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Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango

Name: Boys Over Flowers (Hana Yori Dango)
Mangaka: Kamio, Youko
Volumes: 37 (Such a painful number)
Licensed: Viz (Complete)
Scanlations: Complete
Scanlator: Too many
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/High school/Comedy/Unrequited Love/Bullying
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Tsukushi attends an elite school, not because of wealth but because of intelligence. Because of this she has become aquainted with the F4. The F4 are the richest and hottest (Debatable) guys at school. Not to mention the biggest bullies ever. Like a weed, Tsukushi decides to fight back against her bullies and finds one of the guys is falling for her. Now press play.

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

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Goong

Name: Goong
Mangaka: Park, So-Hee

Volumes: 27
Licensed: Yen Press
Scanlations: V.22 Ch.142 (Ongoing)
Scanlator: Very many
Type: Manhwa
Genre: Drama/Historical/Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Monarchy ended long ago in Korea, but there are still other countries with kings, queens, princes, and princesses. What if Korea had continued monarchism? What if all the beautiful palaces which are now only historical relics were actually filled with people?! What if the glamorous royal family still maintained the palace customs?! Welcome to a world where Korea still has the royal family living their lives! Only for this one high school girl, Che-Kyung, this is a tragedy, since she has to marry the prince, who apparently is a total bastard!

From Ice Kunion (Original License holders, but they died. Too bad)

**Because I’m pressed for time.

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

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Doubt!!

Name: Doubt!! (Yes the exclamation marks are important)
Mangaka: Izumi, Kaneyoshi

Volumes: 6 (complete)
Licensed: Viz (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: High School/Ugly Duckling/Comedy/Love Triangle
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Ai is tired of being seen as plain/ugly, and decides to go to a different highschool then everyone she knows and transform herself into a lovely girl. Make-up, dieting, and excercise all help Ai become the most popular girl at school. The last thing on her list is to date the most popular guy in school, but can she get over her natural insecurities?

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

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Sonan Jyanaiyo

Name: Sonan Jyanaiyo (It’s not Like that!)
Mangaka: Izumi, Kaneyoshi

Volumes: 9 (complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.09 Ch.38 (Complete)
Scanlator: Noir, Anime Waves
Type: Manga
Genre: High School/Forbidden Relationship/Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Shizuka is really plain. Her twin brothers who are a year older then her are drop dead gorgeous, as is her mother. The twins are in love with their sister, and someone is adopted. But who?

**I know I suck, leave me alone :P

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

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Ouran High: Host Club

Name: Ouran High: Host Club
Mangaka: Bisco, Hatori

Volumes: 18 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz
Scanlations: V.18 Ch.83 (Complete)
Scanlator: Too many
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Cross dressing/Romance/Harem
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: In this screwball romantic comedy, Haruhi, a poor girl at a rich kids’ school, is forced to repay an $80,000 debt by working for the school’s swankiest, all-male club–as a boy! There, she discovers just how wealthy the six members are and how different the rich are from everybody else…
-From Viz

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

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