Strong Heroine

Best Shoujo Manga and Josei Manga featuring a Strong Heroine and Strong Female Lead.

Dengeki Daisy

*Special thanks to GrönDag who recommended this series! :) <3

Name: Dengeki Daisy
Mangaka: Motomi, Kyousuke

Volumes: 16 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Mystery/Action
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Teru, a poor and kind girl, recently lost her older brother, her only remaining relative. Before he died, he gave her a cell phone connecting her to a person he said would support her if ever he were unable to. As time passes she is cheered on by text messages sent from this enigmatic person, known only as DAISY. But one day, through an unexpected incident as Teru begins working for the delinquent school janitor, Kurosaki, she starts to question DAISY’s identity. DAISY may be closer to Teru than she thinks.

–Manga Updates

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

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Savage Garden

Name: Savage Garden
Mangaka: Lee, Hyeon-Sook

Volumes: 6 (Complete)
Licensed: Ablaze Publishing (Print) Azuki (Digital)
Type: Manhwa
Genre: Drama/Historical/Crossdressing
Age Group: Teen

Summary: In 18th century England, Gabriel, an orphan girl from a fallen noble family befriended a young man named Jeremy, who was rumored to be an illegitimate child of a nobleman. After an incident occurred, Gabriel must impersonate her friend Jeremy, taking his place at an all boys academy for nobles, a place that may seem like heaven to others, but really hides a harshness which she would never have imagined.

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

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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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Venus ni Arazu: I’m no Venus

Name: Venus ni Arazu (I’m no Venus)
Mangaka: Yoshihara, Yuki

Volumes: 2 (complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.02 Ch.07 (Complete)
Scanlator: Aerandria
Type: Manga
Genre: Josei/Art/Models/Comedy
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary: Miyoshi Yoshiko just wants to be a famous model, but realizes she has to start at the bottom. Unfortunately after punching a groping sculptor, she finds herself dropped from her modeling company. The man who got her fired offers a form of apology in a job that pays three times what she was making. Yoshiko decides to buckle down and work with him but will she start falling for him? Duh. It’s a romance.

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

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Millennium Snow: Sennen no Yuki

Name: Millennium Snow (Sennen no Yuki)
Mangaka: Bisco, Hatori

Volumes: 4 Volumes (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (Print/Digital – Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy (Vampires)/Drama
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Seventeen-year-old Chiyuki Matsuoka was born with heart problems, and her doctors say she won’t live to see the next snow. Touya is an 18-year-old vampire who hates blood and refuses to make the traditional partnership with a human, whose life-giving blood would keep them both alive for a thousand years.

-From Viz

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

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