Older Teen

Older Teen is a reading rating for the maturity of the shoujo or josei manga. Older Teen series will typically take place in high school or deal with teens but have a bit more mature topics.

Honey Blood Beauty and her Vampire

The Honey-Blood Beauty and Her Vampire

Name: The Honey-Blood Beauty and Her Vampire (Mitsugetsuhime to Vampire)
Mangaka: Fuyuori, Toma

Volumes: 4 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha (4 Volumes: Digital)
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Supernatural
Age Group: Teen

Summary:  
Kagari Tojyo is smart and beautiful…but what really draws a crowd is her rare “honey blood”—a crowd of vampires, that is! Enter Ryotaro, her bodyguard and a vampire himself…with quite the perverted, sadistic streak! What’s Kagari got to do to have a “normal” life?
–Manga Updates

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

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Requiem of the Rose King Manga by Aya Kanno

Requiem of the Rose King

Name: Requiem of the Rose King (Bara Ou no Souretsu)
Mangaka: Aya Kanno

Volumes: 17 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (16 Volumes: Digital/Paperback) – (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Historical/Tragedy/Action
Age Group: Older Teen/Mature

Summary:  
Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Aya Kanno’s dark fantasy finds the man who could be king standing between worlds, between classes, between good and evil.

–Manga Updates

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

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Screengrab from Ichinose Kyoudai wa Gaman Dekinai. A teen boy holds a teen girl as he kisses her.

Ichinose Kyoudai wa Gaman Dekinai

Name: Ichinose Kyoudai wa Gaman Dekinai
Mangaka: Sakurai Mayu

Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.08 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary:  
A new big beautiful guy is transferred in Hoshino’s class. Wait! He’s Ichinose, the troublemaker of middle school. At that time Hoshino has written a love novel between Ichinose and his new stepbrother. When the novel was discovered by a classmate, they make fun of them and triggered Ichinose’s wrath. Then ichinose transferred. Maybe was Hoshino’s fault? And now he’s back!
–Manga Updates

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

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Screengrab from manga Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudesai R where a woman leans in to kiss a man with glasses on the cheek. He is surprised.

Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai R

Name: Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai Returns
Mangaka: Aya Nakahara

Volumes: 6 (Complete)
Scanlations: V.04 Ch.13 (March 1st 2021)
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life/Josei
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary:  
Good-for-nothing Shibata Michiko is back! And with her back are her never-ending troubles. Will she be able to stand on her own feet this time around or will she have to keep on relying on her superior, Kurosawa Ayumu, to get her out of her misery? Hop on board to take a ride for a fun and romantic journey with a woman too good for her own idiocy and a man too good for his own kindness.
–Manga Updates

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

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Scene from manga Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai - A woman grins at a man while he looks at her annoyed

Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai

Name: Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai
Mangaka: Aya Nakahara

Volumes: 10 (Complete)
Scanlations: V.10 Ch.40
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life/Josei
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary:  
The unemployed Shibata Michiko is betting everything she has on her romance with a younger man—literally. In order to keep him happy, she deprives herself of the things she wants and buys him expensive clothing and accessories. Since she’s flat out broke, she needs to find a job before she starves to death and loses her young love interest. However, Michiko discovers that the boy was never interested in her romantically. Depressed at being dumped and after a series of unsuccessful interviews, she bumps into Kurosawa—an intimidating former boss she used to dislike.
–Manga Updates

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

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