betrayal

Shoujo and Josei Manga featuring betrayal.

Cat Street

Name: Cat Street
Mangaka: Kamio, Youko

Volumes: 8 (Complete)
Licensed: No (No idea why it hasn’t)
Scanlations: V.08 Ch.35 (Complete)
Scanlator: Condensation (closed) and Willful Muse
Type: Manga
Genre: Life/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: The story centers around Keito Aoyama, a former famous child actor. Due to a childhood incident, she retired from her career early and withdrew from normal society. Now 16, she passes her days in boredom and without purpose. But one day she runs into a stranger who takes her to El Liston–a free school for high school students like herself, who don’t have a place where they belong. Though hesitant at first, Keito decides to enter El Liston and subsequently, she begins a new stage in her life. With the help of her only remaining childhood friend, Taiyou, and her new classmates Rei, Momiji, and Kouichi, Keito slowly finds the courage to open up to others and to accept their support. Will Keito return to acting? Will she find true friends? Love?

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Kare wa Tomodachi: He’s my Boyfriend

Name: Kare wa Tomodachi (He’s my Boyfriend)
Mangaka: Yoshioka, Ririko

Volumes: 7 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.07 Ch.28 (Complete)
Scanlator: Midnight Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/High School
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
In her middle school days, Hiyori only has eyes for Mizuno, a popular guy in school. She then partners up with Sasamoto Ren, Mizuno’s best friend, and both hatches a plan to bring her and Mizuno together. However, things begin to change, as Hiyori and Ren grow closer, and they find themselves falling in love… with each other. As old loves fade away and pave way for new ones, obstacles also threaten to tear them apart, especially Ren’s seemingly innocent but scheming friend, Kotone, who shares a past with Ren and isn’t about to let him go.

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Flowers of Evil

Name: Flowers of Evil
Mangaka: Lee, Hyeon-Sook

Volumes: 7 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.07 Ch.26 (Complete)
Scanlator: Noir and RC-Scans (Inactive)
Type: Manhwa
Genre: Psychological/Incest/Tragedy/Drama
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary: Se-Joon and Se-Wa are siblings with a dark, complex relationship. Se-Wa, a girl considered psychotic by others, is attached to her brother… a little too attached. In her eyes, there is only Se-Joon, and no one else. And what of Se-Joon’s feelings?

–Mangaupdates

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

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The Tarot Cafe

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Name: The Tarot Cafe
Manga-ka: Park, Sang-Sun

Licensed: Yes (Tokyopop)
Volumes: 7 Volumes (Complete)
Type: Manwha (Korean)
Genre: Fantasy/Drama/Mystery/Romance/Shounen-Ai
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary: Pamela is the owner of a Tarot cafe. People come for cakes and a fortune telling. At night though, the cafe gets some interesting guests like Vampires, Fairies, and Spirits. Follow the lives of the super natural in this enthralling mystery filled with pain, love, and danger.

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

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Honey Hunt

Name: Honey Hunt
Manga-ka: Aihara, Miki

Licensed: Licensed By Viz
Volumes: 6 (Discontinued – Hiatus)
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/Drama/Harem/Film Industry
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Timid Yura has a sad life. Her mother is a huge actress and her father is a famous violinist, so life must be amazing, right? Wrong. Yura is bullied by her mother whose never home and her father is in America. The breaking point is when Yura comes home to find out that not only are her parents getting a divorce; but her mother is having an affair the boy next door. Who just so happens to be Yura’s childhood friend and major crush. Determined to destroy her mother Yura decides to leave home and become an actress. Too bad she’s so shy and awkward. Love interests include her manager, a musician, and the musicians cute twin who will act beside Yura in a drama. Can it get any better?

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

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