This is a really great series by Hoshino-sensei. It beautifuly portrays the psychology of human beings with how they react in times of despair and joy, and tries to explain that “nothing is perfect”. Though you have to watch/read the whole series to be able to grasp the essence fully.

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d.gray-man,innocence,akuma,exorcist,19th century,dark

      “Yankee-kun to Megane-chan” vaguely “Delenquent-kun and glasses-chan” in english, is a comedy manga about two persons with opposite personality getting along with each other… Shinagawa Daichi, the school’s number one trouble maker, is being pestered by the glasses-wearing nerdy class representative Adachi Hana to join school activities. She follows him wherever he goes - even in the men’s room! >,       It is later revealed that the reason why Adachi follows Shinagawa is because she herself is a former delinquent.. She can’t fit in with the girls who always talk about fashion and beauty. She also cannot stand the lame boys and want to punch them. It is only Shinagawa that she can feel comfortable with…

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yanmega,yankee-kun to megane-chan,yankee,delinquent,four eyes,student council,crazy story

      Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) is set in Victorian era England. The main character - Ciel Phantomhive became the head of the Phantomhive household, despite being only twelve years old. Because of his young age, he is helped by a very capable and outstanding butler, named Sebastian Michaelis.
      Sebastian, the butler, is too perfect… He handles all the household chores alone, because all other workers seem to be totally useless. His secret? He is a demon that formed a contract with Ciel during the child’s past, which is a mystery. He will follow Ciel and serve him loyaly until death.

~I recommend reading the manga first, as it is the original and real story. The anime is also good, but the story is almost completely different ;)~

black butler,kuroshitsuji,butler,young master,count,underground,demonservant

      30 year old Daikichi returns to his hometown to attend the funeral of his grandfather. Upon arriving at the front door of his grandfather’s house, he saw a little girl. She doesn’t seem to be one of his relative’s child. When he asked his mom about the girl, he was so shocked to learn that she is the child of his grandfather, despite his old age!
      The mother of the child doesn’t seem to care for the child and the whole family is arguing about who will take care of the child. Seeing the other adults scorn the poor child, he gets at his wits end and volunteers to take care of the child.

usagi drop,orphan,child care,adoption,single parent,growing up,kids

      Most shoujo mangas have really sweet, beautiful, girly, girly, and girly heroines. Not for this manga~ From the title itself - bitou lollipop (bitter lollipop) - you can get a clear description of this wonderful one of a kind manga. The main girl, Madoka, isn’t just your average girl. She is not afraid of expressing herself, like her pretty face turning really ugly with shock! Read and find out how she got into a messed up situation and finding her true love~

This is not about sweet beautiful girls
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It’s about a beautiful yet bitter girl.

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bitou lollipop,delinquent parents,love story,twist,scary neighbor,living alone

      Kuragehime, or in English - Jellyfish Princess, is about a girl named Kurashita Tsukimi who is a jellyfish otaku. She lives in an apartment with fellow otakus, each having their own obsessions. They are akward to society and are all recluses in the apartment. They do not like being with ‘fashionable people’. Amars (frm ‘ama’ w/c means nun) is the name they call their group. Basically, it means =no boys allowed in the apartment=. That is the one rule they cannot break.

      She always visit a petshop where a jellyfish named Clara (kurara) is displayed whenever she feels down. One night she saw that Clara might die because the jellyfish with her tank is incompatible with her. Tuskimi tried to asked the clerk to put them in separate tanks, but– the clerk was a fashionable person! The clerk got scared of her and kicked her away. Incidentally, there was a very beautiful woman passing by who saw her. Luckily the woman is very nice and helped Tsukimi and ended up buying the jellyfish. She let the pretty woman stay over the night as a thanks because the woman said its too troublesome to go back home.

      Tsukimi woke up the next day and saw a pile of silky soft hair. She thought that women these days use wigs to look different everyday. She tried the wig and got disappointed at her reflection in the mirror, thinking she would never be beautiful. But before she can remove the wig, she heard a man’s voice! The woman she let in was a man!! How can she avoid the punishment now? Is he the person that will bring them salvation and fix their inferiority complex against the world?

      Kuragehime is VERY recommended for you gals(and guys) who want a unique type of shojo genre. No cliches, no cheesy lines… it has just the right amount of comedy, and it tickles your heart~~~

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kuragehime,princess,jellyfish,otaku,cross-dressing,makeover,
obsession

      But in his ordinary life, when not performing in the band, he is just an ordinary loser named Soichi Negishi. Negishi loves pop music and dreams of becoming a member of a fashionable pop band. Unfortunately though, he has no talent whatsoever in this field and do not have any chances of becoming a fashionable person. Even though he has been shunned by the fashionable world, he never gives up on his dream and is still continuing on composing pop songs and having a show in the streets

detroit metal city,
dmc,death metal band,alter ego,funny villain,evil singer