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Piece

Name: Piece
Mangaka: Asihara, Hinako

Volumes: 10 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.010 Ch.21 (Complete)
Scanlator: Forbidden Garden
Type: Manga
Genre: Mystery/Drama/Romance
Age Group: Teen

Summary: One day, Mizuho, a university student, receive news that her classmate in high school, Origuchi Haruka, passed away. Mizuho doesn’t remember being best friends with Origuchi, but apparently, Origuchi told her mother that Mizuho was her best friend. And now, her mother wants Mizuho to help her find the boy Origuchi dated during high school. Mizuho told Origuchi’s mother that Origuchi was a very plain girl, and she was never seen with a guy, but her mother told Mizuho that Origuchi got pregnant and had an abortion when she was in high school. Mizuho was shocked, but she still starts asking her other classmates in high school and following the traces Origuchi left behind.

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

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Balancing Toy: Yajirobee

Name: Balancing Toy (Yajirobee)
Manga-ka: Yamakawa, Aiji

Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.10 (Complete)
Scanlator: Stiletto Heels
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Josei/Slice of Life
Age Group: Mature

Summary: Haru has been living with her stepfather, Seiji, ever since she lost her mother at a young age. However, on the heels of Seiji’s grandfather’s funeral and with news that their apartment is scheduled to be demolished, she begins to take a fresh look at her circumstances.

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

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14 Sai no Koi

Name: 14 Sai no Koi
Manga-ka: Mizutani, Fuka

Volumes: 11 (Ongoing)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.11 Ch.45 (Ongoing?)
Scanlator: Playground
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Josei
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: A story about two unusually mature young people. They are both smart, very together and they are in love. But, as grown-up as they act, they are still just 14 and their feelings for each other are captured with tenderness and lack of nostalgia, but very cutely.

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

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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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Hana to Akuma: Flower and the Devil

Name: Hana to Akuma (Flower and the Devil)
Manga-ka: Oto, Hisamu

Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.10 Ch.58 (Complete)
Volumes: V.10 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/Comedy/Fantasy/Historical
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: When Bibi decided to leave the demon world behind he was looking for some R&R, not a child. After finding a baby Demon Lord Bibi decides to raise her on his own. Enter Hana. The cutest and purest little girl, ever. Series follows the adventures of Bibi and Hana.

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

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