Slice of Life

Slice of life shoujo and josei manga that take a slower pace that’s more realistic.

Six Half

Name: Six Half
Mangaka: Iketani, Rikako

Volumes: 11 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.10 Ch.40 (Ongoing)
Scanlator: JShoujo Scans
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Kikukawa Shiori wakes up from a motorcycle accident only to find out she’s lost her memory! Try as she might, she can’t remember anything about the yankee-looking boy who claims to be her boyfriend, her kind-hearted and good looking older brother, or her aloof and introverted younger sister.

When she goes to school for the first time since her accident, she overhears people talking about her—and the things they say aren’t flattering. From what she hears, she was a terrible person before the accident. What kind of person was she really? And will she ever get her memory back?

–Mangaupdates

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

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Zig Zag Don

Name: Zig Zag Don
Manga-ka: Ishida, Takumi

Volumes: 6 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.06 Ch.28 (Complete)
Scanlator: Forbidden Garden
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Slice of Life/Psychological
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Ichina is a 2nd year high school student. She lives with her mother Youko whom she hates with a passion. After getting dumped by her boyfriend, she ends up having a one-night stand with her best friend Sekitani, who also recently broke up with his long-time girlfriend. Will they become more than friends? And who is the strange guy who’s waiting at home with Youko when she gets back?

-From Mangaupdates

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

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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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Oboreru Knife: Drowning Love

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

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Love So Life Shoujo Manga

Love so Life

Name: Love So Life
Manga-ka: Kouchi, Kaede

Volumes: 17 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.17 Ch.106 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Shiharu is a high school student who loves kids, lives in an orphanage, and works at a daycare… Until the handsome uncle of two-year-old twins offers her a raise if she’ll be their babysitter. Often relying on memories of her mother’s actions for guidance, Shiharu quickly finds herself falling in love with her new makeshift family.

-From Mangaupdates

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

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