Ikeda, Riyoko

Optimistic, 16-year-old Nanako Misonoo anticipates a blissful experience at her new high school. Enrolling alongside her best friend Tomoko Arikura, she is confident that her freshman year will be exciting and filled with pleasant memories.

However, upon entering the prestigious all-girls Seiran Academy, the wondrous school life Nanako had envisioned quickly vanishes as she is inducted into one of the school's most elite clubs, the Sorority. Normally only accepting the wealthiest and most prominent students, Nanako—who is neither rich nor well-known—is rumored to have cheated the selection and becomes a target of bullying from her envious peers. To make matters worse, she gradually becomes involved with Seiran's most popular students, the "Magnificent Three," comprising of the disconcerted pianist Rei Asaka, the competitive tomboy Kaoru Orihara, and the dignified Sorority President Fukiko Ichinomiya.

As a result of her abnormal situation, Nanako begins documenting her daily life in the form of letters to her former teacher, Takehiko Henmi, whom she fondly refers to as "brother," all while striving to find peace amidst the turmoil that is Seiran Academy.

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Volume 3: Early Spring Trembling

Oniisama e...

おにいさまへ…

Igarashi, Yumiko

Kurimoto, Kaoru

There is a legend in the kingdom of Paro —a legend of the Sword. It is said that if one who is unfit to rule should wield it, it will mean the ruin of the kingdom. As sole heir to the throne of Paros, Princess Erminia must accept the Sword and a husband when she comes of age on her next birthday. But the princess refuses to wed any man who is less of a man than she—which excludes every man in the kingdom! Just when Erminia is ordered by her father the king to wed her foster brother Yurias, she has a fateful encounter with the unfortunate, beautiful maiden Fiona. 

(Source: MU)

Paros no Ken

The Sword of Paros

パロスの剣

Yamagishi, Ryouko

Resine de Poisson, orphan heir of an incredibly wealthy family, decides to attend the same boarding school as her late mother. However, due to her sheltered upbringing, she struggles to fit in. It doesn't help that she is put in the same room as the rebellious Simone d'Arc, who does nothing but tease and laugh at her.

However, after fate decides to put the two in the leading roles of a school performance of Romeo and Juliet, the bond between them grows. Shiroi Heya no Futari explores the confusing relationship between a feminine goody-two-shoes and a tomboyish troublemaker.

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Shiroi Heya no Futari

白い部屋のふたり

Kamimura, Kazuo

Maria is a highschooler during the 70's in Japan. She feels that she don't fit in the actual society and leave her home to travel across Japan. During her travel, she will meet men and women, some of them she will love, looking for her place to be.

Maria

マリア

Takahashi, Macoto

Takahashi Makoto's The Rows of Cherry Trees is quite old—it's from 1957. It centers around three members of the table tennis club at an all-girl school. The story begins with the school tournament, where Yukiko faces off against first her rival, then her crush.

(Source: lililicious)

Sakura Namiki

さくら並木

Ichijo, Yukari

Maya's Funeral Procession dates back to 1972; Ichijo's style is very different here, a combination of the quickly evolving shoujo style still very influenced by Osamu Tezuka's designs and of the blockier Gothic horror style reminiscent of woodcuts. The blacks are very solid, the whites are very bright; there is some stippling and cross-shading, but it all looks hand-drawn rather than screen-toned, and the panel layouts are just gorgeous.

On the way to her family's new country house, innocent young Reina notices a tall, dark, striking woman standing in the shadows. Soon, neglected by her parents, Reina falls under the spell of the mysterious Maya ... but family secrets may destroy any chance Reina has for happiness. This is one of the earliest examples of shoujo-ai (girls' love or lesbian romance) in manga and it is the kind of over-the-top Gothic melodrama that could easily be slipped into a collection by Edgar Allan Poe.

(Source: coffeeandink)

Maya no Souretsu

摩耶の葬列

Sakioka Junko stands out among her peers with her attractive appearance and that annoys the other girls. Kasai Makoto, tired of hearing whining from the girls, offers to quarrel with Junko's best and, for obvious reasons, only friend. The enemy is defeated and goes into sobbing, but suddenly, Kasai, who really did not want to harm the girl, wants to console her...

Yureru Soushun

ゆれる早春

Kodama, Naoko

1. Kawaii dake ja Dame desu ka? 2. Pretender 3. Shoujo Shinjuu 4. Watashitachi no Mikankou

Girls' Error: Kodama Naoko Tanpenshuu

Girls' Error: Collected Short Stories

ガールズ・エラー コダマナオコ短編集

Mikawa, Ghost

Saka, Nanka

Rinko Isumi, seventeen years old. Occupation: rookie mercenary. Rinko, who applied to a private military company as a part-time gig, finds herself thrown into a conflict zone in a foreign country alongside Nagisa, a veteran mercenary. In a place where she has no sense of the terrain and the language and culture are foreign to her, Rinko learns everything from Nagisa and gradually learns how to "survive in this place"... (Source: Kadokawa, transalted)

Shimai Youhei

Mercenary Sisters

姉妹傭兵

Ikuta, Hana

Hone ni Negai wo, Hoshi ni Noroi wo

骨に願いを、星に呪いを

Momoe, Tsukasa

Karin's boyfriend is an older working man. She doesn't have the money to buy him a birthday present, so she turns to papakatsu (sugar-dating) to make some money fast. Nervously waiting at the rendezvous point, her first sugar-daddy turns out to be Izumi, a thirty-something married woman who wanted to be a sugar-mommy to a younger girl. Karin feels guilty about doing this behind her boyfriend's back, but she tells herself that it was just dinner...? But before she knew it, Karin and Izumi are going to a love hotel. An innocent college girl falls into a money-tainted love trap... (Source: Shogakukan, translated)

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