Volume Four: "Good Housekeeping"
Episodes 44-52
Episode 44
Part One: Embraced by Illness
First published December 15, 1982
Episode 45
Part Two: The Man Who Reached for the Stars
First published December 30, 1982
Episode 46
Part Three: Careful What You Wish for
First published January 15, 1983
The original has the date on the first page: "Eve of the New Year
1983"
Episode 47
Part Four: The Kissing Scene
First published January 30, 1983
Episode 48
Part Five: No Peeking!
First published February 15, 1983
Episode 49
Part Six: Mixed Messages
First published February 28, 1983
In Japan, on Valentine's Day, girls are supposed to give
chocolates to boys, but not vice-versa; the boys get their chance to
reciprocate, "to those girls they really like", a month later, on
"White Day" (March 14); the candy of choice for white day is white
(marshmallows, I've heard).
Episode 50
Part Seven: The Better to Hear You With
First published March 15, 1983
Episode 51
Part Eight: Clothes Make the ???
First published March 30, 1983
Episode 52
Part Nine: Just a Little Card
First published April 15, 1983
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