Shitsuren No Susume - YASUKO

Shitsuren No Susume
Yasuko
2011

A highschool love debut of a girl who have started her relationship with her boyfriend as sweet as candies and pleasant as rose garden. Yet everything failed when her boyfriend broke up with her for a popular girl in her school. What can an unpopular girl do if popularity is a BIG thing. There is what they call 'Rooftop People'. Even beats the Odds. Its like apples and oranges. She did everything she could to be the best girlfriend. She even published her own manga that relates to her own life. This girl who rarely meets and talks with a guy once or twice a year takes her chances and grabs while she's at it. She's eager to find love and realized her lesson after she got hurt.

Yet she doesnt know that she was idolized by that popular girl. Along with him is her 'boyfriend'. They asked her to join their manga club yet she refused at first. Befriends to the popular couple was a hassle because they need to keep their club a secret.

My thoughts about it. I do admire her determination on finding love and open to experience heart aches. She's too dreamy when it comes to guys. And gives in easilw. I admire girls like her, full of determination. And I cant believe the popular girl was like that. Looks can be decieving. I've noticed guys are gathering on her. Awe~ And there's this guy, whom I think has an unrequited love for her. Though, it doesnt show it in the story. But that's how I see it. He has liked her for a long time ago. Oh, please quit the warnings and ignorances. You just simply loved her ALOT!

Well, this is an awesome one-volume story that'll make you laugh, cry and relate with it. Try reading Yasuko's other works.

Keep lovin manga :)

My Teddy Bear - TANAKA Minori

My Teddy Bear
Tanaka Minori
2012

2012 year-end release, I did said that I'll include shoujo-ai. This one shot girls-love focus on two girls who find their feelings kept at first. A girl who like her friend yet the other doesnt considepgp girl-to-girl relationship. Well, thats what she truly knew. Then it revealed when both of them confessed their feelings. She was just testing her if she does like it as well. I somewhat like softcore girls-love story. There pure as to being sweet. They're like girl friends but better 'girlfriends'.

Here's the thing. Whether you liked the person who has the same as yours. It doesnt matter. As long you truly love each other. That's what true love and happiness is.

Thumbs up for this couple. Not too clingy. Just right amount of sweetness. Romantic-comedy where a teddw bear has a special participation in the story.

Try reading other works of Ms. Tanaka 'cos I'm gonna do it as well. Let's do!

Keep lovin manga :)

DanDan - HAGIWARA Saori

DanDan
Hagiwara Saori
2012

2012 year-end release, DanDan was meant for 'warmth' in english. This oneshot story focuses more on highschool students who used to be bestfriends but creates distance when one starts to develop feelings to another. Their warmth as friends became cold. One who confessed his feelings. And other, who doesnt see him as a lover. The guy said it many times, how she loves her and how he wants to be her lover and be beyond friends. Even their friends, see them as dating. The guy started to ignore her and firmly wanted her whatever it takes. Thus, the distance grew larger and made them realize how important one is. Doesnt care if their friendship breaks as long they are beside each other and start off as lovers starting that day.

It is really hard if you develop feelings for a friend and knowing that he/she doesnt have the same feeling as you. Its kinda difficult to be with him/her. I do know that kind of feeling. There's this guy classmate of mine. I started to talking to him and taking the same subjects with him. We became friends. Whenever, I tried to express my feelings, he took it as a joke. So, for me not be embarrassed. I also take it as a joke. Until now, I do have feelings yet its just that. Even I experience these kinds of situations like the characters' in oneshots. :)

Well, that's it. Just dont give up on your love. Stay strong! You'll never know.... :)

Try reading Ms. Hagiwara's other works. And remember, keep lovin manga :)

Okitsune no Hanayome - NASHIZUKI Uta

Bride of the fox God
Nashizuki Uta
2009

To take you as a bride by a fox God and become one with him. Yet that spirit possesing your boyfriend's body. You need to become one with him but he'll lose his memory or else he'll die. What would she or maybe you choose?

One should be careful of what you wish for. You'll never know if it'll granted by good or evil Gods/ spirits. Being greedy to wishes wouldnt be good outcome.

This is a romantic-supernatural story where fox spirits came to the picture.

I love white-haired guys in the manga having kind and pure personality then changes into evil luring fox guys! Thumbs up for them! I Hail guys like them >_<

Girls VS Boys - face matters

Nah, just for fun! :)))

For girls, face really does matter alot. Though others may not admit. But for us girls, we should look clean and presentable towards people - especially guys. Our face is like our vain essence. Sometimes, we would like to put make-up on, just to look pretty and cute. Aside from clothes, colors and makeup are our allies. A good foundation and sweet natural lipstick does the trick. But girls, less makeup more prettify effect. It does not mean that we should put makeup at all times, being natural is A+ perfect as well. We should always remember to wash our face after and do our everyday regime for healthy skin.

