Abstract

A tidying manga by comic essayist Hiroe Uda. Under the guidance of organizing and storage advisor Taeko Mizutani, the family tidied up their entire home, and it wasn't just their home that improved, their entire lifestyle! With two elementary school-aged children, their school bags are always somewhere in the living room, and their crafts and drawings pile up. Their desks are overflowing with stuff, their closets are so full of stuff they no longer have a walk-in, and that storage box hasn't been touched in years. This easy-to-understand manga explains the process of going from the typical messy state of a family with children to creating a tidy, livable home.

Author’s Information

Hiroe Uda
Manga artist, illustrator, and comic essayist. She made her debut with "Yumeoi Fuufu" (published by Media Factory). Her work "Last Chill: The Last Child of the Showa Era" was selected as a judging committee recommendation at the 2009 Japan Media Arts Festival, sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.

Taeko Mizutani
Organizing and Storage Advisor. After graduating from the Department of Design and Information at Musashino Art University, she worked at MUJI for 13 years in product planning and design for household goods, working on over 500 products. In 2018, she launched "Mono Kazoku" based on the concept that "a tidy home leads to a tidy family," providing organizing and storage services for private homes and offering tidying classes. She is active in magazines, online, and on television. Her Instagram account, showcasing her extensive knowledge of objects and unique perspectives on how to use them, is popular. Her books, including "Taeko Mizutani's Choices: Choosing Things for Myself Without Housework If Possible" (Shufunotomosha), are currently on sale.
Website: taekomizutani.com
Instagram: @monotokazoku