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  • Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 5 by Bisco Hatori

    Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 5 by Bisco Hatori

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    In this sharp-witted romantic comedy about the clash of the classes (of all kinds), a poor girl at a rich kids' school ends up working at the school's toniest club-and gets mistaken for a boy!In this high anticipated title, a kind of cross between HANA-KIMI and BOYS OVER FLOWERS, Haruhi is a scholarship student at an exclusive private school: Ouran High School, where it turns out the...
  • Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 18 by Bisco Hatori

    Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 18 by Bisco Hatori

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The uproarious comedy about a girl enlisted to work in a lavish host club!Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences rated teen...
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  • Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 10 by Bisco Hatori

    Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 10 by Bisco Hatori

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Ever since the day he helped her up after a nasty tumble, Black Magic Club member Reiko Kanazuki has been obsessed with Hunny. She is devoting all her knowledge of the dark arts to curse him and steal his soul...
  • Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 8 by Bisco Hatori

    Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 8 by Bisco Hatori

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    The first-years in Class 1-A are taking part in a test of courage, where the loser will receive the dubious honor of being dubbed Best of Cowards...
  • Skip Beat!, Vol. 16 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Skip Beat!, Vol. 16 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he's casting her out now that he's famous! Kyoko won't suffer in silence--she's going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz!Saving Kyoko from Reino's attack has finally knocked some sense into Sho's head, and he realizes how much he cares for her...
  • Skip・Beat!, Vol. 14 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Skip・Beat!, Vol. 14 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he's casting her out now that he's famous! Kyoko won't suffer in silence--she's going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz! Vie Ghoul is the new band burning up the charts by stealing Sho's moves, and Kyoko's hopping mad on his behalf...
  • Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 4 by Bisco Hatori

    Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 4 by Bisco Hatori

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    One day, Haruhi, a scholarship student at exclusive Ouran High School, breaks an $80,000 vase that belongs to the 'Host Club', a mysterious campus group consisting of six super-rich (and gorgeous) guys. To pay back the damages, she is forced to work for the club, and it's there that she discovers just how wealthy the boys are and how different they are from everybody else...
  • Maid-sama! Vol. 07 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Maid-sama! Vol. 07 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 25 ratings
    It's Sweet Day at Café Maid Latte! Usui is responsible for preparing the pastries for a tasting contest. Misaki disguised herself to participate incognito in this contest to help Erika. Indeed, one of the customers was in the lead to win the jackpot to be able to spend the day with it! Miss luck for Misaki, Hinata, his childhood friend, is also in the game...
  • Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 3 by Bisco Hatori

    Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 3 by Bisco Hatori

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    In this sharp-witted romantic comedy about the clash of the classes (of all kinds), a poor girl at a rich kids' school ends up working at the school's toniest club, and gets mistaken for a boy! One day, Haruhi, a scholarship student at exclusive Ouran High School, breaks an $80,000 vase that belongs to the "Host Club," a mysterious campus group consisting of six super-rich (and gorgeous) guys...
  • Skip Beat!, Vol. 18 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Skip Beat!, Vol. 18 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    R to L (Japanese Style)Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he's casting her out now that he's famous! Kyoko won't suffer in silence--she's going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz!Kyoko hasn't had a Love Me Section job in a while, and this newest assignment is pushing her limits...
  • Skip Beat!, Vol. 19 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Skip Beat!, Vol. 19 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When Kyoko’s heart is broken, she decides that revenge is a dish best served in the spotlight!Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he’s casting her out now that he’s famous! Kyoko won’t suffer in silence—she’s going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz!Koo and Lory can't stop meddling in Kyoko's and Ren's lives...
  • Skip Beat!, Vol. 17 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Skip Beat!, Vol. 17 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    R to L (Japanese Style)Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol...
  • Maid-sama! Vol. 02 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Maid-sama! Vol. 02 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 43 ratings
    Misaki Ayuzawa is the President of the Student Council at Seika High School, formerly an all-boys school. Unfortunately, most of the students are still male and stuck in their slovenly habits, so man-hating Misaki really socks it to them in an attempt to make the school presentable to attract more female students...
  • Maid-sama! Vol. 08 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Maid-sama! Vol. 08 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 26 ratings
    What will the uptight class president do when the sexy bad boy finds out she works at a maid cafe! More hilarious shenanigans unfold, when the uptight class president moonlights at a maid...
  • Skip Beat!, Vol. 15 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Skip Beat!, Vol. 15 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he's casting her out now that he's famous! Kyoko won't suffer in silence--she's going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz!Sho decides to take the high road rather than confront Vie Ghoul about their theft of his song...
  • Skip Beat!, Vol. 6 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Skip Beat!, Vol. 6 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol...
  • Nana, Vol. 4 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 4 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    This is the story of two 20-year old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of NANA is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip, and all-night parties...
  • Nana, Vol. 5 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 5 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A chance meeting on a train to Tokyo sends two girls named Nana on a collision course with destiny!Nana "Hachi" Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help her make a clean start and leave her capricious love life behind her. Nana Osaki, who arrives in the city at the same time, has plans to score big in the world of rock'n'roll...
  • Skip Beat!, Vol. 31 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Skip Beat!, Vol. 31 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol...
  • Skip Beat!, Vol. 33 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Skip Beat!, Vol. 33 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Kyoko’s twin tasks of keeping Ren from breaking under the strain of his characters and playing Setsuka are starting to take their toll on her. But the real danger is revealed when the desires of Setsuka and Kyoko merge...
  • Given, Vol. 2 by Natsuki Kizu

    Given, Vol. 2 by Natsuki Kizu

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music—and to each other—always brings them back together again...
    Categorized as:
    length-short  contemporary  young adult  m-m  queer
  • Nana, Vol. 6 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 6 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    A chance meeting on a train to Tokyo sends two girls named Nana on a collision course with destiny!Nana "Hachi" Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help her make a clean start and leave her capricious love life behind her. Nana Osaki, who arrives in the city at the same time, has plans to score big in the world of rock'n'roll...
  • Skip Beat!, Vol. 32 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Skip Beat!, Vol. 32 by Yoshiki Nakamura

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol...
  • Nana, Vol. 3 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 3 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    A chance meeting on a train to Tokyo sends two girls named Nana on a collision course with destiny!Nana "Hachi" Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help her make a clean start and leave her capricious love life behind her. Nana Osaki, who arrives in the city at the same time, has plans to score big in the world of rock'n'roll...
  • Given, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Kizu

    Given, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Kizu

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music—and to each other—always brings them back together again...
    Categorized as:
    length-short  contemporary  young adult  m-m  queer
  • Maid-sama! Vol. 06 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Maid-sama! Vol. 06 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 26 ratings
    A new love triangle forms... with Misaki right in the middle! Usui remains as mysterious as ever about his intentions with Misaki, saying it’s too much of a hassle to get serious about someone...
  • A Sign of Affection, Vol. 7 by Suu Morishita

    A Sign of Affection, Vol. 7 by Suu Morishita

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    "I'M FALLING ALL OVER AGAIN FOR THIS NEW SIDE OF HIM…"Emma ambushed Itsuomi at school and dragged him to the arcade, where he was brutally honest about his lack of romantic interest in her. What Itsuomi didn't realize is that Oushi happened to see them go in together...
  • A Silent Voice, Vol. 2 by Yoshitoki Oima

