Iguana Girl
Short story collection including:
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Iguana no Musume:
A girl develops a complex about herself after her mother thinks of her as a hideous iguana. Iguana Girl reflects Hagio's own relationship with her mother, and it took her "years to write this story". -
Catharsis
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Afternoon Sunshine: While watching a TV show with her husband, Shouko's world was turning upside down because of her husband's words, "After all, married couples are just strangers."
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The Pills That Help You Go To School: On the first day of the second semester of his first year in high school, Katsumi saw his father becoming a word processor and his mother an electric rice cooker.
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My Friend K: K transferred to the narrator's school in the summer of his second year of junior high school. A 8-page oneshot showcases the tangle between envy and admiration.