Anta Nante Okotowari!: You? No thanks!

Name: Anta Nante Okotowari! (You? No Thanks!)
Manga-ka: Sugiyama, Miwako

Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.1 Ch.04 (Complete)
Scanlator: Nagareboshi
Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/Comedy/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Yui has a deep love for her “older brother” (they’re not actually siblings, but are related), and she is devastated when he gets married. While at the wedding, Yui meets a sobbing boy, Kaoru. It turns out that his cousin (that he was in love with) is the one Yui’s brother is marrying.

When Yui moves into a boy’s dorm so she can seek out new love, she finds that the head of the dorm is none other than Kaoru!

-Summary from Manga Updates, because I really didn’t know how else to summarize it.

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

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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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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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Billion Girl

Name: Billion Girl
Mangaka: Sakai, Miwa

Volumes: 10 (Complete)
Licensed: Not Licensed
Scanlations: V.10 Ch.36 (Complete)
Scanlator: Shoujo Magic, X-Vampire Knight, Operation Boredom, and Willful Muse
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/Fairytale/Drama/Rich Guy Poor Girl
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Kanoko’s is a very vanilla girl who works in her families confectionery shop. When the shop goes 1 billion dollars into debt, Kanoko’s father promises a homeless man one of his daughters to get rid of the debt. With Kanoko’s two older sisters completely unwilling Kanoko offers herself to save her family from debt. Turns out the homeless man was actually a rich aristocrat! It’s a real life Cinderella story.

Graphics Rating: 2/5
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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