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.

Kyou no Kira-kun (Kira-kun Today)

Name: Kyou no Kira-kun (kira-kun Today)
Mangaka: Mikimoto Rin

Volumes: 9 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: In 360 days, there were bright days and disappointment while I was staring at you. Though they were neighbors, Nino and Kira had never talked to each other.
But when Nino found out about Kira’s secret, her life changes and everyday became more interesting!!
Their link will lead them to a love close to paradise.

–Manga Updates

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

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Liar x Liar screenshot from manga

Liar x Liar

Name: Liar x Liar
Mangaka: Kindaichi, Renjuurou

Volumes: 10 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Slice of Life
Age Group: Mature

Summary: One day, on a whim, 20-year-old Minato dresses up in her friend’s cute high school uniform and goes out briefly into the city. To her horror, she ends up running into her stepbrother, Tooru, who is actually only months younger than her. Since he’s cute, and a notorious player, Minato has had to deal with constant jealousy and suspicion from other girls all through their school days.

Amazingly, she manages to convince Tooru that she’s actually someone who just happens to look a lot like his sister. He is so convinced that he starts trying to date her and, for various reasons, she goes along with it. What started as a simple joke is now evolving into the biggest lie Minato has ever told!

–Mangaupdates

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

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Momoiro Heaven (Peach Heaven)

Name: Momoiro Heaven (Peach Heaven)
Mangaka: Yoshino, Mari

Volumes: 13 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Smut
Age Group: Teen

Summary: At first glance, Shiina Momoko, looks like a typical high school girl; however, she really is an erotica novelist and a virgin at the same time! She’s been continuing her father’s legacy as “Aihara George” since his death. Inui Ranmaru, on the other hand, is a popular super model. He loves women and everything perverted. He enrolled in the same school as Momoko. And due to some unexpected events, he discovered Momoko’s secret; thus, she became his slave. What will the girls in the school do if they find out all about this?

–Mangaupdates

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

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Chihayafuru

Name: Chihayafuru
Manga-ka: Suetsugu, Yuki

Volumes: 50 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha Comics
Licensed Releases: 33 Volumes (Ongoing)
Type: Manga
Genre: Sports/Slice of Life
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: All her life, Chihaya’s dream was to see her model sister become Japan’s best… That is, until a quiet, unassuming transfer student named Arata tells her otherwise. A dream, he explains to her, is something she needs to work at herself.

Arata plays a competitive version of a traditional Japanese card game–known as Hyakunin Isshu–in a way Chihaya has never seen before. After taking Arata’s place in a game, Chihaya discovers she has a passion for it. Now Chihaya wants to become number one in the world, the Queen of Karuta.

–Mangaupdates


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

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My Little Monster

Name: Tonari no Koibutsu-kun (My Little Monster)
Manga-ka: Robiko

Volumes: 12 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha Comics US (Complete 12V – Digital/Print)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Mizutani Shizuku is the type of person who only cares for her own grades. But when she accidentally delivers the lesson notes to Yoshida Haru, Haru becomes convinced they are friends.

Haru turns out to have a very innocent personality, but who would’ve thought that Haru would actually confess to Shizuku?

A cold-hearted girl x super troublemaker romance with a fresh new perspective,

–Mangaupdates

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

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