friendship

Shoujo and Josei Manga with a large focus on friendship or close friends.

Sukitte Ii na yo: Say I Love You

Name: Sukitte Ii na yo (Say I Love You)
Manga-ka: Hazuki, Kanae

Volumes: 18 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha Comics (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/School Life
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Mei Tachibana has spent her 16 years without making either boyfriend or friends. One day, she injures a popular boy in school, Yamato Kurosawa, because of a misunderstanding but for some reason it seems that he takes a liking to her and one-sidedly claims that they’re friends. Furthermore, he not only protects Mei from a stalker, he does it with a kiss…?!!

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Sakuran

Name: Sakuran
Manga-ka: Anno, Moyoko

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: Vertical (complete)
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.14 (Complete)
Scanlator: Fifay.net (Closed)
Type: Manga
Genre: Historical/Seinen/Comedy
Age Group: Mature

Summary: A poor peasant girl was sold to a brothel in Edo. Her new life started from the day when she had her first full bowl of rice. After many struggles, she became a cultivated oiran. While her beauty never failed, her hope for freedom faded with the passing seasons. Yoshiwara of Edo was a man’s heaven, but a woman’s hell: all was sakuran.

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Sensei to Watashi to Hajimete

Name: Sensei to Watashi to Hajimete
Mangaka: Watanabe, Shiho

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.03 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/School Life/Forbidden Relationship
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Sensei, the person whom I long for, whom I wait for, whom I love, and whom I want to be with. At night, I always think about you, Sensei. You are similar to me, but you have a completely different personality. The moment I fell in love with him, school has become a different kind of place because of him. The love between Sensei and I has begun to grow.

-From Midnight Scans

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

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Seisei Suruhodo Aishiteru

Name: Seisei Suruhodo Aishiteru
Mangaka: Kitagawa, Miyuki

Volumes: 7 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.04 (Incomplete)
Scanlator: Serenus Dreamers and Starry Heaven
Type: Manga
Genre: Josei/Drama/Smut
Age Group: Mature

Summary: Kurihara Mia works in the advertising department of a cosmetic company. When her boyfriend proposes after a long relationship, she rejects him, expressing that she wants to continue her job. The argument finally leads Mia to bring up an one-sided breakup. However, her ex-boyfriend isn’t giving up. Stalked by her ex-boyfriend, Mia gets saved by a pretty boy, Kairi, whom she has just met! But his actual identity is…?!

-From Manga Updates

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

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Strobe Edge

Name: Strobe Edge
Mangaka: Sakisaka, Io

Volumes: 10 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz
Type: Manga
Genre: High School/Drama/Realistic
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Ninako has no idea what love is until one day she realizes she has fallen for the most popular guy in school, Ren. When Ninako tries to pursue her first love she is heart broken when she realizes he already has a girlfriend. Ninako tries her best to be friends with him, but why wont her feelings disappear?

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

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