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

11-nin Iru!

Also known as They Were 11!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi

They Were 11 is about ten Galactic University recruits who have passed many levels only to be given one final test. They are told to travel to an ancient spaceship and live there, together, for fifty-three days. This is not a problem until the ten recruits, hailing from diverse backgrounds and planets, discover that there are actually eleven of them on the ship. In fact, this problem turns out to be the test, as they have to trust each other in order to survive, even though one of them is an impostor.



Note: Won the 21st Shogakukan Manga Award for Shoujo in 1975.

Tags: Shoujo , Space , LGBTQ+ Themes , Survival , Aliens , Primarily Male Cast , Agender , Ensemble Cast , Transgender , Memory Manipulation , Adoption

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

Kaze to Ki no Uta

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Serge Battour is the son of a French viscount and a Romani prostitute, and despite his kind nature and academic talent, is shunned by his family and his peers due to the color of his skin. He begins to attend Lacombrade Academy, his father's alma mater, in the hopes that there he will find a place to belong.

Gilbert Cocteau is, like Serge, the orphaned son of a wealthy family, and is infamous at Lacombrade for his beautiful and delicate appearance, lack of dedication to schoolwork, and habit of prostituting himself to other students. He has no intention to connect with any of his classmates, instead devoting himself to his uncle Auguste.

Due to a shortage of living space, Serge and Gilbert become roommates even though Gilbert's antisocial nature has in the past made it impossible for him to room with anybody. Serge, being sociable and idealistic, is determined to be friends with Gilbert; Gilbert is only interested in either being able to manipulate Serge or push him away entirely. To the surprise of both of the boys, however, the two eventually form a deep, albeit generally dismal, bond that leads to a romantic connection.

Tags: Boys' Love , Tragedy , Historical , Suicide , Sadism , Coming of Age , Incest , Primarily Male Cast , School , Shoujo , Drugs , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Foreign , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boarding School