I'm looking for some sweet shojo manga to read?!
Question: I'm looking for some sweet shojo manga to read!?
I've read most of the popular ones, if it's been officially translated in English by a big company (like tokyopop or viz etc- I've read everything under the Shojo Beat label!.!.!.) but if you know some that are on sites where I could read them (like onemanga!.com or mangafox) that'd be great
some that I've read and enjoyed are
Fruits Basket, Tramps Like Us, Hot Gimmick, Hana Yori Dango, Marmalade Boy, Hana Kimi etc
stuff by Yuu Watase, Clamp, Arina Tanemura
I really like the girl-transported-back-in-time them (like in Fushigi Yugi or From Far Away) The gender-bender theme (like Hana-Kimi or W Juliet) or the plain normal school life type ones (like Marmalade Boy)
The only shojo I've read that I really didn't like was Revolutionary Girl Utena, so I'm not terribly picky, but sometimes I get annoyed with the whole 'chibi magical girls' type story (like Miracle Girls or Saint Tail)
thanks for any ideas ;)Www@Enter-QA@Com
some that I've read and enjoyed are
Fruits Basket, Tramps Like Us, Hot Gimmick, Hana Yori Dango, Marmalade Boy, Hana Kimi etc
stuff by Yuu Watase, Clamp, Arina Tanemura
I really like the girl-transported-back-in-time them (like in Fushigi Yugi or From Far Away) The gender-bender theme (like Hana-Kimi or W Juliet) or the plain normal school life type ones (like Marmalade Boy)
The only shojo I've read that I really didn't like was Revolutionary Girl Utena, so I'm not terribly picky, but sometimes I get annoyed with the whole 'chibi magical girls' type story (like Miracle Girls or Saint Tail)
thanks for any ideas ;)Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
since you mentioned arina tanemura and CLAMP, you should definately check out sakai mayu's works : http://myanimelist!.net/people/2802/Mayu_!.!.!.
[note: arnia tanemura and CLAMP both have some pretty good series out that haven't been offically translated in the US yet, you should check some of those out]
gender-benders: [these are from tokyopop, but they're pretty obscure] girl got game (also known as power!!), never give up, kill me kiss me
penguin revolution
tokyo crazy paradise (rated OT though)-same creator as skip beat, which i assume you've read since it's under shojo beat
charisma doll
romeo x juliet (in the beginning)
i can't think of any transported-back-in-time series at the moment, but i looked up some user recs and red river seems good:
http://myanimelist!.net/manga/84/Fushigi_!.!.!.
http://myanimelist!.net/manga/923/From_Fa!.!.!.
these have been licensed, but they're not mainstream, so i thought i'd put them just in case:
ultra cute
pretear
other:
five
kaichou wa maid sama
hoshi wa utau (same author as fruits basket)
zero count
datte suki nan damon, pxp (same author as marmalade boy)
matsuri special (same author as hana yori dango)
boy's kingdom
puikyu
kimi wa girlfriend
the devil does exist
chouchou kumo- it's a collection of four one-shots, but they're really good
full house kiss
the king's pawnshop
lovey dovey
mind game
love-berrish
saboten no himitsu
koko ni iru yo!
penguin brothers
sold out
for more info!. on any of these series go to myanimelist!.net and animenewsnetwork!.com
hope this helps a bit!. good luck!!Www@Enter-QA@Com
[note: arnia tanemura and CLAMP both have some pretty good series out that haven't been offically translated in the US yet, you should check some of those out]
gender-benders: [these are from tokyopop, but they're pretty obscure] girl got game (also known as power!!), never give up, kill me kiss me
penguin revolution
tokyo crazy paradise (rated OT though)-same creator as skip beat, which i assume you've read since it's under shojo beat
charisma doll
romeo x juliet (in the beginning)
i can't think of any transported-back-in-time series at the moment, but i looked up some user recs and red river seems good:
http://myanimelist!.net/manga/84/Fushigi_!.!.!.
http://myanimelist!.net/manga/923/From_Fa!.!.!.
these have been licensed, but they're not mainstream, so i thought i'd put them just in case:
ultra cute
pretear
other:
five
kaichou wa maid sama
hoshi wa utau (same author as fruits basket)
zero count
datte suki nan damon, pxp (same author as marmalade boy)
matsuri special (same author as hana yori dango)
boy's kingdom
puikyu
kimi wa girlfriend
the devil does exist
chouchou kumo- it's a collection of four one-shots, but they're really good
full house kiss
the king's pawnshop
lovey dovey
mind game
love-berrish
saboten no himitsu
koko ni iru yo!
penguin brothers
sold out
for more info!. on any of these series go to myanimelist!.net and animenewsnetwork!.com
hope this helps a bit!. good luck!!Www@Enter-QA@Com
oh!.!.!.so your a LOT like me, i love shojo, um, ok!.!.!.have u ever read the manga peach girl!? or love hina!? i dont like hentai, so we wont go onto that, LOL
um!.!.!.i would suggest death note, but thats kinda violent!.!.!.um, the manga called honey hunt is pretty good!.!.!.i dunno, i'm sure theres loads i know, i just cant think of them right now!.!.!.i can think of LOADS of anime, but not manga!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
um!.!.!.i would suggest death note, but thats kinda violent!.!.!.um, the manga called honey hunt is pretty good!.!.!.i dunno, i'm sure theres loads i know, i just cant think of them right now!.!.!.i can think of LOADS of anime, but not manga!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
hmmm have u read skip beat!?
kamichama karin chu
to heart!?
tokyo mew mew!?
beauty pop!?
i hope i helped if ud like some more u can ask me!Www@Enter-QA@Com
kamichama karin chu
to heart!?
tokyo mew mew!?
beauty pop!?
i hope i helped if ud like some more u can ask me!Www@Enter-QA@Com
uhhhm here are a few, if u already read them then sorry
beauty pop
rockin heaven
shugo chara
parfait tic
gakuen alice
fruits bakset
bitter virgin
moe chara
uhhm thts all i can think of right now >o< srry~ if ur looking for one thats really deep and goes into the "meaning of life" then i suggest deep love - ayu no monogatari its very good, but kinda mature (nudity,blood etc) but it is a very good series!. if u like tht one, read the sequels, deep love - host, deep love - reina no unmei, and the spinoff deep love - pao no monogatariWww@Enter-QA@Com
beauty pop
rockin heaven
shugo chara
parfait tic
gakuen alice
fruits bakset
bitter virgin
moe chara
uhhm thts all i can think of right now >o< srry~ if ur looking for one thats really deep and goes into the "meaning of life" then i suggest deep love - ayu no monogatari its very good, but kinda mature (nudity,blood etc) but it is a very good series!. if u like tht one, read the sequels, deep love - host, deep love - reina no unmei, and the spinoff deep love - pao no monogatariWww@Enter-QA@Com