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Versailles no Bara

Also known as The Rose of Versailles.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Oscar François de Jarjeyes is a young noblewoman raised as a son by her father. As commander of Marie Antoinette's palace guard, Oscar is brought face-to-face with the luxury of King Louis XVI’s court at Versailles. Joined by her servant André, Oscar is privy to the intrigue and deceit of France's last great royal regime.



Tags: Shoujo , Class Struggle , Foreign , Historical , Politics , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Heterosexual , Gender Bending , Love Triangle , Philosophy , Royal Affairs , Military , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , War , Bisexual , Suicide , Arranged Marriage , Kingdom Management , Unrequited Love

Candy Candy

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

This story is about a girl, Candy, who is a orphan. She is a nice and optimistic girl and she has a warm heart. When she was a child, she lived in an orphanage called Pony's Home. She had a good friend called Annie. And she met the "Prince of the Hill" who is a important person in her life, on the hill behind the orphanage. She was adopted by the Leagan's family. What's awaiting her are the bad-hearted Neil and his sister, Eliza. One day, in the rose garden, she met a boy, who is identical to the "Prince of the Hill" who she had met in her childhood. The boy is called Anthony. Thereafter, a fantastic story that she has never expected begins.



Note: Won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo in 1977.

Tags: Shoujo , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Historical , Coming of Age , Age Gap , Adoption

Onii-sama e...

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A classic manga about girls at a private all-girls school. The storyline centers around the experiences of Nanako, a "normal" girl who is invited to join the prestigious school organization, the Sorority, and is resented by all the other students because she doesn't appear to be qualified. Other key characters are Nanako's two friends: Tomoko, her friend since childhood who is alienated by Nanako's decision to try to join the Sorority, and Mariko, a strange, obsessive girl who is invited to join the Sorority along with Nanako; her "older brother," Henmi, who she corresponds with by mail; and the "Three Magnificent Ones," all of whom are admired and quasi-worshipped by the rest of the student body: the head of the Sorority, Miya-sama, the haunted, pill-popping rebel, Saint Juste, and the star athlete with a mysterious disease who doesn't like the Sorority, Kaoru-no-kimi.



Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Summer in Canterbury
Volume 3: Early Spring Trembling

Tags: School , Shoujo , School Club , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Ojou-sama , Drugs , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bullying , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Tomboy , Suicide , Love Triangle , Age Gap , Basketball , Disability , Estranged Family

Lady!!

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

The story starts with a 5-year-old Lynn travelling with her Japanese mother to England to meet her father. On their way there Lynn and her mother get into a tragic car accident in which Lynn’s mother dies. After getting out of the hospital Lynn moves to live in a manor owned by her father who is an English nobleman. The motherless little girl tries to adjust to high society life and get the approval of her elder step sister, Sara, whose mother has also passed away. At first Sara seems cold and distant towards her new younger sister, because she fears that Lynn’s open and cheerful personality will win over the attention of their father as well as the handsome young man who lives nearby, but...



Note: Includes one-shot Moeru Bara (燃える薔薇);Bonita 1992-02-15.in vol. 12:

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Foreign , Female Protagonist

Thomas no Shinzou

Also known as The Heart of Thomas.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

As winter draws to a close, German boarding school student Thomas Werner dies one morning. He leaves behind a single letter addressed to his fellow student Juli that reads "Here is my love. Here is the sound of my heart."

With his faith shaken to the core by the words, the scholarly Juli sinks to the depths of despair. His cynical roommate Oscar finds himself watching over Juli's fragile mental state while keeping his own feelings for Juli under wraps. Then new student Eric enters the school - and he has an uncanny resemblance to the deceased Thomas...

Originally serialized in 33 chapters in Shuukan Shoujo Comic.

Chapter count includes 7 oneshots:

Senbonme no Pin (千本目のピン); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Oshougatsu Zoukan Flower Comic 1973 Johnny Walker-kun no Bara Monogatari (ジョニーウォーカーくんのバラのものがたり); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Ciao 1973-11 Bianca (ビアンカ); Shuukan Shoujo Friend Zoukangou 1970-07-07 Sayo no Nuu Yukata (小夜の縫うゆかた); Shuukan Shoujo Comic Natsu no Zoukan 1971 Aki no Tabi (秋の旅); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic 1971-10 Shiroi Tori ni Natta Shoujo (白い鳥になった少女); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic 1971-12 Mitsukuni no Musume (みつくにの娘); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Oshougatsu Zoukan 1972

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Boys' Love , Foreign , Love Triangle , Primarily Male Cast , School , Tragedy , Boarding School , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes

Alpen Rose

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Lundi is a young boy who lives with his aunt and uncle in Switzerland in the early 1930s. One day while walking around the Alps, Lundi finds a little girl who is the only survivor of a plane crash and has lost all her memories. She is named Jeudi by his uncle and both of them are raised together. As they grow up together, Jeudi and Lundi develop a deep friendship for each other. A few years later Jeudi wants to find her past. Her only clue is a song that she is constantly hearing in her head, a song called Alpen Rose. At the time of World War II, Jeudi and Lundi set on a journey to discover Jeudi's past and in the process learn the depth of the love they have for each other.

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , War

Mayme Angel

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

It's the time of the pioneers of the Far West, when lots of people of the population leaves on the track of the Oregon, to fulfil their dreams of conquest. Mayme is a little girl who lives peacefully with her mother and her sisters. She meets a boy called Johnny. One day Johnny leaves for the Oregon and her dream since forever is to leave for the West to find back the love of her childhood. Finally comes the day of the big departure towards the Far West in trolley, but also of the meeting with Sammy and other characters. A trip that promises a lot, but that will be the occasion of many pitfalls...

Tags: Shoujo , Foreign , Historical , Cowboys

Eikou no Napoleon: Eroica

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

This manga tells the story of Napoleon's empire, including the Thermidorian Reaction, the Italian Campaign, the Egyptian Campaign, the Battle of the Nile and the coup of 18 Brumaire, and the French invasion of Russia.



Tags: Historical , Josei

Bara no Josephine

Also known as Josephine the French Rose.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Depicts the life of Emperor Napoleon's wife.

Tags: Historical , Biographical , Shoujo , Foreign

Lady Masquerade

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Romance

The distorted memory becomes a masquerade. Everyone hides behind a mask and performs the wildest acts with no consequence. But, life is not a masquerade. The main character is a girl who suffers daily from what she accidentally witnessed years ago.

She keeps having flashbacks of a gruesome scene. It always starts with her as a little girl following a black kitten, and suddenly the black kitten turns into a panther! A woman welcomes the panther to join her and the rest of the panthers. And then, unaware of the presence of the little girl, the group starts having "fun."

The girl becomes horrified by the scene. She makes a noise and they notice her.
"Hunt her down! Kill her!" the woman says to the panthers.

She managed to escape from the pack, but they got to her parents. In her flashbacks, her parents were chased and fell off a cliff. The authorities told her that it was a car accident. She has lived on the edge of illusion and reality until she sees the photo of the woman on a magazine. A photo is all she needs to confirm what her flashbacks tell her. Now, she is ready to get even.



Tags: Josei , Revenge