I Own

Shoujo and Josei manga that I personally own be it digitally or physcially.

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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Orange

Name: Orange
Mangaka: Benjamin

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: Licensed
Scanlations: None
Scanlator: None
Type: Manhua (Chinese)
Genre: Slice of Life/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: This story is about Orange. Orange finds no reason to live anymore. Not for her parents, for grades or a career, not for her shallow normal friends. Orange finds the world stained and fake. When she’s ready to go off a roof she notices a drunk man near here and begins to rethink what it means to live.

Graphics Rating: 6/5
Plot Rating: 3/5

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Honey Hunt

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Name: Honey Hunt
Manga-ka: Aihara, Miki

Licensed: Licensed By Viz
Volumes: 6 (Discontinued – Hiatus)
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/Drama/Harem/Film Industry
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Timid Yura has a sad life. Her mother is a huge actress and her father is a famous violinist, so life must be amazing, right? Wrong. Yura is bullied by her mother whose never home and her father is in America. The breaking point is when Yura comes home to find out that not only are her parents getting a divorce; but her mother is having an affair the boy next door. Who just so happens to be Yura’s childhood friend and major crush. Determined to destroy her mother Yura decides to leave home and become an actress. Too bad she’s so shy and awkward. Love interests include her manager, a musician, and the musicians cute twin who will act beside Yura in a drama. Can it get any better?

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

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Hot Gimmick

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Name: Hot Gimmick
Manga-ka: Aihara, Miki

Licensed: Viz (Complete)
Volumes: 12 *There is also an alternate ending called Hot Gimmick S*
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/Drama/Harem
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary: Hatsumi just wants to have a nice life, without Ryoki, her childhood bully. Meanwhile, Ryoki is the son of a wealthy business man who practically owns the apartment buildings him and Hatsumi live in. He knows he has power, and he uses it. Ryoki, a student who is almost the smartest in japan is thinking about what all guys his age are; Sex. Being a virgin, Ryoki will do anything to have sex. Unfortunately after running into Ryoki after years, Hatsumi suddenly finds herself blackmailed into being Ryoki’s slave…and he’s got sex on the brain. What’s a girl to do?

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

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