Japanese Shoujo Manga
If you are looking for the following comics:
1. Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
2. Ayashi no Ceres
3. ION
4. Fushigi Yuugi
5. Flame of Recca
6. X
7. Card Captor Sakura
8. Kodomo no Omocha
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Watase Yuu and Tanemura Arina are one of my favourite artists! I really like the way how they draw the characters! But I personally think that Watase Yuu is a little bit better than Tanemura Arina ^_^
Aya Mikage was a normal teen- age high school girl, until on her 16th birthday. She and her twin brother, Aki, were invited to celebrated at their grandfather's house. There all of their relatives came. A mysteries man who had saved Aya's life a day ago came and brought her a box. Inside the box was a mummified hand! Suddenly she felt a strange power inside her..........
Miaka is a normal (and perpetually hungry) 15 year old girl trying to pass her high school entrance exams. Visiting the library with her best friend Yui, she sees a red bird flying down a hall. She follows the bird and ends up in a rare books room where Yui joins her. There they find a book entitled Four Gods of Heaven and Earth. Yui starts to read the book which tells of the legend of the Suzaku no Miko (Priestess of the Suzaku) and how she gained amazing powers. It says further that the book is an incantation and anyone who finishes reading it will also gain those powers. As Yui and Miaka wonder what the book means, they are absorbed in a flash of red light that emanates from the book and pulled back to Ancient China.
Maron Kusakabe has the power to henshin, transform, into Kaitou Jeanne, Mysterious Thief Joan, the reincarnation of Joan d'Arc.
Satan is taking over the world and the best time to do it is in the turn of the 20th century so he gathers all his forces and starts the battle of the millenium. Akuma's, devil's, demons have gone into various paintings and possess humans through the paintings.
Kaitou Jeanne is the only one who can not be possessed by the demons so she must collect all the demons before its too late. Fin Fish is there to help her though. Fin is a mini-angel striving to become a full-angel and will after Maron captures all the demons. Maron also gets any wish she desires after her task is fulfilled.
But wait, Maron doesn't have it so easy. Her best friend, Miyako Toudaiji is trying to capture Kaitou Jeanne and reveal her true identity. Miyako doesn't know Maron is actually Kaitou Jeanne though. Then Chiaki Nagoya, a mysterious stranger, appears and turns out to be Maron's rival, Kaitou Sindbad, Satan's helper. Can Maron win against Satan before she falls in love with Satan's advocate?
One day while Ion is trying to get away from the bothersome class president, Seito (who is forever telling her how cute and pretty she is and wanting to be her boyfriend), she literally falls into the lap of her classmate Hourai. She hadn't known him very well previously, but Ion decides to call Hourai by his first name, Mikado, even though this is not usually done in Japanese schools. She soon discovers that she really likes Mikado's company, and of course he's really good-looking too.
Mikado checks out a small shed containing the Super Powers Investigation Club's project, but he tells Ion not to go inside. After he leaves, of course, Ion goes in. =p She notices a beaker of solution sitting on a table. Suspended in it is a small piece of strange metal. Ion picks it up and suddenly electric energy fills the room. Ion opens her eyes and sees she's flying into the air! At first she is pretty excited, but the building lights up in flames! Floating aimlessly, she spots Mikado and calls to him in desperation. Mikado listens as she quickly explains what happened, and told her that it would be okay.... Ion posesses telekinetic powers now. Mikado instructs Ion to make the water from the swimming pool float to put out the fire. Ion isn't sure she can do it, but she raises her arm and splashes a wave of water at the shed.
Ion's best friend Kiyo says Mikado's head is always full of science, so he wouldn't be in love with her, despite his declaration to Ion: "I want you." Kiyo thinks Mikado wants Ion to be his new experiment since the last one was ruined.... Ion doesn't want to believe this. What does Mikado really feel?
Four hundred years ago, a baby was sent into the future by a desperate mother. This child was a descendent of a powerful ninja clan, the Hokage�.
Recca is a first-year high school student with amazing martial skills and a burning desire to be the best ninja ever. His school rivals hate him because he defeats them so easily and mocks them by saying that he will be their personal ninja if they can defeat him. One day as Recca performs a daring rescue; he meets Yanagi, a young girl with the ability to heal. Their meeting conjures up "memories" in Recca, and addressing Yanagi as "Hime", he vows to protect her always. This vow not only incites the wrath of his rivals, who wish to have the pleasure of having Recca at their beck and call, but it also brings him some attention from some sinister beings. Cornering Recca, as he spends time with his "Hime", one of those beings, Kage Houshi, taunts Recca and alludes to his 'fire'. Recca, not knowing to what she is referring, seeks only to be rid of her so that Yanagi can be safe. Kage Houshi, however, is not to be denied her intent, and after threatening Yanagi's life, she succeeds in getting Recca to unleash his power, a flame that is passed down from generation to generation in the Hokage ninja clan.
