A collection of Mizuno one-shots, including some of her earliest works: - **Night of the Blue Star** (青い星の夜, Aoi Hoshi no Yoru) - Toshiko, a girl in poverty, has always longed for the pair of red shoes at her local store. On the day of her town's star festival, Toshiko encounters a puppy being harassed by some children. This puppy takes an unusual liking to her... - **Carnival!** (カーニバル！) - **Granite** (みかげ石, Mikageishi) - **The King Who Ate Blue Roses** (青いバラをたべた王様, Aoi Bara wo Tabeta Ousama) - **The Swan of Tuonela** (トゥオネラの白鳥, Tuonela no Hakucho) - Adaptation of Sibelius's tone poem. - **Tale of One Snowy Night** (ある雪の夜の物語, Aru Yuki no Yoru no Monogatari) - **The Mermaid Lights the Fire** (人魚が火をともす, Ningyo ga Hi wo Tomosu) - **Star Child** (星の子, Hoshi no Ko) - The 'title' one-shot of this compilation. Goro is an astronomer down on his luck, struggling to discover something. One night, an little angelic being named Chiru comes down from the stars, changing Goro's life... - **Glass Angel** (ガラスの天使, Garasu no Tenshi) - **Two Suns** (二つの太陽, Futatsu no Taiyou) (Note: Official raw only for Star Child).

A murdered boy is buried in a flowerbed. What strange fruits may grow from his decaying flesh? Originally published in Gakuen Mystery 26 in 1994.

Emi excitedly awaits her baby sister's arrival and, when her mother returns from the hospital, she is devastated to learn that her sister didn't survive. When she is gifted a doll by her aunt to make up for her loss, the horror begins... Originally published in the December 1994 issue of Suspense & Horror.

The story of Dr. Mami, an ugly hunchback who invents a secret potion that makes her beautiful!

A young man's introspection on love and life experience. An uncollected one-shot not present in any of Kimura's tankobon.

Doujinshi of Shikiko Yamaai's *Hikage Jouji* novel series (日影成璽シリーズ), published in a 1984 self-published collaborative magazine titled "[Masochism](https://archive.org/details/m-masochism-doujinshi-1984)".

Published in Young Magazine Kaizokuban 1988-09.

A collection of short stories which contains: - **Edelweiss** (エーデルワイス) - A tale centered on one man, his one-sided love, and the edelweiss, the flower that always evades him. - **First Love** (初恋, Hatsukoi) - Adaptation of Turgenev's novella of the same name. - **Selene's Grief** (セレネのなげき, Selene no Nageki) - Mizuno's take on the Greek tale of Endymion, a young shepherd who was favored by Selene, the moon goddess. - **Venus Dream** (ビーナスの夢, Venus no Yume) - **Peacock Stone** (くじゃく石, Kujaku Ishi) - The legend surrounding a mountain near a certain village in Russia and its queen of stone, as told by a grandfather to his grandchildren. - **Heliotrope Love** (ヘリオトロープの恋, Heliotrope no Koi) - Adaptation of Turgenev's novel, Smoke.

In ancient times, a peaceful island was disturbed by the landing of foreigners from a more advanced civilization. The two groups seemed to coexist peacefully, and gave the chance for the young sculptor Palos and the beautiful Rota to meet and establish a tender relationship. But the ambitions of the court soothsayer and the arrival of a mysterious comet will turn the situation upside down.

It was published in Manga Shōnen (マンガ少年) on February 1977

A collection of early oneshots from Riyoko Ikeda. Includes: 1. **Freesia's Morning** (フリージアの朝, Freesia no Asa) 2. **4:50 at Ueno Station** (上野駅４時50分, Ueno Eki 4 Ji 50 Bun): A girl waiting at Ueno Station observes others who also wait at the station, and their troubles. 3. **A Summer in Canterbury** (カンタベリーの夏, Canterbury no Natsu) 4. **The Harmony of Friendship** (友情のハーモニー, Yuujou no Harmony) 5. **Laura's First Love** (ローラの初恋, Laura no Hatsukoi) 6. **Under This Sky** (この空の下に, Kono Sora no Shita ni) 7. Bonus oneshot by Mieko Takahashi, Ikeda's first assistant: **The Love of Auntie Reiko** (レイコおばちゃまの恋, Reiko-obachama no Koi)

MangaZombie: "When I talk about ‘warped manga from a warped mind’, I always think of this incoherent story. The Human Clock is a lot simpler to summarize than to understand. The hero is Yubi Chizuo again; he’s a student like before, but this time round he’s also a dropout. He stays in his house, which is a family shop selling watches and clocks. He gazes and gazes at them, and little by little, turns into one himself. That is the entire story. It reminds me of Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis." Also contains the story, The Cat's Mourning Suit (Chapter 6).

The story of Link's adventure to defeat the evil wizard Agahnim, who plans to sacrifice seven maidens to bring about the return of Ganon, the Demon King.

Illustrated poem published in September 1979 issue of Mimi.

It was published in Manga Shōnen (マンガ少年) on January 1977

One shot published in issue #1 of Novel June (1982).

A man returns to his hometown with his son to see an old friend. A one-shot of Asuna's that has not been collected into any tankobon.