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Do you happen to know where Kin no Kuni Mizu no Kuni is available to watch?

I don't think it's come out in English at all yet as far as I'm aware. I'm not sure if they have any plans for it too either :(

#Kin no Kuni Mizu no Kuni #gold kingdom and water kingdom #answers #asks #genoshaisforlovers

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HERE WE GOOOO!! Poll of the Community's Favorite Manga 2023 Edition!

Poll: https://forms.gle/Hppkrwpf2hCLBzjG6…

There will be 3 questions for each different demographic ("What's your 1st top favorite shoujo? Your 2nd top favorite? etc.). Please only list ONE series per question

If you DO NOT have a favorite manga for the demographic, you can put "haven't read one"/"don't have one," etc. You may also skip the 2nd & 3rd ones if you don't have any.

If you aren't sure which one a manga is, make your best guess, and I'll put it in the correct one afterwards

It is limited to ONE response per person, so you DO have to sign-in to answer! HOWEVER, you can edit your responses until I close the form, and I am NOT collecting email addresses (in case you were worried about privacy)!

Like last year, I will share the results for everyone to see

There's also a question asking what manga people MOST want licensed!

I will be sharing this on Twitter and Reddit as well to try and get a larger pool of answers. Feel free to share too!

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Zatsuki: Make Me a Star

3 volumes (digital only as of 5/17/2023)

Licensed by Kodansha

Aoshima and Shijima -- one star on the fall and one on the rise, and both only in high school. Both know the rush that fame can provide, and both know how easy it is to rip away. But what neither knows is the affect they'll have on each other...

Status in Country of Origin 

3 Volumes (Complete)

Tags:

Actor/s

Blunt Female Lead

Cold Female Lead

Entertainment Industry

High School Student/s

Idol/s

Producer/s

Transfer Student/s

#Zatsuki: Make Me a Star #completed #shoujo #manga #kodansha #comedy #school life #palcy #MOCHIZUKI Takumi #2020 #2020s #SAKURABA Yui

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Yuzu the Pet Vet

7 volumes

Licensed by Kodansha

Join 11-year-old Yuzu at her animal hospital and meet her new fluffy friends! In an engaging and cutely-drawn comic, watch Yuzu navigate issues like bullying, animal care, and understanding illness and deaths of pets and family. Yuzu is only 11 years old, but she's got a lot on her plate. When her mom gets sick, Yuzu goes to live with her Uncle Akihito, who runs the local animal hospital. She's super scared of animals, but she'll do her best to help out! Through many tough moments, like her mother's illness and standing up to bullies, Yuzu learns big lessons about what it means to care. And with some help from her animal pals, friends, and kind grown-ups, Yuzu's ready to take on the day! Perfect for aspiring vets of all ages!

Status in Country of Origin 

7 Vols (2016 - Complete) 7 Shinsoban (2019 - Complete)

Tags:

Animal/s

Dog/s

Kodomo

Pet/s

Romantic Subplot

Veterinarian/s

Young Female Lead

#Yuzu no Dobutsu Karte #Yuzu the Pet Vet #drama #shoujo #slice of life #manga #kodansha #ITO Mingo #nakayoshi #2016 #2010s #completed

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You're My Pet

14 volumes (print, Tokyopop), 14 volumes (digital, Kodansha)

Licensed by Tokyopop (expired), now Kodansha, also on INKR Comics.

Life was good for Sumire Iwaya... until the day she discovers her boyfriend is cheating on her, she gets demoted at work, and her life spirals toward the dumps. Things take a turn for the better when she crosses paths with Momo, a homeless guy with a colorful past who puts a bounce in her step and a shake in her hips. It takes two to tango, but when Sumire's first love reappears in her life, will this be the last waltz?

This manga won the 27th Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo in 2003 (shared with Honey and Clover).

