Maria-sama ga Miteru
After writing her debut novel series for three years starting in March 1994, Oyuki Konno published a short story called "Maria-sama ga Miteru" in the February 1997 issue of the "shōjo" magazine "Cobalt" with illustrations by Yuma Aoi. In 1993, Konno had previously won both Cobalt's Novel Award and Readers' Award for "Yume no Miya", and by February 1997, nine volumes had been released.