STRONG FEMALE LEAD
Skip Beat
2014-05-10
Kyouko Mogami lived solely for her childhood friend Shoutaro "Shou" Fuwa. She follows Shou to Tokyo so that he may realize his dream of becoming a famous singer. When his dream is realized, Kyouko overhears the truth behind his decision to bringing her with him: he was using her as a maid.Shocked and enraged, Kyouko swears to take revenge by outdoing him in show business. With a new look and a new attitude, she joins LME, the agency where Ren Tsuruga (Shou's rival and the #1 actor of LME) works, in the hopes of achieving her goal of destroying Shou's pride.Along the way, she discovers her true self, makes new friends (and enemies), and finds herself at the heart of some interesting situations that will change her life, and the lives of all others involved, forever.
Seitokai Yakuindomo
2011-01-14
Tsuda Takatoshi, a new student in the recently gender-integrated high school, is asked to join the student council, as the vice president. Thus begins his days as the only normal person in among the 4 member student council officers... [B-U M]
Akatsuki no Yona
2011-05-22
Being in love with a man of a lower rank was perhaps the only problem in Yona's otherwise peaceful life as a princess, until her world is irrevocably changed and she is forced to flee from her sheltered existence.
Hito Hitori Futari
2012-06-16
From MangaHelpers: After the body dies, the soul lives on. Many spirits progress toward the world of light, through the levels of the spirit world where they study how to improve their souls. These spirits are sometimes reincarnated into the physical world, and sometimes they are sent back as guardian spirits for other living people. Guardian spirits must protect their charges souls from the blackness that oozes up from the world of darkness below. Riyon is a very laid-back spirit, who often skips her spirit classes to fool around. To train her further, she is sent back to the physical world as a guardian spirit. Instead of following a human from birth, she is helping a beleaguered man, the Japanese Prime Minister Kasuga Soichiro, in the last year and a half of his life. After an unexpected close call with death, Kasuga gains some unusual talents, including the ability to see Riyon. Will Riyon and Kasuga together be able to protect his battered soul? [tethysdust]
Yankee-kun To Megane-chan
2014-02-04
Summary by Unlife Studios:Shinagawa Daichi is a high school delinquent who just wants to be left alone. However, class rep Adachi Hana wants to be friends with him, but Shinagawa doesn't want to. Shinagawa finds Adaichi extremely annoying and he can't seem to get rid of her, so they become friends anyways. Full of comedy and a tad bit of romance.Note: A Japanese drama adaption of the manga has been made.
Oresama Teacher
2011-01-14
Summary from Intercross:Kurosaki Mafuyu was a juvenile delinquent and head of her gang before her subsequent arrest got her expelled from high school. Now that she’s transferred to a new high school, she’s determined to become an “ultra-shiny, super feminine high school student.” But with a new friend like Hayasaka-kun and a homeroom teacher like Saeki Takaomi (who may be more than he seems), will Mafuyu really be able to live a girly-girl high school life!?
To Aru Majutsu no Index
2011-01-14
The story is set in a world where supernatural powers exist through science, and magic exists through religion.In the story, Touma Kamijou is an ordinary high school boy with terrible academic scores and a power called Imagine Breaker. Imagine Breaker can defeat any other power, but it also undermines Kamijou's own good luck. His Imagine Breaker's immense strength is literally immeasurable, so hapless Kamijou is listed at the supernatural level of 0. He happens to meet a girl in white hanging off his window balcony. The girl says she is being chased by sorcerers, and Kamijou learns that the girl is a Church of England nun whose memories have been forcibly replaced by Index-Librorum-Prohibitorum — the 103,000 forbidden texts of the Church.
Caterpillar
2012-05-15
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. From Kirei Cake:Possessing both flexibility and tenacity, Imomushi (Japanese for Caterpillar) is an assassin that does not kill anyone but those who are assigned to her. She seems to have had something happen between her and her older sister in the past, however.A new spin-off story from the same author of Arachnid, this story looks at the inner workings of a top assassin within The Organization itself.Â
Arachnid
2011-07-15
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Plot: Alice is a senior high school student who lives with an uncle that spends his time tormenting her everyday. One day, Alice witnesses the death of her uncle by the hands of an assassin called "Kumo" (Japanese for Arachnid). She then falls unconscious, and upon waking up, she finds out that she's in Kumo's house... Now, this Alice who no longer has any family is being raised by the assassin himself..!
