Oboreru Knife: Drowning Love

Name: Oboreru Knife (The Knife that Dropped in Water)
Manga-ka: George, Asakura

Volumes: 17 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha Comics (Drowning Love)
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: A beautiful and mature sixth grade girl from Tokyo suddenly has to move out to the country side of Japan with her family. The girl, Natsumi, then meets a boy and from then on she begins to feel ‘something’ in her body, like a surging wave….

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

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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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Paradise Kiss

Name: Paradise Kiss
Mangaka: Yazawa, Ai

Volumes: 5 (Complete)
Licensed: Tokyopop
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Fashion/Psychological/Josei
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Yukari wants nothing more than to make her parents happy by studying hard and getting into a good college. One afternoon, however, she is kidnapped by a group of self-styled fashion-obsessed artists who call themselves “Paradise Kiss.” Yukari suddenly finds herself flung into the roller-coaster life of the fashion world, guided by George, art-snob extraordinaire. In a glamorous makeover of body, mind and soul, she is turned from a hapless bookworm into her friends own exclusive clothing model.

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

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Cat Street

Name: Cat Street
Mangaka: Kamio, Youko

Volumes: 8 (Complete)
Licensed: No (No idea why it hasn’t)
Scanlations: V.08 Ch.35 (Complete)
Scanlator: Condensation (closed) and Willful Muse
Type: Manga
Genre: Life/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: The story centers around Keito Aoyama, a former famous child actor. Due to a childhood incident, she retired from her career early and withdrew from normal society. Now 16, she passes her days in boredom and without purpose. But one day she runs into a stranger who takes her to El Liston–a free school for high school students like herself, who don’t have a place where they belong. Though hesitant at first, Keito decides to enter El Liston and subsequently, she begins a new stage in her life. With the help of her only remaining childhood friend, Taiyou, and her new classmates Rei, Momiji, and Kouichi, Keito slowly finds the courage to open up to others and to accept their support. Will Keito return to acting? Will she find true friends? Love?

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

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Blue

Name: Blue
Mangaka: Sakisaka, Io

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.04 (Complete)
Scanlator: Twee Quidam Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/High School/Slice of Life
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Anna entered the same high school as the person she loved. But that person is in fact her cousin, Reiji. While continuing to conceal her feelings for him, she begins to suspect that Reiji is love with Rui, her best friend. But what is Rui’s real secret…?

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

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