The Summer Hikaru Died JUST got the official release date, July 18th! Also, so pumped for Chihayafuary! How many times did you need to practice that tongue twister lol?

The Summer Hikaru Died!!!! Yes!!!!

Can’t wait to read ‘my girlfriends child’. I really hope it’s going to be a nuanced and emotional look at such a stressful and complicated situation.

I’m so excited for all of these! I’m also really excited for the English reprint of Marmalade Boy! It’s not about loving the story or art style, it’s more about what it symbolizes, which is this being the first time an old shojo is being reprinted by a company other than Viz or Kodansha. I think we should all buy it to show our support for this gesture, in hopes that Seven Seas notices this and reprints more out-of-print series like Kodocha, Basara, Red River and Please Save my Earth!

its the year of the shoujosei renaissance and I'm so excited !! BLESS

So many new recommendations!! 🤩 I spent 2 weeks obssessedly reading Chihayafuru on my kindle, and felt like I'd run into a brick wall when I realised there were more volumes than the official digital releases... Nooooooo!!! I need to find somewhere to read the rest!!! 😱😱😱

Absolutely so hyped for The Summer Hikaru Died! Even though its so new it's my favorite series right now! It's so good, it also just won a manga award in Japan

My tears started running with the immense frustration I feel with the mention of Furare girl, I am always frustrated with not being able to read this series properly, read only few chapters through fan scanlations.

I love the premise of Cinderella Closet. I reminds me a lot of Princess Jellyfish and Mairunovich (I wish this one gets an English license.) Do Not Say Mystery is my most anticipated release now that Honey Lemon Soda has been released.

Next month is gonna be legendary. Can’t wait to see how both videos turn out. Also really looking forward to all the great shojo and josei we’re getting this year. Even if Viz won’t budge, I’m glad to see other companies picking up the slack to bring us some fantastic series.

I may actually buy multiple copies of Do Not Say Mystery to give away to people, that's how hyped I am for the GOAT Yumi Tamura to be licensed in English again. I've loved everything I've read. The Summer Hikaru Died has also been really good, though it's still a pretty new series, I was pleasantly surprised it got picked up so soon. I haven't read My Girlfriend's Child, but I'm quite interested in checking it out, it seems to be tackling a mature topic that I haven't seen a manga explore before.

I want a Natsume Book of Friends boxset.

CHIHAYAFUARY LET'S GOOOOOOOO (also great video as always hope you're right and Gene Bride gets licensed!!!!!)

I'm SO excited for Chihayafuary!!!

I'm sooooo happy I found this channel! I love seeing other women talk about manga on youtube :''''')

If we get Chihayafuru physicals they better keep the covers as is!

HAHAHAHAH I love the confidence with the Chihayafuru physicals But yes, manifesting that series finally getting physicals 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

I am looking forward to Savage Garden. I remember reading this in middle school on a secret blog.

gene bride looks really good i’m crossing my fingers!! also super pumped for river’s edge this year, just now getting into kyoko okazaki and she’s a queen

Yes!! I'm sooo excited for The Summer Hikaru Died, and I was pleasantly surprised to see Yen Press pick it up so soon.

Really awesome to see these manga making it to English readers!! I'm especially excited for Do Not Say Mystery!! :D

#CHIHAYARUARYSWEEP LET'S GOOOOO!!!! I've already preordered most of these manga, with the exceptions of The Summer Hikaru Died (Yen Press, please put it up for preorder already ;w;) and King in Limbo (not sure if I'm going to read this one), so I'm already prepared! Your licensing wishes are excellent choices, in particular I'd like to see Kin no Kuni Mizu no Kuni and Furare Girl! Great video as always!

I'm excited for Cinderella Closet, found the first 2 volumes gripping so I really wanna know what happens next!

Wonderful video thanks so much for sharing I'll check out these Manga and give them a read.😁

Thank you for recommending Do Not Say Mystery to me. It is one of my favorite manga I read this year. I also love how it weaves in social commentary in a very natural way. The protagonist is a very unconventional kid, so it makes sense that he'd be likely to tell people his opinions about their lives. I am thrilled that it is ongoing and can't wait to read the rest.

Editing game on point! Would've never guessed this wasn't scripted. Love the Friday drops! Next month gonna be so good!! 🙏 Big mystery fan here so Do Not Say Mystery was on the radar already but Gene Bride sounds interesting! Even the brief parts you discussed was enough to sell me on it 👀

I love when you talk about series that you also mention the magazines they come from. Really informative. Thank you!

