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Sad Love Story/Sad Sonata

Name: Sad Love Story (Sad Sonata)
Manga-ka: Shin, Ji-Sang

Volumes: 5 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.05 Ch.04 (Complete)
Scanlator: Cinderella Story (Closed), Nightwalker (Closed), and Evil Flowers
Type: Manhwa
Genre: Drama/Tragedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary: As a child, Joon-young was always teased because his mother owned a bar that served Americans. When he meets Hae-in, a blind girl, they become childhood sweethearts and he vows to always protect her. However, Hae-in and her mom take off one night, leaving Joon-young and his promise behind. Hae-in later meets Gun-woo, the rich son of a CEO. Among these three, a tragic love triangle begins to form..

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

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Othello

Name: Othello
Manga-ka: Ikezawa, Satomi

Volumes: 7 (Complete)
Licensed: Del Rey (Complete)
Scanlations: V.07 Ch.28 (Complete)
Scanlator: Hush (closed) and Humanist (closed)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/School Life/Psychological
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Yaya is a naïve and trusting girl. Hard-rocking, butt-kicking Nana is just the girl to grab hold of Yaya’s timid demeanor and turn it upside down. Can there be anything that terminally shy Yaya and hyper-confident Nana have in common? Well, for one thing, they’re the same person…

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Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 2/5

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Kanojo wa Uso wo Aishisugiteru: She Loves Lying too Much

Name: Kanojo wa Uso wo Aishisugiteru (She Loves Lying too Much)
Manga-ka: Aoki, Kotomi

Volumes: 22 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.15 Ch.60 (Ongoing? – Feb 2021)
Scanlator: Manga Abyss and Nagareboshi (Joint)
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Him (Aki, age 25): The super-successful sound creator who does all of the composing for the super-popular band Crude Play. His girlfriend is a singer in the limelight? A high-school age girl with glasses!? And as it so happens, he’s in love with a high school student who doesn’t know his true identity at all…?

Her (Riko, age 16): The poster girl of the Koeda Greengrocer. She started a band with her childhood friend because she’s a big fan of Crude Play’s Shinya…? But her boyfriend’s in the band…?

-From Mangaupdates

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

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