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The Water Dragons Bride

February 4, 2024December 1, 2023

Name: The Water Dragons Bride
Mangaka: Toma Rei

Volumes: 11 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (11 Volumes: Digital (App) / Paperback)
Type: Manga
Genre: Adventure/Action/Fantasy/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
One’s life can be changed in a brace of shakes. And little Asahi is unlucky in that: she suddenly finds herself in a strange world where people worship the mysterious water god. The girl is sure that the whole story about gods is just a mere fable but… why and to whom is she sacrifiсed to?

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Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 2/5

Koi to Shinzo: Love and Heart

March 10, 2023March 3, 2023

Name: Love and Heart (Koi to Shinzo)
Mangaka: Kaidou, Chitose

Volumes: 10 (Complete)
Licensed: Yen Press
Type: Manga
Genre: Psychological/Mystery
Age Group: Older Teen

Freshman Yo Yagisawa actually has plenty of problems. But when a complete stranger introduces himself as her childhood friend and just moves in with her, the hustle and bustle really starts! Suddenly, the most creepy things start to happen around her. Who is this guy and is Yo in danger?

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Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 2/5

The Honey-Blood Beauty and Her Vampire

April 2, 2023December 27, 2021

Name: The Honey-Blood Beauty and Her Vampire (Mitsugetsuhime to Vampire)
Mangaka: Fuyuori, Toma

Volumes: 4 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha (4 Volumes: Digital)
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Supernatural
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Kagari Tojyo is smart and beautiful…but what really draws a crowd is her rare “honey blood”—a crowd of vampires, that is! Enter Ryotaro, her bodyguard and a vampire himself…with quite the perverted, sadistic streak! What’s Kagari got to do to have a “normal” life?
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Graphics Rating: 2/5
Plot Rating: 2/5

Vampire Dormitory

March 2, 2023August 14, 2021

Name: Vampire Dormitory
Mangaka: Toyama, Ema

Volumes: 7 (Ongoing)
Licensed: Kodansha (6 Volumes: Digital)
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Supernatural
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
For Mito, being the thrall of a vampire is the least of her worries. Mito’s lived life on the streets since she graduated from middle school, dressing as a boy to stay safe. She’s managed to eke out a grungy, friendless existence, but when a handsome vampire, Ruka, rescues her from sure-death, he makes her an offer that sounds too good to be true: become his subservient thrall from which he can feed whenever he wants, and she can live with him—in the boys’ dorm.
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Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 2/5

With the Sheikh in His Harem

March 2, 2023June 18, 2021

Name: With the Sheikh in His Harem
Mangaka: Miasa, Rin

Volumes: 8 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha (8 Volumes: Digital)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Sanagi loves nothing more than money—not even love. After all, it’s what keeps her small family going. But when a chance encounter with a stranger leads her to push away his offer of riches, she wonders if she’s gone crazy…and starts to believe she really has when he reveals that he’s a Sheikh, and proposes to her! She rejects him, but soon finds out that a marriage with him might be the only way to keep her family safe…!
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Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 2/5