Sakura of DOOM

I loved the friendship bits in Maka Maka (already cited) and actually felt frustrated when the story kept going to sex scenes instead! Flower of Life has some great female friendship moments - I particularly like the shopping trip with the two popular girls who like clothes and the geeky one who draws manga, and they all end up getting on together, although maybe it is shoujo? Hmm. What's Keiko Tobe's With the Light? That's mainly from the mother's point of view, and has some fascinating bits - the filipino transient workers (all women), who make friends with her autistic son, for example, and all the relationships with the other mothers of both neurotypical and autistic children (I particularly like the outspoken mother who sneaks beer into the school sports day).

I agree with you about Urasawa doing amazing female characters who really need to get together and just hang out sometime :)