Deep Love: The Story of Ayu, originally Deep Love 〜アユの物語〜 (Deep Love: Ayu no Monogatari) in Japanese, is a manga series (only 2 tankōbon or separate volumes published)written by Yoshi and illustrated by Yoshii Yuu. The volumes were published by Kodansha Comics in December 2002. Deep Love: Host (2 vols.), Deep Love: Reina no Unmei (1 vol.), and Deep Love: Pao Monogatari (2 vols.) are continuations of Ayu no Monogatari. The continuations are taken from the perspectives of Yoshiyuki, Reina, and Pao who were also characters from Ayu no Monogatari. In 2004, a 13 episode television drama series starring Iwasa Mayuko as Ayu, Furuya Keita as Yoshiyuki, and Tachibana Ayano as Reina by the same name is also based on the manga.