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#05 – Lovely Complex by Aya Nakahara

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Lovely Complex by Aya Nakahara
Margaret Comics
Shueisha

A tall girl. A short boy. Both have a knack for words and together they make the manzai comedy pair of their school. However, our giantess, Risa Koizumi, finds herself caught in quite a pinch. After getting to know her unforeseen comedy partner, Atsushi Ootani, she eventually falls in love with him. How would she get by? How would she able to show this midget that she’s more than a funny girl? Aya Nakahara shows us a how a comedy combination turns into a love combi in Lovely Complex.

Edit : It seems that Viz / Shoujo Beat picked up Lovely Complex. So some things written down there might not be applicable.

#04 – Koukou Debut by Kawahara Kazune

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Koukou Debut by Kawahara Kazune
Published by Shueisha
Serialized in Bessatsu Comic Margaret

High school’s not easy. For a girl who spent her life in junior high school as a certified jock, the mission to snag a boyfriend in high school is quite a tall task. But Haruna Nagashima is not the girl who gives up. She’ll do anything and everything to make her High School debut! Even if it meant getting a snobby yet handsome high school senior as her coach.

This is a completely hilarious romance about a boy and a girl who’s just starting to figure out what love is all about. Having studied all the formulas in shoujo romance, how can Haruna Nagashima’s go wrong? Well, Kazune Kawahara tells you that a romantic life ain’t no shoujo manga. But Kawahara also depicts a romance quite true to most girls out there. Koukou Debut serves a fresh tale on what it’s like to fall in love the first time.