Orange Chocolate

Name: Orange Chocolate
Manga-ka: Yamada, Nanpei

Volumes: 11 (complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.08 Ch.31 (Hiatus – Feb 2021)
Scanlator: Omari’s Sister
Type: Manga
Genre: Supernatural/Gender Bender/Comedy
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: A romantic comedy with a distinctly Japanese flavor. Next-door neighbors Chiro and Ritsu have been best friends since childhood. Ritsu, the eldest son of a family of traditional nichibu dancers, is thrust into the public eye as his career takes off, and his growing fame begins to test the pair’s friendship. And now the twist: when a wish made at a shrine actually comes true, Chiro and Ritsu find themselves inhabiting each others’ bodies. A further complication arises because Ritsu is not just a dancer, he is a famous onnagata, or female impersonator, popularly known as the “Courtesan Prince.”

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Graphics Rating: 3/5
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….

-From Mangaupdates

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

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