You mentioned being excited about so much I'm looking forward to, the only one I hadn't heard of was King in Limbo and that sounds fascinating as well! A lot for me to keep my eye on, too 👀 Chihayafuary! Oh man!! Please let the hype convince the right people to give us physicals I am literally begging

I was also so surprised and excited to see My Girlfriend’s Child licensed. It was one of several series last year that I picked up in Japanese because I thought there was NO WAY we’d get them in English (at least any time soon). I slowly slogged through the first chapter in Japanese, and then the English release was announced like less than a month later. Based on what I’ve seen it’s really thoughtfully done. Side note: I really hate how they translated the title. It centers the male character’s voice, which based on what I’ve seen of the manga is not accurate and implies that it is not his child too. I have seen people talk about this series saying that like it’s about him staying with her even though she’s pregnant with someone else’s kid ugh.

I really like ur content as always, thank u so much! As for me, I'm so excited to finally have in my country (France) the physical series of "Kono Oto tomare" which is an amazing shojo manga that I highly recommend for those who like friendship/romance/music theme! Again, thank u for always making amazing content and so excited for the upcoming video!

Here for more manga recs!

Best part of the video: THOSE GUNS 💪 (13:15) Also you convinced me and I'm going to start Chihayafuru's anime in February or maybe the manga (or both).

Ohh I just finished Do Not Say Mystery the drama yesterday, it's so cool we get the manga now translated! Also the drama is very good (and free on viki), highly recommend, the main actor is brilliant.

i just read vol 1 of gene bride!!! got lost a lil bit but man it was interesting!!!

Thanks you for the video ! If there is a manga series that I would love to see getting english physicals release, then it's "Kono oto Tomare" and it's 27 volumes, from witch come the anime "Kono oto Tomare!: Sound of life!". Why do I want it released so badly ? Because this series is one of my top ten. I love the story ! I love the characters ! And the art is absolutely beautiful ! The length and breadth of emotions are gorgeously depicted in the facials expression of the characters, and I really like how the mangaka use contrast to express things sometimes. And for me, the author does a really good job in using codes from both shojo an shônen as long as it's serve the naratives. Here the official resume ( I wanted to do one myself but I'm not very good at this, so...): Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the “Koto“ (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to seek out new members into the club, or the club will become terminated. Out of nowhere, a new member barges into the near-abandoned club room, demanding to join the club. How will Takezou be able to keep his club alive and deal with this rascal of a new member? It's classed as a Shônen in Japan, even if, in my opinion, it isn't a shônen nor a shojo but a clever mix between the two.

i wasn't really looking forward to any non-condition called love series but cinderella closet sounds interesting! the kin no kuni manga also sounds good, i'll have to go dig around for it! personally i'd like to see takane no ran-san get released in physicals and hana to kuchizuke get lisenced. since chihayafuru month starts soon i guess now is a good time to start reading it!

Gene bride sounds interesting! I am hoping and can see Futari de koi wo suru riyuu getting translated in the next year or two 🤞

I can't help but hope that the second video is a Taichi video :)

Thanks for the recs! 2023 already seems to be a great year for shoujo. I was explaining to one of my friends about the differences between shonen and shoujo the other day and how shonen floods our market in the U.S., whereas shoujo gets the shaft. I was definitely thinking of your campaign to get more in print here.

Oh damn my wallet is already crying hearing about all those series to be available.

Just found this channel thanks to TheOmnibusCollector. I have a very limited amount of Shojo but i would love to get more. I have watched 7Seeds and I would love the manga in physicals. Definitely wanna pick up Dont Say Mystery. Furare Girl sounds so good, so i definately want a English release for that.

do not say mystery from the synopsis you gave reminds me of hyouka's protag's relationship with his mystery solving skills lol. So sold on everything you talk about but ofc anything from the woman who wrote basara 🙏

I'm so pupmped for Chihayafuary, can't wait for it to start!

I've been meaning to get around to watching chihayafuru and I guess that means I should start next month!😃

i just watched the kin no kuni, kimi no kuni trailer for the movie, looks so good, will watch it for sure when the movie comes out ... thanks for the great recommendation ^^

can't wait for more chihayafuru videos!! thanks for all the manga to keep an eye out for:P

I have been praying for years for Tokyo Crazy Paradise to get an English license I love that series!

I really love watching your vids! Thanks for bringing something different to the table and awesome representation. Keep doing what you're doing because you're killing it!

Very excited for the Chihayafuru videos!!!!

"But we barked together..." is still my favorite line from Colleen!!

