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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Six Half

Name: Six Half
Mangaka: Iketani, Rikako

Volumes: 11 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.10 Ch.40 (Ongoing)
Scanlator: JShoujo Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Kikukawa Shiori wakes up from a motorcycle accident only to find out she’s lost her memory! Try as she might, she can’t remember anything about the yankee-looking boy who claims to be her boyfriend, her kind-hearted and good looking older brother, or her aloof and introverted younger sister.

When she goes to school for the first time since her accident, she overhears people talking about her—and the things they say aren’t flattering. From what she hears, she was a terrible person before the accident. What kind of person was she really? And will she ever get her memory back?

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

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Piece of Cake

Name: Piece of Cake
Manga-ka: George, Asakura

Volumes: 5 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.05 Ch.31 (Complete)
Scanlator: Shoujo Manga Maniac
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life/Drama/Josei
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary: How a young woman, romantically and professionally broken, will once again get a taste for life when she leaves the city to live in the countryside…

Shino feels totally lost in her life. She goes out with a past work colleague, Masaki, quite macho… and troubles at her work make her leave it. She moves out, takes her independence, moves away from Masaki and settles in a tiny room in an old building of suburbs. On her arrival, she finds a little garden she shares with her neighbours, a couple her own age. And little by little, she feels more and more attracted to the mysterious man who lives next door.

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

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Fetish

Name: Fetish
Manga-ka: Fujiwara, Kaoru

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.05 (Complete)
Scanlator: Storm in Heaven
Type: Manga
Genre: Psychological/Horror/Mystery/Josei/Tragedy
Age Group: Mature

Summary: A collection of short stories.
Chapter 1: For a long while now, I’ve been prone to losing things. It’s the things most important to me that I lose, and it’s always after I lose them that I realize it. And then, they’re suddenly returned to me.

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Graphics Rating: 4/5
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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