L’Etoile Solitaire (溶けた氷 -エトワール・ソリティア-, Toketa Kōri – Itowāru Soritia; “Thawed Ice: The Lone Star”) is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yuno Ogami. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga through its imprint, Juné, on October 15, 2007. Reception Katherine Farmar, writing for Comics Village, found that although the story was formulaic, it was still…
S.L.H Stray Love Hearts! (S・L・H ストレイ・ラブ・ハーツ!) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Aya Shouoto. It has been serialized in Sylph (magazine) since 2008, and has been collected in five tankōbon volumes by MediaWorks so far. Plot On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Kozue Hiyoki is visited in her dreams by a man who steals her heart- literally! Determined to find him and…
Tachibanakan To Lie Angle (立花館To Lieあんぐる, Tachibana-kan To Rai Anguru), also known as Tachibanakan Triangle or Love to Lie Angle, is a Japanese yuri manga series by Merryhachi. The series follows Natsuno Hanabi, a teenage girl who ends up in sexually suggestive situations with her female roommates. It was serialized in Ichijinsha‘s Comic Yuri Hime magazine from November 2014 to April 2020. The manga is licensed…
Zange Meshi (ざんげ飯; lit. ‘Repentance Food‘) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hatsumi Kodama. It was first irregularly published in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Morning from May 2020 to July 2021, and was published on the online platform Comic Days from August 2020 to December 2022; its chapters were collected in seven tankōbon volumes. Publication Written and illustrated by Hatsumi Kodama, Zange Meshi started its irregular serialization in Kodansha‘s seinen manga magazine Morning on May 7,…
2.5 Dimensional Seduction (Japanese: 2.5次元の誘惑リリサ, Hepburn: Nitengo-jigen no Ririsa; transl. “2.5 Dimensional Lilysa”), abbreviated as Nigoriri (にごリリ), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Hashimoto. It was serialized on Shueisha‘s Shōnen Jump+ website from June 2019 to December 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by J.C.Staff aired from July to December 2024. A second season has been announced. Premise Masamune Okumura is a second-year high school student who serves…
Cactus’s Secret (サボテンの秘密, Saboten no Himitsu) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Nana Haruta. The series began serialization in Ribon magazine on December 29, 2003, and ended its run on April 30, 2005. The individual chapters were collected into four tankōbon volumes by Shueisha; the first on August 11, 2004, and the final on October 14, 2005. The series has been licensed by Viz Media for…
I Am Here! (Japanese: ココにいるよ!, Hepburn: Koko ni Iru yo!) is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Ema Tōyama. The series was serialized in the shōjo manga magazine, Nakayoshi. The series ended with 5 volumes released by Kodansha under the imprint, Kodansha Comics. It was announced in the New York Anime Festival 2009 that the series will be licensed in English by Del Rey Manga and the release for the first volume will be November…
Ka Shin Fu (花信風, Kashinfū; transl. “Spring Wind Signaling the Blooming of Flowers”) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Makoto Tateno. The manga is licensed in English by Digital Manga Publishing, which released it in October 2007, and in Germany by Egmont Manga in July 2010. Reception Katharine Farmar, writing for Comics Village, felt the unusual part about the story was the complex family relations and…
La Blue Girl (淫獣学園 La☆Blue Girl, Injū Gakuen La Blue Girl; roughly “Lewd Beast Academy: The Blue Girl”) is an erotic anime and manga series by Toshio Maeda. Like Maeda’s other hentai series (e.g., Urotsukidōji), La Blue Girl features a large amount of tentacle rape. It departs somewhat from its predecessors, however, by lightening the atmosphere with humor, lightly parodying the “tentacle hentai” genre. An immensely successful series, La…
Maboroshi Panty (まぼろしパンティ, Maboroshi Panti; “Phantom Panties”) is a Japanese manga created by Hiroshi Koenji and Go Nagai. The manga was originally serialized in the magazine Monthly Shōnen Jump by Shueisha. It is a parody of Maboroshi Tantei, just as Kekko Kamen is a parody of Gekko Kamen. And just like Kekko Kamen, the main heroine is almost nude (mostly topless), using panties as a mask. Her secret identity…
Nagareboshi Lens (流れ星レンズ, Nagareboshi Renzu; “Shooting Star Lens”) is a Japanese slice of life romance shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Mayu Murata. It began serialization in Shueisha‘s Ribon manga magazine in 2011 and ended on July 3, 2014; a total of 10 volumes were published. An original video animation adaptation was released in 2012. Characters Risa is the main female protagonist who has no experience in love. Once when her best…
The Oblivious Saint Can’t Contain Her Power: Forget My Sister! Turns Out I Was the Real Saint All Along! (Japanese: 無自覚聖女は今日も無意識に力を垂れ流す 今代の聖女は姉ではなく、妹の私だったみたいです, Hepburn: Mujikaku Seijo wa Kyō mo Muishiki ni Chikara wo Tare Nagasu: Imadai no Seijo wa Ane dewa Naku, Imōto no Watashi Datta Mitai desu) is a Japanese light novel series written by Almond and illustrated by Yoshiro Ambe. It…