Killing Bites
2015-05-26
People have been created that are human-animal hybrids, and powerful businesses bet on the outcome of their duels. College student Nomoto Yuuya’s casual acquaintances ask him to drive them around to pick up girls one day, which he soon finds out means by force. The girl they kidnap is an animal-human hybrid named Hitomi, who slaughters all of them except Yuuya. Hitomi is a honey badger, which has been called the most fearless of all animals. Now Hitomi is assigned to stay with Yuuya, for his protection!Killing Bites are underworld duels between human-animal hybrids.One beast who knows no fear will fight in this animalistic world full of fear and insanity.This ultimate battle of the beasts will shock you to your core!
Soredemo Sekai ha Utsukushii
2015-09-21
Nike is the fourth princess of the Rain Dukedom and one who holds the power to call forth the rain. Despite her own reluctance, for the sake of her country she travels to the Sun Kingdom to marry Sun King Livius. She soon discovers that the King, who conquered the world within only three years of ascending to the throne, is actually...?! Furthermore, for trivial reasons, he demands that Nike call forth the rain...!?
Penguin Brothers
2011-01-14
Hina's new high school is strange to say the least. She moves back to her old home town only to find that the high school is run by two opposing factors, and students identify themselves based on the color of their school uniforms: Black for the followers
Swan
2015-04-05
It is about a 16 year old girl, named Masumi, who dreams of becoming the most beautiful prima ballerina.She attends a small ballet school in the remote part of Japan. When she gains admission to a famous school, she has a change to realize her dreams. There, because of lack of proper training, she is the weakest student in the group. Can she endure the hardships, struggles and fierce competition in the work of ballet?
Haruka 17
2011-01-14
Haruka is about to graduate from a first-rate college and is looking for work but no one wants to hire her. Faced with the prospect of becoming a "shuushoku rounin" she finally lowers her expectations and decides to apply at a tiny talent agency for a job as an agent. When she shows up for the interview however, it's like no interview she's ever had before. She's asked all sorts of embarrasing questions and asked to say lines in front of a camera.Later she finds out that they thought she was interviewing to become a talent, and the agent position she wanted has already been given away. However, they think she has that special quality that can make someone a star. She refuses at first, but finally gives in. Thus starts Haruka's career in the entertainment industry.
Ayashi no Ceres
2011-01-24
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Aya and her twin brother Aki thought they were going to a celebration of their sixteenth birthday at their grandfather's home, but the funeral-like atmosphere tips them off that something's not right. Their "birthday present" turns out to be a mummified hand--the power of which forces an awakening of unkown powers within Aya, and painful wounds all over Aki's body! Grandfather Mikage announces that Aki will be heir to the Mikage fortune, and Aya must die! But Aya has allies in the athletic cook and martial artist Yûhi, and the attractive, mysterious Touya. But can even two handsome and resourceful guys save Aya when it's her own power that's out of control?In 1998 Ayashi no Ceres won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo.
Sakura Juuyuushi
2013-06-28
The manga revolves around the Sakura household, which has since ancient times worked as sake brewers. One day the daughter of the household finds a katana in her family's warehouse and when she unsheathes it, the sword starts to shine. The title Sakura Juuyuushi is a play on words of Sanada Sakura Juuyuushi, a story of the group of 10 ninja who assisted the warlord Sanada Yukimura during the Warring States era of Japan.Source: ANN
Heart To Give
2013-06-28
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised.
Special A
2011-01-14
Have you ever known someone who was better than you at everything you did? Hikari does. She's known Kei since they were both six years old and he's surpassed her at everything. Now they are the top two students in an extremely prestigious high school, with Kei holding firmly to that number one position, and Hikari is still determined to beat him, no matter what it takes.
Ouran Koukou Host Club
2011-01-14
In this screwball romantic comedy, Haruhi, a poor girl at a rich kids' school, is forced to repay an $80,000 debt by working for the school's swankiest, all-male club--as a boy! There, she discovers just how wealthy the six members are and how different the rich are from everybody else...
Agreement Of The Glass Shoe
2011-01-14
Total of 2 volumes, separated into 3 parts:I. Agreement of the Glass Shoe.II. Dolls Music Staff.III. White Night Fantasia.The 3 parts are linked by a pair of marbles with glass shoes embedded in them.