Who said boys are not allowed for makeup and healthy regime? We know guys are known for being fine in how they look whether clean or not. Does not care about their skin and appearance. And just wear whatever they want. But these changes my views in other guys. I know alot of guys who's more conscious than I am. They would take long just to fix their hair in the mirror. (narcissists?) Guys have their own regime and care about their skin to be healthy as well. They dont put alot of makeup, like we do, but do effort alot on their hair, body and clothes.

There's a gag scene on this manga. Kinda real though but are overly reacted on this.

I know some girls like these. ^_^

Hot Milk - KOMURA Ayumi

Hot Milk
Komura Ayumi
2009

Out of my 2012 year-end and Halloween special categories, I'm continuing my league on spreading one chapter romances. Here's Ms. Komura's work, Hot Milk. Actually, a collection of oneshots. A quartet short stories, in my own terms and languages. I'll make my one glossary next time. ^_^

So, yeah. Hot milk. This is what I usually drink since I was kid. I love it when its still warm and creamy. Especially, while reading manga. Well, this story focuses more on girls' side and views. The draw so much love they'll give to the guys. One who's life stopped being lifeless with the faithful encounter, the other being positive outlooking yet very dreamy, the other is somewhat striving too hard not knowing what the outcome will be, and the last story focus on how milk helps us girls to have bigger breasts! :)

Chapter 1 and 2 is out yet the other two is still ongoing. But I'll update to that soon!
Try reading Ms. Komura's works! Keep lovin manga! :)

White Birthday - KOMURA Ayumi

White Birthda
Komura Ayumi
2008

Another oneshot spin-off or related short story from the main story 'Usotsuki Lily'. It is all about the manager's story in the past telling how he and his deceased wife met a long time ago. As we all know, he works at his cafe or cake shop now. Back in his teenage years, he used to have a grumpy face and one-line eyebrows that makes customers away. But that valentine's day, someone- his wife back then, confessed to him. And on white's day, he decided to confess to her as well not knowing that day was also her wife's white birthday. :)

Old people's love stories are the best. Especially, if the story pretells the past love stories. Awww~ Try reading 'Usotsuki Lily' as well. It was the same chapter with 'Sweets Honey'. :)

Keep lovin manga :)

Sweets Honey- KOMURA Ayumi

Sweets Honey
Komura Ayumi
2008

Enough of my 2012 year-end and Halloween special categories for now, I'm continuing my league on spreading one chapter romances. Here's Ms. Komura's work.

Anyways so, I'm currently reading her work, Usotsuki Lily which are full of gender twist, cross-dressing, romance within normal and not. HaHa. May have shoujo-ai and shounen-ai SUBPLOT. And they have this oneshot, 'Sweets Honey'.

The girl kinda traumatic when it comes to sweet. Yet, his boyfriend has an extreme sweeth tooth. She didnt knew it at first, because she has some kind of cold so she cant smell how sweet he is that time. So, she tried to distance from him. The boy decided to stop yet the girl insisted that she couldnt stop him from things he loves the most. The way he smiles at her is same with how he loves eating sweets. (so, he wanna eat her too, HeHeHe.)
I've also noticed the main character has a trauma with guys and the oneshot main character has traumatic experience with sweets. Well, thats what I've noticed with the similarities there is.

Try reading 'Usotsuki Lily' and you'll find the oneshots there! (In MF, CHAPTER 52.5, if Im not mistaken:)

Check it out! And keep lovin manga! :)

Tokyo Photograph - MOMOJI Nozomi

Tokyo Photograph
Momoji Nozomi
2012

2012 year-end release, where a hometown kansai girl spend her break to visit her brother in Tokyo. The place she ever dreamed of to find love in Tokyo men whom she find as cool guys unlike in her hometown. She visited her brother yet its a different guy who welcomed her, her brother's kouhai. A gloomy guy yet no sense fashion captured the girl's heart.

I think the story was rushed but I like the cliff hanger love story. They start off as friends touring the girl around Tokyo. Then they developed their feelings and boom, love gets in. Kinda too short for a oneshot because they dont really express their feeling much, but the ending was sweet - a long distance relationship 'it works' :)

Toubou Waltz - MOMO Hachiya

Runaway Waltz
Momo Hachiya
2012

2012 year-end release, popularized by passionate secret codes that are yet to be deciphered. But not easy to do if these couples had to say it. They used to treat one another as foes because of their family rivalries. But eventually became lovers as they both quest to runaway from authorities, whom they were told as theives who snatched the jewelry. And so, they both faced it and for not to be found. They made their own codes by lovers' words and to act as one. "I love you" means caution; "I love you very much" means take cover; and "Im madly deeply inlove with you" means Run. But what if one gives in from saying it and feelings had no longer kept it as secret? Loved reading it, they are somelike lovers in crime. :)

Senaka no Otoko - SEKI Natsumi

Back of a Man
Seki Natsumi
2012

2012 year-end release, where gyarus reign as heroines in this story. Yeah, these type of girls are different from normal. They hair-dyed them, wore excessesive make-up, overly decorated accessories from head to toe, and even have an image where they look like dolls. But these are not from far the normal girls. They also laugh and giggle like others and so as love. So dont belittle the gyarus. HaHa.

