Fruits Basket
My all time favorite manga. I read this from Middle School until it finished when I was in high school. I'm a Kyo stan. The story is far superior to so much other anime and manga out there, and still holds up to this day, which is why the anime is doing so well. I learned so many great moral lessons from this manga, and developed my love of manga from this manga and this author.
Full Moon wo Sagashite
Who could hope for more than the stunning art of Arina Tanemura and a set of adorable shinigami. I laughed, I cried, I fell in love, and I will never avoid reading anything Arina writes, because she is so fucking fantastic.
A Capable Maid
I read this after hearing it was by the same author as Doctor Elise. Honestly, I am addicted. I read all the chapters and didn't sleep until 1 pm...now to wait for more. The art in this is glorious. I find myself just staring at one panel for ages.
A False Confession
Main character wakes up in a different world, and finds herself as a homeless kid. The church takes her in and turns out she has incredible healing powers. But she doesn't want to be incredible. She just wants to make lots of money doing nothing. The "grim reaper" duke comes to the temple secretly for his insomnia, and one time when she woke him she nearly died. Then the war starts. She initially said no. But they said it would pay 300 gold and be super safe. Hell Yeah! In the war, the prince was her guiding light...literally. His face and presence makes even the worst days better. So, she gets drunk and confesses... to the wrong person. Unfortunately, the "Grim Reaper" likes her too. He would kill her if he found out the truth! Aaaaagghhg this was so good so far. I like the main characters personality. I just hope that she falls for my guy. The grim reaper. There was so translating issues early on, and the author confuses me with the passage of time sometimes. But the story is grear so far.
The Duchess' 50 Tea Recipes
Main character wakes up in the body of a duchess who has been in a marriage contract for a year. The body's former inhabitant was shy and incapable of doing things right or even asking for anything. So, now in the body, the majb character asks for tea. Tea which is barbaric in comparison to coffee in this country. Buttttt it's only because they don't know the many joys of tea! The bodies former bullies are always out to get her, and she's feeling a bit like she's lying/stealing someone's place. But the Duke is in loooooveee. The title and cover art threw me off, so I nearly didn't read this one but I am sooo glad I did. The story is great, the art is good, and I read all 96 chapters that are out in 1 day. The ML is good, and the FL is innovating in a society in which women usually don't. I love this.
Daisy(Lisabel)
Webtoon is completed. The main character's the daughter of a count who gambled away their entire livelihood. After her older sister abandoned them, she took care of her younger sister by working at a dress shop for Allen, a man who abused her and belittled her. Little did she know, that man also had a fiance, and that fiance had her killed. Then she is reborn on the day that the debt collector comes, but this time she knows a secret. The contents of that will that would decide that debt collector's future. Whether he can become duke or not, only she knows how to make it happen. She intends to bargain with him for the forgiveness of their debt, but because the will states that he must be married, he chooses to marry HER. Not the more beautiful older sister and not the smart and beautiful younger sister, but the dull unimportant middle sister that always got belittled or ignored. This is a good story so far. I'm glad she put her older sister in her place, and curious to see what happens to Allen down the line. Technically, he hasn't done anything bad in this timeline, so I thought he would be forgotten, but turns out there is a lot of trauma associated with him so he's gotta be punished, right? The future Duke doesn't even realize he is getting jealous. I like the butler. He's cool. And the younger sister. Anyhow, good art, cute story. Some of the chapters had bad translations but still understandable enough to get the gist.
IRIS - Lady with a Smartphone
FL is reborn into a world where she is being controlled by her family who plan to kill her for her title and money! But she had more than just her memories of that happening the first time around. Now she is an unleasher-someone who remembers their life on another world. This world has items in it from other worlds too, and she finds a smartphone at an auction and it becomes her tool. She will pay her family back and get her revenge, even if there is a handsome duke who wants to help her-she'll do it all on her own. This is a pretty fun story. I feel like it took forever for the romance to develop but once it did, I'm just hoping for some heat or commitment rather than countless misunderstandings. It's a pretty interesting story so far. The FL looks like a kid sometimes, though, which is a little weird.
Everything was a Mistake
Pretty sure this one is complete. I think. Main character was born intona book she didn't finish. All she could remember was that she was the villainess, and some major events and the male leads. So, to prevent her death, she gets close to a male lead, only to find out from the female lead who is her best friend that he is the villain. She gets engaged to the other male lead, but knows he's in love with her friend and they've both planned to annul the engagement eventually. The main character tries to distance herself from the villainous male lead, but he won't let her. After treating her coldly all their lives, he won't let her leave him. Is he really evil? Did he use his hypnotic magic on her? After all, it takes using a name over and over and he's only ever called her by her last name. Every one around him is hypnotized. But is it all really because he's evil? Or does it seem that way because someone wants it to?
I'm A Stepmother, But My Daughter Is Just Too Cute!
FL was a super hard worker that loved cute things and worked at a kids clothing company before she died from overwork and dieting. She is isekaid into snow white as the evil stepmother abigail. She wakes up from the dead before they buried her. Blanche, the step daughter snow white character, is wary of her at first. It doesn't help that FL acts like a crazed stalker fan girl. She just loves how cute Blanche is. ML is a jerk to both his daughter and wife. But its because *~trauma~*. He can't stand touching women after he was r****d continuously as a 12 year old until his daughter was conceived. The mother died but his mother who ordered him to be assaulted like that is still alive and kicking but far away for most of the story. FL gets close to daughter and forces husband to get closer to her too. He starts regretting pushing her away, because he loves this version of FL. He has an illegitimate brother that is sketchy. She has a magic mirror as a best friend and spy. Right now we're in some plot with the vile music teacher and just got hints from magic tower visit that the magic mirror has an ego because it has a soul in it. Maybe mirror and Blanche are endgame? I like this story. I feel like ML is still a bit icky for how he only treats his daughter well because he's told to and wants to be rewarded for doing less than the bare minimum, hoooowwwever, his trauma is realistic and the daughter was forced on him against his will in a vile act. So I get it. Anyways probably like a 4.8/5
Gourmet Hound