KareKano
2011-02-11
Yukino Miyazawa is a Japanese high school freshman who is the envy of classmates for her good grades and immaculate appearance. However, her "perfect" exterior is a fa�?§ade, a charade she maintains to win praise. In the privacy of her own home, she is spoiled, stubborn, and a slob, and studies relentlessly and obsessively to maintain her grades. On entering high school, she is knocked from her position at the top of the class by Soichiro Arima, a handsome young man whose very existence Yukino considers a threat to the praise on which she thrives, and she vows to destroy him. When Soichiro confesses that he has a crush on her, Yukino rejects him then boasts about it at home. Eventually Yukino realizes she loves him as well, and together they resolve to abandon their fake ways and be true to themselves, though she initially has trouble breaking of her lifelong habit of pretend-perfection and her competitive ways
Dangu
2011-02-11
From Dark Horse:From the desert wastelands emerge two mysterious warriors, master wizard Yarong and his faithful servant Batu. On a grave mission from their king, they have yet to realize the whirlwind of political movements and secret plots which will soon engulf them and change their lives forever. When Yarong is mortally injured, Batu must fulfill a secret promise to leave Yarong's side and protect his master's child. As Batu seeks to find and hide the infant, Yarong reveals another secret to those who have tracked him down to finish him off--the deadly, hidden power of a Shaman Warrior!* One of the best-selling manhwa epics of all time, Shaman Warrior recently won the Korean Culture & Content Agency's 2006 "Best Manhwa of the Year" award!
Kidou Senshi Gundam: Ecole Du Ciel
2011-01-14
From Tokyopop:Daughter of a brilliant professor, Asuna is a below-average student at Ecole du Ciel, where teachers and other students constantly belittle her. However, with the world spiraling toward war, Asuna's headed for a crash course in danger and love, as everyone prepares for combat...
Life
2011-01-14
From Tokyopop:Ayumu Shiiba is studying for the all-important high school entrance exams. She is struggling to get by, but thankfully has help from her best friend Shii-chan, who is at the top of their class. Test results come back and their friendship falls apart when Ayumu surpasses Shii-chan's scores and gets into her high school of choice while Shii-chan doesn't!Losing Shii-chan is so painful for Ayumu that she starts cutting her wrists for comfort. Hoping for a fresh start, Ayumu arrives at her new high school and finally opens up to a new friend, Manami. But will Manami prove to be the friend that Ayumu truly needs or send her further in a downward spiral?
Battle Angel Alita Last Order
2011-01-14
After being killed by the doll-bomb Alita is resurrected by Nova and given an even more powerful body. Then she finds herself in a devastated Tiphares, where a battle between Tiphareans with brain-chips and those without is raging. At the same time as the automatic security systems goes on a rampage killing anything that moves.Set in an alternate future where Alita is reconsturcted by Desty Nova Alita is Lost in a future she does not Understand. For Alita everyone she loves is gone or have moved on. Alita starts on a quest to find Lou Alita starts on a journey That will change her future and make her come face to face with her past.(source: Anime News Network)
American Ghost Jack
2014-02-04
Young Ma Go-eun and her father are about to be evicted from the haunted house they've run throughout the years. But Go-eun is not about to let the park owner demolish their haunted house and her memories of her childhood and her mother. She resolves to go to the United States to surpass trials and get a million dollar cash prize awarded to those who can survive a stay in Ghost Jack's House.Original Webcomic
Qq Sweeper
2014-03-24
From Icarus Bride Scanlation:After this man has 'cleaned'... it's perfectly clean!! In front of this man, Kyuutarou, appears a mysterious girl requesting to become his apprentice...?! Your entire heart will be cleansed!!
Real Clothes
2011-07-09
Kinue is a saleswoman in the futon section of a department store. Despite her plain clothes and poor makeup, she ends up being transferred to the women's clothing department, where she has to be trained by her extraordinarily fashionable boss. Needless to say, a makeover is in order.
Akagami no Shirayukihime
2011-01-14
Shirayuki was a young girl born with unique apple-red hair. She meets a famous but foolish Prince Raji, who falls in love with her at first sight and orders her to become his concubine. With nowhere else to go, Shirayuki cuts her hair and escapes to a neighboring country. While traversing through the forests, she meets a young man, Zen, who helps her after she boldly cures his wounds, but then gets poisoned by an apple meant for Shirayuki. Meanwhile, Prince Raji sends out henchmen to search for her. What will happen to Shirayuki? What is Zen’s true character? A refreshing fantasy love story between an optimistic heroine and a prince who constantly stays on her watch.-- Aerandria Scans
Cheon Gi Dot Com
2011-01-14
Plot: Cheon Gi dot com is a triangle romance series."Two men love one woman", also known as triangle love, is typical, I say. Jun Hui Lee, the female main character, is hot blooded (extremely) and straight forward girl who does not like to fool around. Jun Hui Lee has two childhood friends, Han Sung Ji and Min Yu. They were a part of her life until sudden change of Han Sung Ji. Since then Han Sung Ji has been ignoring Jun Hui Lee.
a no tachiichi
2015-06-27
Satoki Houma is an imaginative girl who enjoys shoujo manga. She has long comes to terms with the fact she will never be the type of girl that is the heroine of a manga — purely because she isn’t pretty, and she has decided she prefers to watch events unfold rather that get involved in any case. However, in the perfect shoujo manga twist, one day she gets dragged to an alternate world where the people have summoned a Holy Maiden to save them…!Except so did her classmate, Haruka Toudou, who fits the exact model of a Shoujo Protagonist. Naturally, Satoki is overlooked for Haruka… except it’s not Haruka who has the powers of the Holy Maiden they wished for. What will Satoki do!?
