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Best Shoujo Manga and Josei Manga about the Fashion world.

Paradise Kiss

Name: Paradise Kiss
Mangaka: Yazawa, Ai

Volumes: 5 (Complete)
Licensed: Tokyopop
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Fashion/Psychological/Josei
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Yukari wants nothing more than to make her parents happy by studying hard and getting into a good college. One afternoon, however, she is kidnapped by a group of self-styled fashion-obsessed artists who call themselves “Paradise Kiss.” Yukari suddenly finds herself flung into the roller-coaster life of the fashion world, guided by George, art-snob extraordinaire. In a glamorous makeover of body, mind and soul, she is turned from a hapless bookworm into her friends own exclusive clothing model.

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Galism

Name: Galism
Mangaka: Yokoyama, Mayumi

Volumes: 6 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.06 Ch.28 (Complete)
Scanlator: Starry Heaven, Manga Rebels (Closed), Konnichiwa (Closed)
Type: Manga
Genre: High School/Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Adventurist parents left three Ugajin sisters alone in the house and now they are living in freedom paradise! But their parents adventure financer wants the sisters to protect the peace in Manten Academy from the shadows.

– Starry Heaven

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

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Himekei Doll

Name: Himekei Doll
Mangaka: Sakisaka, Mea

Volumes: 4 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.04 Ch.24 (Complete)
Scanlator: Nagareboshi
Type: Manga
Genre: Fashion/Smut/Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Ayumu is absolutely in love with the young fashion designer Renji. She even enrolls in the same high school as him! After a certain incident, Renji finds out just how much Ayumu loves him, and that she’s determined to help him with his clothing line, [BanDit]. He agrees to let her help him, but finds out that she could also be a talented designer (although she can’t sew at all) herself!

– Nagareboshi

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

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Karneval

Name: Karneval
Manga-ka: Mikanagi, Touya

Licensed: YenPress
Scanlations: V.05 Ch.30
Scanlator: Secret Carnival, and Kiheitai
Volumes: 25 Volumes (Ongoing)
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure/Comedy/Action
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Nai searches for someone important to him, with only an abandoned bracelet as a clue. Gareki steals and pick-pockets to get by from day to day. The two meet in a strange mansion where they are set-up, and soon become wanted criminals by military security operatives. When Nai and Gareki find themselves desperate in a hopeless predicament, they encounter none other than the country’s most powerful defense organization – “Circus”!!
-Description from Manga Updates cause I don’t know how else to summarize this.

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

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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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