Koukou Debut by Kawahara Kazune Vol 13

高校デビュー 13 (13) (マーガレットコミックス) 河原 和音 集英社 2008-12-25 売り上げランキング : Amazonで詳しく見る by G-Tools

Verdict: ★★★☆ 3 and a half stars

Rating: PG

Read it for: The finale of a long celebrated series. For us it’s the end of the teen romance of our time, for Kawahara Kazune it’s only the start.

Story: Yoh and Haruna have met the biggest barrier to their relationship yet, and it’s become evident that their romance will have to come to an end. However if Yoh sacrifices his dreams, he can stay with Haruna as they wish. But is that really the best decision for them both? In the grand finale of this manga, it goes out with a lesser bang.

Oresama Teacher by Tsubaki Izumi Vol. 1 & 2

俺様ティーチャー 1 (1) (花とゆめCOMICS) 椿いづみ 白泉社 2008-01-18 売り上げランキング : Amazonで詳しく見る by G-Tools

俺様ティーチャー 2 (2) (花とゆめCOMICS) 椿いづみ 白泉社 2008-05-19 売り上げランキング : Amazonで詳しく見る by G-Tools

Verdict: ★★★★☆ 4 and a half stars
Rating: PG - Shoujo violence but with barely anything saucy

Read it for:
「男ならさ、そんなチンケなケンカなんかしてないで。ドカッと大きいもん目指しなよ」
“If you’re a guy, you shouldn’t do such uncool fighting. Aim for something huge.”
「トカッて・・・例えば？」
“Something huge… Like?’
「だ・・・大統領になるとか・・・？」
“P-President maybe…?”

Story: Mafuyu just got kicked out of her school, where she is notorious as the area’s #1 yankee leader. In a last act of desperation, her mother enrols her into a school known for taking in kids regardless of their past. There she’s trying her hardest to live straight and by the rules, despite her unfortunate bumpy start with her homeroom teacher Saeki Sensei, she’s coping with fitting in. Even if she’s become classmates with the school’s own #1 delinquent Haysaka, she definitely wont let anyone know her former life as a gangster!

Gakuen Ouji (Academy Prince) by Yuzuki Jun Vol. 5

学園王子 5 (5) (講談社コミックスデラックス)
	柚月 純 講談社 2008-08-11 売り上げランキング : おすすめ平均 女生徒と書いて、ケダモノと読む Amazonで詳しく見る by G-Tools

After this I was so tempted to write a sparkly bubbly review constantly screaming 『学園王子最高！！！！』 I still haven’t felt right since then. But also SPOILERS ARE IN THIS POST SO DON’T READ AFTER THE CUT IF YOU DON’T WANT A BAD STORY TELLER TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS.

Verdict: ★★★★ 4 stars
Rating: NC-17 – Clearly to be read by the kind of sexually fustrated females that are depicted in this series
Read it for: Damn Yuzuki and her cliffhangers! If there’s any new series you’re thinking of picking up – make this a priority.

Story: Rise’s dreamt of a quiet life and for her to get through school without problems – but it won’t seem that way in her school, Joshi High an all female turned co-ed private school. But the new student Azuki’s only got one thing on his mind, not to be raped by the sex hungry population of his new high school. And he’ll even drag his new unwilling participant Rise if he has to.

Kingyori Renai (Love Closeby) by Mikimoto Rin

(I’ve managed to do a plethora of reviews right after a dry week – mainly because it has been rather busy recently but a) my bk1 shipment came right in and b) my assignments are done and done. So watch this space! Or not. Many thanks to Brigid from mangablog who gave me a kind note of support)

近キョリ恋愛 1 (1) (KCデラックス)
	みきもと 凜 講談社 2008-03-13 売り上げランキング : おすすめ平均 面白かったです。 教師と生徒の恋愛物ですが新鮮でした ハマった Amazonで詳しく見る by G-Tools

Verdict: ★★★★ 4 stars
Rating: PG – Not even any decent cleavage and panty shots
Read it for: The hilarious tsundere girl heroine and the guy who loves her

Story: Kurugi Yuni is the school’s brightest student, apart from her weak point being English. Luckily her homeroom teacher Sakurai Haruka who is not only the most bodacious man in the school – is offering to give her some very well needed private lessons in English (oh yeah and love). Due to unforseen circumstances, they end up dating but it’s a little dangerous – he is after all a teacher and she a student.

Tsukushite Agemasu – Maid in Love (I will serve you) by Tohma Rei

つくしてあげます (フラワーコミックス) 藤間 麗 小学館 2007-11-26 売り上げランキング : おすすめ平均 Amazonで詳しく見る by G-Tools

Verdict: ★★★　3 stars
Rating: PG – Itsuki can get a little handsy and not for the faint of heart at times
Read it for: A gender bender with a twist and the fact that the artist writes in her bio “I want a car, but I want a [kids] panda car more”
Also in the volume: Hanabi No Owaru Koro (While the fireworks ended), Boku no Hysteric Girl (My Hysteric Girl)

Story: Yuzuko’s a positive, always charming girl with the horrible habit of verbal diarhoea. Just when she’s done it again and insults someone, she’s saved by a drop dead gorgeous maid from a maid cafe. Little does she know (though the readers are more clued in than this poor girl) that the maid is none other than the high school hottie Itsuki – who’s only doing it as the #1 most popular maid at his father’s Maid & Butler cafe. It’s really a story about (duh) love and some pretty good maid costumes if I may say so.

Triple Kiss by Shimaki Ako

トリプルKISS 1 (1) (フラワーコミックス) 嶋木 あこ 小学館 2008-02 売り上げランキング : Amazonで詳しく見る by G-Tools

トリプルKISS 2 (2) (フラワーコミックス) 嶋木 あこ 小学館 2008-06-26 売り上げランキング : Amazonで詳しく見る by G-Tools

Verdict: ★★★★　4 stars
Rating: PG – Teeters on the racier side of high school teen love.
Read it for: Shimaki Ako at her finest; funny, smart and totally heart thumping.

Story: Ninomiya Yukino has always upheld her promise to the boy she always played with as a child; to be a good person. But she finds herself being tested when she’s suddenly in charge of showing around the new guy in school whom everyone has condemned as plain ugly. Little do they know his unfortunate fringe is hiding his bikei (pretty boy) goodness. So what’s a girl to do? If everyone knew about him, she’d never be able to have him to herself – but she knows her jealousy will only make her break her lifelong promise. Not to mention there’s another ikemen on the scene who’s tugging at the threads in her memory!

Watashi no + Okusuri (My + Medicine) by Takamiya Satoru

わたしの+おくすり (ちゅちゅコミックス)
	高宮 智 小学館 2006-11-29 売り上げランキング : おすすめ平均 魔女はお薬で魔法を使う 前作よりもよくなってます！ Amazonで詳しく見る by G-Tools

Verdict: ★★★☆　3 and a half stars
Rating: G – Only offensive to your elderly grandmother who finds unmarried kissing unholy
Read it for: Endless キャキャ and the tsundere kissing demon!

Story: Inori is a witch in training, being a straightlaced girl she’s on her way to graduating into being a fully fledged witch. Her graduating exam turns out to be preparing a “love potion” that can make her homestay brother Aoi fall in love with her. Unfortunately she doesn’t know the first thing about love, and he knows every part about her plan – not to mention he has magic tricks up his sleeves too