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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

Game Between the Suits

November 19, 2023March 31, 2023

Name: Game Between the Suits
Mangaka: Nishitaka Mai

Volumes: 5 (Ongoing)
Licensed: Seven Seas Entertainment (2 Volumes: Digital/Physical)
Type: Manga
Genre: Josei/Drama
Age Group: Mature

Summary:
Sayo is a “modern” and uninhibited woman whose greatest passion, however, is her work. Her workaholics ended up removing all the men with whom she had a relationship, who complained about how much Sayo was “married” to her work. One day, a new employee starts working in her company; Ryouichi Kiriyama seems different from any other man she has ever met, but she still doesn’t know that underneath Kiriyama’s facade, he hides something else…
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Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 3/5

Hotaru no Yomeiri

March 2, 2023February 17, 2023

Name: Hotaru no Yomeiri
Mangaka: Tachibana Oreco

Volumes: 0 (Ongoing)
Scanlations: V.00 Ch.03 (2023)
Scanlator: Lipstick Alley
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Historical
Age Group: Older Teen

A romance story set in the Meiji era about a young lady who, with only a short time left to live, decides to marry a professional killer.

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Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 3/5

Bibliophile Princess

March 2, 2023August 26, 2021

Name: Bibliophile Princess
Mangaka: Yui

Volumes: 5 (Ongoing)
Licensed: J-Club Novel (3 Volumes – Digital)
Type: Manga
Genre: Historical/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Usagi Tsukino is a normal girl until she meets up with Luna a talking cat who tells her that she is Sailor Moon. As Sailor Moon Usagi must fight evils and enforce justice in although only the fiancée of the Crown Prince, Christopher, in name, Eliana, is a noble lady that enjoys her life by reading books all day. One fateful day, Eliana ended up knowing that there was a noble lady that apparently the prince was all affectionate with. Instantly, she thought that a girl that actually loved the prince appeared!! And, while thinking about that, Eliana started to prepare for the approaching time of when her engagement would be cancelled…
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Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 3/5

Pretty Guardian: Sailor Moon

March 2, 2023August 21, 2021

Name: Pretty Guardian: Sailor Moon
Mangaka: Takeuchi, Naoko

Volumes: 18 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha (Condensed into 12 Volumes – Digital/Print) (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Action/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Usagi Tsukino is a normal girl until she meets up with Luna a talking cat who tells her that she is Sailor Moon. As Sailor Moon Usagi must fight evils and enforce justice in the name of the Moon and the mysterious Moon Princess. She meets other girls destined to be Sailor Senshi (Sailor Scouts) and together they fight the forces of evil.
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Graphics Rating: 5/5
Plot Rating: 3/5