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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

Basara

February 3, 2024November 24, 2023

Name: Basara
Mangaka: Tamura Yumi

Volumes: 27 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (27 Volumes: Digital (App) / Paperback OOP)
Type: Manga
Genre: Adventure/Action/Fantasy/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Basara is a post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure series and one of the most popular shôjo manga of the 90s in Japan. It is the story of how a young girl becomes “the child of destiny” and finds the strength to free her people and seek revenge for the death of her brother.

–Manga Updates

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

What Will I Say When I Meet You?

March 2, 2023January 30, 2023

Name: What Will I Say When I Meet You? (Kimi ni Aetara Nante Iou)
Mangaka: Nemu, Youko

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: Manga Plaza (digital)
Type: Manga
Genre: Josei/Slice of Life/Drama
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary:
Kiri and her husband, both in their 30s, have been happily married for several years. They don’t have any children yet, and Kiri knows that at her age they’ll need to start trying soon
–Manga Updates

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

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?
–Manga Updates

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

Kamisama Kiss

March 2, 2023September 6, 2021

Name: Kamisama Kiss
Mangaka: Julietta Suzuki

Volumes: 25 (complete)
Licensed: Viz (25 Volumes: Digital/Paperback) – (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Supernatural/Adventure/Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Momozono Nanami’s dad, a man with a penchant for gambling, disappeared after accumulating a huge amount of debt. Thus, she was chased out of her house by the debt collectors. When she met a timid guy being chased by a dog, he told her that he’d give her his house. She believed his persuasive talk, but when she went to his house… it turned out to be a shrine. Moreover, a guy with fox ears appeared, which made Nanami even more confused. What will become of homeless and confused Nanami?

–Manga Updates

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