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i just got to know that Hagio, Moto is came from the same city i was born, Ohmuta-shi Fukuoka.

she Hagio, Moto is so popular as a part of so-called "24nen-gumi." they were the first mode of females wrote comics for girls, and opened up the market of shoujo-manga in japan.

i told she is one of the earliest persons who put shounen-ai mangas into the market with so much applause. a distinguishing of the genre shounen-ai mangas could be noted as, they are full of beautiful boys, with no female main characters, and represent romances among the the boys. note that they shounen-ai mangas are mainly written by females and read by females. this shounen-ai genre is named "boys-love" nowadays and still has big enthusiasm.

Hagio, Moto's popular works include The Poe Clan ("Poe no ichizoku") and The Heart of Thomas ("Thomas no shinzou"). i love the film Summer Holiday 1999 ("1999nen no natsuyasumi") which is based on the manga The Heart of Thomas. English musician Momus made the song inspired and named the same title as the film, which i also love.

(a chain runs Hagio, Moto -- the film Summer Holiday 1999 -- Momus -- kahimi karie -- me -- Ohmuta-shi Fukuoka -- then come to the head Hagio, Moto.)