[ SECRET POST #2655 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2655 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Divergent]


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04. [WARNING for underage character+sex?]



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[Archer]


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[Hannibal]


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[Wolverine and the X-Men]










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Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 2 - repeat ].
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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Shojo recs? Late question, but would appreciate answers

[(Anonymous)]

I know late questions tend to get ignored, but I keep forgetting to ask on time:

Does anyone have some great quality shojo? I've honestly not read a lot. I was hoping for something that isn't endlessly serialized (as in it doesn't go on for 40+ volumes). Same with maybe a hint of maturity? I've always had difficulty finding manga I like, but Mars was a story that meant a lot to me as a teenager, so I was hoping to find something of similar quality.

Re: Shojo recs? Late question, but would appreciate answers

[scrubber]

Oof. Ask this earlier tomorrow and between now and then I'll try and assemble some recs. -__-a

Re: Shojo recs? Late question, but would appreciate answers

[reading_corsair]

Sorry don't really have any recs, except perhaps that Mars always really reminded me of Hana yori dango, which is unfortunately a long series.

I just wanted to leave a small tip that if you want more mature manga, you might want to look for 'josei' instead of 'shoujo'. I believe Mars also falls in the Josei genre.

Re: Shojo recs? Late question, but would appreciate answers

[silverr]

I'd recommend you give Yumi Tamura's Basara a try. It was slowly going out of print for a while, but it looks as though VIZ is releasing it digitally; you can read the first volume for free.

It was published between 1990 and 1998, so it's completed (26 volumes). I did a post about it here , and there's a great general site about it here.

Re: Shojo recs? Late question, but would appreciate answers

[othellia]

Not all of these are strictly shoujo, but all of them have at least shoujo elements? Anyways

Boku no Chikyuu o Mamotte: weird scifi/reincarnation/romance/apocalyptic thing; I personally think it's amazing in its weirdness, and I love the sheer character development.
Cat Street: Ex-child actor and social outcast slowly finds a new look on life when she discovers a unique charter school for people like her
Emma: beautiful and sweet Victorian romance between a maid and a rich young man
Fruits Basket: a staple of the shoujo genre, and for good reason; young, plucky high school girl discovers a family in which its member turn into zodiac animals when hugged by the opposite sex; so many different awesome characters and surprising holds some dark moments for the ludicrous premise
Miriam: wild west manga; young orphan girl is taken in by an older, sharp shooter together they fight crime; simple and fluffy manga with some romance in the final volumes
Omae ga sekai o kowashitai nara: dark vampire manga done right; it doesn't hold its punches; takes the concept of a cycle of hate and revenge spanning life times and pushes it to its limits
Red River: historical, girl-travels-backwards-through-time manga; very well researched and accurate; like game of thrones, be careful of who you get attached too, because A LOT of people die; overall it has a happy ending though, yay shoujo
Vampire Juujikai: says it's shounen, but i view this as a shounen/shoujo mix; lots of fighting sequences, but the backstory is PURE shoujo; there are so many plot twists, but they all feel natural rather than being for shock value; i may or may not have cried at the ending of this one

If you like any/all of these, I have more recs, but these are my highest rated, complete series.

Penguin Brothers!

[(Anonymous)]

It's really awesome, and what's more is that the main protagonist isn't interested in love, even though there is romance in the story. It's also a quick read. I rec the hell out of it!

http://www.mangahere.com/manga/penguin_brothers/