Watashi no Megane-kun

Name: Watashi no Megane-kun
Manga-ka: Sumoto, Amu

Volumes: 7 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.07 Ch.27 (Ongoing)
Scanlator: Hush (Closed), Ochibichan
Type: Manga
Genre: Psychological/Drama/Smut
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary: Love can be obsessive. Like wanting to rip the wings off a butterfly.

Chokuo has been in love with Taichiro for a long time. Taichiro and Chokuo have known each other since childhood. At one point, Taichiro became very candid and told Chokuo that he hated her so much that he wanted to kill her. Even so, Chokuo’s desire toward him never really changed. One day, a senior in her athletics club confessed to her. Filled with burning jealousy, Taichiro also confessed to Chokuo. Their insecure, but very obsessive love begins.

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Eikoku Kizoku Goyoutashi

Name: Eikoku Kizoku Goyoutashi
Mangaka: Sakurakoji, Kanoko

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.04 (Complete)
Scanlator: Esthetique
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance
Age Group: Everyone

Summary:
1) Eikoku Kizoku Goyoutashi
While working at her shop, Chiyoko Shimakura was approached by a young foreign male asking for a date. Though, at the same time, there have been a lot of incidents regarding a young foreign man conning women for their money in the neighborhood. Is he the one that has been conning others? Or is he really her prince charming?

2) A Thousand And One Nights
An encounter with a stranger ends up with a young girl becoming a temporary secretary for a writer.

3) Mitsuboshi School Days
In order to be with the one she loves a girl enters Chefs School.

4) Love Bite
The love/hate relationship between a high school soccer player and it’s bitchy manager.

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Hana Kimi // 100th Review!

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Name: Hana Kimi
Mangaka: Nakajo, Hisaya

Volumes: 23 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (Complete)
Scanlations: V.23 Ch.145 (Complete)
Scanlator: Many
Type: Manga
Genre: Gender Bender/Comedy/Drama/School Life
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Japanese-American Mizuki has gotten herself into a high school in Japan…but not just any school! To be close to her idol, high jumper Izumi Sano, she’s going to an all-guys’ high school…and disguising herself as a boy! But as fate would have it, they’re more than classmates…they’re roommates! Now, Mizuki must keep her secret in the classroom, the locker room, and her own bedroom. And her classmates–and the school doctor–must cope with a new transfer student who may make them question their own orientation…

-From Manga-Updates

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

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Crimson Hero

Name: Crimson Hero
Mangaka: Takanashi, Mitsuba

Volumes: 20 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (Volume 14 – Incomplete)
Scanlations: V.20 Ch.83 (Complete)
Scanlator: IvyScan, Enchantment Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Sports/High School
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Nobara just wants to play volleyball. Nobara’s mother just wants her tomboy daughter to take over the family hotel. Nobara specifically goes to a school with an amazing volleyball team. Too bad that male volleyball team is for males only.

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

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Rhapsody in Heaven

Name: Rhapsody in Heaven
Manga-ka: Minami, Kanan

Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.03 Ch.17 (Finished
Scanlator: Tenshi Tachi (Closed), Operation Boredom, Kuu
Volumes: 3 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/School Life/Sports/Drama/Smut
Age Group: Mature

Summary: Miyu lives to swim. When she transfers to a new school on a swimming scholarship Miyu expects to spend the rest of her days in a swimming paradise. Unfortunately the swim club is brought down by the slutty/needy female president. Suddenly, Miyu catches herself falling for the cute VP, but does he have a few more secrets then she thought she’d have to keep?

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

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