Celebrity

Shoujo and Josei Manga Reviews that feature a lead that is a celebrity. What you should be reading and where to read it.

Star Crossed Shoujo Manga by Junko

Star Crossed!!

Name: Star Crossed!! (Oshi ga Watashi de Watashi ga Oshi de)
Mangaka: Junko

Volumes: 4 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha (4 Volumes: Digital and Print)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary:  
Azusa lives for only one man: Chika-kun, of the idol group Prince 4 U. But when she accidentally dies trying (and failing) to save him, she can’t believe her luck—to be in literal Heaven with the man she loves! But never one to lie, God says this one is on him, and sends them both back to continue their lives … but there’s just one little problem. Their souls have been sent to the wrong bodies! And not only that—they can switch back and forth by kissing? What on Earth does fate have in store for them?
–Manga Updates

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

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Worlds End and Apricot Jam Manga

World’s End and Apricot Jam

Name: World’s End and Apricot Jam (Sekai no Hajikko to Anzu Jam)
Mangaka: Kirishima, Rira

Volumes: 6 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha
Licensed Volumes: V.06 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: 
After breaking into Anzu Shinohara’s apartment and smashing his already broken keyboard, Hina Sakata quickly finds herself in his debt. As she works to pay him back, Hina finds out that Anzu is a vocalist in a band and becomes entranced, wanting to explore more of his unknown world. Will this unlikely couple last longer their fifteen seconds of fame?

–Manga Updates

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

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Everyone's Getting Married by Izumi Miyazono

Everyone is Getting Married

Name: Everyone is Getting Married (Totsuzen desu ga, Ashita Kekkon shimasu)
Mangaka: Izumi Miyazono

Volumes: 9 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz Shoujo Beat
Licensed Volumes: V.09 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life/Drama
Age Group: Everyone

Summary:  
Successful career woman Asuka Takanashi has an old-fashioned dream of getting married and becoming a housewife. After her long-term boyfriend breaks up with her to pursue his own career goals, she encounters popular newscaster Ryu Nanami. Asuka and Ryu get along well, but the last thing he wants is to ever get married. This levelheaded pair who want the opposite things in life should never get involved, except…

–Manga Updates

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

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Kiss me at the Stroke of Midnight

Name: Kiss me at the Stroke of Midnight
Mangaka: Rin Mikimoto

Volumes: 12 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha
Current Licensed Volumes: V.12
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary:  
Hinana is a high school girl who wakes up at 5am to prepare for school every day. She’s also the Student Committee secretary. While she’s quite serious, in reality she actually dreams of one day finding herself a prince. When a famous actor, Ayase Kaede, shoots a movie at their school during golden week, the Student Committee’s members have to act as extras. Hinana thinks Ayase is just like the prince of her dreams until she finds out that in reality he’s actually a pervert who has a butt fetish? A comedy romance starts.

–Manga Updates

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

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Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!!

Name: So Cute it Hurts!! (Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!!)
Mangaka: Ikeyamada, Go

Volumes: 15 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz  (Complete) (Print and Digital)
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Gender Bender
Age Group: Teen

Summary: The comedy starts when the cross-dressing begins! The Kobayashi twins, Mego and Mitsuru, were named after historical figures, but only Mego has grown up with a taste for history. So when Mitsuru is in danger of losing his weekends to extra history classes, he convinces his sister to swap clothes with him and ace his tests! After all, how hard can it be for them to play each other?

But Mego can’t rely on just her book smarts in Mitsuru’s all-boys, delinquents’ paradise of a high school. And Mitsuru finds life as a high school girl to be much more complicated than he expected!

–Manga Updates

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

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