Here is the tentative list of my favorite shojo/shoujo manga works.
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My Rate System:
A: Excellent = My favorite and recommendable. But please note that some works are chosen only from my personal history and that may not be so interesting for other people.
B: Very Good = Very enjoyable but not as time-tested as the A-ranked titles personally, or on the contrary the impressiveness dimmed a little bit after long time.
C: Good = Good for passtime; or enjoyable but a little bit tiresome for repeated reading.
D: Fair = There is a thing or two to esteem, but not touching enough.
E: Poor = Out of the list.
About “Roma-ji”:
To express the original title in Japanese, I’m using Roma-ji basically in “Hebon-siki (Dr. Hepburn Meathod)” with some twists of my own to avoid the two connecting vowels be pronounced as one long vowel. For example, “ao (blue)” in normal Hebbon-siki to “awo”, “Toshie” to “Toshiye”. However, I’ve not adopted “oh” to express long /o/ sound. So, while “Kyoko” is actually pronounced like /Kyoh ko/ (the first “o” is a long vowel and the second a short one), the same “o”s are used here.
The List is in the alphabetical order of the author’s name (family name first).
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A-ranked:
HAGIO Moto, Iguana no Musume (The Iguana Girl).
HAGIO Moto, Toma no Shinzo (Tohma’s Heart).
HIJIRI Chiaki, Itsumo Jotenki (It’s Always Fairweather).
HIKAWA Kyoko, Kanata kara (From Far Away).
HIKAWA Kyoko, Onnanoko wa Yoyu (Girls Must Have a Composed Air).
KIHARA Toshiye (Toshie), Anjeriku (Angelique).
KURAMOCHI Fusako, Ankoru ga Sankai (The Three Encores).
UEHARA Kimiko, Rori no Seishun (Lori’s Story).
YAMAGUCHI Naomi and HIMURO Saeko, Nante Suteki ni Japanesuku (How Wonderfully Japanesque!) .
B-ranked:
HAGIO Moto, Po no Ichizoku (Tales of Poh Clan)
ICHIKAWA Jun, Hi no Matsuei (Daughters of the Sun).
KIHARA Toshiye, Sakura no Mori no Sakura no Yami (The Cherry Blossom’s Darkness).
KOSAKA Tomoko, Awo no Maharaja (Maharaja of the Blue Stone).
KURAMOCHI Fusako, Itsumo Poketto ni Shopan (Always with Chopin in Your Pocket).
KURAMOCHI Fusako, Tennen Kokekko.
NINOMIYA Tomoko, Nodame Cantabile.
MIDORIKAWA Yuki, Akaku Saku Koye (Voice that Blooms in Red).
SATO Shio, Yume Miru Wakusei (The Dreaming Planet).
WATANABE Masako, Garasu no Shiro (The Glass Castle).
C-ranked:
IMA Ichiko, Hyakki Yako Sho (Tales of a Hundred Ghosts).
ITUSKI Natsumi, Hana Sakeru Seishonen (The Flower Blooming Youths).
KIHARA Toshiye, Fu-ren Ki (Story of Loving Winds).
KAWAGUCHI Madoka, Shi to Kanojo to Boku (Death, She and Me).
KURAMOCHI Fusako, Obake Tango (Tango the Ghost).
MIURA Noriko, Double.
MIURA Noriko, Return.
MORIKAWA Kumi, Nankin Rodo ni Hana-fubuki (Flowery Breezes on Nanjing Road).
TADA Kaoru, Itazurana Kisu (That Whimsical Kiss)
TAKEMIYA Keiko, Terra e… (For The Earth).
TAMURA Yumi, Basara.
UEHARA Kimiko, Marie Belle.
UEHARA Kimiko, Tenshi no Serenade (Serenade of the Angel).
YAMAGUCHI Naomi and HIMURO Saeko, The Change.
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Writing Rules of the Entries:
TITLE: Original Title in Japanese (meaning of the title translated by Mattari)
AUTHOR: Author’s name, family name first
MY EVALUATION: My personal ranking and reasons why I like the work
STORY: Oultline of the story
DATA: Publication data as far as I know
I am keeping modefying the list little by little. Keep visiting!
