high school

Best Shoujo and Josei Manga series that take place in High School.

Switch Girl

Name: Switch Girl
Mangaka: Aida, Natsumi

Volumes: 25 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.13 Ch.77 (Ongoing)
Scanlator: Many, Currently Transcendence
Type: Manga
Genre: High School/Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Nika is like any other girl her age, sorta. At school she is in “on” mode. On mode consists of flawless makeup, hair and clothes, but when at home Nika switches “off”. The true Nika is just some old man who eats gross food, enjoys wearing granny panties and track suits with her hair in a bun. Nika is trying her best when some new guy realizes Nika’s “off” self. And it turns out this guy is the opposite, he wears glasses to pretend he is ugly when he is actually gorgeous. Both promise to keep each others secrets, but find themselves getting more and more tangled up together.

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

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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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Lovenista

Name: Lovenista
Mangaka: Kayono

Volumes: 2 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.09 (Finished)
Scanlator: Shoujo Manga Maniac
Type: Manga
Genre: Smut/Makeup/Comedy
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary: This is the story of an ordinary girl who seems to fall for all the wrong guys. When she finds herself falling for the, seemingly, worst guy possible, she sees that maybe he was the best thing she’d ever met.

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

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Kinkyori Renai, Loves Reach, Manga

Kinkyori Renai: Love’s Reach

Name: Kinkyori Renai (Love’s Reach)
Mangaka: Mikimoto, Rin

Volumes: 10 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha Comics
Type: Manga
Genre: Teacher Student/High school/Comedy/Tsundere
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Uni is a prodigy with a cool reserve who is accomplished in everything except for English. One day, she insults her temporary English teacher and he overhears her. He asks her to come to his office after school and, somehow, she starts receiving private tutoring from him?!
-Osuwari Team (Manga Updates)

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

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Doubt!!

Name: Doubt!! (Yes the exclamation marks are important)
Mangaka: Izumi, Kaneyoshi

Volumes: 6 (complete)
Licensed: Viz (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: High School/Ugly Duckling/Comedy/Love Triangle
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Ai is tired of being seen as plain/ugly, and decides to go to a different highschool then everyone she knows and transform herself into a lovely girl. Make-up, dieting, and excercise all help Ai become the most popular girl at school. The last thing on her list is to date the most popular guy in school, but can she get over her natural insecurities?

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

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