friendship

Shoujo and Josei Manga with a large focus on friendship or close friends.

Chihayafuru

Name: Chihayafuru
Manga-ka: Suetsugu, Yuki

Volumes: 50 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha Comics
Licensed Releases: 33 Volumes (Ongoing)
Type: Manga
Genre: Sports/Slice of Life
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: All her life, Chihaya’s dream was to see her model sister become Japan’s best… That is, until a quiet, unassuming transfer student named Arata tells her otherwise. A dream, he explains to her, is something she needs to work at herself.

Arata plays a competitive version of a traditional Japanese card game–known as Hyakunin Isshu–in a way Chihaya has never seen before. After taking Arata’s place in a game, Chihaya discovers she has a passion for it. Now Chihaya wants to become number one in the world, the Queen of Karuta.

–Mangaupdates


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

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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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Runway no Koibito

Name: Runway no Koibito
Written By: Tanaka, Wataru
Drawn By: Shibano Yuka

Volumes: 3 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.06 (Hiatus – March 2021)
Scanlator: Midnight Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: The N°1 dream of every woman in the whole country, Charisma’s model Shinsato Yui. Yanada Aki was scouted as a future model in the rural Do. Aki admires Yui, the cool Yui… Even if they’re about totally opposites, the two become close friends. However, Yui very quickly seems to be part of Aki’s work, love and a threat?!

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Kirei no Tamago: Beautiful Egg

Name: Kirei no Tamago (Beautiful Egg)
Manga-ka: Kaori

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.03 (Complete)
Scanlator: Shinnen
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Never being clean or neat, Asami wanted to change herself and so entered a hair salon school. However, as soon as she enters, troubles follow and she is immediately depressed… She meets a boy named Nii Raito who is the type to talk without reserve. She is told, “It doesn’t suit you”, and all of a sudden her hair is cut…?!. She must show him that she can be a good hair stylist!

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Sagashimono

Name: Sagashimono
Manga-ka: Minami, Touko

Volumes: 1 (Complete) Oneshot*
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.05 (Complete)
Scanlator: Shinnen
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: It all started with a small, gentle whisper…
The precious necklace that Papa bought for me is gone! While I was searching for it desperately, a boy picks up the necklace! With a whisper of “It’ll get stepped on”, he departed. I can’t get him out of my head…

-From Mangaupdates

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

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