Shoujo Manga and Josei Manga series featuring a model main character or modeling.
Name: Oh my Prince
Manga-ka: Mutou, Hiromu
Volumes: 3 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.09 (Hiatus)
Scanlator: Aerandria Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Age Group: Teen
Summary: Siffle Brown is an exchange student who suddenly appeared in front of Hina. He seems very arrogant and forceful, but he’s also very handsome and (probably) kind. And he turns out to be a real prince?!
Graphics Rating: 5/5
Plot Rating: 3/5
Name: Hana wa Knife
Manga-ka: Sakurada, Hina
Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.03 (Complete)
Scanlator: Evil Flowers
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Psychological
Age Group: Teen
Summary: Kako Saeki is a senior in high school. She has been modeling and harboring her love for her favorite art teacher, Enjoe. Her heart breaks when she finds out that her love is actually engaged. Now, Kako’s innocent love takes a dangerous turn when she finds out who he’s engaged to…
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Mishounen Produce
Manga-ka: Ichinose, Kaoru
Volumes: 4 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.04 Ch.18 (Complete)
Scanlator: Aerandria
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Age Group: Everyone
Summary: It’s the start of high school, and Kako decides to “produce” her bookworm of a childhood friend, Kousei, so that he can become a good-looking and popular school idol. She models him after Lawrence, a character in a manga she likes, but as Kousei’s transformation becomes a huge success and he extends his new character beyond what she asks for, what will Kako do? Will she find herself left behind in the wake of his newly found popularity?
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5
Name: Runway no Koibito
Written By: Tanaka, Wataru
Drawn By: Shibano Yuka
Volumes: 3 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.06 (Hiatus – March 2021)
Scanlator: Midnight Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama
Age Group: Teen
Summary: The N°1 dream of every woman in the whole country, Charisma’s model Shinsato Yui. Yanada Aki was scouted as a future model in the rural Do. Aki admires Yui, the cool Yui… Even if they’re about totally opposites, the two become close friends. However, Yui very quickly seems to be part of Aki’s work, love and a threat?!
-From Mangaupdates
Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 3/5
Name: Oboreru Knife (The Knife that Dropped in Water)
Manga-ka: George, Asakura
Volumes: 17 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha Comics (Drowning Love)
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life/Drama
Age Group: Teen
Summary: A beautiful and mature sixth grade girl from Tokyo suddenly has to move out to the country side of Japan with her family. The girl, Natsumi, then meets a boy and from then on she begins to feel ‘something’ in her body, like a surging wave….
-From Mangaupdates
Graphics Rating: 5/5
Plot Rating: 5/5