Kaoru's romantic comics, or Shojo manga, are hits

Kaoru Liew has been drawing manga stories for her fans for 17 years. Photos: Raymond Ooi

Kaoru is in the gallery of Kadokawa Gempak Starz in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, standing idly by a giant display of her artwork.

“This character is my creation,” she says, pointing to the life-size drawing of a boy with a floppy-eared bunny on his back, drifting over the moon’s craters. “I don’t think we have that graphic novel here, though.”