Name: Strobe Edge
Mangaka: Sakisaka, Io
Volumes: 10 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz
Type: Manga
Genre: High School/Drama/Realistic
Age Group: Teen
Summary: Ninako has no idea what love is until one day she realizes she has fallen for the most popular guy in school, Ren. When Ninako tries to pursue her first love she is heart broken when she realizes he already has a girlfriend. Ninako tries her best to be friends with him, but why wont her feelings disappear?
Graphics Rating: 3/4
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Black Bird
Mangaka: Sakurakoji, Kanoko
Volumes: 18 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Highschool/Smut
Age Group: Teen
Summary: There is a world of myth and magic that intersects ours, and only a special few can see it. Misao Harada is one such person, and she wants nothing to do with magical realms. She just wants to have a normal high school life and maybe get a boyfriend. All that changes one day when Misao is attacked by a demon. Her childhood friend Kyo suddenly returns to save her and tend to her cuts–with his tongue! It turns out Misao is the bride of prophecy, whose blood gives power to the demon clan who claims her. But most demons want to keep her power for themselves–by eating her! Now Misao is just trying to stay alive…and decide if she likes it when Kyo licks her wounds.
-From Viz
{Note: Is it just me or was that freaking HILARIOUS?! When they ended Shoujo Beat, Viz must have had to lower some standards in other places as well…}
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Kimi ni Todoke (From Me to You)
Mangaka: Shiina, Karuho
Volumes: 30 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz
Licensed Volumes: 30 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/School Life
Age Group: Teen
Summary: Sawako is a normal girl with the nickname Sadako. You know the girl from the ring? That’s Sadako. Despite her harsh looks, Sawako is a beautiful and pure person who tries to do one good deed a day, even if it isn’t always well received. Sawako is in awe of the most popular boy in class who makes it his job to become friends with Sawako. Will their relationship develop into something more?
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Doubt!! (Yes the exclamation marks are important)
Mangaka: Izumi, Kaneyoshi
Volumes: 6 (complete)
Licensed: Viz (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: High School/Ugly Duckling/Comedy/Love Triangle
Age Group: Teen
Summary: Ai is tired of being seen as plain/ugly, and decides to go to a different highschool then everyone she knows and transform herself into a lovely girl. Make-up, dieting, and excercise all help Ai become the most popular girl at school. The last thing on her list is to date the most popular guy in school, but can she get over her natural insecurities?
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Akuma to Love Song
Mangaka: Toumori, Myoshi
Volumes: 13 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Psychological/School/Drama
Age Group: Older Teen
Summary: Touzuka High School is a public school with a pretty low grade point average. One day, a girl who has been expelled from the state’s top school, St. Katria Girls’ School, transfers in…her name is Kawai Maria. The reason for her expulsion was “violence against the teacher.” Because of her non-adorned, straight comments, Maria starts to become isolated from her class… What is hidden in her past and what will happen to her?
**From Manga-Updates because I have to write an assignment :)
Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 4/5