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Hanazakari no Kimitachi e

Also known as Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Japanese-American track-and-field star Mizuki has gotten herself to transfer to 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 nurse--must cope with a new transfer student who may make them question their own orientation...



Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Natsu no Ori (The Cage of Summer)
Volume 4: Kawaki no Tsuki (The Thirsty Moon)

Tags: Male Harem , Crossdressing , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , School , Gender Bending , Love Triangle , Athletics , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Time Skip , Boarding School

Kaichou wa Maid-sama!

Also known as Maid-sama!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

The class president has a little secret she's keeping from everyone in her high school... As President of the Student Council, the overachieving feminist Misaki really socks it to the guys in an attempt to make the former all-boys' school attract a more female student body. But what will she do when the most awesome boy in class finds out Misaki's part-time job is in a maid café?! It's love at first fight in this shojo romantic comedy—with a whole new look at the battle between the genres!



Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Toumei na Sekai (A Transparent World)
Volume 4: Tsuide ni 3 Baka mo Maid-sama! (And While We're at It, the Idiot Trio as Maids!)
Volume 4: Soshite Momotaro mo Maid-sama (Peach Boy Is a Maid Too!)
Volume 6: Aoi Haru (Blue Spring)
Volume 6: Fukukaichou wa Ouji-sama!? (The Vice-President Is a Prince?!)
Volume 7: Aoi to to Yukai na Nakama-tachi (Aoi with Fun Friends)
Volume 8: Baka to Furyou to Hero to (An Idiot, a Delinquent and a Hero)
Volume 8: Toaru Asa no Seitokaishitsu (A Particular Morning in the Student Council Office)
Volume 11: Kaichou wa Shisuji-sama! (The President Is a Butler!)
Volume 11: Konnichiwa Imouto desu (Hello, I'm the Little Sister)
Volume 12: Sentimental Ikkun (Sentimental Ikkun)
Volume 13: Maid Latte Hikaeshitsu (Maid Latte Back Room)
Volume 15: Baka to Furyou to Madonna to (An Idiot, a Delinquent and a Madonna)
Volume 17: Comics Kakioroshi Short Story (Exclusive Short Comic)


Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Tsundere , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Tomboy , Work , Maids , Restaurant , Time Skip , Male Harem , Crossdressing , Bar , Love Triangle , Butler

Fruits Basket

Also known as Fruits Basket.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, plucky high schooler Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out...into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Sohma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Sohmas have a secret of their own--when touched by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac!



Note: Volume 9 includes the bonus chapter "Rain Shelter of Terror".

Tags: Animals , Shoujo , Mythology , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Philosophy , Shapeshifting , Reincarnation , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , School , Female Protagonist , Found Family , Urban Fantasy , Family Life , Tsundere , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Age Gap , Disability , Unrequited Love , Estranged Family , Youkai , Primarily Male Cast , Love Triangle , Orphan , Crossdressing , Memory Manipulation , Incest , Curses , Henshin , Delinquents , Revenge , Dissociative Identities , Teacher , Marriage , Cohabitation , Transgender

Beauty Pop

Also known as Beauty Pop.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Kiri's friend Kanako gives a present to one of the members of the Scissors Project. Her act of kindness is interpreted as a bribe to get a makeover, and they reject her out of hand for being too ugly. Kiri decides to help Kanako and give the boys a lesson in what true beauty is.



Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Dream Come True
Volume 3: Teen Drop
Volume 7: Twisted Typhoon; I Want to Be a Prince
Volume 10: Shampoo's Concern; Hysteric Heart; Daily Life in the Narumi Family

Tags: Female Protagonist , Work , Shoujo , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , School , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Fashion , Makeup , Male Harem , Tsundere

Shinshi Doumei Cross

Also known as The Gentlemen's Alliance †.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

In return for a business loan of 50 million yen, the prestigious Kamiya family gave their daughter Haine away to the Otomiya family. Haine, now an Otomiya, is appointed to the student council of the exclusive Imperial Academy, a private school for the aristocracy. Even though Haine is of proper lineage to be on the council, she finds herself struggling to find her place among the many secrets of its elite members, especially those of the president who holds her heart--Shizumasa Togu, aka "the Emperor."



Included bonus stories:

Volume 1
- Hydrangea, the Unspoken Love Veiled by the Rain

Volume 4
- The Labyrinth of Maora's First Love
I Walk the Night
On Monday I Fell in Love with You
The Postman's Delivery Diary
Go for It! Riko's☆First Love Story!!

Volume 5
- Kusame, Komaki, and the Key to Their Love
After Komaki confesses and Kusame accepts unwillingly, Kusame tries to break up with her, but how?

Volume 6
- Haine is My Sister!

