Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father’s job, so having his first day at a new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual in addition to being a transfer student all the time, he has always been seen as an outcast. All he has had to do was bear it as usual until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and secondly, unlikely as it seemed, he grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town. This series won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. ***Volume 10 is a side story.
From Jcafe (Light novel thread) The Academy City on water, "Rikka". This city, otherwise known as 'Asterisk', was famous for being the world's largest stage for the integrated battle entertainment . The young boys and girls of the belonging to the six academies made their wishes with Shining Armaments in their hands, vying for supremacy -- Amagiri Ayato is one of them. Ayato arrived at Rikka at the invitation of the Student Council President of the Seidoukan Academy, Claudia, and right after that he incurred the wrath of the Julis, and ended up having to duel her. "If you're obedient, I'll pardon you by grilling you to only about well-done?" "..... That would be cooking me thoroughly to my core, right?" Then, in the middle of their duel, an assassin had fired a bullet at Julis -- ? The greatest academy battle entertainment, begins here!
From Girls' Generation Scanlations: It’s been three years since Himawari lost his parents. One day, feeling particularly annoyed about having to live with his relatives, Himawari finds himself visiting a shrine. He soon learns that it is an unusual shrine with unusual people such as the shady guy, Kaminaga, and the priestess, Maru (who actually is a goddess). Soon, he becomes an acquaintance of this weird crowd and winds up helping them to grant their worshippers’ wishes. While all the time he was working to grant others’ wishes, his wish remained ungranted. However...
A strange relationship they had to bear since that day!
Ane (Older sis) is uber perfect; she’s beautiful, intelligent and is admired as the president of the student council. But, when it comes to her little brother, she goes nuts, unable to control her over-the-top obsession with him. Their days get even more chaotic surrounded by a bunch of oddballs, from a mentally-disturbed best friend, their little sister with a sister complex, an ex-punk convenience store manager, a hardcore masochist, a loli-con and more! Casual comedy perfect for filling your spare time. -jCafe24.net
A yuri manga told from the younger brother's point of view.
Mirai is a 13-year-old girl who lives in the human world. One day she witnesses a mysterious object fall from the sky into the park. Excitedly, she brings her stuffed bear Mofurun with her to see what it was. When she gets there she sees a girl named Riko flying on a broom. Riko is of the same age and from the magical world. Mirai has a lot of questions, and Riko explains that she's searching for a jewel with strong powers called "Link Stone Emerald." Then Batti, an ally of the dark magic users Dokurokushi, appears before them and demands that Riko hand over the "Link Stone Emerald," which Riko herself had been looking for. To make things worse, Batti uses dark magic to create a monster known as a Yokubaru! Mirai and Riko join hands and with the magic words "Cure-up Rapapa!" they transform into the legendary Pretty Cure.
15 year-old Naru Kinboshi usually travels around the world with her parents and her little brother. But when they go on a trip to Kenya, Naru doesn't want to accompany them, so she stays with her little brother in Japan. But renting a place is too expensive and she barely has any money to start with. By luck, Naru finds a job at a boutique that belonged to her grandmother, Venus.
From Antisense Scanslations: 4th-year Elementary student Kotone is obsessed with the aesthetic appreciation of muscles, and her older neighbor Jouji is her ideal body type. But lately, Jouji has been so down his pectoralis major hasn't even been tense. What's a girl to do?
This is based on the dating simulation game, Amagami (Gentle Bite). The special focuses on Sae, Ai and Miya, three adolescent girls who are trying to understand their changing bodies and learn how to be "sexy". The chaptered version begins with the story of Tsukasa Ayatsuji, who is the overachieving class representative and planner of the school's Christmas party, and her classmate, Tachibana, who finds himself offering to help her...
Unrequited and difficult love story of Min-Oh who got in same class a boy he loves. Can Min-Oh's love be realized?
From the master of love comedy manga, Wakabayashi Toshiya, comes a high school fairy tale about love☆!