Everyone knows "Orange Marmalade," "Skip Beat" and "Vampire Knight," but there are so many lesser known manga out there. I want to aide the seekers of incredible and innovative reading material. Some lesser known ones bring a bit of fascinating difference to the shoujo/josei manga scene and definitely should not be overlooked.
"Kuragehime" ("Jellyfish Princess" - left) is about a late teens early twentys girl who lost her mother at an early age and is obsessed with jellyfish. She meets a cross-dressing beautiful boy by chance who falls in love with her. This boy manages to be beautiful as either a boy or a girl, which interestingly, is a common theme in manga. As far as I am concerned, he does look good as a boy, but I am not so interested in seeing him as a girl and the mangaka does seem to draw girls more better than she does boys. A little more bishounan in this manga would be preferable. Overall, the manga is outrageously funny and romantic.
Another manga that I have not heard much about is "Kirikagohime to Mahoutsukai" (below right) set in what
Lastly, "City of Dead Sorcerer", a horror-action style shonan manga. I know that's unlike me to recommend a shonan manga, but I find this one particularly interesting. It is a detective-type manga set in the future with some people with superhuman powers. It has a very mysterious air, and continues to interest me.
I hope that this helps some of my fellow manga questers who seek manga beyond Ouran and Fruits Basket. Thank you and goodnight! Lol
