1999) "Picturesque of a Mask" (art only) "Umi ni Nemuru Hana"
**1st read // february 2018** the chapters of mizuki and ijuuin were uhmm ok?
BUT!!! MISAKI AND USAGI>>>>
my soul could finally BREATHE nakamura thank you very much :(
I adore my dorky sons
(the extra was super cute)
**2nd read // november 2017** not me actually reading this again :(
**3rd read // february 2024** act 45 changed me as a person fr i've never been the same. there is so much growth and maturity in the characters???? 💔💔 mizuki's and ijuuin's chapters were also fine. i've never paid too much attention to yuu's love story with him but i might now since i'm running out of chapters lmao. the christmas act was very sweet :( and the EXTRA???? USAGI SMILING WITH ALL OF HIS TEETH AND MISAKI BLUSHING????? people died. anyways. crying.
In this volume we get a side story involving Mizuki and Kaoruko and another involving Ijuuin and his new assistant, Yuu Yanase. It's obvious that Yuu will be Ijuuin's future lover and I'm happy that he finally met someone who can reciprocate his feelings. I'm sure it'll take a while for their relationship to be established but at least there is a path to happiness for both of them, seeing as how they were both rejected by someone they loved.
Misaki finally has a proper conversation with Manami about his relationship with Usagi. After his jumbled explanation of how their relationship got to where it is she tells him that not only does she not object to their relationship but that she will help him talk to Takahiro about it.
In the next act we got to see how Usagi and Misaki spent their 4th Christmas together. They had planned on visiting a Christmas Market but was unable to do so after Isaka had to be rushed to the hospital due to appendicitus. When they finally met up later in the evening Misaki gave Usagi his gifts and they spent the evening together happy, knowing that they were one step closer to coming out to Takahiro.