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Museru Kurai no Ai wo Ageru

Also known as Choking on Love.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

Opposites attract in this shojo romance manga about a career-focused artist and the bad-boy guitarist who turns her world upside down!

Hibari, a single-minded art student with dreams of becoming a graphic designer, feels insecure about being “ordinary” compared to her peers. Gaku, a free-spirited guitarist from the same university, turns her world upside down after a chaotic encounter at a ramen shop. Hibari wants nothing more than to escape the disorder Gaku brings to her perfectly planned life. But as he slowly breaks down her walls, Hibari starts to realize that a little chaos might be just what she needs.



Tags: Shoujo , College , Band , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Drawing , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle

Blue Period

Also known as Blue Period.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The studious Yatora leaves a dry life of study and good manners behind for a new passion: painting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling…



Note: Nominated for Manga Taisho Awards in 2019, Kodansha Manga Awards in 2019 and the 24th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2020. Winner of the 13th Manga Taisho Awards. Winner of the General Manga category of the 44th annual Kodansha Manga Awards.

Tags: Drawing , Coming of Age , College , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Educational , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , School Club , Tragedy , Transgender , Primarily Teen Cast , Bisexual , Crossdressing , Gender Bending , Suicide , Nudity , Tomboy

Sekirara ni Kiss

Also known as A Kiss, For Real.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Chitose is a high-school girl who lives her life wearing a “mask” in order to be liked by everyone. One day, a boy named Itsuki saves her from a pervert. Unable to forget his eyes, she follows him to an art prep school!! But after Itsuki leads Chitose around the prep school, he sees through her façade … This is a sweet, but sadistic, love story between a mask-wearing girl and a free-spirited boy!



Tags: Drawing , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , School , Shoujo , Love Triangle

Honey Lemon Soda

Also known as Honey Lemon Soda.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance

Middle school left Uka Ishimori with nothing but scars—to the point where she’s forgotten how to laugh or cry or even say “hello.” But a chance reencounter with a boy with lemon-colored hair invigorates her, giving her hope that maybe, just maybe, life can be that much sweeter if she finally reaches out for help.



Note: Nominated for the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2021.

Tags: Shoujo , School , Female Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Bullying , Heterosexual , Urban

Suki ni Naranai yo, Senpai

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Falling in love with a painting while at a school's festival, Iku is able to meet the gentle high schooler who created it. She falls in love at first sight and with that feeling in her heart, decides to enroll in that high school! But, what happens when she joins the art club and discovers her gentle prince has disappeared and a sleaze ball has taken his place?!

Tags: Heterosexual , School , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , School Club , Drawing , Love Triangle

Hiren Trip

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Miwa, an ordinary new 1st year student who hopes to become a mangaka meets the schools’ class president who seems to have a hidden side to him. While being pushed around by the cool but private class president, the curtain on Miwa’s stormy school life is raised.

Tags: Shoujo , School , School Club , Love Triangle , Drawing , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual

Hinata no Blue

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Hinata Naru enrolled in Taiyo High hoping its liberal atmosphere would help her make friends and be more social. But she was unsuccessful and getting down on herself when she accidentally wandered onto the roof and ran into Natsuno Sora, the student body president, who had some surprising advice for her.

Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , School , Female Protagonist

Tonari no Stella

Also known as Gazing at the Star Next Door.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

What do you do when your best friend (and secret crush) becomes a national sweetheart? This is the story of the unrequited love between a girl and her best friend, whose acting career is pulling him further and further away.



Tags: Heterosexual , Shoujo , Idol , Unrequited Love , Primarily Teen Cast , Acting , Female Protagonist , School , Tsundere

Isso Anata ga Todome wo Sashite

Also known as You Might As Well Be the One.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

“I want you to never stop smiling.”

Ichika, a college student, just wants to have a normal romance for once, yet because of her flashy appearance, she is often misunderstood. Not ready to give up on a romantic encounter, Ichika joins a drinking party and meets a kind boy named Kosei. They immediately click and Ichika has a great time talking to him about their mutual interests and other things, and she finds herself falling for him after he tells her that he likes her for who she is. However, he has a secret…?!

Tags: Shoujo , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , College

Kare wa Choco Latte

Also known as Choco Latte.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Proving you don't need words to express pure love, joy and hope, Choco Latte is for those who believe less is more and silence can be golden.

Tags: No Dialogue , Male Protagonist , Full Color , Female Protagonist , School , Love Triangle , Idol