Kodansha

Kondansha is a Japanese manga publishing house that owns an English Publishing house as well. Kodansha releases many josei and shoujo manga titles in English.

Sheik in his Harem by MIasa Rin

With the Sheikh in His Harem

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…!
–Manga Updates

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

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Screenshot from How do you do Koharu. A young woman stares at her computer.

How Do You Do Koharu?

Name: How do you do Koharu? (Gokigenyou, Koharu-san)
Mangaka: Hazuki Kanae

Volumes: 2 (Ongoing)
Licensed: Kodansha (2 Volumes: Digital)
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life
Age Group: Teen

Summary:  
19-year-old Koharu would rather be livestreaming than working her job at a maid cafe or trying to find a boyfriend out in the wide world. On her stream she chats with friends and fans around the world, and enjoys the freedom the screen grants her. But when one of her followers appears in real life, she senses there might be more to their connection…and maybe she wants something more than a digital-only connection, after all…
–Manga Updates

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

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Screenshot from the Heroine for Hire manga. A Teen boy uses his sleeve to wipe water away from a teen girls face.

Heroine for Hire

Name: Heroine for Hire
Mangaka: Amakura Fuyu

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

Summary:  
Shuko Kodakamine is strong—too strong, by the standards of some. She hopes to make a good high school debut, but that plan goes up in smoke almost immediately when she injures the attractive, charismatic Serizawa-kun…and later suplexes him, to boot! But when Serizawa-kun finds himself in hot water with a jealous boyfriend, it’s Shuko who comes to his aid…and he comes up with a ridiculous proposition: If Shuko becomes his bodyguard, he’ll make her the most important girl in his world!
–Manga Updates

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

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Screencap from manga Araki Wont be Tamed. Teen boy gently kisses a teen girls head.

Araki Won’t Be Tamed

Name: Araki Won’t be Tamed
Mangaka: Kapparappara

Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha (2 Volumes: Digital) – (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Slice of Life
Age Group: Teen

Summary:  
A high school girl who lives alone in her parents’ home, away from her sister and mother who are working as actresses in Tokyo. Under such circumstances, my family’s birthday, for a long time, somehow, popular actor Shiraki Araki appears instead of the family! Araki rushed to the confused Yakko, saying, “He became a star to help him find her.” “Keep me”…?! A gift (?!) that arrived at JK who was worried that there was nothing for me. It’s the start of a half-lived love comedy with a superstar!
–Manga Updates

Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 4/5

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A Girl and Her Guard Dog Manga Screenshot. A man looks up at a high school girl as she holds his head in her hands.

A Girl and Her Guard Dog

Name: A Girl and Her Guard Dog (Ojou to Baken-kun)
Mangaka: Hatsuharu

Volumes: 5 (Ongoing – Feb 2021)
Licensed: Kodansha (1V: Digital – Feb 2021)
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary:  
Senagaki Isaku will be a first year high school student starting in spring. Her grandfather is the third head of the Senagaki group, a yakuza organization, so she is feared by those around her. However, starting from spring, she hopes to make normal friends and normally fall in love.

She is admitted into a high school further from her hometown, however, the overprotective young head of the Senagaki group, Utou Keiya, falsifies his age and enters the school with her through a backdoor admission…?! Keiya proclaims that love is too early for her although Isaku is perfectly ready. In truth, she has held an unrequited love for Keiya for quite some time
–Manga Updates

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

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