Sumomo Yumeka Explained

is a Japanese manga artist, who also writes as .^[1] She writes in a variety of demographics, publishing yaoi manga as Sumomo Yumeka and seinen manga as Mizu Sahara She is best known in the west for The Day I Became a Butterfly and Same Cell Organism, both under the Yumeka byline, and the manga adaptation of Voices of a Distant Star under Mizu Sahara. Her series My Girl is being adapted as a live-action television series which began broadcasting in October 2009.^[2]

Works

As Sumomo Yumeka

• Kokoro Kikai
• Soshite Hibi Koishiteku
• Soshite Koi ga Hajimaru by Kei Tsukimura (illustrator only)
• Natsukashi Machi no Rozione
• Dousabou Seibutsu (published in English by Digital Manga Publishing as Same Cell Organism)^[3]
• Chou ni Naru Hi (published in English by Digital Manga Publishing as The Day I Became a Butterfly)^[4]
• Tengusin (published in English by Aurora Publishing as Tengu-Jin)^[5]
• Nemunoki no Geshukusou
• Kon no Ki Konoha
• Kimi wa Boku no Taiyou
• Hate ni Aru Kimi
• Kaze Shinshutsu Shita
• The Snake and the Boy (Mitoshōnen)
• Boku wa Sakana

As Mizu Sahara

• Basu Hashiru (includes a series of shorts under the title Nanairo Sekai)
• My Girl
• Hoshi no Koe (written by Makoto Shinkai, illustrator only, published in English by Tokyopop as Voices of a Distant Star)
• Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho (written Makoto Shinkai, illustrator only)
• Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan (adaption of novel by Ji-Young Gong)
• Tetsugaku Letra^[6]
• Itsuya-san^[7]
• Okashiratsuki^[8]

External links

• Sumomo Yumeka, Mizu Sahara manga at Media Arts Database
• Unofficial Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sumomo Yumeka . 14 July 2022 . Anime News Network.
2. Web site: "My Girl" será adaptado al dorama . "My Girl" will be adapted as a dorama . Spanish . 6 September 2009.
3. Book: Yumeka, Sumomo . Same Cell Organism . June . 2012 . 978-1-931712-35-4 . Gardena, CA . English . 843112563.
4. Book: Yumeka . Sumomo . The Day I Become a Butterfly . Sato . Sachiko . Digital Manga Publishing . 2007 . 978-1-56970-869-9 . Gardena, CA . 74524857.
5. Book: Yumeka . Sumomo . Tengu-Jin . Tung . Jessica . Aurora . 2009 . 978-1-934496-54-1 . Torrance, Calif. . 237878222.
6. Web site: Loo . Egan . 9 March 2011 . Distant Star Manga's Sahara Launches Tetsugaku Retora . Anime News Network.
7. Web site: Sherman . Jennifer . 24 October 2011 . Distant Star Manga's Sahara to Launch Itsuya-san Manga . Anime News Network.
8. Web site: Mizu Sahara's Okashiratsuki Manga Gets Live-Action Film . Anime News Network . March 28, 2023 . March 28, 2023.