Strong Heroine

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

Tramps Like Us: Kimi wa Pet

Name: Tramps Like Us (Kimi wa Pet – You’re My Pet)
Manga-ka: Ogawa, Yayoi

Licensed: Viz/Kodansha (Complete)
Volumes: 14 Volumes (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/Drama/Comedy/Josei
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary: After being demoted at work, then dumped by her fiancee, Sumire is feeling down. Sumire wasn’t expecting even more changes until she found a boy in a box. Sumire decides to give the young man food and shelter but in return he has to be her pet. Can love truly grow between a pet and his owner?

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

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Special A

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Name: Special A
Manga-ka: Minami, Maki

Licensed:  Viz (Complete)
Scanlations: Volume 17 (Complete)
Scanlator: 12 different scanlators
Volumes: 17 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/School Life/Comedy
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Hikari Hanazono had been trying to defeat Kei Takishima since they met as kids. Unfortunately no matter what she does she always comes in second. Throw in a crazy bunch of rich school kids, a bit of stupidity, and a dash of romance and you have Special A!

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

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Anta Nante Okotowari!: You? No thanks!

Name: Anta Nante Okotowari! (You? No Thanks!)
Manga-ka: Sugiyama, Miwako

Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.1 Ch.04 (Complete)
Scanlator: Nagareboshi
Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/Comedy/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Yui has a deep love for her “older brother” (they’re not actually siblings, but are related), and she is devastated when he gets married. While at the wedding, Yui meets a sobbing boy, Kaoru. It turns out that his cousin (that he was in love with) is the one Yui’s brother is marrying.

When Yui moves into a boy’s dorm so she can seek out new love, she finds that the head of the dorm is none other than Kaoru!

-Summary from Manga Updates, because I really didn’t know how else to summarize it.

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

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Skip Beat

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Name: Skip Beat
Mangaka: Nakamura Yoshiki

Volumes: 45 (Ongoing)
Licensed: Viz
Type: Manga
Genre: Romance/Drama/Comedy
Age Group: Everyone

Summary: Kyoko moves to Tokyo from a rural town with her childhood friend/love, Sho, so he can become an idol. Unfortunately when he makes it he leaves Kyoko behind, saying he only brought her as a maid. Furious and determined to get back at him Kyoko decides to do whatever she can to make it in the entertainment business. Revenge has never been so funny.
–MangaUpdates

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

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Arisa

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Name: Arisa
Mangaka: Andou Natsumi

Volumes: 12 (Complete)
Licensed: Kodansha
Type: Manga
Genre: Detective/Mystery/School Life/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: A pair of twins are separated when their parents are. Three years later the two meet again, but have become very different people. The main character Tsubasa is a rough housing girl who longs to be like her younger sister Arisa who she communicates with through letters. Through Tsubasa’s eyes Arisa is perfect, with tons of friend and a cute boyfriend, but it turns out she has secrets. After an incident Tsubasa is determined to find out her sisters secret by attending Arisa’s school as her.

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

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