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Odeko no Mahou, by OTANI Noriko

Title: Odeko no Mahou (Forehead Magic)
Author: OTANI Noriko
ISBN# 4-08-846115-0
Margaret Comics, 2006
When I was looking through my manga for something to talk about today, I initially passed this one up because I thought I had already talked about it here. But I kept coming back to it, and after finally checking, I realized I haven’t. Ack, [...]

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Romance

Sonnan Janeeyo, by IZUMI Kaneyoshi»

Title: Sonnan Janeeyo
Author: IZUMI Kaneyoshi
ISBN# 4-09-137275-9
Flower Comics, 2003
Enough of the one-shot volumes or short series. Here is one that is a bit longer for those of you who like series that span many volumes. I actually don’t own all of this series yet (I’m working on it…) but I like what I have read so [...]

Smutty Romance

Kinkyori Lovers, by YAMADA Komomo»

Title: Kinkyori Lovers
Author: YAMADA Komomo
ISBN# 978-4-09-132216-6
Flower Comics, 2009
Heh, right after I talk about a series called “Kinkyori Renai,” I follow it up with a series bearing a similar title, “Kinkyori Lovers.” “Kinkyori” means “a short distance” so this manga, as with the previous one, is a series about romance found with someone very close to [...]

Teacher-Student

Kinkyori Renai, by MIKIMOTO Rin»

Title: Kinkyori Renai
Author: MIKIMOTO Rin
ISBN# 978-4-06-375455-1
Kodansha Betsufure Comics, 2007
I am so happy I was finally able to start this series! This is one that I had wanted to read for a long time, but my local bookstore only had volumes 2 and 3, no volume 1. I made sure to check every time I went, [...]

Crossdressing

Yoake Mae, by NAKAMA Atsuki»

Title: Yoake Mae (Before Dawn)
Author: NAKAMA Atsuki
ISBN# 978-4-08-856856-0
Ribon Mascot Comics Cookie, 2008
I decided to talk about this manga today because, of the books I have read recently, this one really stood out in my mind. It also stood out on the shelf when I first saw it in the bookstore. The dark colors, the contrast [...]

Fantasy

Lapis Lazuli no Oukan, by KAWASE Natsuna»

Title: Lapis Lazuli no Oukan (The Lapis Lazuli Crown)
Author: KAWASE Natsuna
ISBN# 978-1-401-22120-1 US
ISBN# 978-4-592-18063-1 JAPAN
Hana to Yume Comics, 2004 (CMX 2009)
Hey, look, it’s another English-translated US manga release! Lapis Lazuli no Oukan (The Lapis Lazuli Crown) is a 2-volume manga that was originally published in 2004 by Hakusensha’s Hana to Yume [...]