Related Series 

Kimi wa Pet the Best (Alternate Story, not licensed)

Status in Country of Origin 

14 Volumes (Complete)

Tags:

Adapted to Live Action

Adult Couple

Appearance Different from Personality

Award-Winning Work

Beautiful Female Lead

Career Woman

Cohabitation

Dancing

Family

Journalism

Live-in Lover

Living Abroad

Loneliness

long-distance relationship

Love Polygon

Male Lead Falls in Love First

Master-Pet Relationship

Misunderstood Protagonist

Nudity

Office Worker/s

Older Female Younger Male

Overshadowed by Siblings

Roommates

Short Male Lead

Slow Romance

Smart Female Lead

Smoking

Strong Female Lead

Study Abroad

Tall Female Lead

Tsundere Female Lead

#Kimi wa Pet #You're My Pet #tramps like us #josei #manga #completed #tokyopop #kodansha #comedy #drama #romance #mature #slice of life #OGAWA Yayoi #2000 #2000s #kiss #kiss carnival #inkr comics

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Tokyo Mew Mew a La Mode

2 volumes (singles, Tokyopop), 1 volume omnibus (Kodansha)

Licensed by Tokyopop (expired), now Kodansha

THE MEW MEWS ARE BACK! 

Berry Shirayuki is a completely normal high school girl-until she's hit by the Mew Mew beam, giving her the powers of both the Amami Black Rabbit and the Andean Mountain Cat! Now Berry has super-hearing, super-speed, and can leap (small) builings in a single bound. But her new super powers come at a price-with their leader Ichigo studying abroad in England, the Mew Mews need Berry's help fighting the remaining chimera terrorizing Tokyo. As if that wasn't bad enough, there's a new gang in town, the Saint Rose Crusaders. They've made it their mission to destroy the Mew Mews, and they're starting with Berry! 

Related Series 

Tokyo Mew Mew (Prequel)

Status in Country of Origin 

2 Volumes (Complete/Discontinued)

Tags:

Animal Characteristics

Childhood Friend/s

Childhood Promise

Female Fighter/s

Hypnotism/Hypnosis

Kemonomimi

Magical Girl/s

Male Lead Falls in Love First

Manipulation

Mermaid/s

Rushed Ending / Axed

Secret Identity

Waitress/es

#Tokyo Mew Mew a La Mode #Tokyo Mew Mew #shoujo #manga #completed #kodansha #romance #action #comedy #fantasy #science fiction #IKUMI Mia #nakayoshi #2003 #2000s #discontinued #tokyopop

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Tokyo Mew Mew

7 volumes (singles, Tokyopop), 3 omnibus volumes (Kodansha)

Licensed by Tokyopop (expired), now Kodansha, also in INKR Comics.

On her first date with the cutest boy in school, Ichigo is exposed to a mysterious ray that meshes her DNA with that of the endangered Iriomote wildcat. She soon discovers that she has developed superhuman abilities and enhanced agility. Her new powers are put to the test when she leads a team with four other girls, each endowed with special abilities of their own. Together, they must now protect the Earth from an alien menace known as Deep Blue.

Anime Start/End Chapter 

Starts at Volume 1 Ends at Volume 7

Related Series 

Tokyo Mew Mew a La Mode (Sequel, licensed) Tokyo Mew Mew Olé! (Spin-Off, not licensed) Tokyo Mew Mew 2020 Re-Turn (Main Story, not licensed)

Status in Country of Origin 

7 Volumes (Complete)

Tags:

Adapted to Anime

Alien/s

Animal Characteristics

Ballet

Celebrity/ies

Clumsy Protagonist

Crybaby Protagonist

Female Fighter/s

Female Lead Falls in Love First

Genetic Modification

Important Non-Romantic Relationship/s

Love Triangle/s

Magical Girl/s

Mermaid/s

Modeling

Obsessive Love

Pollution

Secret Identity

Sketchy Art Style

Study Abroad

Undercover

Waitress/es

#Tokyo Mew Mew #completed #shoujo #magical girls #romance #kodansha #manga #action #comedy #fantasy #science fiction #inkr comics #YOSHIDA Reiko #2000 #2000s #IKUMI Mia #nakayoshi #tokyopop

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Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns

1 volume (digital only as of 5/17/2023)

Licensed by Kodansha

Rinko, Kaori and Koyuki swore they would get married by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics... Now they're about to step into a new chapter of romance... but will they, should they, finally get married?

