[1] Yasuko to Kenji was serialized in the shōjo manga magazine Bessatsu Margaret from April 2005 to November 2006.
The show focuses on a man named Kenji and his younger sister Yasuko, whose parents died in an accident 10 years earlier.
Kenji was once the leader of a gang, but in order to support him and his sister, he began making a living as a shōjo manga artist.
Part of the story follows Yasuko's romance with an intelligent and good-looking man named Jun Tsubaki.
Masahiro Matsuoka's band Tokio performed the theme song, "Amagasa," which was written by Ringo Sheena.