Tuesday, December 7, 2010

One Volume Romance

Two Faced Girl
(Akuma de Junai)










Because of her fathers job, Aki was raised in England. So when she moved back to Japan she was teased horribly for being "foreign". Now Aki is also a very beautiful young woman, which makes it even harder to make friends and be accepted. After the coolest boy at school starts taking an interest in her, things only get worse. As jealous girls start to harass her, Aki shows a side of herself that even she didn't know about.

Otokomae Beads Club











Have you ever seen a "very manly girl"? The heroine in this story, Oikawa Ibuki is just that type of girl. But you didn't know she actually has a dream of finding her soul mate who is even manlier than her. After transferring school, Ibuki was determined to act like a gentle lady. Yet on her first day of transfer, due to her righteous sense she went to save a small dog, and at the time she was seen by the suspicious "crow messenger"! Is Ibuki's whole image ruined!? And who is this mysterious "crow messenger"!?

An extra story of Beads Club is in the last chapter of Seishun Survival.

Also includes one chapter oneshot:

Very Black White Day
Hitomi was dumped on Valentine's Day by her cheating boyfriend. She decides to get revenge with the help of her aloof childhood friend. It's going to be an avengeful "black" white day.

Opinion
I generally find the Beads Club story tedious, but the Black White Day one shot is great. :)

Hyakujuu Kingdom










Taiga Shishio, the Student Council President, is a notorious tyrant. And yet, the only person that can stop him is his faithful Vice President Momoko. School, love, and trouble collide in this amazing story of student leadership!

Switch












Kei has always been a introverted girl, especially when it comes to adults. She can't seem to get comfortable around them so she treats them coldly. It's why she believes all adults, including her teachers, have come to dislike her. Kei does have a best friend she cares very much for. Her friend is in love with their homeroom teacher Hirota. One day they accidentally cause a box to fall on Hirota's head and Kei takes all the blame for it. Despite this, Hirota forgives both Kei and her friend. It is because of this incident that there is a switch in Kei. She starts to believe that maybe all her teachers don't dislike her after all.

Loose Leaf











Yuki Anno (girl) has just entered high school. However, Yuki has a problem: she is extremely nervous around people, and the one friend that she has, Jiu, is in a different class from her. A boy, Yuki Saeki, (Jiu's cousin) makes Anno feel welcomed by writing on a piece of 'loose leaf' to each other. How will their relationship develop, and will Anno ever change?

Eikaiwa School Wars









Arisu hates English but her mom forces her to enter an English Conversational Class because Arisu plans to go to New York for her dad. Not to mention, she also hates dealing with foreigners; but now, she needs to attend English classes with Foreign teachers. She had an unsual encounter with Ish, her hot glasses-wearing English teacher, at her favorite 100 yen store which left the both of them a first bad impression with each other. Will there be a room for some kind of development... both for her hate in English... and her teacher?

Crazy Girl
(Gaaru Reiji)












16-year-old Hanii Miku is on the same tennis team as her life-long crush, Harada Tomonori.
Not only can this guy kick butt in tennis, he's also good-looking and super nice! The only thing that Miku doesn't like about him is his brother, Natsume. Completely opposite from his older brother, Natsume is known to play girls, and be a basic cocky pain in the neck. But one day, Miku finds out something about him that ends up shocking her to no end...!!

3 Years












With her brother's influence, China grew up to become very boyish. But she is a 15 year-old girl who dreams from her heart for a romantic relationship. Now that she's in high school, she meets a cute (kind of short) boy named Haruka, and a big bad boy named Shindou and...

I thought 3 Years had a suitable ending. It's a manga about growing up. I felt like she (the protagonist) deserved neither of them at the end. I really liked the ending and I think it really reflected how you change through out high school. It was amazing. I think the manga-ka thought up of the ending while she was still working on the story. Like her characters came to life and that's how the story unraveled.

Otome Gokoro











Sixteen-year-old Nene Kashiwagi has undergone a transformation from a sporty girl to a chic one--or, at least, she's trying to become chic so that she can finally find love! Her efforts only gain her teasing from her (former) friend, Jun Endou. But when Nene's first attempt at finding love goes awry, Jun steps in to rescue her in the most unexpected way. Nene's feelings for Jun blossom, but everything goes awry when Jun's first crush is thrown into the picture.

Jun's first crush is just about one of the most annoying manga bitch girl I've ever come across! UGH!

As The God of Death Dictates












Ayumi is a 16-year-old who has a crush on her classmate, Musashi. One day, the God of Death appears before her, and announces that she has only one month left to live. There's no stopping the hourglass of fate! Life is short, girl, so love with all your might!

