Ruiko Sakaki, a magazine editor, secretly loves Shinsuke Mibu, a reportage writer who frequents the editorial department. However, she is unable to express her feelings to him because he hates to be involved with other people...this ambitious work depicts the love and sexuality of a man living in a ruthless world and the women of the 12 signs of the zodiac who surround him! Kariudo no Seiza won the 6th Kodansha Manga Award (1982) for general manga.