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Nounai Poison Berry

Name: Nounai Poison Berry
Mangaka: Mizushiro, Setona

Volumes: 5 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.09 (Hiatus)
Scanlator: Forbidden Garden
Type: Manga
Genre: Josei/Comedy/Romance
Age Group: Mature

Summary: Sakurai Ichiko is a 29-year-old woman whose head contains council members (each with differing personalities) that dictate her every thought and decision. While waiting at the train station one day, she encounters Saotome, a man whom she met and made short conversation with at a drinking party with friends. Although she’s interested in him, being a much a older woman, Ichiko hesitates over whether or not she should approach him, causing a wave of uproar between her intracranial council members.

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

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&: And

Name: & (And)
Manga-ka: Okazaki Mari

Volumes: 8 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.05 Ch.24 (Hiatus)
Scanlator: Stiletto Heels
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Josei
Age Group: Mature

Summary: Aoki Kaoru is a 26-year-old woman who has never had a boyfriend. Normally unattached and unmotivated in her own life, Kaoru decides to start up a nail salon as a side business in addition to her regular job as a medical clerk. Although having a severe adversity to physical touch, she is forced to confront that fear when she meets a man who can’t help but touch others.

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

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Miss

Name: Miss
Manga-ka: Tokiyama, Hajime

Volumes: 3 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.02 (Complete)
Scanlator: Jshoujo and Haruhime
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Falling in love with him was her biggest mistake… After being badly bullied in junior high, Kazu’s sworn off getting deeply involved with other people. One day though, the resident class playboy, Kirishima, comes and tears down the walls she’s built around her heart. She finds herself falling quick and hard…but is she only setting herself up for heartbreak?!

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

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