UPDATE! “Let’s Dance a Waltz” has been licensed by Kodansha USA! Information here! If this series seems interesting to you, please support it by purchasing the book in Spring 2015! It would be a great starter manga for a tween or a young teen, of course, in conjunction with a talk about healthy weight loss. ———————————————— Title: “Waltz no Ojikan
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Title: Hanabusa-san: The Guard of the White Horse Loop Line Mangaka: Ritsu Miyako Publisher: Hakusensha Publication: Bessatsu Hana to Yume (BetsuHana) Genre: Shoujo, Slice of Life ISBN: 9784592187073 Purchase: Amazon JP Synopsis: This volume compiles three chapters with interconnecting stories revolving around Hanabusa, the conductor of the White Horse Loop Line. Chapter 1: Four passengers get on the train over
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Title: Hana and Earth Volume 1 (Hana to Earth, 花と地球) Mangaka: Sanae Uno (宇野紗菜） Genre: It straddles the border between shoujo and josei, slice-of-life ISBN: 9784253198431 Purchase: Amazon JP / Yes Asia ($9.98 includes shipping to the US) Genre: It straddles the border of shoujo and josei Synopsis: Hana dreams of running her grandparents’ healing herb cafe and living an
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Title: Alice in the Country of Hearts: The Clockmaker’s Story ISBN: 9781937867645 Purchase: Amazon US / Barnes and Noble Review — B-: For an Alice in the Country of XYZ follow on story, this is pretty good, but compared to other shoujo in general it’s quite middle of road. This story supposes that Alice falls in love with the Clockmaker
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Title: Futari no Renai Shoka (ふたりの恋愛書架） (“Their Love Bookshelf”) Mangaka: Yamazaki Kore (ヤマザキコレ） Publisher/ Publication: Houbunsha / Manga Time Kirara Forward ISBN: 9784832242616 Purchase: Amazon JP / YesAsia Synopsis: Kanako is a free spirited lonely women who lives in and runs a used bookstore, and Akio is a lonely young man who loves books. The two meet at a swap
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