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screenshot from the manga "love thats an understatement". The male lead plays with the heroines hair as he leans forward playfully.

Love, That’s an Understatement

Name: Love, That’s an Understatement
Mangaka: Fuji Momo

Volumes: 5 (Ongoing)
Licensed: Kodansha (Digital and Print)
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary:  
Spare eraser? Check. Extra folding umbrella? Check. First aid kit? Check. Cool and collected high school student Risa Amakawa has something in her heavy bag for every situation and the last thing she needs or knows how to ask for is anyone’s help. When she saves a beat-up delinquent in the park one rainy evening, she refuses any sort of repayment.

But it turns out that saving the notorious Zen Ohira buys her the attention of some unsavory characters. As Zen keeps swooping in to help her out of one pickle after another, her feelings about relying on anyone but herself and her feelings toward Zen slowly begin to change. A new romcom from the author of Lovesick Ellie.
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Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 4/5

Opinion: This ones cute. It’s just starting but I really feel like it’s the new generations “Mars“. I don’t know if it will be as deep or as lasting, but it’s geared that way.

The art is ok. Honestly it doesn’t stand out and it’s quite plain. It isn’t in any way bad just not my favourite.

The plot is kinda cute. I love an “opposites attract”. I don’t often fall for the second male lead but I do like his story. It’s still very surface level drama but it feels like there is more to be revealed.

Final Rating: 4/5

Extra: From the mangaka of Love Sick Ellie

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screenshot from the manga kurosaki kun wants me all to himself. A dark haired guy pulls a girl into his arms.

Kurosaki-kun Wants me All to Himself

Name: Kurosaki-kun Wants me All to Himself
Mangaka: Sakurada Reiko
Author: Kanoko

Volumes: 4
Licensed: Mangaplaza
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Slice of Life
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
“I want you, Moka…” There’s a popular guy in class, and he can’t stand the way the other girls look at him. The only girl he wants all for himself… is the plain girl sitting in the seat in front of him?! Moka Asano is your average high school girl, and sitting behind her is Izumi Kurosaki. Kurosaki’s the captain of the soccer team, and is so popular that the neighboring schools have fan clubs for him! The girls always crowd around his desk, so Moka can never get a chance to sit down at her desk in the morning… but everything changes when Moka gets the chance to be close to Kurosaki when they see each other in the old school library. Even though Kurosaki hates being around girls, and tends to give everyone these cold stares, he looks at Moka with a bright smile and asks her “do you wanna date for real?” It’s like he’s a completely different person!

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

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Yakuza ni ofuro de hatarakasaretemasu screenshot the male l-ead leans towards the heroine as she stares at him

Yakuza ni Ofuro de Hatarakasaretemasu

Name: Yakuza ni Ofuro de Hatarakasaretemasu (working in a bathhouse under the orders of an obsessed gangster)
Mangaka: Takashi

Volumes: 2 (Ongoing – Scanlations)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Miyako Yamazumei, who grew up in a single-parent household, returns to her hometown for the first time in 10 years after the death of her father. Her father left Miyako with the public bathhouse that he cherished, and a debt of 10 million yen that he owed to the yakuza. Miyako and the yakuza money-lender are determined to rebuild the bathhouse to make it profitable again.

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

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Screenshot from Nina the Starry Bride. The heroine is smiling.

Nina the Starry Bride

Name: Nina the Starry Bride
Mangaka: Rikachi

Volumes: 15 (Ongoing)
Licensed: Kodansha (Digital and Print)
Type: Manga
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Age Group: Everyone

Summary:  
Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess…specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won’t give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another?
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Graphics Rating: 5/5
Plot Rating: 5/5

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The heroine and the male lead each bend down to grab something on the floor while staring at each other. Screenshot from the manga Show it to Me Baby

Kisarazu-kun no xx ga Mitai

Name: Kisarazu-kun no xx ga Mitai (Show It to Me, Baby!)
Mangaka: Keiku Hagiwara

Volumes: 10 volumes (Ongoing)
Licensed: E-Renta
Type: Manga
Genre: Slice of Life/Smut/Drama/Comedy
Age Group: Mature (18+)

Summary:  Finally a manager at age 35, Asahi Maebashi seems to have it all. People think she’s gorgeous, and everyone knows how good she is at her job. Now if only she could have as much confidence in the bedroom… but is it any surprise she has given up on love and marriage after her husband divorced her for her lack of skills in the boudoir? Asahi is determined to be celibate, but now she has a new burning desire… to see a man touch himself while looking at her! As fate would have it, she meets 29-year-old Kouya Kisarazu, a hot, but the slightly narcissistic director, through work. He doesn’t seem inexperienced with women, but after a traumatic past, he is so insecure in that arena, that he has already had enough! He would like a woman to watch him spank his monkey, though!! Realizing this is a win-win situation, the two release their inner freaks and help each other out…

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

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