shojo manga Archive

  • Bento Bako Weekly: We Were There vol. 11

    Bento Bako Weekly: We Were There vol. 11

    Title: We Were There Author: Yuki Obata Publisher: Viz Media Volume: Volume 11, ongoing, $9.99 Vintage: 2006 by Shogakukan in Japan, scheduled for release by Viz Media on July 6, 2010 Genre: Shojo, romance, great for older teens (occasionally the series has sexual situations), drama...

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  • Bento Bako Bonus: Itazura na Kiss vol. 2

    Bento Bako Bonus: Itazura na Kiss vol. 2

    Title: Itazura na Kiss Author: Kaoru Tada Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Volume: Volume 2 (see my review of volume 1 here) Vintage: 2008 by Fairbell in Japan, May 2010 by DMP Genre: Romantic comedy, old school shojo, young teens and up The story so far:...

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  • Bento Bako Lite: Vampire Knight vol. 10

    Bento Bako Lite: Vampire Knight vol. 10

    Title: Vampire Knight Author: Matsuri Hino (Captive Hearts) Publisher: Viz Media Volume: Volume 10, $9.99 Vintage: 2009 in Japan (the series began in 2005); should be out here, from Viz, on June 1 Genre: Shojo, romance, drama.  It’s got vampires in it, so it gets...

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  • Bento Bako Weekly: Ouran Highschool Host Club 1-2

    Bento Bako Weekly: Ouran Highschool Host Club 1-2

    Title: Ouran High School Host Club Author: Bisco Hatori (Millennium Snow) Publisher: Viz Media Volume: Today, volumes 1 and 2.  A sort of introduction to the series (also because, I only own volumes 1, 2, and 13).  There are currently 13 published volumes in America...

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  • Bento Bako Weekly: Millennium Prime Minister 1 & 2

    Bento Bako Weekly: Millennium Prime Minister 1 & 2

    Title: Millennium Prime Minister (volumes 1 and 2) Author: Eiki Eiki (Color) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing, on their Doki Doki line. Volumes: There are four volumes total; I’ll be reviewing MPM 1 and 2 today.  They’re $12.95 each. Vintage: Ran in Japan from 1998-2001; Eiki...

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  • Bento Bako Weekly: Phantom Dream

    Bento Bako Weekly: Phantom Dream

    Title: Phantom Dream Author:Natsuki Takaya (Fruits Basket) Publisher:Tokyopop Volumes: Five total volumes; the final volume came out the last week of January, 2010.  The first volume is $9.99, all the others are $10.99. Vintage:Serialized in Japan from 1994 to 1997.  Tokyopop began publishing the title...

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  • ComicAttack.net’s Staff Picks the Top 5 of 2009

    ComicAttack.net’s Staff Picks the Top 5 of 2009

    We here at comicattck.net want to send you off into the New Year by knowing what we thought were the big stand out titles of 2009. We encourage you to share with everyone what your favorites were this past year. Here’s hoping that they all...

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  • Bento Bako Weekly: Itazura na Kiss #1

    Bento Bako Weekly: Itazura na Kiss #1

    Title: Itazura na Kiss (can mean mischievous kiss, or playful kiss), volume 1 Author: Kaoru Tada Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Volumes: 23 originally; DMP is publishing them as 12 double volumes, at $16.95 (the first volume sits at around 335 pages). Vintage: Ran in Japan...

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  • Bento Bako Weekly: Skip Beat!

    Bento Bako Weekly: Skip Beat!

    Welcome Bento Bako readers!  It’s time to open up the lunch box and pull out another manga review.  We’ll be looking at the fantastic Skip Beat! manga today.  First things first.  I love this manga; I mean really, really love this manga.  So this review...

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  • Bento Bako Weekly: Captive Hearts

    Bento Bako Weekly: Captive Hearts

    Title: Captive Hearts Author: Matsuri Hino Publisher: Viz Media, Shojo Beat line Volumes: 5, at $8.99 each Vintage: Hino-san began the series in 1998; Viz’s first English volume came out in November 2008, volume 5 in July 2009. Captive Hearts is the first serialized manga...

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