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Pika Ichi: First Flash

Name: Pika Ichi (First Flash)
Author: Maki, Youko
Artist: Mochida, Aki

Volumes: 7 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.07 Ch.28 (Complete)
Scanlator: Omari’s Sister joint with Hyper Parfait
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary: “Pika Ichi” is the story of two painfully shy teens who love yakuza movies. An incident at school pushes them over the edge, and they decide to drop their mousiness in order to dispense some “justice.”

-From Mangaupdates

Graphics Rating: 4/5
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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Tsuki ni Kiss no Hanataba wo

Name: Tsuki ni Kiss no Hanataba wo
Mangaka: Kitagawa, Miyuki

Volumes: 3 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.03 Ch.14 (Finished)
Scanlator: Shoujo Magic (Closed)
Type: Manga
Genre: Josei/Drama/Smut
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Kahara Hitomi met Nagatsuki Atsuya when she was a child, and they made a promise to see each other again, but Atsuya never showed up. Because of that unkept promise, Hitomi hasn’t been able to trust any guy ever since. Although Atsuya broke Hitomi’s heart, she can’t stop thinking or dreaming about him–even now that she’s a college student–and she secretly wants to find her first love again. Then one night at a club, a man named Nagatsuki Atsuya appears before her! But is he the same Nagatsuki Atsuya…?

-From Mangaupdates

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

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Galism

Name: Galism
Mangaka: Yokoyama, Mayumi

Volumes: 6 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.06 Ch.28 (Complete)
Scanlator: Starry Heaven, Manga Rebels (Closed), Konnichiwa (Closed)
Type: Manga
Genre: High School/Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Adventurist parents left three Ugajin sisters alone in the house and now they are living in freedom paradise! But their parents adventure financer wants the sisters to protect the peace in Manten Academy from the shadows.

– Starry Heaven

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

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