Female Tsundere

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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KIyoku Yamashiku Modokashiku

Kiyoku, Yamashiku, Modokashiku

Name: Kiyoku, Yamashiku, Modokashiku
Mangaka: Tachibana Oreco

Volumes: 5 (Ongoing)
Scanlations: V.05 Ch.22 (2023)
Scanlator: Lovesick Alley
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Enjouji may look like a scary and fierce gyaru on the outside, but she’s a pure girl on the inside. The only one who would dare tease and argue with her is their school’s disciplinary committee chairman, Fujii. And there’s also one problem, his perverted attitude is too much for her to handle!!

–Manga Updates

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

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My Little Monster

Name: Tonari no Koibutsu-kun (My Little Monster)
Manga-ka: Robiko

Volumes: 12 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha Comics US (Complete 12V – Digital/Print)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Mizutani Shizuku is the type of person who only cares for her own grades. But when she accidentally delivers the lesson notes to Yoshida Haru, Haru becomes convinced they are friends.

Haru turns out to have a very innocent personality, but who would’ve thought that Haru would actually confess to Shizuku?

A cold-hearted girl x super troublemaker romance with a fresh new perspective,

–Mangaupdates

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

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Himitsu no Ai-chan

Name: Himitsu no Ai-chan
Manga-ka: Kaori

Volumes: 15 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.05 Ch.19 (Hiatus – Feb 2021)
Scanlator: Jshoujo Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Smut
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Reo is tomboy Aiko’s rival, and Ai strives to beat him in everything – like basketball and popularity – but her efforts always fail with Reo always coming out on top. Then one day, she sees her break come through: her brother offers her a job at his maid cafe! But how will tomboy Ai ever be able to pass off as a cute maid? With a wig and a bit of makeup, this becomes possible. She’s so much of a different person, even Reo doesn’t recognize her! But things start becoming strange when Reo shows interest in her, asking out “Mai” on a date. Ai agrees, with plans in mind to get him to fall in love with her so she can later dump him. Will Ai finally win over Reo, or will her plan backfire just like her many others?

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Stroke Material: My Fucking Lover

Name: Stroke Material (My Fucking Lover)
Manga-ka: Atsuta, Kotobuki

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.05 (Complete)
Scanlator: Shoujo Magic (Closed)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Smut
Age Group: Teen

Summary: People have gone so far as to call Kaname-kun a “sex machine” and “a man who exists solely for obscenity and sin.” But now he’s fallen in love for the first time with the super cool beauty Yumi-sama. Even when his only reward is her cold gaze, he persists in his desire to win her love–but he’s struggling and suffering because his wooing technique gets incredibly clumsy when he actually cares about the result!

-From Mangaupdates

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

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