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SNow White with Red Hair

Name: Snow White with Red Hair (Akagami no Shirayuihime)
Manga-ka: Akizuki, Sorata

Volumes: 25 (Ongoing Feb-2023)
Licensed: Shojo Beat (Viz)
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Shirayuki was a young girl born with unique apple-red hair. She meets a famous but foolish Prince Raji, who falls in love with her at first sight and orders her to become his concubine. With nowhere else to go, Shirayuki cuts her hair and escapes to a neighboring country. While traversing through the forests, she meets a young boy, Zen, who helps her after she boldly cures his wounds but then gets poisoned by an apple given to Shirayuki. Meanwhile, Prince Raji sends out henchmen to search for her. What will happen to Shirayuki? What is Zen’s true character? A refreshing fantasy story between an optimistic heroine and a prince who constantly stays on her watch.

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

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Knock Your Heart Out: Heart o Uchinomese

Name: Knock Your Heart Out (Heart o Uchinomese)
Manga-ka: Asakura, George

Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.10 (Complete)
Scanlator: Stiletto Heels
Type: Manga
Genre: Josei/Mature/Drama
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary: No matter how many times she sleeps with Arai, Negishi realizes that neither her nor Arai’s feelings were being conveyed. Their sex felt “like” love, but only feeling “like” something wasn’t the same thing as having it. What is Negishi supposed to do in order to get Arai to understand her true feelings?

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

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Crazy Love Story

Name: Crazy Love Story
Manga-ka: Lee, Vin

Volumes: 5 (Complete)
Licensed: Tokyopop
Scanlations: V.05 (Complete)
Scanlator: Cat-chan Scans (Closed)
Type: Manhwa
Genre: Psychological/Josei/Drama
Age Group: Mature

Summary: Jin Sung Moo does his best to hide his inner feelings; Shin Hae Jung dances to the beat of her own drum; and Jimmy is an out-of-this-world guy with a revved-up motorcycle and style that is second to none.
Some say it’s an extreme kind of love. Some say it’s just crazy. Some say it’s a crazy love story.

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

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Watashi no Megane-kun

Name: Watashi no Megane-kun
Manga-ka: Sumoto, Amu

Volumes: 7 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.07 Ch.27 (Ongoing)
Scanlator: Hush (Closed), Ochibichan
Type: Manga
Genre: Psychological/Drama/Smut
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary: Love can be obsessive. Like wanting to rip the wings off a butterfly.

Chokuo has been in love with Taichiro for a long time. Taichiro and Chokuo have known each other since childhood. At one point, Taichiro became very candid and told Chokuo that he hated her so much that he wanted to kill her. Even so, Chokuo’s desire toward him never really changed. One day, a senior in her athletics club confessed to her. Filled with burning jealousy, Taichiro also confessed to Chokuo. Their insecure, but very obsessive love begins.

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

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Heart no Kuni no Alice: Alice in the Country of Hearts

Name: Heart no Kuni no Alice (Alice in the Country of Hearts)
Artist: Hoshino, Soumei
Story: QuinRose

Volumes: 6 (Complete)
Licensed: Tokyopop
Scanlations: V.06 Ch.35 (Complete)
Scanlator: 3 Different Scanlators
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Harem/Pyschological/Adventure
Age Group: Teens

Summary: The girly but bloody otome game re-imagining of Lewis Carroll’s classic fantasy novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with bishounen characters and added romance.

A parody of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland where Alice is smart and non-doormatlike.

In this story, Alice is not all what she seems. She is practical, strong, yet darkly cynical. Instead of the traditional story, Alice is kidnapped unwillingly by a mysterious (yet somewhat bishie-looking) man with bunny ears into a place call Heartland. Stuck in Heartland due to a trick by the mysterious bunny eared man, she meets the residents of this world. Along the way, Alice meets Blood, handsome mafia leader; Ace, the psycho yet charming knight and more…What should Alice do in such a world!?

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

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