Volume 7
- Maora's Mind Oracle Generation☆

Volume 8
- The Love Labyrinth
- Together with Okorimakuri-kun! 1
- Together with Okorimakuri-kun! 2

- Shoujo Eve Ringo Jikake no 24 Ji (Shojo Eve: Eve's Applework 24 Hours, 少女イブ☆林檎じかけの２４時)
"Kawaii”... Eve has come to hate this word. "Kawaii" has ruined her life and made her a social outcast. Yet she still has hopes Niikawa will return her feelings for him, that is if the rowdy class idol Kashii doesn't spoil everything first!

Volume 9
- Strawberry Milk and Chocolate Coffee

Volume 11
- Shinshi Doumei Cross Special Side Story

- Umi no Chikyuugi Nocturne (The Globe of the Sea ● Nocturne, 海の地球儀・夜想曲 (ノクターソ))
Searching for the meaning of people's lives is the mission that is given by God. The reason for my birth... It's okay if it was just to meet you that night.

- The Water-Bubble Princess

Tags: School , Shoujo , Love Triangle , Twins , Boys' Love , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Kuudere , Age Gap , Amnesia , Adoption , Femboy , Delinquents , Tsundere , Estranged Family , Memory Manipulation , Gender Bending , Crossdressing , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Heterosexual

Uruwashi no Yoi no Tsuki

Also known as In the Clear Moonlit Dusk.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Yoi Takiguchi has long legs, a deep voice, and a handsome face…in other words, Yoi is such a good-looking guy that most people don’t notice or care that she is, in fact, a girl. Indeed, she’s had the nickname “Prince” as long as she can remember. That is, until she met Ichimura-senpai…the only person who’s really seemed to see her for herself. To her surprise, she’s not sure how to handle this new relationship, especially when her newfound friend is a prince himself (and a guy prince, at that).



Note: Nominated for the 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2022.

Tags: Tomboy , Shoujo , School , Iyashikei , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle

Special A

Also known as S.A: Special A.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Her whole life, Hikari Hanazono has been consumed with the desire to win against her school rival, Kei Takishima--at anything. He always comes out on top no matter what he does, and Hikari is determined to do whatever it takes to beat this guy...somehow!

At age 6 Hikari lost to Kei in an impromptu wrestling match. Now, at 15, Hikari joins "Special A," a group of the top seven students at a private academy, for the opportunity to trounce the guy who made her suffer her first defeat.



Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Mikansei Chorus
Volume 11: Shoku no Miyako (Food Paradise)

Included specials:
Vol.8 Special Short; The Hana to Yume 2006-09
The short is about what Kei was like as a child, and when he and Hikari first met.
Vol.9 Special Short; The Hana to Yume 2007-01
The short is about when Yuhiro meets Sakura.
Vol.16 Special Chapter; The Hana to Yume 2008-05
The chapter is about Hikari and Kei's middle school days.

Tags: School , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , Gender Bending , School Club , Twins , Love Triangle , Ensemble Cast , Puppetry , Wrestling

Bishounen Tanteidan

Also known as Pretty Boy Detective Club.

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

The Pretty Boy Detective Club, a mysterious organisation that's rumoured to solve problems at Yubiwa Academy...

Manabu the Aesthete
Michiru the Epicure
Hyouta the Adonis
Nagahiro the Orator
Sousaku the Artiste

To search for a star she glimpsed 10 years ago, second-year student Mayumi Doujima calls on these five Pretty Boys to help her solve the case! Which Pretty Boy is your favorite!?



Tags: Detective , Shoujo , School

Kamisama Hajimemashita

Also known as Kamisama Kiss.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwittingly taken over his job as a local deity!

Nanami has all kinda of new responsibilities she doesn't understand, dangers she's unaware of, and a cranky ex-familiar who's...actually pretty hot. What's a new-fledged godling to do?



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Demons , Coming of Age , Youkai , Gods , Urban Fantasy , Monster Boy , Found Family , School , Yandere , Time Manipulation , Amnesia , Historical , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Male Harem , Age Regression , Idol , Afterlife , Marriage , Curses , Cohabitation

Kodomo no Omocha

Also known as Kodocha: Sana's Stage.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Sana Kurata, a child actress, faces many problems in her classroom, including a major one - her bullying classmate, Akito Hayama. Sana's outgoing and friendly nature leads her to work towards correcting all of the problems around her. Her 'meddling' irritates Hayama but at the same time captivates him, just as Hayama's gloomy nature irritates Sana and compels her to change him. As these two opposites attract each other, they face many hardships which bring them closer to a mutual understanding.



Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Shoujo , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , School , Acting , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Adoption , Suicide , Heterosexual , Family Life , Slapstick , Orphan , Tsundere