Best Shoujo Manga and Josei Manga featuring a forbidden or taboo relationship.
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Name: Shinobi Life
Mangaka: Shoko, Conami
Volumes: 13 (Complete)
Licensed: Akita Publishing (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Ninja/Historic/Fantasy
Age Group: Teen
Summary: Ninjas, Time Travel, and a modern girl.
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Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Snow Drop
Mangaka: Choi, Kyung-ah
Volumes: 12 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz
Scanlations: V.12 (Complete)
Scanlator: Cat Chan Scans (Inactive)
Type: Manhwa
Genre: Drama
Age Group: Teen
Summary: So-Na has problems. Lots of them. When she finally decides to go back to highschool she meets Hae-Gi. This meeting will change both their lives forever, for better or for worse.
Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 3/5
Name: Wild Ones (Arakure)
Mangaka: Fujiwara, Kiyo
Volumes: 10 (complete)
Licensed: Viz (Shoujo Beat)
Type: Manga
Genre: Yakuza/School Life/Romance/Comedy
Age Group: Everyone
Summary: When Sachie’s mother dies in an accident she finds herself living with her estranged grandfather. This would be completely normal if her grandfather weren’t the leader of a yakuza clan. Sachie quickly falls for her new bodyguard. Forbidden love.
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Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Can’t Lose You
Mangaka: Wann
Volumes: 6 (Finished)
Licensed: Net Comics (Complete)
Scanlations: V.6 (Complete)
Scanlator: M.I.A?
Type: Manhwa (Korean)
Genre: Romance/Drama/Suspense
Age Group: Teen
Summary: Yooi is a dirt poor girl, left on her own to take on her fathers debts. Lida comes from one of the richest family’s in Korea and has everything she could ever want. When the two meet, they realize they have the same face. As much as they hate each other, Lida decides to pay Yooi to be her double when threats are made against her. Yooi finds herself unadjusted to the new lifestyle, but smitten with Lida’s fiancee Gaon.
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 3/5
Name: Kiken Jun’ai DNA (Our Dangerous Pure Love DNA)
Manga-ka: Kurumatani, Haruko
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.03 Ch.17 (Complete)
Scanlator: Shoujo Manga Maniac
Volumes: 3 Volumes (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Gender Bender/ School Life/ Romance/ Forbidden Relationship/ Drama
Age Group: Teen
Summary: Leading lady Ami has always been under the shadow of her younger brother. Not in brains or sports, but in looks. Chihiro is actually a cross dressing female model and takes his role as brother way too seriously. Up to this point all of Ami’s potential suitors have been chased off by Chihiro. Will she ever find her true love, or does Chihiro have his own reasons?
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 3/5