16 Life

Name: 16 Life
Manga-ka: Aikawa, Saki

Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.11 (Complete)
Scanlator: Chibi Manga
Type: Manga
Genre: School Life/Entertainment Industry
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Saya is an ordinary lethargic female high school student. At karaoke while she was singing enthusiastically a song of her favorite artist, Takase Kazuki, the person himself was watching her…?!

-From Mangaupdates

Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 2/5

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Ruby Doll

Name: Ruby Doll
Mangaka: Choi, Kyung-Ah

Volumes: 4 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.03 Ch.12 (Incomplete)
Type: Manhwa
Genre: Gender Bender/Rich People
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: The president of the huge family company DI-group is going to select his heir from among his four grandsons, that’s why Ru Jin, Ru Ha, Ru Min and Ru Sung gathered together!! Of course, everyone has his own reasons to become the next president… So the survival game of this coveted seat in the executive suite is going to START!!

-From Manga Updates

Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 2/5

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Stepping on Roses: Hadashi de Bara wo Fume

Name: Stepping on Roses (Hadashi de Bara wo Fume)
Mangaka: Ueda, Rinko

Volumes: 9 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Historical/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Poor Sumi Kitamura… Her irresponsible older brother Eisuke keeps bringing home orphans for her to take care of even though they can barely afford their own basic needs! Just when Sumi’s financial problems become dire, wealthy Soichiro Ashida enters her life with a bizarre proposition: he’ll provide her with the money she so desperately needs if she agrees to marry him. But can Sumi fool high society into thinking she’s a proper lady? Moreover, is it worth giving up everything for this sham of a marriage?

-From Viz

Graphics Rating: 2/5
Plot Rating: 2/5

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Eikaiwa School Wars

Name: Eikaiwa School Wars
Mangaka: Matsumoto, Tomo

Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.12 (Finished)
Scanlator: Condensation (Inactive), Noir (Prettiest Website hands down)
Type: Manga
Genre: High School/Comedy/Soft
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Arisugawa Kiku (aka Arisu) is a Japanese high-school girl who gets really nervous around foreigners. Arisu’s father is getting transferred to New York for his job, so her mother pressures her to sign up for conversational English lessons. Arisu reluctantly goes to class only to discover that she’s already met Ish, one of her new instructors! The two had fought over the last can of mackerel at the 100 yen shop the day before. Despite being a rude and sarcastic guy, Ish is actually very popular…

Manga Updates

Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 2/5

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Hana ni Nare: Become a Flower

*This picture sums up the whole thing

Name: Hana ni Nare (Become a Flower)
Mangaka: Miyagi, Riko

Volumes: 16 (complete)
Licensed: No (Never will be. EVER)
Scanlations: V.08 Ch.53 (Ongoing)
Scanlator: Condensation, Willful Muse
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Harem/Fantasy
Age Group: Teen No one

Summary: Momo Yamada is very plain, but has wanted to be a ‘flower’ since she was a child. After her grandmother dies Momo is given the oppurtunity to let the flower inside her bloom, but everything has their consequences.

Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 2/5

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