Older Teen

Older Teen is a reading rating for the maturity of the shoujo or josei manga. Older Teen series will typically take place in high school or deal with teens but have a bit more mature topics.

Nana Komatsu and Nana Osaki by Ai Yazawa

Nana

Name: Nana
Mangaka: Ai Yazawa

Volumes: 21 (Hiatus)
Licensed: Viz (21 Volumes: Digital/Paperback)
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Slice of Life
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary:  
Nana Komatsu is a young woman who’s endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she’s hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She’s looking for love and she’s hoping to find it in the big city. Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo’s underground punk scene. She’s got a dream and won’t give up until she becomes Japan’s No. 1 rock’n’roll superstar.

This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties.

–Manga Updates

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

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Bite Maker

Bite Maker

Name: Bite Maker
Mangaka: Sugiyama, Miwako

Volumes: 10 (Ongoing)
Licensed: Seven Seas Entertainment (7 Volumes: Digital/Physical)
Type: Manga
Genre: Harem/Fantasy
Age Group: Older Teen (Mature)

Summary:  
Alpha genes produce people with exceptional appearance, intelligence, and abilities, but only exists in 1/100,000 people.

Nobunaga, born an alpha, will always attract other people. Despite having everything, all he wanted for was “a turn of fate.”

After meeting a woman that filled him with a need to have her and only her, the ultimate climax starts!
–Manga Updates

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

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Koi to Shinzo: Love and Heart

Koi to Shinzo: Love and Heart

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?

–Manga Updates

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

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Hotaru no Yomeiri, a man covered in blood with a sword hugs a scared woman

Hotaru no Yomeiri

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.

–Manga Updates

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

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Honey Blood Beauty and her Vampire

The Honey-Blood Beauty and Her Vampire

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

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