I’m hoping someone over the rainbow acquires the license to rerelease the Mermaid Melody mange. It was previously released by Del Ray when they were still a thing, but now they’re out of print so they’re a lot harder to get. I’m also hoping the sequel gets released in English as well if it hasn’t already.

limbo the king omg!!! i remember only seeing raws of it online a few yeard ago

Happy belated new year!! Already have a few 2023 pre-orders ready to go, with A Condition Called Love [shipped], Do Not Say Mystery, & Last Game probably being the ones I'm most excited to finally own! Also very interested in checking out My Girlfriend's Child.

2:00 koi no hajimari 2:29 stella next to me 9:38 i want to hold aono 22:40 yona of the dawn, skip beat 23:05 colette decides to die 29:47 chihayafuru

Ahhhh I'm not sure if you heard but Kingdom of Gold, Kingdom of Water got picked up by kodansha! Would still be great for the movie also to be released internationally~~

Thanks for pointing out Yawao to Katako has been licensed. I've been wanted to read more of it and I don't follow Manga Plaza to know it's been licensed. And I just told myself I wouldn't buy anymore books this month, but it looks like I'll have to go back on that.

Love me some gendered shenanigans- Cinderella Closet's release date has been noted in my manga release calendar.

I really want Namidaame to serenade licensed. The volume covers alone are so gorgeous.

Yes

Since we are getting the anime in April, i hope it leads to My Love Story with Yamada-kun on Lv999 getting licensed!!!! Hopefully either Kondansha or Yen Press is working on it already.

Wasnt Do not say mystery like ultra high on manga sales reports last year? I had no idea it was a josei.

My English License Wish List: - Tokyo Crazy Paradise - Kono Oto Tomare - Futari de Koi wo suru Riyuu - Faster than a Kiss - Seirou Opera - Kanojo Ni Naru Hi - Orange Chocolate - Honey Bitter - Kainushi wa Akuma - Keishichou Tokuhanka

I would LOVE to see hikaeme ni itte mo kore wa ai by fujimomo (mangaka of lovesick ellie) get licensed. it's so funny and good. I would also love to see kaoru hana wa rin to saka by Saka Mikami) get licensed as well. And finally for my big three chorokute kawaii kimi ga suki by Akari Hatta get licensed as well. What can I say? I love a good high school shoujo.

I love these videos! Gives me recs that I could check out online before buying it physically when it comes out :)). Here’s a Rec for you, it’s called Pochamani and it was a DELIGHT. I would do a whole video essay on it if I could but it’s basically this shojo romance about a girl that is chubby/overweight and a guy that is a chubby girl lover. It’s so nuisanced well written and just so lovely and a huge breathe of fresh air in the genre. Give it a read ❤

7:23 LOL Platinum End could have very well been an Ohba powerpoint presentation about how smart and profound he is and how everyone who doesnt agree is an idiot or a child.

Still hoping for english versions of Kengan Ashura

I am German and none of these series interest me, but I still hope you get your wish with Chihayafuru physicals in English. Personally, I still want the Light novels of The sacred Blacksmith to release in the west. It is one of my favorite manga and I am still salty we never got the full story. And then there is Ouran, which i would love to get an Omnibus version here in Germany, because the series is so old and the original books are so hard to find. Just like Kenshin. But Kenshin is getting an anime remake, which I am very excited for. Even though I know that "thing" about the author, I won't let it hinder my enjoyment of Kenshin. Btw, I have also asked some publishers to bring over the LN for Chivalry of a failed Knight, because I love it so much. Negotiations sadly take a few years, but i will wait patiently until something can be said. I still hope my other LNs get here soon. I want to have 86 on my shelf.

Hm, Im guessing the Chihayafuru videos are going to be full spoilers? I just started the anime so I'll wait until I finish it to watch the vids

I need Colette Decides to Die in English like I need air

When does pink to habanero come out,

i want a girl and her guardian dog in english paperback bye *cries*

I'm not a shohoe (is that how you spell it? Xd) but i really enjoy your channel, you have a great vibe and i love how engaged you are!

I want to read Colette Decides To Die so bad! 😭 Where can I read it online??? Where to read Shojo online in general??? I'm on a book/manga buying ban until after our move next month! 😅😅

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＼⁠(⁠◎⁠o⁠◎⁠)⁠／ me when someone actually mentions Gattaca

This might be a silly question but, how do you access the Manga you read? I know you mentioned Viz doesn't have an app but are there other online sources for shoujo that you recommend? Also what is your preferred bookstore for physical copies?

22:51 Skip Beat?

How do you spell the name of the manga talked about at 2:02 ?

really excited for my girlfriend's child and the summer hikaru died! speaking of margaret and wanting licenses i'm always requesting miniamaru kareshi to get licensed so i really hope we get that one day🫠