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23rd Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival Manga Category Rookie Award
24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Awards Short Story Award
2020 〈This cartoon is amazing!〉 TOP 2 women’s edition
Cumulative sales of 25 copies (as of March 2021), local drama adaptation…

Captivating the Japanese comics world with a collection of short stories
A new millennial writer appears!

Friendship or excitement.
A moment of languid youth with a boy of indescribable charm.

“Did you think I was cute reading a book?”
A boy with irresistible charm has appeared.

#1 The unpredictable boy ‘Hayashi Miyoshi’
Boring class time. 'Ema' finds Hayashi reading a strange book. Moments later, she makes eye contact with Hayashi, who has had a book taken away from him by his teacher that has nothing to do with the class, but he looks away from her, thinking she is a weirdo. The next break. Hayashi approaches Ema, who is doing her business in her bathroom, and asks her with a calm face. She said, ‘You made eye contact with me earlier, right? 'Did you think I was cute while reading a book?' As expected, he is a strange guy.

#2 ‘Akira Nikaido’, a boy who wants a quiet school life
Because of his thick glasses, hunched posture, and always gloomy face, 'Nikaido' becomes the protagonist of countless school ghost stories. 'Medaka' came to clean the bathroom with him for a semester. She tried to make a joke about conversion, but the conversation didn't work. Meanwhile, Medaka meets Nikaido's middle school classmate by chance and learns that Nikaido has a shocking past. Medaka thinks when she sees Nikaido in her middle school graduation photo with a very different face than she does now. She said, 'I want to see this guy's smiling face.'

『I'm Falling for You』 is a collection of short stories depicting the daily lives of high school boys surrounding Hayashi, a boy with an inexplicable charm, and Nikaido, who wants a quiet school life. Hayashi, who is always reading a book alone, is actually directed at someone else who is alone and lonely. Nikaido, who chose to be alone because of his unspeakable past, also has a heart that does not want to hurt others. If you follow the sometimes bizarre and sometimes innocent moments of youth that the two boys depict, you will soon fall in love with them.

“A new generation in the Japanese comics industry”
Lovely humor drawn by a new millennial writer

23rd Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival Manga Category Newcomer Award, 24th Tezuka Osamu Manga Award, 2020 “This comic is amazing!” TOP2, cumulative sales of 25 copies (as of March 2021), dramatization… Wayama Yama's debut work, 『I'm Falling for You』, which immediately captivated the Japanese comics world with his first collection of short stories, has been published.

The Japanese comics industry is paying attention to Yama Yama, a new writer who suddenly appeared one day. His debut work, 『I'm Falling for You』, which is selling hundreds of thousands of copies, swept all the comics awards, and was decided to be made into a drama and aired on Popular TV. His artistic activities are also actively continuing with his next full-length series and various illustration works, which is an amazing move for a young artist known to have been born in 1995.

This history can be found out by reading his comics. The author, who started his creative writing by reading BL (Boys Love) comics, said, “Love has various shapes, sizes, and boundaries depending on the person. “Is there a need to divide each person’s love into genres?” he said in an interview with the magazine “Comic Da Vinci” (Kadokawa). The relationships between the boys he depicts are more exciting than friendship. This excitement, which cannot be defined as one thing, is close to an endless and pure curiosity toward one person.

Solid expressive power can be felt in the subtle expressions of the characters drawn in the corners of the work, in the direction that gives a sense of flexibility and languor, and in the handsome boys drawn in a unique painting style. Here's some trivial humor that will make you laugh out loud. Let’s feel the new sensibility of a new millennial writer who is well-deserved as ‘the new generation of Japanese comics’ in 『I’m Missing You』.