EIKI Eiki 影木栄貴 is currently writing two of my favorite current BL manga: Love Stage!! ラブ・ステージ!! and it’s spin-off Back Stage!! バック・ステージ. While EIKI Eiki 影木栄貴 is known for mostly BL, she does write shojo too (and is proud of her younger brother, DAIGO☆STARDUST).
One of her shojo is Train*Train トレイン☆トレイン. I recently received in my delivery the 3 volumes of Train*Train トレイン☆トレイン. According to the manga there is a 4th volume; however, everywhere I look, there is only mention of 3 volumes, so don’t know what happened, maybe the 4th volume was canceled (at least in the US – this is old manga).
Train*Train トレイン☆トレイン is about an incompetent and cute 18-year-old, Saruta Asahi, who wants to follow his deceased father’s shoes and work for the trains. He’s assigned to a crazy station known for its bishonen and crazy antics. This is a comedy with animals too. Look for Pure the prairie dog, owned by Saruta Asahi, and cat named Stasha, owned by Matsumaru Hokuto.
EIKI Eiki 影木栄貴 worked at a train station and had since wanted to write a manga about it and this is the result. If you read Love Stage!! ラブ・ステージ!! and Back Stage!! バック・ステージ, you can see how she’s grown as a mangaka.
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