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Screenshot from Shoujo Manga Toshi Densetsu

Toshi Densetsu

*Yeah I messed up the image. Supposed to say Toshi not Tonari but way too lazy to fix. Cheers!

Name: Toshi Densetsu
Mangaka: Azuki, Ryou

Volumes: 9 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.04 Ch.16 (Hiatus)
Scanlator: Evil Flowers
Type: Manga
Genre: Horror/Mystery/Tragedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
If you know the one you loved was known as the “Murder Devil”, would you kill your lover? Or, would you wait to be killed?

Includes:
Toshi Denestsu Yomigaeru Sattujin Oni
From a psychological test, he is diagnosed as having a trait of a murderer, and because of that, she is attacked with a lot of unsolved incidents?!

Migigawa no Akai Yami
Is this a curse from the girl, who was bullied and committed suicide, which causes her right eye to see only the color red?

–Mangaupdates

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

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Tokyo no Casanova

Name: Tokyo no Casanova
Manga-ka: Kuramochi, Fusako

Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.10 (Complete)
Scanlator: Monochrome Dreams and JShoujo Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary: Tamiko lives with her two brothers, her mom, and her grandmom. It’s your typical family, or so she thought. But one day, she finds out Akira, her older brother, is not her brother at all, but the illegitimate child of the famous actress Hanyuu Kaori. To make things even more confusing, Akira’s feelings towards her isn’t the kind towards a sibling, and with his persistence, she finds herself falling in love with him as well. The plot becomes even more complicated when Yukari, Tamiko’s friend from school falls for Akira. Yukari though, has a connection with Akira that shocks everyone, including herself…

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Rensou no Aria: My Destiny

*Easter correlation? Um… Nuns… and …. uh…. Church. o_o

Name: Rensou no Aria (My Destiny)
Manga-ka: Mitsuki, Miko

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.05 (Complete)
Scanlator: Nagareboshi
Type: Manga
Genre: Action/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Aria’s parents have been gone since she was very young. Thus, she’s had to grow up in a “foster home” of sorts, and was raised by nuns. On her 16th birthday, Aria recieves a present in the mail– a ring from her “Daddy-long-legs” (a man who protects someone from afar while they’re growing up)! All of a sudden Aria’s life is thrown into chaos. Men try to run her over with cars, shoot her, and kidnap her. Relief comes in the form of Canon, who claims he’s her bodyguard. But can he keep Aria safe forever?

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Hoshi no Oujo

Name: Hoshi no Oujo
Author: Mirai
Artist: Momokawa, Haruhiko

Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.04 (Stopped)
Scanlator: Which Scanlations
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Ever since she lost both her parents in a car accident, Mirai has depended on her adopted brother, Kazuki, for mental and physical support. Even as another tragedy strikes, Kazuki’s promise to never leave her side is kept, albeit in a different way than Mirai had imagined.

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Usagi Drop: Bunny Drop

Name: Usagi Drop (Bunny Drop)
Mangaka: Unita, Yumi

Volumes: 9 (Complete)
Licensed: Yen Press (Set to release Volume 1 March 2010)
Type: Manga
Genre: Josei/Slice of Life/Comedy
Age Group: Mature

Summary: Returning to his family’s estate for his grandfather’s funeral, thirty-something bachelor Daikichi is floored to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a much younger lover! Needless to say, the rest of the family is shocked and embarrassed by this turn of events, and not one of them wants anything to do with the little girl, who refuses to say a word. In a fit of angry spontaneity, Daikichi decides to adopt her! But is living with an overgrown teenager who can barely take care of himself the key to making Rin come out of her shell?

-From Manga Updates

Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 1/5

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