Ibara no Nedoko (いばらの寝床)
Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha (実業之日本社): MB Comics (MBコミックス)
Shinsho-ban (新書版)
Shukuren: Gin no Mori no Oni (宿恋 銀の森の鬼)
Akita Shoten (秋田書店): Bonita Comics (ボニータコミックス)
Shinsho-ban (新書版)
Kagami no Miko Ayaka (鏡の巫女 アヤカ)
Akita Shoten (秋田書店): Bonita Comics (ボニータコミックス)
Shinsho-ban (新書版)
The story was written by Takakazu Nagakubo (永久保貴一). Also see Kagami no Miko Ayaka: Kuroi Bara Juuji, below.
Zankoku na Tenshi (残酷な天使)
Akita Shoten (秋田書店): Bonita Comics (ボニータコミックス)
Shinsho-ban (新書版)
Originally serialized in Mystery Bonita under the title Datsura (ダツラ).
Kagami no Miko Ayaka: Kuroi Bara Juuji* (鏡の巫女 アヤカ 黒い薔薇十字)
Akita Shoten (秋田書店): Bonita Comics (ボニータコミックス)
Shinsho-ban (新書版)
Sequel to the original Kagami no Miko Ayaka series (see above). The story was again written by Takakazu Nagakubo.
Other Works:
Bunkasha (ぶんか社) published the ladies’ horror title Hagoromo Densetsu (羽衣伝説), released under Manga Grimm Douwa (まんがグリム童話), and Turandot: Kishukusha no Canary (トゥーランドット 寄宿舎のカナリア), under Bunkasha Comics (ぶんか社コミックス).
Shirai adapted Barbara Cartland's romance novel A Marriage Made in Heaven into the comic Tenshi ga Kureta Kiss (天使がくれたキス), put out by Ohzora Publishing (宙出社) under Emerald Comics - Harmony Comics ( エメラルドコミックス・ ハーモニィコミックス). Ohzora likewise published Yuuwaku no Troubleshooter (誘惑のトラブルシューター), based on Cheryl Kushner's Mr. Fix-It; Kurokami no Cowboy* (黒髪のカウボーイ), from Mackenzie McKade's A Tall Dark Cowboy; and Billionaire Boys Club: Okuman Chouja ni Koi no Lesson* (ビリオネア・ボーイズ・クラブ 億万長者に恋のレッスン), from Beauty and the BIllionaire by Jessica Clare. HarperCollins Japan (ハーパーコリンズ・ ジャパン) published the Harlequin Comics (ハーレクインコミックス) Juuni-kagetsu no Kekkon* (十二カ月の結婚), based on The Twelve-Month Marriage Deal by Margaret Mayo; and Ai wa Himeta Mama* (愛は秘めたまま) and Nemurenu Yoru to Hitori no Asa* (眠れぬ夜と独りの朝) from Sandra Marton's The Dangerous Jacob Wilde and The Ruthless Caleb Wilde, respectively.
Under the alternate pen name Kai Natsumi* (なつみ開), Shirai did the character design and comics related to the video game Shingakkou: Noli Me Tangere (神学校 Noli me tangere). She also put out two informal collections of work through Mitsurinsha (密林社): Sakebi* (叫) and Kai* (壊).