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.

Kiss me at the Stroke of Midnight

Name: Kiss me at the Stroke of Midnight
Mangaka: Rin Mikimoto

Volumes: 12 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha
Current Licensed Volumes: V.12
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary:  
Hinana is a high school girl who wakes up at 5am to prepare for school every day. She’s also the Student Committee secretary. While she’s quite serious, in reality she actually dreams of one day finding herself a prince. When a famous actor, Ayase Kaede, shoots a movie at their school during golden week, the Student Committee’s members have to act as extras. Hinana thinks Ayase is just like the prince of her dreams until she finds out that in reality he’s actually a pervert who has a butt fetish? A comedy romance starts.

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

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Perfect World

Name: Perfect World
Mangaka: Aruga Rie

Volumes: 12 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha
Current Licensed Volumes: 12
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary:  
Kawana Tsugumi works for an interior design company. She goes to a drinking party at a client’s architectural office and happens to meet her first love, Ayukawa Itsuki. He’s more handsome than ever and it isn’t until he’s leaving that she realizes something has changed: Ayukawa is in a wheelchair.

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

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Can I Kiss you Everyday?

Name: Can I Kiss you Everyday?
Mangaka: Hatsuharu

Volumes: 4 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha
Current Licensed Volumes: V.04 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life
Age Group: Teen

Summary: 
Kurumi lives under one roof with her father and her overprotective brother, Ataka. One day, she reunites with Nagio, her childhood friend. Now a young man, Nagio doesn’t hesitate making advances—much to Kurumi’s dismay—kissing her out of nowhere and telling her how he has always liked her, in the process totally wrapping her around his finger. And while Kurumi is put off at first, she eventually finds herself head-over-heels for Nagio … This childhood-friend romance starring a black-hearted-yet-loving (?) boy is filled with sweet and passionate kisses!

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

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Living Room Matsunaga-san

Name: Living Room Matsunaga-san
Mangaka: Iwashita, Keiko

Volumes: 11 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha
Current Licensed Volumes: V.11 (Complete – Digital/Print)
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life
Age Group: Teen

Summary:  
Forget the familiar: circumstances wrest high schooler Meeko from an ordinary family life to her uncle’s boarding house, where she must learn to live with housework and … rather unusual adult housemates. What’s more, the oldest of the bunch, Matsunaga-san, is a little scary … but also always looks out for her! Presenting the first volume of Keiko Iwashita’s boarding-house love story!

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

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You Got Me Sempai!

Name: You Got me Sempai! (Mairimashita, Senpai )
Mangaka: Mase Azusa

Volumes: 10 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha
Current Licensed Volumes: V.10 (Digital)
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life
Age Group: Teen


Summary:  
Serina arrives at school one day to discover her desk has been vandalized—someone’s scratched the lyrics to a love song in it … and that someone turns out to be Mizukawa-sempai, a boy who’s one year her senior. She wants to get to know him better, but if his frosty demeanor is any indication, she doesn’t have a chance! But it seems he might be awkward—not simply mean—and before she knows it, she’s asking him out … ! With each passing day, her heart races a little faster! Don’t miss out on this school-romance story!

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

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