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Liar x Liar

Name: Liar x Liar
Mangaka: Kindaichi, Renjuurou

Volumes: 10 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.09 Ch.64 (Hiatus)
Scanlator: Mystic Iris
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Slice of Life/Josei
Age Group: Mature

Summary: One day, on a whim, 20-year-old Minato dresses up in her friend’s cute high school uniform and goes out briefly into the city. To her horror, she ends up running into her stepbrother, Tooru, who is actually only months younger than her. Since he’s cute, and a notorious player, Minato has had to deal with constant jealousy and suspicion from other girls all through their school days.

Amazingly, she manages to convince Tooru that she’s actually someone who just happens to look a lot like his sister. He is so convinced that he starts trying to date her and, for various reasons, she goes along with it. What started as a simple joke is now evolving into the biggest lie Minato has ever told!

–Mangaupdates

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

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Dakishimete Ii desu ka

Name: Dakishimete Ii desu ka
Mangaka: Hanaya, En

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.04 (Complete)
Scanlator: Midnight Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Smut
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Dakishimete Ii Desu Ka – Is It Alright to Hug You?

“I can’t bear to be separated from you, because you’re so cute.”
Because of Ushio’s excellent grades, he is forced to leave his beloved girlfriend, Ruka, and go to Tokyo University. Ruka is very beautiful, but also a little stupid, and other men frequently mess around with her, so he is worried that someone might take her from him, but if their relationship turns into a long-distance one…

Hitorijime Shitai – I Want to Monopolize You
Kaname has a crush on the top student Takashi, but being an idiot she thinks that she’s never going to be good enough for him…

Suki to Ienakute – I Can’t Say I Like You
Jun (?) is in love with his younger step sister Tsubomi, but he had already promised his dead step mother to always take care of her until she is an adult. As he takes care of her, he only grows more pain for this unrequited love, especially when she is soon to be moving with her boyfriend?

Majo Sweets – Witch Sweets
Chise has the coolest, manliest boyfriend Toranosuke who dreams to be a patisserie. Everyday, Chise hangs out with him to only eat his delicious cakes, but is that the only reason she dates him?

–Mangaupdates

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

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Yogoreteru Hima Nanka Nai: No Free Time to get Dirty

Name: Yogoreteru Hima Nanka Nai (No Free Time to get Dirty)
Manga-ka: Ishida, Takumi

Volumes: 3 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.03 Ch.15 (Complete)
Scanlator: JShoujo Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Mature
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary: Matsumi Sachiko’s always searching for love in the wrong places. She’s made more blunders in the love department than she can count over the years, and things just never seem to go well for her. She’s quick to sleep with others in her search for that special someone only to regret it later. Lately, her luck’s taken an even worse turn for the worst when the guy she’d started to have feelings for asked her if she wanted to become his “sex friend”! Will she ever find “the one”?

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Mascara Blues

Name: Mascara Blues
Manga-ka: Sakisaka, Io

Volumes: 1 (Complete) {Oneshot}
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.03 (Complete)
Scanlator: Evil Flowers and Simple Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/School Days
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
{Story 1}
Mugino falls in love REALLY easily. If she finds a good-looking guy who “sparkles”, then she’ll immediately confess. But after confessing, that “sparkle” seems to disappear… The only guy, who is in fact her only friend, that she can talk to it about is Shuuya. But their relationship takes a turn and it’s up to Mugino to fix her own problems now…

{Story 2}
Girl meets some guy who helps her but she couldn’t make out his face in the glare of the sun. She thinks shes found him at school, but he isn’t nice at all!

{Story 3}
A girl falls in love with a hairdresser, but will he be able to love her the way she is…?

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Zig Zag Don

Name: Zig Zag Don
Manga-ka: Ishida, Takumi

Volumes: 6 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.06 Ch.28 (Complete)
Scanlator: Forbidden Garden
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Slice of Life/Psychological
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Ichina is a 2nd year high school student. She lives with her mother Youko whom she hates with a passion. After getting dumped by her boyfriend, she ends up having a one-night stand with her best friend Sekitani, who also recently broke up with his long-time girlfriend. Will they become more than friends? And who is the strange guy who’s waiting at home with Youko when she gets back?

-From Mangaupdates

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

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