Name: Barajou no Kiss (Kiss of the Rose Princess)
Mangaka: Shouoto, Aya
Volumes: 9 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Highschool/Comedy/Mystery/Harem
Age Group: Everyone
Summary: Anise’s father put a rose necklace on her when she was small. Her father warned her that she would be punished if the choker ever came off. Tried as she might though, Anise could never get it off… that is until one day…
Graphics Rating: 5/5
Plot Rating: 3/5
Name: Black Bird
Mangaka: Sakurakoji, Kanoko
Volumes: 18 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Highschool/Smut
Age Group: Teen
Summary: There is a world of myth and magic that intersects ours, and only a special few can see it. Misao Harada is one such person, and she wants nothing to do with magical realms. She just wants to have a normal high school life and maybe get a boyfriend. All that changes one day when Misao is attacked by a demon. Her childhood friend Kyo suddenly returns to save her and tend to her cuts–with his tongue! It turns out Misao is the bride of prophecy, whose blood gives power to the demon clan who claims her. But most demons want to keep her power for themselves–by eating her! Now Misao is just trying to stay alive…and decide if she likes it when Kyo licks her wounds.
-From Viz
{Note: Is it just me or was that freaking HILARIOUS?! When they ended Shoujo Beat, Viz must have had to lower some standards in other places as well…}
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Millennium Snow (Sennen no Yuki)
Mangaka: Bisco, Hatori
Volumes: 4 Volumes (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (Print/Digital – Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy (Vampires)/Drama
Age Group: Everyone
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Chiyuki Matsuoka was born with heart problems, and her doctors say she won’t live to see the next snow. Touya is an 18-year-old vampire who hates blood and refuses to make the traditional partnership with a human, whose life-giving blood would keep them both alive for a thousand years.
-From Viz
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Akuma to Love Song
Mangaka: Toumori, Myoshi
Volumes: 13 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Psychological/School/Drama
Age Group: Older Teen
Summary: Touzuka High School is a public school with a pretty low grade point average. One day, a girl who has been expelled from the state’s top school, St. Katria Girls’ School, transfers in…her name is Kawai Maria. The reason for her expulsion was “violence against the teacher.” Because of her non-adorned, straight comments, Maria starts to become isolated from her class… What is hidden in her past and what will happen to her?
**From Manga-Updates because I have to write an assignment :)
Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 4/5