One of her most popular titles is Fushigi Yûgi.
In 1998, Watase won the 43rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo (girls') category for Ceres, Celestial Legend. In 2008, she began her first shōnen (boys') serialization, Arata: The Legend.
A manga artist is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga.
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