Mugen Yasou

Fairy Park*

Other Works:

Sasaki has done a number of other titles that do not appear to be horror/mystery.  Sandai Shougun Iemitsu no Uba:  Kasuga no Tsubone (三代将軍家光の乳母　 春日局) was written by Kazuo Sakurai (桜井和生) and published under the Gakken Manga Denki Series (学研まんが伝記シリーズ).  Angels was published by Kobunsha (光文社) under Val Pretty Comics.  Sasaki did the art for Sen-nen no Koi:  Hikaru Genji Monogatari (千年の恋　 ひかる源氏物語), written by Akira Hayasaka (早坂暁) and published by Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店).

She has released ladies’ comic versions of a number of romance novels published by Ohzora Publishing (宙出社) under Emerald Comics - Harlequin Series:

• Hassan no Musume (ハッサンの娘), from Daughter of Hassan by Penny Jordan
• Hanayome wa Ookabunushi (花嫁は大株主), from Jessica Steele’s Farewell to Love
• Princess no Hatsukoi (プリンセスの初恋), based on Susan Mallery’s A Royal Baby on the Way
• Shishi to Cinderella (獅子とシンデレラ), from Pilgrim’s Castle by Violet Winspear
• Virgin Road* (バージンロード), from Dark Enchantment by Helen Bianchin
• Oui o Kaketa Koi* (王位をかけた恋), adapted from Lucy Gordon’s novel Princess Dottie
• Prince no Propose (プリンスのプロポーズ), based on A Royal Masquerade by Arlene James
• Koibito-tachi no Uso / Kiri no Naka no Apollon* (恋人たちの嘘／ 霧の中のアポロン), an adaptation of Lovers’ Lies by Daphne Clair, together with an original story
• Princess no Namida (プリンセスの涙), from Of Royal Blood by Carolyn Zane
• Yogoto no Jounetsu (夜ごとの情熱), from The Wedding Ultimatum by Helen Bianchin
• Sheik no Aijin / Hyou En (シークの愛人／ 氷炎), a combination of The Sheik and the Vixen by Elizabeth Mayne and Frozen Fire by Charlotte Lamb
• An adaptation of Susanne McCarthy’s The Millionaire’s Child, titled Yanushi wa Daifugou (家主は大富豪)
• Bartaldi no Onna (バルタルディの女), from Bartaldi’s Bride by Sara Craven
• Tenshi Pandora no Koi (天使パンドーラの恋), from The Saint and the Sinner by Barbara Cartland

Ohzora further published the following under Emerald Comics - Romance Comics (ロマンスコミックス):

• An adaptation of Lisa Kaye Laurel’s novel The Prince’s Bride, Unmei no Butoukai* (運命の舞踏会)
• Himitsu no Kobako* (秘密の小箱), from A Convenient Affair by Leigh Michaels
• Machikado no Cinderella / Kekkon wa Business?* (街角のシンデレラ／ 結婚はビジネス？), a combination of The Italian's Wife by Lynne Graham and The Marriage Business by Jessica Steele
• Fiance wa Okuman Chouja* (フィアンセは億万長者), from The Italian Millionaire’s Marriage by Lucy Gordon
• Yureru Omoi (揺れる想い), from Carole Buck’s book Cody’s Honor
• Yuuwaku no Wana* (誘惑の罠); the cover lists Misaki Chihiro as the author, although a romance novel translated under the same title is credited to Pamela Bauer
• Ai no Sokubaku* (愛の束縛), written by an author whose name I can only attempt to transliterate as Million Rice (ミリオン・ライス)
• Another author of uncertain name, but who most likely would be Matilda Collin (マチルダ・コリン), wrote the story for Aoi Kodou ni Dakarete* (碧い鼓動に抱かれて)
• Toraware no Hakushaku Reijou* (とらわれの伯爵令嬢), which appears to be an original work by Sasaki
• Romance no Yuugi* (ロマンスの遊戯), also credited to "Million Rice"
• Another unconfirmed author, probably Martina P. Gold (マルチナ・ P・ ゴールド), wrote the story for Shakunetsu no Sheik ni Torawarete* (灼熱のシークにとらわれて)
• Aoi Umi to Yuuwaku Sha* (青い海と誘惑者), based on Second Tomorrow by Anne Hampson

Harlequin (ハーレクイン) now releases its own comics:

• Sasaki’s Yubiwa ga Kataru Shinjitsu* (指輪が語る真実), from Caroline Anderson’s The Tycoon’s Instant Family
• Oukoku kara Kita Koibito* (王国から来た恋人), from The Royal MacAllister by Joan Elliott Pickart
• Densetsu no Kuni no Princess* (伝説の国のプリンセス), based on Forced Wife, Royal Love-Child by Trish Morey
• Ano Yoru ni Modoretara* (あの夜に戻れたら), from The Ruthless Greek's Virgin Princess, also by Trish Morey

Other ladies’ titles are O-hime-sama no Koi Monogatari (お姫さまの恋物語), O-hime-sama no O-shioki (お姫さまのお仕置き), O-hime-sama no Shitsuke Kyoushitsu (お姫さまのしつけ教室), O-hime-sama no Ai no Kusari* (お姫さまの愛の鎖), and O-hime-sama no Binetsu* (お姫さまの微熱), all published by Heiwa Shuppan (平和出版) under Heartful Comics.

The ladies’ comedy Puppuku Maroron* (ぷっぷくマロロン) was created together with MEIMU, and published by Gakken under Pichi Comics.

Sasaki contributed to the Shin Sekai Ichi Zankoku de Utsukushii Grimm Douwa (新　 世界一残酷で美しいグリム童話) anthology series published by Home-Sha, a subsidiary of Shueisha (集英社), under Home-Sha Manga Bunko (ホーム社漫画文庫).  Her Kanbi de Zankoku na Grimm Douwa:  Shirayuki-hime* (甘美で残酷なグリム童話　 白雪姫) and Kanbi de Zankoku na Grimm Douwa:  Akai Kutsu* (甘美で残酷なグリム童話　 赤い靴) were published by Kasakura Publishing (笠倉出版社) under Cult Comics - Grimm Selection (カルトコミックス・ Grimmセレクション).  Most recently, Bunkasha (ぶんか社) published the ladies’ comics Bijo to Yajuu (美女と野獣) and Match Uri no Shoujo (マッチ売りの少女), put out under Manga Grimm Douwa (まんがグリム童話).