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Keiko Takemiya is a mangaka who was influential in revolutionizing [[Shojo]] manga in the 70s, along with [[Moto Hagio]], [[Riyoko Ikeda]], Ryoko Yamagishi, Toshie Kitahara and Yasuko Aoike. She is also credited (along with Hagio) of pioneering the [[Boys Love Genre]], first with her early one-shot ''Sunroom Nite'' and later with her award-winning series ''[[Kaze to Ki no Uta (Manga)|Kaze to Ki no Uta]]''.
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=== Some of her works include: ===
 
=== '''Some of her works include: ==='''
* ''Ringo no Tsumi''
* ''Sunroom Nite'' (''In the Sunroom'' - considered to be the first shounen-ai work)
* ''Pharaoh no Haka''
* ''Natsu e no Tobira''
* ''[[Kaze to Ki no Uta (Manga)|Kaze to Ki no Uta]]''
* ''[[Toward the Terra (Manga)|Toward the Terra]]'' (''Terra e...'')
* ''Andromeda Stories'' (a collaboration with scifi author Ryu Mitsuse)
* ''Watashi wo Tsuki Made Tsuretette!'' (''Fly Me to the Moon!'')
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* ''Tenma no Ketsuzoku''
* ''Toki wo Yuku Uma''
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=== Tropes common to her works include: ===
 
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* [[Anyone Can Die]]
* [[Bittersweet Ending]] / [[Downer Ending]]: Don't expect her works to have completely happy endings.
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* [[Gray and Gray Morality]]
* [[Melodrama]]
* [[Peek -a -Bangs]]: Many of her works feature at least one character with these.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''In the Sunroom'', ''Natsu e no Tobira'', ''[[Kaze to Ki no Uta (Manga)|Kaze to Ki no Uta]]'' and ''Hensoukyoku'' all have stong enough thematic similarities to be viewed as a series of spiritual successors.
* [[Tragedy]]
 
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