Fantasy

Best selection of Fantasy Shoujo Manga and Josei Manga.

Hanatsuki Hime

Name: Hanatsuki Hime
Mangaka: Hibiki, Wataru

Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.08 (Complete)
Scanlator: Aerandria
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/History
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: “There once was a girl with a splendid flower blooming upon her chest.”

When Lys was born, her heart did not beat at all. To save her, her mother made a contract with a devil: Lys can borrow his heart until the day she turns sixteen, but after that, he will eat her body. Together with her companion, Siva, someone whom she met by chance in the desert at night, she travels around as a dancer girl to find the devil who sealed her fate. One day, while they were traveling, they suddenly meet an egoistic prince and a ring spirit…

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Prince of the Night

Name: Prince of the Night
Mangaka: Ryan 

Volumes: 4 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.04 Ch.16 (Complete)
Scanlator: Noir
Type: Manhua
Genre: Fantasy/History/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Liang You Xin is a kind and innocent girl who has left home to further her studies in the Tyrol in Europe. During her travels, the seemingly innocent act of helping a stray pig sends her to a different dimension in the Royal Palace Museum. There, she meets a mysterious young man clothed in black who invites her to the Royal Palace as a guest. Expecting to find an abandoned palace, Liang You Xin is surprised to find Tyrol’s 17th Century Royal Highness instead. This fateful encounter changes her life from one of scholarship into slavery…

–MangaUpdates

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

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Barajou no Kiss (Kiss of the Rose Princess)

Name: Barajou no Kiss (Kiss of the Rose Princess)
Mangaka: Shouoto, Aya

Volumes: 9 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Highschool/Comedy/Mystery/Harem
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Anise’s father put a rose necklace on her when she was small. Her father warned her that she would be punished if the choker ever came off. Tried as she might though, Anise could never get it off… that is until one day…

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

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Black Bird

Name: Black Bird
Mangaka: Sakurakoji, Kanoko

Volumes: 18 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Highschool/Smut
Age Group: Teen

Summary: There is a world of myth and magic that intersects ours, and only a special few can see it. Misao Harada is one such person, and she wants nothing to do with magical realms. She just wants to have a normal high school life and maybe get a boyfriend. All that changes one day when Misao is attacked by a demon. Her childhood friend Kyo suddenly returns to save her and tend to her cuts–with his tongue! It turns out Misao is the bride of prophecy, whose blood gives power to the demon clan who claims her. But most demons want to keep her power for themselves–by eating her! Now Misao is just trying to stay alive…and decide if she likes it when Kyo licks her wounds.

-From Viz

{Note: Is it just me or was that freaking HILARIOUS?! When they ended Shoujo Beat, Viz must have had to lower some standards in other places as well…}

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

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Hana ni Nare: Become a Flower

*This picture sums up the whole thing

Name: Hana ni Nare (Become a Flower)
Mangaka: Miyagi, Riko

Volumes: 16 (complete)
Licensed: No (Never will be. EVER)
Scanlations: V.08 Ch.53 (Ongoing)
Scanlator: Condensation, Willful Muse
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Harem/Fantasy
Age Group: Teen No one

Summary: Momo Yamada is very plain, but has wanted to be a ‘flower’ since she was a child. After her grandmother dies Momo is given the oppurtunity to let the flower inside her bloom, but everything has their consequences.

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

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