Best Completed Shoujo and Josei Manga Series - Your Gimmick

Marmalade Boy

March 2, 2023July 25, 2021

Name: Marmalade Boy
Mangaka: Yoshizumi, Wataru

Volumes: 8 (Complete)
Licensed: Tokyopop (8V Print)-(Out of Print)
2nd License: Seven Seas Entertainment
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
All Miki Koishikawa wanted was an ordinary family and that’s exactly what she had until her parents decided to move in with another couple (as in switching spouses!) and turned Miki’s world upside down. Now she lives in a house with four parents and her totally cute stepbrother, Yuu. It’s bad enough being brought into her parents’ strange soap opera, but Miki will star in a soap of her own as she deals with friends having affairs, trying to survive in school and ending up torn between her long-time crush, Ginta, and her new stepbrother!
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Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 3/5

Prince in His Dark Days

February 4, 2025July 18, 2021

Name: Prince in His Dark Days
Mangaka: Yamanaka Hiko

Volumes: 4 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha (4 Volumes: Digital/Print)
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Slice of Life
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Atsuko is a young high-school girl who leads a troublesome life. Working a scandalous job for the sake of survival, her reputation is in tatters and she is scorned by her peers. But one day she is noticed by one of three rich boys, Itaru, which she resembles in an uncanny way. Immediately she finds herself whisked away from her everyday life and into a new world where she is forced to take on the role as Itaru’s double and replace him as the “Prince”.
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Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 5/5

Bring It On (Blooming)

July 18, 2021July 9, 2021

Name: Bring It On (Blooming)
Mangaka: Baek Hye-Kyung

Volumes: 5 (Complete)
Licensed: Yen Press (Out-of-Print & No Digital Options)
Type: Manwha
Genre: Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Tomboy Mi-Ha is an extremely active and competitive girl who never likes to lose to anyone. She’s such a tomboy that all boys are scared of her, and that’s exactly what her brother wanted and trained her to be. It took him six long years to train her into a pseudo-military-style girl to protect her from anyone else. Bishonen Sung-Suh is a new transfer student who’s got the looks, the determination, and attitude to sweep her off the feet. Could this male beauty be able to tame the beast? Will Miha’s brother let them be together and happily ever after? If you want it you’ve got to Bring It On!

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

Will I Be Single Forever?

March 2, 2023June 27, 2021

Name: Will I Be Single Forever?
Mangaka: Mari Okasaki

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (1 Volume: Digital) – (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life
Age Group: Mature

Summary:
Mami is 36 and unmarried, and the entire world seems to be telling her she must be miserable. But is she? Does she really need a ring on her finger to be happy when she has a job she loves and friends who support her? A collection of interconnected stories that explores the hazards and joys of unmarried life through the eyes of three single ladies.
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Graphics Rating: 5/5
Plot Rating: 4/5

With the Sheikh in His Harem

March 2, 2023June 18, 2021

Name: With the Sheikh in His Harem
Mangaka: Miasa, Rin

Volumes: 8 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha (8 Volumes: Digital)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Sanagi loves nothing more than money—not even love. After all, it’s what keeps her small family going. But when a chance encounter with a stranger leads her to push away his offer of riches, she wonders if she’s gone crazy…and starts to believe she really has when he reveals that he’s a Sheikh, and proposes to her! She rejects him, but soon finds out that a marriage with him might be the only way to keep her family safe…!
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Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 2/5