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Name: Beast Master
Mangaka: Motomi, Kyousuke
Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (2 Volumes: Digital (App) / Paperback)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy
Age Group: Teen
Summary:
Leo Aoi looks like a crazy animal with wild eyes, and he goes berserk whenever he feels threatened and sees blood. That doesn’t stop animal-lover Yuiko Kubozuka from befriending him, however. In fact, Yuiko is the only person Leo will listen to when he has one of his violent fits…
Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 3/5
Name: Happy Hustle High
Mangaka: Takada, Rie
Volumes: 5 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (5 Volumes: Digital (App) / Paperback (OOP)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy
Age Group: Teen
Summary:
What happens when an all-girls’ high school reigning tomboy finds out her school is about to be filled with boys!?
Hanabi Oozora is a rambunctious sixteen-year-old tomboy who comes to the rescue of her less assertive friends–sometimes in exchange for food. So what does she do when, all of a sudden, her all-girls’ school is about to be integrated with an all-boys’ school?!
She meets and falls in love–naturally–with one of the three most popular and handsome boys in the Student Council, Yasuaki Garaku! Unfortunately, Yasuaki doesn’t care for girls… and when the girls’ Student Council clashes head-on with the boys’ Student Council, Hanabi steps in to become a member – hoping she’ll change Yasuaki’s mind!
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 3/5
Name: The King’s Beast
Mangaka: Touma, Rei
Volumes: 16 (Ongoing)
Licensed: Viz (13 Volumes: Digital (App) / Paperback)
Type: Manga
Genre: Adventure/Drama/Gender Bender/Fantasy
Age Group: Teen
Summary:
Ajin boys who show signs of special abilities are conscripted to serve in the imperial palace as beast-servants—status symbols and shields for their royal masters, to be kept or discarded on a whim. When they were children, Rangetsu’s twin brother Sogetsu was ripped from her arms and sent to the palace to attend Prince Tenyou as a beast-servant, where he quickly fell victim to bloody dynastic intrigues. Now in a world that promises only bitterness, Rangetsu’s one hope at avenging her brother is to disguise herself as a man and find a way into the palace!
Prince Tenyou is not what Rangetsu expected, and the political currents in the palace run deep and strange. Does Rangetsu have any chance of finding justice for her brother, or will she become just another Ajin casualty in the game of kings?
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 3/5
Name: Mixed Vegetables
Mangaka: Komura, Ayumi
Volumes: 8 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (8 Volumes: Digital (App) / Paperback(OOP))
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Age Group: Everyone/Teen
Summary:
Hanayu Ashitaba is the daughter of the celebrated Patisserie Ashitaba, but all she wants to do is be a sushi chef. Hayato Hyuga is the son of the prestigious Sushi Hyuga, and all he wants to do is be a pastry chef! It’s love and leftovers at Oikawa High School Cooking Department as these star-crossed gourmands do their best to reach their cuisine dreams!
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 3/5
Name: The Water Dragons Bride
Mangaka: Toma Rei
Volumes: 11 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (11 Volumes: Digital (App) / Paperback)
Type: Manga
Genre: Adventure/Action/Fantasy/Drama
Age Group: Teen
Summary:
One’s life can be changed in a brace of shakes. And little Asahi is unlucky in that: she suddenly finds herself in a strange world where people worship the mysterious water god. The girl is sure that the whole story about gods is just a mere fable but… why and to whom is she sacrifiсed to?
Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 2/5