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Defying Kurosaki-kun

Name: Defying Kurosaki-kun 
Mangaka: Makino

Volumes: 19 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha
Current Licensed Volumes: V.19 (Digital – Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance, Drama
Age Group: Mature

Summary: 
“I demand absolute obedience.” Yu Akabane has worked hard to reinvent herself for high school, and there’s only one step left in her plan to leave her plain Jane days behind: asking out her idol, the “White Prince” Shirakawa-kun. When circumstances lead to Yu moving into the school dorm where Shirakawa-kun boards, she thinks she’s found her lucky break. But unluckily for Yu, “Black Devil” Kurosaki-kun, the boy everyone at school (including the teachers!) is afraid of, lives there too—and when Yu defies him, he’s all too eager to punish her …

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

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Namaikizakari

Name: Namaikizakari
Mangaka: Mitsubachi, Miyuki

Volumes: 23 (Complete)
Licensed: YenPress (Digital/Print – 6V)
Type: Manga
Genre: Sports
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Upon first sight Machida Yuki knows that she doesn’t want anything to do with Naruse Shou, but how can she keep her cool when he is a part of the basketball club she manages?

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

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Kimi wa Boku no Toriko Nare

Name: Kimi wa Boku no Toriko Nare
Mangaka: Sato, Kaede

Volumes: 6 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.05 Ch.22 (Hiatus)
Scanlator: Aerandria
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Action/Comedy/Sci-Fi
Age Group: Teen

Summary: The heir of the huge Fushiki corporation, Tomoe, comes to Japan as an exchange student. He is his father’s youngest child and on top of that – his mistress’s child, but he was still appointed as heir. There’s danger that people will aim for his life. They attach to him a new maid, with glasses, naturally clumsy and ill-mannered… who turns out to be his new bodyguard, defending Tomoe with her mop!

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Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 2/5

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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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L-DK

Name: L-DK
Manga-ka: Watanabe, Ayu

Volumes: 24 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha Comics (Digital and Print)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Shuusei Kugayama is the “prince” of his high school, but he always turns down confessions–including one from Aoi Nishimori’s best friend. Although she initially hates him for this, when Shuusei moves in next door to Aoi, who lives alone, she starts thinking that he might not be such a bad guy after all…

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

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