"Flame of Recca" is a great series. It is fast-paced, humorous, and full of plot twists. The characters are diversified enough so that everyone can have a favorite, and it's cool to see how the relationship between Recca and his rivals turn out. It is a fun series to watch, and it is easy to get hooked on.
X is set in the near future, in the same world as the Clamp Campus Detectives and Tokyo-Babylon. It is the beginning of the end of the world. Two dreamwalkers have forseen the coming of the Dragon of Earth and the Dragon of Heaven. The two spirtual forces must battle for the fate of the earth. If the Dragon of Heaven is victorious, the world remains the same. If the Dragon of Earth prevails, the world is shattered, and all is changed. For centuries, the two dragons have slept, each bound in another realm by the power of kekkai (spiritual seals). However, the seals are being destroyed. An ancient legend states that seven Seals and seven Minions will arise to do battle for the fate of the world. The Seven Seals will summon the Dragon of Heaven, and preserve the kekkai binding the Dragon of Earth. The Seven Minions will detroy the kekkai, freeing the Dragon of Earth, and destroying the world. The Seven Seals and the Seven Minions are scattered throughout Japan. Other powerful forces sense the coming change and rally their forces. The two dreamwalkers take opposite sides and begin gathering the Seals and the Minions for the final confrontation, when the twin dragons will awaken to mortal kombat. There is one small problem though. One of the Seven Seals is also one of the Seven Minions. He has been blessed with powers undreamt of by either side. For this one man, the rules no longer apply. He has been given the choice between the preservation and destruction of the world. Whichever side recruits him first may win the war. His name is Kamui, and he doesn't care what happens either way...
Card Captor Sakura is the story of Kinomoto Sakura, a typical elementary school student who discovers a mysterious book in her father's study. It turns out the book contains a set of magical cards known as the Clow which she accidentally loses when she unkowingly uses one of them (the WINDY card, of course) This awakens the Clow's keeper, Cerebus (nicknamed Kero-chan), who is a rather cute beanie-babyish critter who tells Sakura that she must regather the Clow Cards, after all, she IS the one who lost them, before they wreak havoc all over the city. Along with Kero-chan, Sakura is helped by her best friend Tomoyo. Well...if you call designing her oh-so-cute Magical Girl outfits (all not only functional but tailor made to fit every situation she's in, natch!) and recording all of her adventures on tape for later enjoyment help ^_^ Can Sakura collect all of the Clow and still find time to do her chores and homework? It's a magical girl show...of course she can! Card Captor Sakura is the story of Kinomoto Sakura, a typical elementary school student who discovers a mysterious book in her father's study. It turns out the book contains a set of magical cards known as the Clow which she accidentally loses when she unkowingly uses one of them (the WINDY card, of course) This awakens the Clow's keeper, Cerebus (nicknamed Kero-chan), who is a rather cute beanie-babyish critter who tells Sakura that she must regather the Clow Cards, after all, she IS the one who lost them, before they wreak havoc all over the city. Along with Kero-chan, Sakura is helped by her best friend Tomoyo. Well...if you call designing her oh-so-cute Magical Girl outfits (all not only functional but tailor made to fit every situation she's in, natch!) and recording all of her adventures on tape for later enjoyment help ^_^ Can Sakura collect all of the Clow and still find time to do her chores and homework? It's a magical girl show...of course she can!
Kodomo no Omocha is about a lively, and charismatic 11-year old actress, named Sana Kurata. This story basically starts out with Sana having a problem with a boy, Akito Hayama, who torments the teacher of their class. Sana tries to make Hayama and his "monkey" boys stop, and the two become rivals. But as Sana gets to know Hayama and his family, she realizes that he has deep family problems. His Mom died shortly after his birth, his sister, who blames him for his mother's death, constantly calls him a devil, and his father hardly talks to him. So, Sana takes up a new project, trying to fix the Hayama family. Because of her kindness, Akito starts to get a crush on her. He "eliminates" the competition consisting of Akito's best friend Tsuyoshi, and Sana's manger/ boyfriend/" pimp", Rei. Then when's Sana's biggest secret is revealed to the world guess who is first in line to comfort her. Slowly Sana's biggest enemy has become her best friend, and possibly her boyfriend?!
Kodomo no Omocha is a really good comedy-love story!!!! I would recommend this to anyone who likes Marmalade Boy. Kodomo no Omocha is Marmalade Boy on speed.
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