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The heroine leans in to kiss the male leads face in the manga choking on love

Choking on Love

Name: Choking on Love (Museru Kurai no Ai wo Ageru)
Mangaka: Iwashita, Keiko

Volumes: 5 (Ongoing)
Licensed: Seven Seas Entertainment (Digital (App) / Paperback – Feb 2025)
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary:  
Hibari, a single-minded art student with dreams of becoming a graphic designer, feels insecure about being “ordinary” compared to her peers. Gaku, a free-spirited guitarist from the same university, turns her world upside down after a chaotic encounter at a ramen shop. Hibari wants nothing more than to escape the disorder Gaku brings to her perfectly planned life. But as he slowly breaks down her walls, Hibari starts to realize that a little chaos might be just what she needs.

– Mangaupdates

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

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Mangaka to Yakuza


Name: Artist and the Beast (Mangaka to Yakuza)
Mangaka: Koda

Volumes: 4 (Complete)
Licensed: eBook Renta! 
Current Licensed Volumes: V.04 Ch.25 (Complete)
Scanlations: None
Scanlator: None
Type: Manga
Genre: Smut
Age Group: Mature

Summary: 
Annoyed by everything and lacking any interest in love whatsoever, manga artist Rui gets an unexpected visit from a built, scary-looking yakuza. After carelessly becoming the guarantor for her friend’s loan, she is told to settle his debt of tens of thousands of dollars… “I’ll wait for payment. That is, if you let me have sex with you.” And just like that, she’s pulled into it. “But, I’m a virgin… Am I gonna be okay?” Just as she thinks she’s going to be made to suffer, she gets treated kindly and gently, making her first sensual experience all the more confusing…

–Manga Updates

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

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Hiren Trip

Name: Hiren Trip
Mangaka: Anashin

Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.08 (Complete)
Scanlator: Summer Rain
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Miyu, an ordinary new first-year student who hopes to become a mangaka meets the schools’ class president who seems to have a hidden side to him. While being pushed around by the cool but private class president, the curtain on Miyu’s stormy school life is raised.Miyu, an ordinary new first-year student who hopes to become a mangaka meets the schools’ class president who seems to have a hidden side to him. While being pushed around by the cool but private class president, the curtain on Miyu’s stormy school life is raised.

–Manga Updates

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

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Screenshot from josei manga Nounai Poison Berry

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.

–Mangaupdates

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

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Mars

Name: Mars
Manga-ka: Souryo, Furumi
Volumes: 15 (Complete)
Licensed: Yes (Tokyopop – 15 Volumes Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Psychological
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Kira believes that Rei and all other men in the world are dirty. She stays away from her classmates, hiding in her art. What happens when the delinquent motorcyclist and playboy, Rei, gets ahold of one of her drawings, and actually wants to keep it?

–Mangaupdates

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

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