Shinigami Gururi to Sakuya Series:  Yasashii Himitsu no Mori* (死神・ 周と咲耶シリーズ　 優しい秘密の森)

  Asuka Comics (あすかコミックス) edition, one volume, 2001

Publisher:  Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店)

Size:  Shinsho-ban (新書版)

ISBN-10:  4-04-924880-8
Publication date:  11/2001

Links

• 「死神・周と咲耶シリーズ 優しい秘密の森」 - KADOKAWA
• Amazon.co.jp 優しい秘密の森 (あすかコミックス) (paid link)

Bara no Satsujin (薔薇の殺人)

  Susperia Mystery Comics (サスペリアミステリーコミックス) edition, one volume, 2002

Publisher:  Akita Shoten (秋田書店)

Size:  B6

ISBN-10:  4-253-18491-X
Publication date:  11/2002
also available as ebook

Links

• Amazon.co.jp 薔薇の殺人 (秋田コミックスサスペリア) (paid link)

  in Meitantei Asami Mitsuhiko Ryojou Mystery 2:  Hakata Satsujin Jiken / Bara no Satsujin (名探偵浅見光彦旅情ミステリー ２　 博多殺人事件／薔薇の殺人), Akita Top Comics Wide (秋田トップコミックスＷＩＤＥ) edition, one volume, 2005

Publisher:  Akita Shoten (秋田書店)

Size:  B6 Wide-ban (Ｂ６ワイド版)

ISBN-13:  978-4-253-24145-8
Publication date:  08/2005

Links

• Amazon.co.jp:  名探偵浅見光彦旅情ミステリー 2 博多殺人事件/薔薇の殺人 (秋田トップコミックスW) (paid link)

  in Meitantei Asami Mitsuhiko & Ryojou Mystery Comic Selection Extra 3:  Beauty Humor Suspense Hen* (名探偵浅見光彦＆旅情ミステリーコミックセレクション　 ＥＸＴＲＡ　 ３　 ビューティー・ユーモアサスペンス編), Akita Top Comics Wide (秋田トップコミックスＷＩＤＥ) edition, one volume, 2005

Publisher:  Akita Shoten (秋田書店)

Size:  B6 Wide-ban (Ｂ６ワイド版)

ISBN-13:  978-4-253-24815-0
Publication date:  04/2020

Links

• Amazon.co.jp:  名探偵浅見光彦&旅情ミステリーコミックセレクションEXTRA3 ビューティー・ユーモアサスペンス編 (秋田トップコミックスW) (paid link)

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Based on the novel by Yasuo Uchida (内田康夫).

Akita Top Comics is a label used for convenience-store digest editions and does not seem to have a specified audience.  Since the original publication was aimed at girls, however, the later ones are included as well.

The original release was translated into Chinese by Ever Glory (長鴻) as Qiang Wei Sharen Shijian* (薔薇殺人事件).

Kuuchuu Sanpo Sha no Saigo* (空中散歩者の最後)

  in Meitantei Nekomaru-senpai no Jikenbo (名探偵　 猫丸先輩の事件簿) anthology, Susperia Mystery Comics Alpha edition, one volume, 2005

Publisher:  Akita Shoten (秋田書店)

Size:  B6

Volume 1
ISBN-10:  978-4-253-18600-1
Publication date:  01/2005

Links

• Amazon.co.jp 名探偵猫丸先輩の事件簿 1 (SUSPERIA MYSTERY) (paid link)

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Toba's contribution to an anthology series featuring adaptations of the Nekomaru-senpai stories by Jun Kurachi (倉知淳).  A full listing of the two-volume comics series can be found under Anthologies (2001 - 2010).

Other Works:

Toba’s first title to be released as a volume was her rendition of the Genji Monogatari (源氏物語) by Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), NHK Manga de Yomu Koten:  Genji Monogatari (ＮＨＫまんがで読む古典　 源氏物語), published by Kadokawa Shoten.  This work was reprinted as part of NHK Manga de Yomu Koten 3:  Genji Monogatari, Ise Monogatari (ＮＨＫまんがで読む古典３　 源氏物語・ 伊勢物語), published by Home-Sha, a subsidiary of Shueisha (集英社); and rereleased more recently by Kin-no-Hoshi Sha (金の星社).  Another early work was Ryuu to Ken to Mahou (竜と剣と魔法), which appears to be fantasy.  It was published by Gakken (学研) under Nora Comics - Pocke Series.