Related Series 

Toukyou Tarareba Musume (Prequel, licensed)

Status in Country of Origin 

1 Volume (Complete)

#Toukyou Tarareba Musume Returns #Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns #Tokyo Tarareba Girls #josei #kiss #manga #completed #kodansha #comedy #drama #romance #slice of life #2018 #2010s #HIGASHIMURA Akiko

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Tokyo Tarareba Girls

9 volumes

Licensed by Kodansha, also on Azuki and INKR Comics.

A sharp new comedy about female friendship from the creator of Princess Jellyfish! Rinko has done everything right. She hustled her way through her 20s to make it as a screenwriter, renting her own office in a trendy Tokyo neighborhood. Everything should have gone according to plan... So at 33, she can't help but lament the fact that her career's plateaued, she's still painfully single, and she spends most of her nights drinking with her two best friends in their favorite pub. 

One night, drunk and delusional, Rinko swears to get married by the time the Tokyo Olympics roll around in 2020. But finding a man--and love--may be a cutthroat, dirty job for a romantic at heart.

Related Series 

Toukyou Tarareba Musume Bangai-hen: Tarare Bar (Spin-Off, not licensed) Toukyou Tarareba Musume Season 2 (Spin-Off, not licensed) Toukyou Tarareba Musume Returns (Sequel, licensed)

Status in Country of Origin 

9 Volumes (Complete)

Tags:

Actor/s

Adapted to JDrama

Adultery

Alcohol

Award-Winning Work

Best Friends

Blunt Male Lead

Breakup/s

Career Woman

Career-Oriented Protagonist

Cruel Male Lead

Delusions

Depression

Divorced Male Lead

Drunken Intercourse

Dysfunctional Relationship

Friendship

Gender Discrimination

Low Self-Esteem

Misogyny

Misunderstanding/s

Model/s

Movie Business

Multiple Couples

Music Band/s

Office Politics

Older Female Younger Male

One-Night Stand

Playboy/s

Quirky Character/s

Rude Male Lead

Screenwriter

Searching for Love

Self-Conscious

Sexism

Shop Owner/s

Substitute Lover

Tokyo

Traumatic Past

Writer/s

#Tokyo Tarareba Girls #josei #kiss #manga #completed #kodansha #inkr comics #azuki #comedy #drama #romance #slice of life #HIGASHIMURA Akiko #2014 #2010s #Toukyou Tarareba Musume

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Those Summer Days

5 volumes (digital only as of 5/17/2023)

Licensed by Kodansha

Six former classmates meet at their high school reunion: legal secretary Tamaki, businessman Takumi, single mother Yuka, shoe salesman Taichi, tech CEO Shoji, and teacher Moé. As their conversation turns to long-ago loves lost, Yuka makes a shocking confession: in the summer of their second year, she lied to keep Tamaki and Takumi from getting together! After a night of drinking and reminiscence, Tamaki awakens to find herself ten years in the past, on the day that fateful summer began. But just as she learns Takumi has returned to the past as well, they both receive a mysterious text message… 

Those life-changing summer days have come around again, but can the past truly be changed?

Status in Country of Origi

5 Volumes (Complete)

Tags:

Class Reunion

Dishonest Friend/s

Friendship

High School

Lie/s

Love Triangle/s

Past Plays a Big Role

Regret

Second Chances

Single Mother

Time Travel

Unexpressed Feeling/s

#Those Summer Days #Ano Natsu #completed #kodansha #manga #shoujo #2016 #Aria #2010s #Chika #drama #romance #school life #supernatural

