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Living Room Matsunaga-san

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Name: Living Room Matsunaga-san
Mangaka: Iwashita, Keiko

Volumes: 9 (ongoing)
Licensed: Kodansha
Current Licensed Volumes: V.09
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life
Age Group: Teen

Summary:  
Forget the familiar: circumstances wrest high schooler Meeko from an ordinary family life to her uncle’s boarding house, where she must learn to live with housework and … rather unusual adult housemates. What’s more, the oldest of the bunch, Matsunaga-san, is a little scary … but also always looks out for her! Presenting the first volume of Keiko Iwashita’s boarding-house love story!

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

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Lip Smoke

Name: Lip Smoke
Mangaka: Nishitaki, Mai

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.04 (Complete)
Scanlator: Crimson Flower 
Type: Manga
Genre: comedy/drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: High-school student Setsuna Iwato works part-time for a publishing agency. When her employer’s having trouble with an erotic fiction novelist she becomes his assistant to help him rediscover the feeling of a “Pure Kiss”.

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

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Houkago x Ponytail

Name: Houkago x Ponytail
Mangaka: Tanaka, Teko

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.06 (Complete)
Scanlator: Dazzling Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Natsuki, an otaku high-school girl who’d rather spend her money on manga than pretty dresses, accidentally injures a creepy-looking mangaka named Kiritani Taichi. To repay him, she agrees to be his character model until he fully heals. Kiritani turns out to be a popular shoujo mangaka under the name Ichijou Kiriko, who is also Natsuki’s favorite author! Plus, underneath that disheveled hair Kiritani is actually a good-looking man! What will become of these two?

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

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Conflict Lovers

Name: Conflict Lovers
Mangaka: Takamiya, Satoru

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.04 (Complete)
Scanlator: Shoujo Crusade
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Because of her sister who suddenly ran away, Sagiri ends up getting married in her place. Her husband is hard to understand and is a bit of an S. What will happen to their married life?!

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

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Tsubakikan no Utsukushi Sugiru Garçon

Name: Tsubakikan no Utsukushi Sugiru Garçon
Mangaka: Yuuki, Riko

Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.09 (Complete)
Scanlator: Shojo Sense
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Yufuin Shizuka is a garçon at the Cafe Tsubaki-kan. He’s gorgeous, elegant, and gives superb service. He just has one weakness – girls! Just looking into a girl’s eyes or being touched is enough to completely fluster him. Unfortunately, the owner’s granddaughter is going to be running the cafe, and when she finds out about his problem, she decides that he shouldn’t be working there!

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

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