 The One I Love ( Japanese : <unk> , Hepburn : <unk> no <unk> ) is a romantic , slice @-@ of @-@ life <unk> ( targeted towards girls ) manga by Clamp , an all @-@ female , manga artist team consisting of <unk> <unk> , Mokona , Tsubaki Nekoi , and <unk> Ohkawa . Appearing as a monthly serial in the Japanese manga magazine Monthly Young Rose from December 1993 to June 1995 , the twelve stories were collected into a bound volume by Kadokawa Shoten and published in July 1995 . The One I Love contains twelve independent manga stories , each focusing on an aspect of love and accompanied by an essay . Ohkawa wrote the essays while Nekoi illustrated the manga ; it was the first time she primarily illustrated a manga by Clamp . Some of the stories draw on the life experiences of the women while others take inspiration from conversations they had with friends . 
