Happy Mania, Book 2

Moyoco Anno

Romance

Tokyopop

Shigeta is unhappy with her long-distance relationship, and meets a handsome ceramicist. She ends up quitting her job and becoming an apprentice at the same studio as him. Meanwhile, Fuku gets a new boyfriend who's perfect for her, renewing Shigeta's faith in fate. Then she finds out that Takahashi's friend Violet, who seems to be competing with her for everything, is family friends with the master of the studio. Not only that, she finds the daughter of the master (Midori) having sex with her ceramicist, Kishiwada. While she's telling Fuku about it, Violet comes and tells her that Midori used to be in amateur porn and that all the apprentices end up falling for her and then falling from grace. Violet tells the studio master what's going on in his house, and Kishiwada and Midori are forbidden to see each other. Takahashi shows up at Shigeta's door out of the blue, and stays with her for a few days. Shigeta has to bring a gift from the studio master to Kishiwada, who has supposedly eloped with Midori. When she gets there, though, she finds out that Midori had tricked Kishiwada in order to be with her real boyfriend, who is a wanted man. She sleeps with Kishiwada. Takahashi hears everything Shigeta is telling Fuku about how amazing it was and how he's going to be hers, and leaves. He calls his friend Violet and ends up sleeping with her. Shigeta receives a letter from Kishiwada - he's in China on a long sojourn. The end of yet another crush.

Happy Mania, Book 3

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Shigeta's crazy love life continues, and this time it involves Takahashi! After Takahashi pays her a surprise visit, Shigeta comes to realize that he might not be such a bad guy after all. Before long, she even agrees to marry him. Does this mean that the legendary playgirl is off the market for good? Of course not! Shigeta and Takahashi are only engaged for a few days before Shigeta meets a cute wine-loving guy who totally "pops her cork," so to speak. Will Shigeta give in to temptation or stay true to her hubby-to-be? They say love happens when you least expect it - but if you expect it 24/7, then what? Join Shigeta and her gal pals in their hilarious hunt for love, romance and together-forever commitment. Shigeta has doubts about how love works while talking to Fuku, then comes home to find Takahashi having sex with Violet in her hallway. He apologizes to both of them, then he proposes to her, and tells her that his happiness would be to be with her. She decides to accept his proposal and fantasizes about being a housewife, then meets a man the next day when she goes to work selling wine. He's obviously interested, but she thinks of Takahashi and doesn't act on it. Then she comes home to Fuku, who tells her that her Hideki was married. Hideki asks Shigeta to meet with him to discuss Fuku's state, and asks her to take care of her in the meantime. It turns out that he works at the same company as the man she met the other day, and that the guy is married. They go to a bar nearby where industry people hang out, and she hangs out with him all night, saying that she won't get hooked, that this is all for fun. When Hideki runs after Fuku when she goes away, Shigeta ends up calling the wine guy. They have sex, and Shigeta calls Takahashi to call off the engagement. He can't hear her, though, so she lets it go and continues to see the wine guy. She stalks him when he doesn't return her calls, and even goes out to meet him when Takahashi is back in town. Shigeta's crazy love life continues, yet Takahashi's love for her endures.

Happy Mania, Book 4

Happy Mania, Book 5

Comics & Graphic Novels

Manga

Happy Mania, Vol. 6

After finding out that Takahashi has complete amnesia, Taka lies to Takahashi, and tells him that she's his girlfriend. Takahashi finds himself in a predicament when Taka's father (his former employer) finds the two hugging, and demands that he marry her, denouncing him as an ungrateful lout. He freaks out when he has to sleep with Taka (at her father's insistence), and finds a letter he wrote with his address in Tokyo on the front. He sets out to Tokyo to find out about himself. In the meantime, Fuku is staying with Shigeta after having run away from her wedding, and her friends Junjun and Mari hang around trying to convince her to go back to Hideki. By the time they give up on it, Fuku decides to go back to Hideki on her own, and Shigeta is searching for a job, as usual. She ends up begging for a job where Mari works as an editor of a publishing house. Hideki ends up sleeping with a girl from work who has a crush on him, and Fuku and Shigeta run right into him, while he is in the city with the girl. It ends with a melodramatic scene with Fuku crying and admitting that she still loves him. Shigeta, meanwhile, hates her job, hates working, and is hated by several of her co-workers for not knowing how to do anything. She begins to think that she'll end up a helpless and useless (and therefore unloved) woman. Takahashi finds himself in Kyoto, where he takes a job at a restaurant to make money to get to Tokyo. Shigeta also finds herself in Kyoto, to go to a temple where everyone gets their wish granted. She is also supposed to get a manuscript from a writer there. She goes expecting to find an old man (one who refuses to fax in this age of technology), but finds a guy who she falls instantly in love with. He apparently is also completely taken by her and proposes marriage. Back in Tokyo, Taka finds her way to Takahashi's home, tells his mother that she's engaged to him, and begs to stay there to await his return.

Happy Mania, Volume 7

<p>Kayoko finds herself unable to leave Kyoto and her hot new man Tamekichi. When she finally emerges after three days, Mari warns her that "Mr. Right" is all wrong for her. Tamekichi's mysterious past is catching up with him, and Kayoko has a revelation about the meaning of true happiness-will our hapless heroine decide to love the one she's with?</p>

Happy Mania Volume 8

It's going-going-gong for Taka when Takahashi says no to wedding bells. Furious that she's always the bridesmaid, Taka is down but not out. Convinced that Shigeta is secretly seeing Takahashi, Taka seeks to catch her in the act... only to find Shigeta might be doing the deed with a larger, portly fellow who makes it clear that size doesn't matter.

Happy Mania Volume 9

Science Fiction & Fantasy

This version of Happy Mania, Vol. 10 is the English translation of one of Japan's most provocative mangas.  Readers should be aware of the Parental advisory warning due to explicit content.

Happy Mania, Vol. 10

<p>When Shigeta runs away to the hotsprings she gets more than she bargained for - a marriage proposal from a young man named Tadashi, as well as getting suckered into being the proprietor of the springs</p>

Happy Mania Volume 11

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