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Those Not-So-Sweet Boys

7 volumes

Licensed by Kodansha

From the creator of That Wolf-Boy Is Mine! and Love in Focus comes a story of a hard-working high schooler who falls for a bad boy, and discovers that the the lives of him and his friends are nothing like what she imagined. Don't miss Yoko Nogiri's newest shojo hit! Midori drops her wallet on her first day of high school, but her new classmate Ichijo swoops in to help. She wants to thank him, but he’s part of a tight-knit trio and none of them are ever in class! Rumor has it that they all got expelled for acting up, and studious Midori’s actually at risk of expulsion, too… In order to help support her family, she has a part-time job, which is against the school rules. When the chairman of the school board catches her leaving work, he says he’ll let it go—but only if she’s up to the task of bringing the three boys back to school. Well, why not? It’ll be a piece of cake…right? Midori is a high-schooler with a part-time job at a café-bar. Unfortunately, her job's against the rules at her school, and when the chairman of the school board finds out, he makes her a deal: Convince three boys who've stopped coming to school to return, and her transgression will be overlooked. Now, she needs to find a way into the lives of these not-so-sweet boys... one of whom just happens to be her crush!

Status in Country of Origin 

7 Volumes (Complete)

Tags:

Hard-Working Female Lead

High School Student/s

Kind Female Lead

Poor Female Lead

Reverse Harem

Rich Male Lead

#Those Not-So- Sweet Boys #shoujo #manga #completed #kodansha #harem #romance #school life #reverse harem #Amakunai Karera no Nichijo wa. #NOGIRI Youko #dessert #2019 #2010s

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Tokyo Alice

15 volumes (digital only as of 5/17/2023)

Licensed by Kodansha

There are so many things she wants, but she still hasn’t found out what she's looking for ... That’s Fu Arisugawa, an office worker too busy with her shopping spoils and whose motto is “Shopping is Living”. Meanwhile, for reasons she doesn’t understand yet, she’s interested in her cool-tempered and reserved boss. And there are her friends, too. Rio, who keeps her feelings towards Fu a secret; Mizuho, who always ends up dating losers; and Enjoji, who keeps interviewing University of Tokyo grads for an arranged marriage ... 

Each are lost in their own way while searching for happiness. These four Alices wander through their lives of love ... and shopping!!

Related Series 

Tokyo Alice Girly (Sequel, not licensed)

Status in Country of Origin 

15 Volumes (Complete)

Tags:

Adapted to JDrama

Award-Nominated Work

Boss-Subordinate Relationship

Comic Artist/s

Dense When It Comes To Love

Doctor/s

Fashionable Female Lead

Independent Female Lead

Love Polygon

Multiple Couples

Multiple Protagonists

Office Worker/s

Retail Therapy

Rich Female Lead

Shopping

Strong Female Lead

#Tokyo Alice #comedy #drama #romance #josei #slice of life #kodansha #completed #manga #Kiss #2006 #2000s #CHIYA Toriko #Tokyo Alice: Fuu no Okaimono Nikki

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To Write Your Words

3 volumes (digital only as of 5/17/2023)

Licensed by Kodansha

Yuka, writer of platonic romances, is asked to write an erotic love story. Nursing a broken arm, she ends up accepting the help of a transcriptionist in the form of her dentist, Mr. Hasegawa. Describing the desires of the flesh isn't exactly Yuka's forte, but led by Mr. Hasegawa's guiding hand, the words begin flowing out of her. Alone with him, Yuka bares all! An invigorating and sensual love story!

Status in Country of Origin 

3 Volumes (Complete)

Tags:

Deadline

Dentist/s

Erotic Novelist

Injury/ies

Love Rival/s

#To Write Your Words #Kuchiutsusu #completed #kodansha #manga #2016 #2010s #AMASAWA Aki #kiss #romance #drama #josei #slice of life

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This Vampire Won’t Give Up!

5 volumes (when complete. 4 volumes in English and digital only as of 5/17/2023)

Licensed by Kodansha

Minami has the worst luck with men—she falls for their looks only to find that they're the worst of the worst. So when she finds out that her next work assignment involves a good-looking, rude-off-the-bat man, she feels just fine about kissing any feelings for him goodbye... that is, until she finds out he's the son of the author of her favorite childhood picture book series, "Bride of the Vampire". But the rude son soon changes his tune, and Minami doesn't have long before she discovers the secret his gorgeous lips hide...