    A Silent Voice, Vol. 2 by Yoshitoki Oima

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 32 ratings
    SPEAKING WITH ACTIONSIt’s been five years since Shoya Ishida bullied Shoko Nishimiya so badly she left their elementary school, because of one simple difference between them: Shoya can hear, and Shoko can’t. In the intervening time, Shoya’s life has changed completely. Shunned by his friends, Shoya’s longed for the chance to make up for his cruelty...
  • Nana, Vol. 7 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 7 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A chance meeting on a train to Tokyo sends two girls named Nana on a collision course with destiny!Nana "Hachi" Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help her make a clean start and leave her capricious love life behind her. Nana Osaki, who arrives in the city at the same time, has plans to score big in the world of rock'n'roll...
  • Maid-sama! Vol. 03 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Maid-sama! Vol. 03 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 30 ratings
    It's Seika High's Sports Day Festival! The Idiot Trio have just completed a fancy, custom-made maid outfit that they want to give to Misaki as a present, but through a mix-up, the maid outfit is sent out to the Sports Day Dress-up Race as one of its generic costumes, a contest which both Misaki and Usui are entering...
  • Nana, Vol. 20 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 20 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A chance meeting on a train to Tokyo sends two girls named Nana on a collision course with destiny!Nana "Hachi" Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help her make a clean start and leave her capricious love life behind her. Nana Osaki, who arrives in the city at the same time, has plans to score big in the world of rock'n'roll...
  • A Sign of Affection, Vol. 6 by Suu Morishita

    A Sign of Affection, Vol. 6 by Suu Morishita

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    "CAN I ASK HIM ANYTHING...AND WILL HE ANSWER?"Since Yuki met Itsuomi in that moment of kismet on the train, and then decided to pursue him, she's felt a new drive in her life. The two new lovers have been shopping, traveling, and walking in the snow. They've spent a quiet, thrilling day together under blooming flowers...
  • Maid-sama! Vol. 04 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Maid-sama! Vol. 04 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 29 ratings
    Summertime in Café Maid Latte! The Maids have been invited to a Beach House to really relax. Of course, Usui-kun is also part of the party and provides for Misaki for high-boiling emotions!Internet star Aoi-chan, who always disguises himself as a sweet girl, is also on site and unfortunately has to fight in the paradisiacal scenery with quite different problems...
  • Nana, Vol. 8 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 8 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A chance meeting on a train to Tokyo sends two girls named Nana on a collision course with destiny!Nana "Hachi" Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help her make a clean start and leave her capricious love life behind her. Nana Osaki, who arrives in the city at the same time, has plans to score big in the world of rock'n'roll...
  • Nana, Vol. 2 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 2 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    This is the story of two 20-year old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of NANA is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip, and all-night parties...
  • 聲の形 5 [Koe no Katachi 5] by Yoshitoki Oima

    聲の形 5 [Koe no Katachi 5] by Yoshitoki Oima

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    A QUIET CALM Despite their tense pasts, Shoya begins to embrace the friend group that used to terrorize Shoko because she couldn't hear. Now that summer vacation is in full swing, the crew can work together to film Tomohiro's eccentric movie. Each funfilled day lazily passes by, but doubt tugs at Shoya's heavy heart and he is desperate to cling on to meaningful moments before they are gone..
  • Crush by Svetlana Chmakova

    Crush by Svetlana Chmakova

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Following the overwhelming success of AWKWARD and BRAVE, Svetlana Chmakova's award winning Berrybrook Middle School series continues with its next installment - CRUSH!Jorge seems to have it all together. He's big enough that nobody really messes with him, but he's also a genuinely sweet guy with a solid, reliable group of friends...
  • Skip and Loafer, Vol. 5 by Misaki Takamatsu, Nicole Frasik

    Skip and Loafer, Vol. 5 by Misaki Takamatsu, Nicole Frasik

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    As fall turns into winter, Mitsumi and her friends say goodbye to the first half of their freshman year. Meanwhile, Mitsumi’s friendship with Shima-kun takes on a whole new depth...
  • Nana, Vol. 12 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 12 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    • An ongoing manga series—over 17 volumes with over 38.3 million copies sold to date in Japan • Every volume has reached the TOP 10 in Japan’s best-seller list.• Inspired an anime series, live action movies, music CD, and PS2 game • VIZ Media has the rights for the Nana anime series.• VIZ Pictures is releasing Nana movie 1 & 2...
  • Your Lie in April Vol. 11 by Naoshi Arakawa