Moon - Subaru Solitude Standing
2011-01-14
A sequel to Dance! Subaru.After the events of Subaru, the ballet dancer Miyamoto Subaru works in a German ballet company. However, after using pneumonia as an excuse to cancel at the last minute on her company's tour of Japan, she is forced to accept the damage she has done to her professional career. As she struggles with her sense of self-worth, she meets Nico, an amazing, handicapped ballet dancer. Nico lost his vision, in addition to his ballet partner and lover, in a tragic accident. Will Subaru be able to reach out to him, and help him to once again dance with a partner? In doing so, will she be able to find her own place in this world?
Seiyuu Ka-!
2011-01-14
Kino Hime is a 15-year old girl who just started her first year in a high school for voice actors (Seiyuu) called Hiiragi Academy. She dreams of becoming the voice of the main character in one of the most popular series in Japan, "Magic Fighter Lovely Blazers". The academy is the number one school which allows students to make their voice acting debuts and also includes other departments such as general education, sports, music, acting, and art.Of course this Academy is full of celebrities, too. Two of Hime's upperclassmen are none other than the two rising idols of the group "Idol Unit AQUA", as well as popular rising star in voice acting named Kudou Senri.But Hime's dream to be a successful voice actress is hard to fulfill. Her voice is not really suitable for a voice actress and her new classmate Kudou Senri doesn't waste time in pointing that out. Will Hime prove everybody, especially Senri, what she is capable of despite the first appearance?(From Jshoujo)
Tiara Manhwa
2011-01-14
Taken from Fateful Encounters:Prashian is an aristocratic line gifted with 500 years of life and special powers. Elan are "normal people" who live 100 years. In this place where these two "peoples" live together, there is a Litra Palia living in among them without knowing her own name. Following the orders of servants, she lives off the charity provided by the Prashian among the Elan. She is but a "pet".
Yae no Sakura
2015-02-21
A dramatization of the real life of Yaeko Yamamoto. Over 100 years ago, Yaeko broke traditional Japanese stereotypes gender and honor to become a gun-warrior in defense of her homeland of Aizu. A dramatization of actual events by Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! artist Youhei Takemura and by drama writer Mutsumi Yamamoto, who is also the writer for the upcoming Taiga drama of the same name and story.
Ohimesama no Yurikago
2011-04-23
Chizu is a Japanese girl in Las Vegas who believes herself a lady luck in gamble. She can't win the game for herself though. When her dad died, her relatives in Japan sent someone to bring her home. Chizu is a no-nonsense, outspoken person which is something Japanese society frown upon. The story is about her adjustment to life in Japan.
Dear, Only You Don't Know!
2012-04-06
Every woman has a secret they must risk everything in order to hide it.The new story of those hidden secrets, 'Dear, Only You Don't Know!"
Wild Ones
2011-01-14
From Viz:Sachie Wakamura just lost her mother, and her estranged grandfather has shown up to take care of her. The only problem is that Grandpa is the head of a yakuza gang! Sachie tries to continue living her normal life, but she can't run far since one of the most popular guys in school is part of her grandfather's gang and her new protector. Soon Sachie finds herself falling for her bodyguard. But she's the granddaughter of Rakuto's boss, and he can never show his feelings for her. Can Sachie find a way to fit into her new family and grab her chance at love?
Dorothy Of Oz
2011-01-14
From Udon Entertainment:When Mara Shin’s dog Toto gets lost one fateful day, she goes in search for him along some yellow brick road and ends up in the wonderful land of Oz! Everyone instantly starts calling her Dorothy, but these aren’t the cowar
Indigo Blue
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. From Lililicious:Rutsu, a novelist, finds herself caught between her boyfriend and another woman.
Remote
2011-02-11
From Tokyopop:Kurumi Ayaki is a recently-retired police officer with a record of excellence on the force and the guts and guile to back it up. In order to earn some extra money for her upcoming wedding, she has to return to the force... and is "rewarded" with an assignment to an elite unit who solves crimes that have been classified as unsolvable. Partnered with a mysterious young genius who is unable to feel emotions, or even to leave his room, she acts as his eyes and ears to piece together clues even as her own personal life falls apart around her.
