Waltz no Ojikan
Natsumi Ando may not be the most prolific manga author out there since her debut back in 1998, but she certainly keeps busy and has several series to her credit, which you can see below according to Wikipedia. The creator is back with a new series since Arisa has finished and her latest work is one that’s near and dear to my heart as it deals with a passion of mine – ballroom dancing. Her new series kicked off back in December of 2012 in Nakayoshi with Waltz no Ojikan and it certainly looks like it has some of her trademarked approaches and a really fun sense of design about it. Ando’s had several of her series released in North America previously with Zodiac PI, Kitchen Princess and most recently with Arisa.
- (1998) Tsuiteru ne Hijiri-chan (ツイてる ね 聖ちゃん?)
- (1999) Smile de Ikō (スマイル で いこう?)
- (2000) Maria-ppoino! (マリアっぽいの?)
- (2001) Jūnikyū de Tsukamaete (十二宮でつかまえて?); English translation: Zodiac P.I. (2003)
- (2003) Tamete Misema Show! (貯めて みせま ショウ!?)
- (2003) Wairudo Damon (ワイルド だもん?); English translation: Wild @ Heart (2010)
- (2005) Kitchen no Ohime-sama (キッチンのお姫さま?); English translation: Kitchen Princess (2007)
- (2009) Arisa (ΑRISΑ<アリサ>?); English translation: Arisa (2010)
Plot concept: A boy who has lost interest in ballroom dancing for a certain reason and is instead distracted by the latest dancing fad, and a plain girl who has a hidden desire to change herself… the two youths who were destined to meet grow into adulthood together through ballroom dancing.