4/5 Rating

Anta Nante Okotowari!: You? No thanks!

Name: Anta Nante Okotowari! (You? No Thanks!)
Manga-ka: Sugiyama, Miwako

Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.1 Ch.04 (Complete)
Scanlator: Nagareboshi
Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/Comedy/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Yui has a deep love for her “older brother” (they’re not actually siblings, but are related), and she is devastated when he gets married. While at the wedding, Yui meets a sobbing boy, Kaoru. It turns out that his cousin (that he was in love with) is the one Yui’s brother is marrying.

When Yui moves into a boy’s dorm so she can seek out new love, she finds that the head of the dorm is none other than Kaoru!

-Summary from Manga Updates, because I really didn’t know how else to summarize it.

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

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Kou Kou Debut: Highschool Debut

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Name: Kou Kou Debut (Highschool Debut)
Manga-ka: Kawahare, Kazune

Licensed: Viz (Complete)
Volumes: 13 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/Sports/Comedy
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Haruna is an amazing baseball player, but apparently thats not enough to get the boys coming in. Haruna longs to be cute and girly, like the girls in her favourite manga, but she just can’t seem to get it right. Along comes cool and handsome Yoh, can he turn Haruna into the girl she wants to be? Or is she just a lost cause.

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

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Pheromomania Syndrome

Name: Pheromomania Syndrome
Manga-ka: Ichiha

Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.06 Ch.25 (stopped?)
Scanlator: Shoujomagic and Willful Muse
Volumes: 10 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/Cross-Dressing/Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Following the relationship of a pair of mismatched childhood friends. Hatori is a woman who loves men, but looks like one too. Keishi is a man who loves Hatori, but is commonly mistaken for a woman. How can these two ever have a normal relationship?

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

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Honey & Clover

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Name: Honey & Clover
Manga-ka: Umino, Chika

Licensed: Viz {Serialized in Shoujo Beat}
Volumes: 10 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Josei/Romance/Drama/Comedy
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary: Takemoto lives in a run-down student apartment, where his greatest worry is when he’ll next be able to afford to eat meat and whether he’ll get to class on time. Although he’s away from home and living on his own, Takemoto is far from finished growing up. Along with his crazy cast of friends, Morita, Mayama, Yamada, and Hagumi, Takemoto sets out to discover life and his true self. –Mangaupdates

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

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Midnight Secretary

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Name: Midnight Secretary
Manga-ka: Ohmi, Tomu

Licensed: Shoujo Beat – Viz
Volumes: 7 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Romance/Drama
Age Group: Mature

Summary: Kaya is completely dedicated to her job as a secretary and everything was going fine until she discovered her boss’s secret. He’s a vampire. Instead of making her forget, her boss Kyouhei finds a better way to make use of Kaya. Kaya now finds herself as Kyouhei’s personal secretary, giving up more then just her time and hard work.

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

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