[2] In 1998, Watase won the 43rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo (girls') category for Ceres, Celestial Legend.

There she was taught how to draw manga, but because her first short story, "Pajama de Ojama", had already debuted, Watase quit in the middle of it.

Watase was doing redraws all day and pulling late nights just to meet the next morning's deadlines.

Because of the constant cycle, Watase began to lose interest in working on the manga for the fans or even the story.

[7][8][9] Following the announcement, an editor for Viz Media's Shojo Beat imprint clarified that Watase's pronouns in English are still "she" and "her".