Ai Ga Areba Ii Noda










Mizutani Yoshiki is a 21 year old working as an assistant director for TV shows. His friends from back in high school are all jealous because they think that he's able to rub elbows with celebrities but in reality, he's so far down the TV industry hierarchy that he's more the resident lap dog relegated to doing everyone else's dirty work.
One day, he gets assigned to help out with filming for the latest "it" drama. The lead female actress turns out to be none other than Fujiidera Mitsuko, the girl he had a crush on back in high school who's now become one of the hottest rising stars in the acting world.
As he quickly finds out though, she's nothing like the shy, quiet girl he knew from back in high school. What happened to her for her to have changed so much?

Also includes the short story:
My dear B・F

Ever since the car accident that ended her dreams of becoming a short track athlete, Yumi's been struggling to pick up the pieces and move on. One day, a mysterious boy who calls himself "Jiro" crashes into her in the school hallway. They quickly build up a close friendship---but there's something strange about him that she just can't put her finger on. Who is he really?

Baron: The Cat Returns













When awkward schoolgirl Haru rescues a cat on her way home from school one day, the last thing she expects in return is to be honored by a feline royal family! Before she knows what's happening to her, Haru is drawn into a world inhabited entirely by talking cats--and recruited to be the next Cat Princess! Only the dapper cat Baron and his friends, a magical crow and a comical fat cat, along with a friend from Haru's past, can help her return home.

Chocolate BF











Ichinose Fujiko is 15 years old. Her family owns a bath house and she works for them almost full time since her family is going through economic trouble. "Love" is not a word in her dictionary; not since her first love when she was 6. But this guy who helped her younger brother in a traffic accident is making her curious.

Soramiyo











Mizutani Minato, a high school girl, has not fit in at her new school ever since she started attending a different school from her middle school friends. Her shy personality has kept her from making friends and engaging with her classmates. Through an unexpected turn of events, she joins the astronomy club in school, consisting of three students considered to be the weirdest and seen as outcasts in the entire campus. The club consists of Aida Souji, the smartest student in the entire freshman class, Kousaka Ranko, the second most brilliant and ridiculously strong, and Yakigawa Yoichi. They all have dreams of becoming members of NASA and studying the fascinating universe. The four kids of the astronomy club rename themselves “Soramiyo” a name made by taking the first letter from each of the members' name. Minato slowly learns through the Soramiyo club how to become confident in who she really is and the importance of having great friends.

Sold Out!










About a girl who works at a trendy clothes stores and wants to find love.

The Other Side of the Mirror













In the dismal backdrop of New York City, Southern-belle-turned-prostitute Sunny meets the college-educated Lou, who makes a living by out-drinking people at bars. What first starts as a night of drunken passion quickly spirals into unexpected love, as together they begin to search for meaning in a world that has all but deserted them...

Includes short story:

Funeral
As a little girl Lulu met a friend in the country side. Her parents made her leave his side and now that she's older she goes back to see him because she made him promise to wait for her. But her parents don't want her looking for her friend, the one who lives in a house that has been abandoned for years. SCARY!

Peggy
A tough guy at school is in love with a girl he's chatting with online called Peggy. But Peggy doesn't seem to be the real deal. HILARIOUS!

99 Roses
A romantic? tale of a rich beautiful young women who was wooed by many. A poor delivery boy placed a flower in her mailbox everyday and her heart began to soften towards him. She decided that when he gave her the 100th rose she would accept him.

The Prince's Cactus











Born to a small European country, of a royal mother and a father who is heir to a prosperous European shipping industry and descendant of Queen Victoria, Elian has been groomed to be the crown prince since birth. Elian is filled with natural confidence, to speak better of it, in his appearance and background, and his training as a crown prince has not helped his good temperament. To put it bluntly, he’s an arrogant person. One could even say that he was born conceited. Dania, on the other hand, is a girl who was abandoned by her father in pursuit of a woman, and has had to work for a living. However, when her sister gets married to Elian's father, she comes to attend the wedding in Greece. There she meets Elian for the first time...they do not get along.

Beast Master












Leo Aoi looks like a crazy animal with wild eyes, and he goes berserk whenever he feels threatened and sees blood. That doesn't stop animal-lover Yuiko Kubozuka from befriending him, however. In fact, Yuiko is the only person Leo will listen to when he has one of his violent fits...

Includes short story:
Cactus Summer Surprise
About childhood friend who have grown apart and now only fight. The girl once gave the guy a cactus (she likes cacti) and he threw it away saying it was gross. One day the guy asks the school nurse for the cactus on her desk. When the girl finds out about this she goes to the guy's house and demands the cactus because he doesn't know how to properly raise one. The guy gets pinched by the cactus during the fight and starts acting weirdly after that. The reason being that the spirit of the cactus and the boy switched bodies!