Anyways, I've noticed its title "Back of a man", and it was really based on it. On the first part of the story, this gyaru is always behind this black-haired broad guy infront of him. She always thought that he hated her for being a gyaru but it isnt what she's thinking of. I've noticed the guy as the story goes on that he's image , from time to time he looks back at her, changes. He goes from frown to soft. Shocked and blushed by the way he smiled at her on the last part. Well that's what counted for black-haired cool guy. softness. :)

Yet, it does conclude that they'd end up together. But something does changed between them. Loved it! Try reading it. Image does not count at all :)

Akuma wa Sasayaku - NOGIRI Youko

Akuma wa Sasayak
Nogiri Youk
2012

2012 year-end release, unrequited love for someone just make us suffer. Yet for this girl, who just looks from a window to another, never felt it that way. You would say she may be a stalker but If she sees him smile and happy, she would too. But If she sees him sad, she would feel it twice as much sadness he had. An advice to people with same situation with the heroine, dont get caught by anyone. Especially, from people who would thought to blackmail it to you. I mean, to a devil. Look behind you or you might just hear a whisper from him into your ear. Sweet careless whisper :)

Natsumi Yasumi zero zero Nichime - SORATA Akizuki

Natsumi Yasumi zero zero nichim
Sorata Akizuki
2012

2012 year-end release, a pure highschool debut of love, confession, summer break in a 00 Day of Summer Holiday. You would feel the ache on trying to confess but when you see through it like a clear bubble, it would be worth trying to. Maybe your spring it yet to come in a summer :)

Kono Mama Ja Dame Mitai Desu - FUJIWARA Hiro

Kono Mama Ja Dame Mitai Des
Fujiwara Hiro
2012

2012 year-end release, sci-fi one shot romance manga that involves time travelling. Imagine that your descendants came to travel to your present era from the future time warning you that your chances to have a family and marriage strikes down to zero! Here comes the help you needed or else your the one to blame by your descendants. Yeah, family helps one another :)

2012 year end releases...

here comes 2012 oneshot releases! Because year end is near, i'd like to share the year-end releases! I'm on my sembreak but ill be back at school next month. So double time posting! For now, ill go sleepy. Today was tiring. And well tomorrow is my sisters birthday. So maybe, ill be busy but ill do my thing tomorrow for sure. Just tellin', im doing this for those who wanted reviews of good stories. I wanted to share my reviews with you guys. Its fine with me sharing stories with you and Im open with questions and views as well. Simply, I did a blog because I wanted to show how great manga stories and mangakas are! Lived manga! I just loved manga, thats all :)))))))

keep lovin' manga! :)

Kiss Happiness Kiss
Momoiro Peco
ASCII Media Works, 2008

Karen wakes up one day only to find that her stuffed fox Haru has turned into a human boy, who claims that he will do whatever it takes to make her happy.

 "I'll be by your side..."

-Haru

"WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?:]"

They are still some people who with you happiness in life even if it takes their life.There should "romance" in that genre too.

Koi ni Naru Made - YUMACHI Shin

Koi ni Naru Made
Yumachi Shin
Shogakukan, 2008

A quartet high school love story. Knowing whom you love really is, growing love from childhood, accepting each other’s love, claiming each other more is what this story offers. Nothing beats pure high school love in one shots.

Koi ni Naru made
Kimi ga Boku no Taiyou
Kimi no Kakera
Kimi Machi Bus (sequel to Katakoi Iro)

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Half and Half - NANAMI Mao

Half and Half
Nanami Mao
Kodasha, 2008

Whatever gender it is, you can’t stop that heart of yours if it keeps pounding hard. That is what SHE feels when her childhood friend, whom she loved and her unrequited love, came back to their hometown in a different phase. He became She. Good thing he didn’t went to surgery; it’s just wig and padding. Yey! A romantic-comedy gender bender summer story I’ve read. I love this couple. One, who’s insecure of how beautiful her unrequited love became, and still loved him. And the other one, who knew he liked guys yet he preferred her in the end. They’ve promised that they will marry each other when they grew up but life isn’t just all sweetness. The boy needs to move away and left the girl waiting. And in that one summer time, their story just started again when he came back. But their love story had already started a long time ago. No matter which way they run to. It will never be perfect for them. Indeed, their happiness is different from anyone else.

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