Status in Country of Origin 

5 Volumes (Completed)

Tags:

Comic Artist-Editor Relationship

Comic Artist/s

Editor/s

Handsome Male Lead

Mangaka in a Manga

Vampire/s

#This Vampire Won’t Give Up! #Vampire-sama ga Akiramenai! #comedy #josei #romance #smut #supernatural #kodansha #KITAJI Madoka #2020 #2020s #comic tint #completed #ongoing

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The Wizard and His Fairy

2 volumes (digital only as of 5/17/2023)

Licensed by Kodansha, also on INKR Comics

Deep in the forest, in a tower shrouded in mist, there lives a reclusive wizard by the name of Nebelhaut. When he happens across a beautiful fairy who’s being held captive and made a public spectacle, he knows he has to take her with him. He names the creature Sti and orders her to call him his master, but her heart remains closed to him. But as time goes on, she sees a different side of him—a side that’s both caring and awkward. The distance between the eccentric wizard and strong-willed fairy grows shorter day by day!

Status in Country of Origin 

2 Volumes (Complete) Vol.1: Chapters 1-5 +1.2 Vol.2: Chapters 6-9

Tags:

Castle

Cold Male Lead

Fairy/ies

Magic

Magician/s

Male Lead Falls in Love First

Stockholm Syndrome

Tower

Tsundere Male Lead

Wizard/s

#Kirikagohime to Mahoutsukai #fantasy #romance #shoujo #manga #kodansha #Aria #NESUMI Chisato #2012 #2010s #completed #inkr comics #The Wizard and His Fairy

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The Writer and His Housekeeper

3 volumes (digital only as of 5/17/2023)

Licensed by Kodansha, also on INKR Comics

Emi Machida has led a hard life, but she's learned to be an optimist...even if her first housekeeping job is at a dilapidated house. Which, that would be one thing, but the home's resident happens to be Akihito Fukase, a popular novelist of an erotic mystery series...and quite the erotic himself. Emi puts her foot down when he tries to use her to help him get material for his books, but when her house suddenly burns down and he offers her a place to stay...somehow, she can't resist!

Status in Country of Origin

3 Volumes (Complete)

Tags:

Boss-Subordinate Relationship

Cohabitation

Eccentric Male Lead

Hard-Working Protagonist

Housekeeper

Kind Female Lead

Motherly Female Lead

Novelist

Orphan/s

#Shousetsuka-sama wa Monmon Shitagaru #inkr comics #kodansha #manga #josei #comedy #romance #smut #completed #NAKATSUKI Kana #2017 #2010s #ane friend #The Writer and His Housekeeper

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The Walls Between Us

7 volumes (digital only as of 5/17/2034)

Licensed by Kodansha, also on Azuki and INKR Comics.

"If you want a boyfriend that bad, I'll go out with you." 

Growing up next-door neighbors, Reita Kikuchi and Makoto Sakurai's parents are friends, and the two of them have known each other forever. But one day Makoto is suddenly thrown into a relationship with that narcissistic and self-absorbed playboy, Reita—her old childhood friend! 

Follow Makoto's adventures as she navigates the ups and downs of dating the egotistical boy-next-door in the first installment of this romantic comedy!

Status in Country of Origin 

7 Volumes (Complete)

Tags:

Blunt Female Lead

Boy Next Door

Calm Protagonist

Childhood Friend/s

Childhood Friends Become Lovers

Cool Female Lead

Divorced Parent/s

Egotistic Male Lead

Love Triangle/s

Male Lead Falls in Love First

Narcissistic Male Lead

Neighbor/s

Persistent Male Lead

Popular Male Lead

#Watashi-tachi ni wa Kabe ga Aru. #azuki #inkr comics #kodansha #shoujo #manga #completed #comedy #romance #school life #The Walls Between Us #TSUKISHIMA Haru #dessert #2013 #2010s