Ugly Duckling

Kuragehime

Name: Kuragehime (Jellyfish Princess)
Manga-ka: Higshimura, Akiko (D’aww she’s so cute!)

Volumes: 17 (Complete)
Licensed: YenPress
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Josei/Gender Bender
Age Group: Mature

Summary: Kurashita Tsukimi is a “kurage (jelly fish) otaku” girl who wants to be an illustrator. She went to Tokyo and started to live in a girl-only apartment Amamizukan. One day she met a fashionable lady, who saved a jelly fish. But she turns out to be a man in drag.

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

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Doubt!!

Name: Doubt!! (Yes the exclamation marks are important)
Mangaka: Izumi, Kaneyoshi

Volumes: 6 (complete)
Licensed: Viz (Complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: High School/Ugly Duckling/Comedy/Love Triangle
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Ai is tired of being seen as plain/ugly, and decides to go to a different highschool then everyone she knows and transform herself into a lovely girl. Make-up, dieting, and excercise all help Ai become the most popular girl at school. The last thing on her list is to date the most popular guy in school, but can she get over her natural insecurities?

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

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