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Koori no Jouheki

Inept at dealing with people, Higawa Koyuki maintains a wall between herself and others. She spends...

• Author: agasawa koucha
• Genres: Josei / Romance / Comedy / Drama / School Life / Slice of Life / Full Color

ongoing. slice of life, high school, romance

a classic tale of an awkward girl with a mean face learning how to socialize. endearing characters, great pacing! this particular author loves to show the introspection of their characters - there is a clear distinction between what characters think and what they choose to show - i love that approach to slice of life. 8/10

Emperor And The Female Knight

Pauliana has been defeated and captured by the army of the enemy nation, Acrea. She has been despera...

• Author: 안경워숭이,Team-iyak,winter - heyum
• Genres: Fantasy / Historical / Romance / Webtoons / gender bender

completed. fantasy, slice of life, romance

the journey of a woman becoming a knight. this story spans quite a few years of the cast fighting a war, and then deciding what to do in the aftermath. featuring: a masc mc (with abs!), battlefields (with swords AND with words), years of pining between the main charas, and, of course, a happy ending despite the endless trials of misogyny. despite the weird pacing, the ending is so righteous that i’m starting to think it warrants a rec lol! 7.5/10

Childhood Friend Complex (Eunhi)

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• Author: 은하이
• Genres: Webtoons / Comedy / Josei / Mature / Romance

ongoing. romance, smut

haneul and mincheol are never going to beat the lover allegations, even as they insist they are the most platonic of besties. a friends-to-lovers smut comedy is usually not in my alley, but this one is so charming — the color choices, the title pages, THE PACING! they have known each other so intimately and for so long that they’ve started to unknow each other in the present. it’s awkward, it’s funny, & it’s weirdly very hot to watch these clowns figure it all out! 8/10

Madame Petit

It's the 1920s and Mariko, age 16, is married to a man 30 years her senior. She is honestly happy to...

• Author: TAKAO Shigeru
• Genres: Adventure / Historical / Mystery / Shoujo / [no chapters]

completed. romance, history, josei

mariko’s adventure starts eventfully when her older husband dies on the way to their honeymoon in paris. mariko mourns, she meets new people, she goes to parties, she falls in love. part nina the starry bride, part emma, this manga gives a ghibli feel: heartwarming scenes of people who love each other amidst the backdrop of political struggle. i particularly really love how this manga portrays intimate gestures… the cuddles are strong in this one!! 8/10

Mitarai-ke, Enjou suru

The house of the Mitarai family, who operate a hospital, burned down in an unfortunate incident. The...

• Author: Fujisawa moyashi
• Genres: Drama / Tragedy

complete. drama, tragedy

a young woman tries to get to the bottom of a mystery that haunts her family. a story that blends several genres beautifully to create something that is extremely easy to binge! saw a tweet that said this story is better the less you know about it, and i agree lol so just know it is a 10/10!

(spoilerish review)
the characters were so carefully crafted; the themes of guilt and class were explored with so much nuance! too good!!!

Haikyuu!!

Hinata is full of enthusiasm for volleyball, and he's determined to become the ace of the volle...

• Author: furudate haruichi
• Genres: Shounen / Sports

completed. sports shounen

400 chapters of high octane exhilaration. this is the peak of sports manga - the story carefully unfolds in such a way that you are immersed into volleyball before you even know it. it’s a coming of age, it’s a story about friendships and rivalry, it’s a heartfelt love letter to the game of volleyball. an insane meld of volleyball realism and skillful storytelling!! 10/10

Kono Setsugen de Kimi ga Zutto Waratte Irareru you ni

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• Author: Chizu haruka
• Genres: Shoujo / Childhood Friends / Drama / Romance Childhood Friends Drama Romance

ongoing. drama, romance

muku is the eldest daughter who is pressured by her grandmother to forfeit her time in order to take care of her ailing grandfather. went in for the artstyle and childhood friends-to-lovers, stayed for the insanely nuanced family dynamics. i like that this manga gives a lot of depth to muku’s family - they’re clearly normal people that were given a bad hand in life. the drama is wrenched my heart, the art is pretty, and i think the romance is just getting started! 8/10

Cinderella Got Married, So the Evil Stepsister Can Chill Out...Right?

After getting hit by a car, I was reincarnated into the world of "Cinderella"! I used to be a driven...

• Author: Kei arima,Ataka katsuragi,Yoka morihara
• Genres: Josei / Shoujo / Drama / Fantasy / Historical / Isekai / Reincarnation / Romance Drama Fantasy Historical Isekai Reincarnation Romance

4/5

pros/
+ i really like fl’s chara design!
+ i like that even though she’s kind to cinderella bc of her past life, she’s still seen as evil bc she’s so strict, and cinderella plays this up not out of malice but out of little sister selfishness. frustrating, but shows a cute and interesting sib dynamic!
+ im a sucker for bantering romances lol

cons/
+ honestly no cons so far other than the fact that it’s very new and very short

Yoake no Uta

On a certain island, there are individuals chosen to protect the common folk from creatures emerging...

• Author: Yuno Ichika
• Genres: Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Yaoi

ongoing. romance, fantasy

elva is supposed to die young as a child warrior, but alto’s love is somehow counteracting the curse. a romance about devotion and small little intimacies. brushing each other’s hair, making food, having sleepovers. for a fantasy action-y manga, the romance is really grounded in the simple affection the two leads have for each other! but be warned: this sweetness can only feel so good because the rest of the story is kinda incredibly angsty. so tread carefully! 8/10

Hokuhokusei Ni Kumo To Ike

Icelandic seventeen-year-old Kumiyama has three secrets: One, he can talk to cars. Two, he is weak t...

• Author: irie aki
• Genres: Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Slice Of Life / Supernatural

ongoing. mystery, slice of life

a manga dedicated to the expanse of iceland. pros: the characters r charming, the dialogue is witty, the slice-of-life is slice-of-lifeing w endless details abt living life in iceland. the art: breathtaking. the plot sharpens unexpectedly; there’s a tinge of loneliness undercutting everything. cons: so many gratuitous nudes of the female teen lead. Why. the reader is blatantly invited to ogle at her tits. it’d be a 10/10 w/o the fanservice. but anyways 6/10