Call Me Princess











The story is told by Mako, a young freshman, as she is torn between her feelings for her first love, Yo, and newly arrived bad boy, Ryu.

Daddy Long Legs











Left to the naive but good-hearted high school girl Cha Young-mi's own devices after the tragic loss of her parents, Young-mi is determined to overcome whatever hardships the future may bring in order to complete her education. Through the help of an invisible benefactor who pays for her tuition fees and other necessary expenses, Young-mi is able to finish her studies and is offered her dream job as program writer for a radio station. It is there that she meets and falls in love with her colleague Kim Joon-hoo. After Young-mi discovers a desperate message left behind by the former owner of her computer she decides to do something to help this heartbroken person…

Tokyo Marble Chocolate










This is a sweet and heartwarming love story, told from the different viewpoint of the two young lovers, a girl named Chizuru and a boy named Yudai. They mean well but cannot seem to succeed at love. They want their relationship to succeed but a combination of uneasiness and lack of self-confidence keeps them from advancing to the next step.

Sometimes, it takes an unexpected third party to intervene in order to make two people realize what is right in front of them. That is exactly what happens in this story.

There is an OVA (original video animation) based on the story

Let's Stay Together Forever











Love and Rockers From the 80's comes big hair, heavy metal and romance. High school throws everyone together, from shy and geeky bookworms to bawdy outrageous metalheads. These clicks can get very exclusive and people will seldom cross the lines, but when they do...everyone is watching! Will Leo the metalhead and Ayami the shy quiet girl ever realize that they were made for each other or will they remain glued to their little cliques?

Popcorn Romance












Two brothers leave their city life of fame and fortune for a more healthy alternative at their grandfather's farm. Zenta is the younger of the two brothers and is very sickly. Because of this, his older brother Ryou decides to drag his girlish younger brother to the countryside. Though Ryou and Zenta are without parents after an accident five years before this story takes place, they are able to support themselves well with their music career while in the city.

My Real Fake Boyfriend












Rachel likes Nathan, but he thinks she's a tramp. Rachel's grandmother asks for Rachel's and Nathan's help to get back her love letters, which were stolen, that could lead to a scandal.

Chocolate Christmas












Chocolate Christmas is about a DJ named Choco, a girl named Ryouko, her friend Makiko, and an annoying boy named Keiki. Ever nostalgic, beautifully crafted, and sweet; it's a funny story with a few quirks here and there.

includes Wink Rain
About a boy and two girls who were best friends in middle school. Aya and Itohki (the boy) are now dating. Marin, who had a few feelings for Itohki, tries not to interfere in their relationship but Aya and Itohki make her feel very welcome.

Anti Gravity Boy











Fuuko is walking to school one day when she spots a guy walking on a wall!! Her eyes must be tricking her right?? She soon finds out his name is Funakoshi Ruka and decides to confront him. He admits that he has a "super power". The "super power" lets him defy gravity. Fuuko is interested in it and askes him to show her....

includes H2 Love
This story is about a tomboyish girl who has a girly looking boyfriend. She has a secret that she is keeping from him. She likes looking at boys that are dressed as girls. :x

Caramel Diary










Hana loves school, caramel and.....drawing manga! Her speciality: Drawing romance stories! In real life, her heart beats for the cool Taro, but she's too shy to tell him...unfortunately, Marie, her rival, has decided to steal him!

includes The Most Beautiful Treasure
A girl finds a treasure map on her desk and decides to follow it to the treasure, despite the taunting of a classmate.

Pump Up!











Kayama Miharu enters her new middle school and immediately becomes friends with Mori Mizutama, a very cute guy she first takes to be a girl but is really a boy. However, though Miharu likes Mizutama, she cannot tell him, especially ever since the older Kawagoe (yes, a boy) seems to have taken Mizutama's interest instead. Miharu tries to be cute for Mizutama, but finds it practically impossible, as he is both more talented at home economics and more cute than herself. Then, Mizutama joins the Kawagoe's soccer club instead of the comedy-lovers' club the two of them had decided on earlier...

Boku Wa Kisu De Uso O Tsuku









Meiko falls asleep in the library one day, only to be awakened by a kiss! She is unsure of who it was that kissed her, however, since there are multiple boys still in the library. Could it be the popular boy Shinoda-senpai? Or the super-cool Mikoshiba-senpai? The boy-next-door type Mogami? Or the cute underclassman Hachiya? Who could it be? They're all possible candidates, but which one does Meiko like the best...?

Miss Me?










A fashionable high school girl has a crush on the lead singer of a heavy metal band, but he seems indifferent to her feelings. After attending a concert she meets the lead singer's handsome friend who falls in love with her. It's too bad she doesn't feel the spark for him… Whoever said that romance was easy?

