Four Shōjo Stories
manga anthology published in English
Four Shōjo Stories is a manga anthology published by Viz Media in 1996. It is a collection of shōjo manga – manga aimed at an audience of adolescent girls and young adult women – containing two works by the manga artist Keiko Nishi and one each by the manga artists Moto Hagio and Shio Satō. It was one of the earliest published works of shōjo manga released in English. The book was later pulled from publication, as Viz did not seek permission from the original publisher Shogakukan to publish the works collected in Four Shōjo Stories as an anthology.
Works
Promise by Keiko Nishi
The brother and father of Reiko, a teenage girl, died not long after she was born. She must cope with her mother neglecting her, including her mother's decision to remarry. Reiko begins skipping school and she often meets by chance a boy who had helped her when she was little. He helps her get used to her new situation.
They Were Eleven by Moto Hagio
Ten young space cadets are put onto a decommissioned spaceship as their final test. If they pass this test, their lifelong dreams of being valued people in their respective societies will come true.
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