    Your Lie in April Vol. 11 by Naoshi Arakawa

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    THE LAST MOVEMENT Kaori undergoes surgery even as Kosei performs in his competition, each of them as vulnerable as ever, but finally embracing the courage to take these ultimate risks...
  • Nana, Vol. 13 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 13 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties...
  • Nana, Vol. 17 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 17 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    R to L (Japanese Style). Ever since she got engaged to Takumi and moved out of apartment 707, Hachi has felt like she's slipping out of Nana's life. When the tabloids start digging up Nana's troubled family history, Hachi tries to step in and take care of things. But will her good intentions stir up more trouble? Blast is rocketing to stardom, and the price for bringing them down keeps going up...
  • Nana, Vol. 14 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 14 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties.As Blast gears up for their major label debut, their fan club starts mobilizing...
  • Maid-sama! Vol. 13 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Maid-sama! Vol. 13 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Once an all-boys school, Seika High, a renowned school full of reckless and filthy students, has recently become a co-ed school. However, with the female population still remaining a minority even after the change over the recent years, Misaki Ayuzawa takes it into her own hands to reform the school and allow a chance for the girls to feel safer in the rough environment...
  • There I Find Rest by Jessie Gussman

    There I Find Rest by Jessie Gussman

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    On the shore of Lake Michigan, just up the road from Blueberry Beach is another small town. Strawberry Sands.A place of comfort.A place of rest and peace.A place where divorcee and single mom, Kim Tinsley, can go to try to make a new life for herself, raising her baby, while praying for her older child who has left the faith of her childhood and is questioning everything she’d ever taught her...
  • Ao Haru Ride, Vol. 13 by Io Sakisaka, 咲坂伊緒

    Ao Haru Ride, Vol. 13 by Io Sakisaka, 咲坂伊緒

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Futaba Yoshioka has encountered her first love again in high school, but he seems different from the boy she once knew. The hearts of Futaba and Kou have aligned, but are more of their friends pairing off? The journey of youth concludes...
  • Maid-sama, Bd. 17 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Maid-sama, Bd. 17 by Hiro Fujiwara

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Misaki's life is on the brink: Usui has changed schools, and after years she has seen her father again ... Then finally Aoi can be seen again in the Maid Latte, but he is deeply depressed. Also, Usui is in a bad mood because he can spend so little time with Misaki alone...
  • A Silent Voice, Volume 4 by Yoshitoki Oima

    A Silent Voice, Volume 4 by Yoshitoki Oima

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    WORDS OF REASSURANCE Once upon a time, Shoya was terribly cruel to Shoko, his elementary school classmate who couldn’t hear. To make up for his past sins, Shoya has devoted himself to repaying the debt of happiness he owes. So when Shoko faces a romantic setback, Shoya assembles some familiar faces from their past for a trip to the amusement park that may just change things for Shoya, too...
  • Ao Haru Ride, Vol. 4 by Io Sakisaka, 咲坂伊緒

    Ao Haru Ride, Vol. 4 by Io Sakisaka, 咲坂伊緒

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The popular shojo manga series that was adapted into the Blue Spring Ride anime!Futaba Yoshioka thought all boys were loud and obnoxious until she met Kou Tanaka in junior high. But as soon as she realized she really liked him, he had already moved away because of family issues...
  • Horimiya, Vol. 4 by Hero, 萩原ダイスケ

    Horimiya, Vol. 4 by Hero, 萩原ダイスケ

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Miyamura's casually murmured "I like you" at her bedside sends Hori into a tailspin. Was he just talking to himself? Or was he actually confessing his feelings for her? Slowly but surely, the pair's secret-filled relationship begins to change..
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