Candy Life









The series deals with Makoto, a girl who has to choose between two men. Life's had been hard on her. She had gotten dumped and lost her job. But, suddenly, things take a turn for the better. She now has to choose between a 39 year-old man or a hot 19 year-old guy, who just happens to be the 39 year-old's sort of adopted son. Who will give her the sweetest life?

Ouchi E Kaerou











Satomi-kun, the public moral committee's intelligence, hates girls like Yamamoto-chan. But that is going to change when they unexpectedly bumped into each other at Minami Kindergarten.

Flower











Mayu is a book-worm and who really wants to do something different from a regular normal high school girls. One day she accidentally walked into a body paint world exhibition and found...

Blind Date












Catherine knew her sister meant well, but a blind date with a famous, handsome tycoon was not exactly what she needed. Zack Freeman was equally annoyed when his best friend defied him to leave work behind for a moment and have a little fun. When they met, Catherine saw desire in Zack's eyes, and it was clear he found her irresistible. Both were surprised to find their blind date turn into one unforgettable night with consequences that would change both their lives!

Just a Girl











On her own for the very first time, Erica finds herself dealing with the pressures of independence. Luckily, some old friends--and some exciting new ones--are there to help her make her way in this exciting new world. Will it be enough for her to grow and be a successful woman, or will she remain just a girl?

Unplugged Boy








Not only does Jee Yool have high school to worry about, she has her love life to worry about, too! The guy she likes, Hyun Kyum, doesn't see her (or any other women) as more than a friend and some guy she's not interested in is obsessed with her! Her life gets more complicated, and those complications don't even include trouble from the class delinquent...

Akkan Baby










High schoolers Yuki and Shigeru aren't dating, but still enjoy a highly active sexual relationship. Naïve and still very child-like in the way they think, it comes as a great shock to them when Shigeru discovers she's pregnant. The two are confronted with the decision of aborting the baby and wounding Shigeru, or to keep it and face great opposition from their parents and high school, and *gasp* miss their beloved Conflict concerts!

Man of Many Faces









Akira Ijuyin works as the youngest member of the Student Council and Detectives at Clamp School. By night he is the master thief 20 faces, who steals strange things at the whim of a pair of crimelords--his beautiful young mothers! While hiding from the cops, he meets a pretty kindergartener named Utako. He carries on a secret friendship with her by sneaking into her room to visit her every week.

Nanaco Robin










In her sister's place, Nako-chan steals the groom of an arranged (political) marriage and helps them elope. But when the Hayami group starts failing, she must pay the consequence by housing the delinquent brother...

Vampire Girl









Koizumi Kanna is infatuated with the man who came to the restaurant she works at and ordered a burger with no onions. Little does she know, Toujou Ren is interested in her as well, but for a different reason. Kanna just so happens to be the mirror image of a woman he knew a very long time ago. It is for that reason that he saves her when she nearly dies in a car accident. But the life he gives Kanna is far different from the one she lived before, and she's not certain it's the kind she wants...

Milk to Vitamin










Milk is a young and childish girl living with her aunt in Orange Town. One day, she is told that a guest is coming over to stay with them for a while. Milk's aunt had said that the guest is cute and pretty. Milk, excited about her new friend goes to meet the guest at the fountain. Milk's childhood friend Vitamin and others accompany her at this time. Through an unforeseen event, Milk arrives late at the fountain with the guest nowhere to be seen. They did however, find a handsome young boy asking for directions to Orange Town.

Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode









With Mew Ichigo Momomiya studying abroad in London with Masaya, the remaining four girls from Cafe Mew Mew are one too few. Luckily, a new Mew is about to emerge. Berry Shirayuki just transferred to a different junior high because she thought their school outfits were cute.
Little does she know she's about to become the first Mew Mew with TWO sets of animal genes in her blood. Half cat, half rabbit, she's joining the Mew Mew team just in time. A new gang calling itself the Crusaders has appeared, and its leader just happens to love wild game like rabbit - well done and served for his dinner!

Priceless









Lang-bee knows the value of money. After her mother runs a vitamin drug scam and goes on the lam, Lang-bee is alone to fend for herself. Lang-bee repays the people scammed by her mom with the money she makes working for her fellow students. When she pursues her love interest in Dan Won, the rich, emotional heir to a corporate empire. Lang-bee competes against Yuka Lee, her nemesis, in the chase for Dan Won. Who will she choose?

24 Colors - Hatsukoi no Palette











Nanaka loves to paint. So when she enters high school, she gets excited at the prospect of joining the arts club. However, there's only two members-- the mysterious Chihaya and the energetic Kento. She ends up joining the club with her best girl friend. What will happen?

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