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Media targeting women roughly 18-40

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Paradise Kiss

8.25

Description:

Yukari wants nothing more than to make her parents happy by studying hard and getting into a good college. One afternoon, however, she is kidnapped by a group of self-styled fashionistas calling themselves "Paradise Kiss." Yukari suddenly finds herself flung into the roller-coaster life of the fashion world, guided by George, art-snob extraordinaire. In a glamorous makeover of body, mind and soul, she is turned from a hapless bookworm into her friends 22 own exclusive clothing model. (Source: Tokyopop)
Type

manga

Volumes

5

Chapters

48

Status

finished

Started

1999-03-23

Hachimitsu to Clover

(Honey and Clover)

8.24

Description:

Takemoto lives in a run down student apartment, where his greatest worry is when he'll next be able to afford to eat meat and whether he'll get to class on time. Although he's away from home and living on his own, Takemoto is far from finished growing up. Along with his crazy cast of friends, Morita, Mayama, Yamada, and Hagumi, Takemoto sets out to discover life and his true self. (Source: Viz)
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

71

Status

finished

Started

2000-04-24

Petshop of Horrors

(Pet Shop of Horrors)

8.24

Description:

A smoke-filled alley in Chinatown harbors Count D's Pet Shop. The pets sold here aren't your everyday variety and the Count prides himself on selling Love and Dreams in the form of magical creatures that come with an exclusive contract. But buyers beware. If the contract is broken the Count cannot be held accountable for whatever may happen. A fascinating and macabre look into the very soul of human nature. (Source: Tokyopop)
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

41

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

1995-01-01

Natsuyuki Rendezvous

8.24

Description:

A young man with poor eyesight named Hazuki works part-time in a flower shop and falls hard for the shop-owner Rokka. But what happens when he discovers that residing in her apartment is the spirit of the man she can never forget? (Source: Stiletto Heels)
Type

manga

Volumes

4

Chapters

23

Status

finished

Started

2009-06-08

Kakukaku Shikajika

(Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey)

8.24

Description:

High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She’s in for a surprise: her new instructor is a sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn’t care about manga one bit. But maybe this unconventional art teacher is just what she needs to realize her dreams! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Type

manga

Volumes

5

Chapters

34

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2011-09-28

Kanon

8.23

Description:

After being belittled by a famous composer, Gen Mikami, Tendou Kawahara, a budding composer goes to a secluded town of Mongolia, Cojr in search for inspiration. He meets Kanon, a Japanese girl with an untamed, freedom loving spirit, talented in playing violin. When her sick mother dies leaving her with the knowledge that her Japanese father is alive, she leaves with Tendou to become a true musician so that her real father comes to hear her music. In Japan, she lives with Tendou who tries to tame her and bring her talent out. However, Mikami discovers her and wants her for himself as a musician, Tendou is challenged to produce such music to impress him to forget her. Mikami shows that he is a better teacher in bringing out her talent then Tendou decides to quit and move to the US not before he enrolls her into a boarding music school whose manager she later discovers is none other than the hateful Mikami. She is left alone to find her father and deal with the cruel and arrogant Mikami. (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Volumes

6

Chapters

23

Rating

Status

finished

Started

1995-06-08

Positively Yours

(Positively Yours)

8.23

Description:

To Hee-won’s dismay, the BFF she crushed on and her other BFF are now dating! Seriously bummed, Hee-won decides to go wild just one time, and find solace with a handsome stranger. A very satisfying one night affair has now turned into more — she’s pregnant! Fate brings them together again, and now the regimented Doo-joon is determined to do the right thing and marry her. But they’re basically strangers! Except... their bodies have been very intimately acquainted. What’s this mother-to-be to do? (Source: Tapas)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

82

Rating

Partial Nudity

Status

finished

Started

2020-06-08

Nodame Cantabile

()

8.22

Description:

Shinichi Chiaki is a first class musician whose dream is to play among the elites in Europe. Coming from a distinguished family, he is an infamous perfectionist; not only is he highly critical of himself, but of others as well. The only thing stopping Chiaki from leaving for Europe is his fear of flying. As a result, he's grounded in Japan. During his 4th year at Japan's top music university, Chiaki happens to meet Noda Megumi; or as she refers to herself, Nodame. On the surface, she seems to be an unkempt girl with no direction in life. However, when Chiaki hears Nodame play the piano for the first time, he is in awe at the kind of music she plays. To Chiaki's dismay, Nodame moves into the apartment next to his and finds out that she is head over heels in love with him. Nodame Cantabile tells the story of Chiaki and Nodame, as they not only learn to deal with each other, but learn lessons from one another as they strive for the top of the musical world. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Type

manga

Volumes

25

Chapters

146

Status

finished

Started

2001-07-10

Lovely Again Today

(Lovely Again Today)

8.18

Description:

A push and pull romance between a woman who is trying to solve a curse that turns her into a dog every midnight and a man who is afraid of dogs! (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Volumes

6

Chapters

92

Status

finished

Started

2017-08-05

Chihayafuru

(Chihayafuru)

8.18

Description:

Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game. Chihaya is struck by his obsession with the game, along with his ability to pick out the right card and swipe it away before any of his opponents. However, Arata is transfixed by her as well, all because of her unbelievable natural talent for the game. Don't miss this story of adolescent lives and emotions playing out in the most dramatic of ways! (Source: Kodansha USA) Notes: - It won the 2nd Manga Taisho Award and the 35th annual Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo. - It was nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2016.
Type

manga

Volumes

50

Chapters

248

Status

finished

Started

2007-12-28

Ellin's Solhwa

(Ellin's Solhwa)

8.22

Description:

The last thing Ellin remembers is having to deal with a belligerent customer at her dead-end job. And when she opened her eyes… she’s “Solhwa,” the beautiful fourth concubine to the king of the Xyaran Empire. Between trying to learn the language and eating steak, Ellin’s trying to figure exactly what’s going on. Where is she? How did this happen? And who can she trust: Solhwa’s handsome charismatic childhood friend or the elegant, raven-haired king’s advisor? (Source: Lezhin)
Type

oel

Chapters

52

Status

finished

Started

2019-10-19

Light and Shadow

8.17

Description:

It’s a rude insult when lowly and headstrong servant Edna comes to marry Duke Eli, instead of the noble daughter he expected. But the ambitious maid hides an even bigger secret behind her obvious ruse – one that could change the kingdom’s very history. Can the two find freedom, redemption – and love – without drawing their swords on each other? (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

103

Status

finished

Started

2016-12-27

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu

(Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju)

8.17

Description:

A hapless young man is released from prison with nothing to his name, but he knows exactly what he wants: to train in the art of rakugo comedic storytelling. After seeing an unforgettable performance from one of Japan’s greatest masters, Yakumo Yurakutei VIII, during his time in jail, he will settle for nothing less than to become apprentice to the best. Yakumo, notorious for taking no students, is persuaded to take him on, and nicknames him Yotaro—the fool. Yotaro has no formal training or elegance, but something about his charisma reminds Yakumo of someone from his past. (Source: Kodansha Comics)
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

31

Status

finished

Started

2010-03-25

Cheese in the Trap

8.15

Description:

Having returned to college after a year long break, Hong Sul, a hard-working over-achiever, inadvertently got on the wrong side of a suspiciously perfect senior named Yoo Jung. From then on her life took a turn for the worse and Sul was almost certain it was all Yoo Jung's doing. So why is he suddenly acting so friendly a year later? (Source: Baka-Updates)
Type

manhwa

Volumes

0

Chapters

46

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2010-07-07

The Lady and Her Butler

(The Lady and Her Butler)

8.12

Description:

The last thing Sooha wants in her life is a man. She's sick of her mother calling about boyfriend problems, of friends trying to set her up on dates, of girls waiting for their Prince Charming. But when a broke and homeless man offers to keep house in exchange for temporary housing, Sooha finds herself saying yes to a man for the first time in her life. After all, who wouldn't want to come home to warm homemade dinners, clean sheets, and freshly ironed clothes?(Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

143

Status

finished

Started

2017-06-09

Cheese in the Trap Season 4

8.09

Description:

Final season of Cheese in the Trap.
Type

manhwa

Volumes

7

Chapters

76

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2015-09-02

Eojjeodaboni Cheonsaengyeonbun

(Maybe Meant to Be)

8.09

Description:

‘How long have I been laying down at home…?’ Han Jia, who is turning 32 this year (she’s a freelancer who still doesn’t have a full-time job/jobless), suffers because of the pressure given by people around her that keep telling her to get married. Around the same time, Jin Mincheol, her childhood friend who came to Jia’s hometown for holiday, is having the same problem. Then, the two people got married just like that. Now that they have married….. ‘Huh? We match each other more than i thought?’ Source: MU
Type

manhwa

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2022-02-10

Sakamichi no Apollon

(Kids on the Slope)

8.07

Description:

Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father’s job. So the first day at his new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual and the new transfer student, he has always been seen as an outcast and all Kaoru had to do was bear it until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and, secondly, unlikely as it seemed, grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town.(Source: MangaHelpers)
Type

manga

Volumes

9

Chapters

45

Status

finished

Started

2007-09-28

Hokuou Kizoku to Moukinzuma no Yukiguni Karigurashi

(The Snow Country Hunting Life of the Northern Nobleman and the Raptor Wife)

8.06

Description:

A touching story of hunting and romance takes place in the vast expanses of Nature. Ritzhardt governs a wintry territory far to the north. Sieglinde is a soldier with nicknamed the "Crimson Eagle". Ritzhardt falls in love at first sight with her, and they begin their life together... for a trial marriage of one year!? Hunting reindeer, snacking on nuts, making traditional handicrafts... In their peaceful and modest life in the land of winter, will the couple truly become husband and wife?
Type

manga

Volumes

10

Chapters

100

Status

finished

Started

2018-03-30

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim?

8.05

Description:

Handsome, loaded, and arrogant Youngjoon is the VP of a major corporation. Miso has been his perfect secretary, practically legend for surviving her narcissistic boss for 9 long years. But now that she's quitting, is there really nothing—or no one—that can stop her from walking away? "Please don't quit, my perfect secretary!" (Source: Tappytoon)
Type

manhwa

Volumes

6

Chapters

98

Status

finished

Started

2016-06-28

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