Best shoujo and josei titles that have a workplace romance!
Name: Lip Smoke
Mangaka: Nishitaki, Mai
Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.04 (Complete)
Scanlator: Crimson Flower
Type: Manga
Genre: comedy/drama
Age Group: Teen
Summary: High-school student Setsuna Iwato works part-time for a publishing agency. When her employer’s having trouble with an erotic fiction novelist she becomes his assistant to help him rediscover the feeling of a “Pure Kiss”.
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Tsubakikan no Utsukushi Sugiru Garçon
Mangaka: Yuuki, Riko
Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.09 (Complete)
Scanlator: Shojo Sense
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Age Group: Teen
Summary: Yufuin Shizuka is a garçon at the Cafe Tsubaki-kan. He’s gorgeous, elegant, and gives superb service. He just has one weakness – girls! Just looking into a girl’s eyes or being touched is enough to completely fluster him. Unfortunately, the owner’s granddaughter is going to be running the cafe, and when she finds out about his problem, she decides that he shouldn’t be working there!
Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 3/5
Name: & (And)
Manga-ka: Okazaki Mari
Volumes: 8 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.05 Ch.24 (Hiatus)
Scanlator: Stiletto Heels
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Josei
Age Group: Mature
Summary: Aoki Kaoru is a 26-year-old woman who has never had a boyfriend. Normally unattached and unmotivated in her own life, Kaoru decides to start up a nail salon as a side business in addition to her regular job as a medical clerk. Although having a severe adversity to physical touch, she is forced to confront that fear when she meets a man who can’t help but touch others.
Graphics Rating: 5/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Love Blog
Manga-ka: Fujiwara, Akira
Volumes: 3 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.03 Ch.15 (Complete)
Scanlator: Shoujo Manhwa Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Josei
Age Group: Older Teen
Summary: Tired of immature love affairs, Eriko merge into the world of cyberspace, making her very own Blog on How she strives to reach her real happiness… On the wide coverage of this online diary, can she finally get what she’s looking for?
This philosophy of love is attracting a great deal of bloggers’ attention!!
Graphics Rating: 2/5
Plot Rating: 2/5
Name: Anata no Mune ni Kaeru Hi made
Manga-ka: Miyazono, Izumi
Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.05 (Complete)
Scanlator: Midnight Scans and Evil Flowers
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Psychological/Mystery
Age Group: Older Teen
Summary: For Ran, love never goes well. She is having an affair with Tabuchi, her married boss, and once, when they quarreled, she was saved by Kazuya, a man she used to be in love with a long time ago. Kazuya used to be a close friend of Ran’s brother, but one day, he just disappeared. Ran had been drawn apart from him since then. After their reunion, Ran’s old feelings came back to life. However, there are many dark rumors surrounding Kazuya. Ran tries to find the truth, but a dark shadow is starting to settle over her life as well. What could be the reason for this…?!
Graphics Rating: 5/5
Plot Rating: 3/5