Ciel~the Last Autumn Story~ Manhwa
2011-01-14
With the author's characteristic humour and creativity, the work describes one girl’s fantasy adventure. Yvien Magnolia's beauty widens the small villagers' eyes she is living but she never knew what her future would be, since it is destined too high to imagine for her at that time.... As the lord of the manor tries to kidnap her, Yvien flees to Lowood Institution for wizardry and witchcraft she never thought to go leaving behind her family. In the school, she meets interesting people, like, January Lightsphere who shines purple aura compared to his noble but peculiar family, and Lariatte, an orthodox fighter family's heir, who will be her closest mate.
Rosario to Vampire
2013-03-28
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. By a bizzare coincidence, Tsukune Aono has accidentally gotten himself admitted to a youkai academy, a school attended by monsters (youkai). Just when he thinks he'll run away from there, he meets the beautiful girl Moka and his mood turns ultra happy. However, she transforms into her true form when the rosary on her chest is taken off--she's a super vampire!
Sakuragaoka Angels
2011-01-14
[From Shoujo Magic]:Takasuka Yue is best known for her work "Good Morning Call" / ?????????????? ("Guddo Mooningu Kooru"), but this adorable work should not be overlooked. The heroine and her conflicts are some of the cutest
Gokuraku Domei
2011-02-11
With her father having disappeared and her mother lying in a coma at the hospital, Homare inherits the responsibilities of the family hot springs inn. But where did all these guys come from to help out? And what will happen to the firm rule of no love?!
Aqua Knight
2011-01-14
Inspired by a beautiful woman in armor - the Aqua Knight - young Ashika, living near the World's Edge, vows to become a knight himself. When a twisted aristocrat threatens the lighthouse he calls home, the boy gets his chance.
Claymore
2011-01-14
In a medieval world, villages are being attacked by the youma, demons that can take the appearance of their victim. The only people who can stop them are the Claymore, a group of young women named for the swords they use. They are half-human, half-demons who, mostly unwillingly, became Claymore.
Change 123
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. In Change 123, we meet Makoto, a girl with a very strange problem. In order to cope with her 3 adoptive fathers' incredibly intensive training methods, she developed multiple personalities, each with a different martial specialty. But what happens if none of them can beat her opponent on their own? And what further nugget of wisdom will be imparted by the great Kamen Raider?
The Premise
2015-04-09
The Premise is a story about the moral contradictions and ethical dilemmas that arise when two policemen discover a criminal gang, commonly known as “The Executioners Sectâ€, which wants to enforce justice through a horrible method.
Maria-sama Ga Miteru
2011-01-14
The setting is Lillian Academy, a private Catholic all-girls school where the student council is known as the Yamayurikai (Mountain Lily Council) and younger students are taken under the wing of older students through a system known as the "soeur system"
Hanamaru Go! Go!
2011-01-14
From Selene Scans:New school, new teachers, a new class, new friends... and basketball.All these things that Ishizuka Sakura are looking forward to are rudely interrupted by the fact that she's running late on her first day of high school! Everything
Rosario-Vampire II
2011-01-24
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Season 2 of manga serie Rosario+Vampire
Battle Angel Alita
2011-01-14
Alita is a powerful cyborg with a soft heart and a mysterious past. Her second lease on life isn't easy: her heart is broken, she gains and loses friends to the cruel world of the Scrapyard far below the Utopian city of Tiphares, and she serves many masters in her quest to protect the innocent and create a new life for herself.
Joou No Hana
2012-03-22
From Transcendence:Long ago, there existed a land divided into four countries: Sou, Kou, Do, and Ah. The King of Ah took on a wife from Kou and soon thereafter one from Do, creating a shaky alliance between the three nations. When the Second Queen gave birth to a son, the King cast aside the sickly First Queen and her daughter Aki into the depths of the Palace. But as Fate would have it, Princess Aki encounters a slave named Hakusei, who has peculiar golden hair and sky blue eyes. He promises his life to her and helps her train in the Six Arts under the guidance of the enigmatic merchant Seitetsu. However, when Aki outshines the Prince during a hunt in an attempt to gain her father's acknowledgement, she sparks a war by besmirching Do's honor and drives the Second Queen to poison her mother. With nothing left but her faithful Hakusei, Aki is banished to the small country of Kou with a vow to return to Ah one day for revenge. But in the face of the mighty allied nations of Do and Ah, will the two survive long enough to carry out Aki’s vow?