But Toba was primarily known for drawing "boys’ love" titles, for both girls and women.  (While this doesn’t necessarily mean that the stories are not also horror or mystery, it makes it very hard to get any other information about them.  So it is possible that a couple of the following works qualify; please let me know if you have any relevant information!)

From Kadokawa Shoten’s Asuka Comics DX and Asuka Comics CL-DX:

• Meikyuu no Dialogue* (迷宮のダイアローグ)
• Hellow!! This is Polestar Travel Agency (こちらポーラスター旅行社です！！) 1-3, written by Yuika Togashi
• Icarus no Matsuei (イカロスの末裔)

From Ohtoh Shobo (桜桃書房) under Gust Comics:

• Yamashina Hakushaku Ke no Jikenchou (山科伯爵家の事件帳)
• Teito Kaitou Kidan (帝都怪盗綺談)
• Koi to Recipe to Hanataba (恋とレシピと花束)

And Hohoemi no Housoku (微笑の法則), from Houbunsha (芳文社) under Hanaoto Comics (花音コミックス).

Toba had an unidentified piece included in Ohta Books (太田出版)’s "cat comic anthology" Neko no O-mimi wa Dou Shite Sankaku? (猫のお耳はどうして三角？).  Some as yet unidentified short works that Toba adapted from mystery stories by famous Japanese authors have also appeared in Akita Shoten anthologies such as Morimura Seiichi, Awasaka Tsumao, Yokomizo Seishi:  Ooedo Torimono Mystery* (森村誠一　 泡坂妻夫　 横溝正史　 大江戸捕物ミステリー), 8-nin no Meitantei Hanzai Chousa (８人の名探偵犯罪調査) 4, Nishimura Kyoutarou Mystery:  Keishichou Sousa Ikka Totsugawa Han no Jikenbo* (西村京太郎ミステリー　 警視庁捜查一課十津川班の事件簿), Uchida Yasuo Asami Mitsuhiko Mystery & Ryojou Suspense (内田康夫浅見光彦ミステリー＆旅情サスペンス) 13, Nishimura Kyoutarou Mystery Comic Selection:  Totsugawa Keibu Hanzai Report (西村京太郎ミステリーコミックセレクション　 十津川警部犯罪レポート) 8, and Comic Kessakusen Travel Mystery Satsujin Kikou:  Biwako Ryojou Hen* (コミック傑作撰　 トラベルミステリー殺人紀行　 琵琶湖旅情編), all released under Akita Top Comics Wide (秋田トップコミックスＷＩＤＥ).

Other short mystery adaptations appearing in Akita Top Comics Wide anthologies have been identified, although not the magazines in which they originally appeared:

• Yuta ga Ai Shita Tantei* (ユタが愛した探偵), in Uchida Yasuo Asami Mitsuhiko Mystery & Ryojou Suspense (内田康夫浅見光彦ミステリー＆旅情サスペンス) 8
• Tunnel ni Kieta... (トンネルに消えた…) by Kyoutarou Nishimura (西村京太郎) in Keishichou Sousa Ikka Totsugawa Keibu & Train Mystery Comic Selection* (警視庁捜査一課十津川警部＆トレインミステリーコミックセレクション 4
  (also see the same title in a different anthology below)
• Juusan no Bohyou* (十三の墓標) by Yasuo Uchida (内田康夫) in both Comic Keiji Mystery Kessakushu 5:  Kondaku no Jashin Hanzai Hen (コミック刑事ミステリー傑作集５　 混濁の邪心犯罪編) and Asami Mitsuhiko Mystery & Ryoshuu Suspense (浅見光彦ミステリー＆旅愁サスペンス) 1
• Aru Keiji no Tabi* (ある刑事の旅) and Tenbousha Satsujin Jiken* (展望車殺人事件) by Kyoutarou Nishimura in Keishichou Totsugawa Keibu no Jikenbo & Tetsudou Mystery Best Comic (警視庁十津川警部の事件簿＆鉄道ミステリーベストコミック) 1
• Romance Car Satsujin Jiken* (行楽特急殺人事件), Kyoufu no Umi:  Toujinbou* (恐怖の海　 東尋坊), and Kyuukou Alps Satsujin Jiken* (急行アルプス殺人事件) by Kyoutarou Nishimura in Keishichou Totsugawa Keibu no Jikenbo & Tetsudou Mystery Best Comic (警視庁十津川警部の事件簿＆鉄道ミステリーベストコミック) 8
  (also see Kyuukou Alps Satsujin Jiken* listed again below)
• Urabandai Satsujin Route* (裏磐梯殺人ルート), Ao ni Somatta Shitai* (青に染まった死体), 306 Goushitsu no Onna (３０６号室の女), and Biwako Shuuyuu Satsujin Jiken* (琵琶湖周遊殺人事件) by Kyoutarou Nishimura in Keishichou Totsugawa Keibu no Jikenbo & Tetsudou Mystery Best Comic (警視庁十津川警部の事件簿＆鉄道ミステリーベストコミック) 10
• Kiken na Blackmail (危険なブラックメール), Kiken na Spotlight (危険なスポットライト), Kiken na Nude (危険なヌード), Kiken na Dial (危険なダイヤル), and Kiken na Design (危険なデザイン) by Kyoutarou Nishimura in Keishichou Totsugawa Keibu no Jikenbo & Tetsudou Mystery Best Comic (警視庁十津川警部の事件簿＆鉄道ミステリーベストコミック) 11
• Kiken na Doll (危険なドール) and Kiken na Jive* (危険なジャイブ) by Kyoutarou Nishimura in Keishichou Totsugawa Keibu no Jikenbo & Tetsudou Mystery Best Comic (警視庁十津川警部の事件簿＆鉄道ミステリーベストコミック) 12
• Oozora 3-gou Satsujin Jiken (おおぞら３号殺人事件), Shi e no Shuumatsu Ressha* (死への週末列車), and Kieta Shinyuu* (消えた親友) by Nishimura in Keishichou Totsugawa Keibu no Jikenbo & Tetsudou Mystery Best Comic (警視庁十津川警部の事件簿＆鉄道ミステリーベストコミック) 14
• Urami no Hamamatsu Boufuurin* (恨みの浜松防風林) and Tunnel ni Kieta... (トンネルに消えた…) by Nishimura in Keishichou Totsugawa Keibu no Jikenbo & Tetsudou Mystery Best Comic (警視庁十津川警部の事件簿＆鉄道ミステリーベストコミック) 15
• Hibiscus Satsujin Jiken* (ハイビスカス殺人事件) by Kyoutarou Nishimura in Keishichou Totsugawa Keibu no Jikenbo & Tetsudou Mystery Best Comic (警視庁十津川警部の事件簿＆鉄道ミステリーベストコミック) 16

And the short work Kyuukou Alps Satsujin Jiken* (急行アルプス殺人事件) was also included in Comic Nishimura Kyoutarou Mystery Kessakusen* (コミック西村京太郎ミステリー傑作選) 3, published under Akita Bunko (秋田文庫).

In addition to the Akuma to Odore series, Toba illustrated many other novels by Natsuki Matsuoka.  The earliest was Shinku no Chikai* (深紅の誓い), first published by Byakuya Shobo (白夜書房), then rereleased by Wani Books (ワニブックス) under Kirara Novels.  Runway Boys (ランウェイボーイズ) 1-4 were published by Kadokawa Shoten under Kadokawa Ruby Bunko (角川ルビー文庫).  Wani Books also published Teito Shinshi Club* (帝都紳士倶楽部) under Kirara Novels, and Wagamama na Residents* (我儘なレジデンツ) was published by Houbunsha under Hanaoto Novels.  Dai Shichi no Fuuin (第七の封印), Bathroom no Ningyo-hime* (バスルームの人魚姫), and Niji no Kiseki (虹の軌跡) were all published by Shogakukan (小学館) under Palette Bunko (パレット文庫).  Toba apparently also illustrated Mizu no Rondo* (水の輪舞), written by Aoiko Kouenji* (高円寺葵子) and published by Seiunsya (星雲社) under Leaf Novels (リーフノベルズ).  Kadokawa Shoten published an art book of Toba's illustrations titled AQUA under Asuka Comics DX.

Toba passed away in February of 2008.  An adaptation of Emma Darcy’s Bride of His Choice entitled Shiawase no Mitsu no Aji (幸せの蜜の味) was published posthumously in both paper and electronic formats by Harlequin (ハーレクイン), now HarperCollins Japan (ハーパーコリンズ・ ジャパン).