“The Radius”:
Title: Skip Beat 3 in 1 Volume
Artist/Author: Yoshiki Nakamura
Distributor: Viz Media
American release date: 3-6-12
Format and length: Shojo Beat manga
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: T
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Suppose the guy you devoted your life to was really only using you as a housekeeper, what would your reaction be? How about revenge?
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Sakura Hime Volume 6
Artist/Author: Arina Tanemura
Distributor: Viz Media
American release date: October 4, 2011
Format and length: Shojo fantasy manga, 184 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: T for Teen
Overall Personal Rating: A-
The princess Sakura has been kidnapped and taken away by her brother to Shura Yugenden, the Mysterious Battle Palace. Sakura and her brother, Enjiu, are a mix of moon and human blood. As the two worlds collide, will she have to take sides and forsake the other?
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Sakura Hime The Legend of Princess Sakura Volume 1
Author: Arina Tanemura
U.S. Distributor: Viz Media
U. S. Release Date: April 5th, 2011
Format: Manga / 184 pages
Genre: Shojo, Fantasy, Romance and Historical
Age Rating: T for Teen
Overall Personal Rating: B-
Similar Series: Kimi ni Todoke, Story of Saiunkoku and Mistress Fortune
A mysterious girl who was orphaned by her mother, protected and sheltered by her betrothed, has reached the time of her marriage. The mysteries that surround her and her mother are about to come to light and everything will change.
Tittle: Sakura Hime , The Legend of Princess Sakura
Author/Artist: Arina Tanemura
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release Date: August 2,2011
Genre/Format/Length: Shojo Manga, 184 pages
Publisher Rating: Teen
Personal Rating: B++
Titles by the same author/artist: The Magic Touch
No one is as they seem. When the truth comes to light, the results are often tragic or they can be magical.
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Volume 3 starts in the middle of the dramatic confrontation with an evil Youko. Sakura in her fiercely beautiful style nearly triumphs but is overcome by poisonous vapors. Her friends are there to come to her aid.
“The Radius”:
Title: Sakura Hime: The Legend Of Princess Sakura: Volume 2
Artist/Author: Arina Tanemara
Distributor: Viz Media
American release date: June 7, 2011
Format and length: Shojo manga
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: T for Teen
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Princess Sakura has left the palace where she was supposed to marry Prince Aoba after he tried to kill her. Making a deal with the emperor, she sets off on a quest but she’s not alone. The whole cast accompanies her, each with their own hidden agenda.
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Title: Samurai Harem: asu no yoichi
Author: Yu Minamoto (Akita Shoten)
American Publisher: TokyoPop
American Release Date: February 1, 2011
Age Rating: M
Format and length: Manga, 4 volumes
Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance, Shonen
Overall Personal Rating: A-
Titles in the Radius:Aion, Girls Bravo, Ikki Tousen, Maid War Chronicles & Rozen Maiden
Ever wonder what it would be like to go back and experience life as a child again? There are certainly some advantages as children aren’t burdened with the same level of responsibilities as adults, but they don’t have as much ability to pursue their own goals simply due to their physique. (Un)fortunately Yoichi gets to experience this.
Sand Chronicles: volume ten
Author: Hinako Ashihara
Publisher: Viz Media/Shoujo Beat
American release date: January 4th 2011
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Shoujo/200 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen (T+)
Overall Personal Rating: A
Similar series/titles to check out: Dengeki Daisy; Lovely Complex; Kimi ni Todoke
In the tenth and final volume of Sand Chronicles, Daigo unearths a time capsule from twenty years ago. What did a ten year old Daigo leave behind for his future self? The message held inside might be the final word on a life lived without any regrets.
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The Radius
Title: Saturn Apartments vol 4
Author/Artist: Hisae Iwaka
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release Date: November 15, 2011
Format: Manga
Genre: Slice of life, science fiction
Publisher Age Rating: T+ for teen
Overall Personal Rating: B
Title: Saving Life
Manga Author: Mario Kaneda (Kadokawa Shoten)
American Publisher: TokyoPop
American Release Date: November 2, 2010
Age Rating: M
Format and length: Manga, 6 chapters
Genres: Comedy, Harem, Romance, Shonen
Overall Personal Rating: B
Titles in the Radius: Hayate the Combat Butler, Maid Sama, Maid War Chronicle, Rosario + Vampire, Samurai Harem
How much is freedom really worth? Would you be willing to live in the poorest, most dangerous section of town, worrying every day if you can scrape together enough cash, checking coin returns to see if someone forgot a nickle if instead there was a chance to live in luxury, never needing to worry about how much something costs, but under someone else’s rules? For Haruhiko, it is worth that much.
“The Radius”
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Manga Author: Koji Kumeta (Kodonsha)
American Publisher: Kodonsha Comics
American Release Date: August 23, 2011
Age Rating: OT
Format and length: Manga, 10 chapters
Genres: Sattire, Shonen
Overall Personal Rating: A
Titles in the Radius: Hayate the Combat Butler and Sgt. Frog
Holding up a mirror to society has been a venue of comics for centuries. Today, not too many manga, western comics or graphics novels do this and the number of political comics in newspapers continues to shrink. However, there are still a few out there like Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei that are willing to hold a mirror up to everything, including at times themselves.
Seiho Boys High School!: volume 2 
Author: Kaneyoshi Izumi
Publisher: Viz Media
American release date: October 5th 2010
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Comedy/200 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen/T+
Overall Personal Rating: B-
Similar series/titles to check out: Kimi Ni Todoke; Otomen; Dengeki Daisy
In an all boys’ school stuck in the middle of nowhere, what can you do when your past is bringing you down? Maki seems so nice, but he’ll need the help of his friends if he wants to overcome his painful past. And then a local girl asks the boys to be her pretend boyfriend – and naturally one of them comes close to taking it too far! Here comes the sophomore volume of the adventures of the hopeless Seiho boys . . .
Seiho Boys High School!: volume 1 
Author: Kaneyoshi Izumi
Publisher: Viz Media
American release date: August 3rd 2010
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Comedy/192
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen/T+
Overall Personal Rating: C+
Similar series/titles to check out: School Rumble, High School Debut, Hana-Kimi
An island of lonely and romantically frustrated high school boys? Sounds like any fujoshi’s wet dream – except these boys only have the opposite sex on the mind. It’s a shame there’s no girls on this island! When a girl does show up on their shores, will she survive the experience or will the hopeless boys of Seiho High totally screw it up?
Seiho Boys’ High School!: volume 5
Author: Kaneyoshi Izumi
Publisher: Viz Media
American release date: April 5th 2011
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Comedy/ pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen/T+
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar series/titles to check out: Otomen; Dengeki Daisy; Flower In A Storm
Reviews of previous volumes: Volume one; volume two; volume four
Ghosts in the dorm! Relationships on the rocks! Secret photography for gifts! And possibly a brand new romance between the campus prince and his not-so-secret admirer? Life in Seiho Boys’ High School may never be easy but it will always be fun!
Seiho Boys’ High School!: volume 4
Author: Kaneyoshi Izumi
Publisher: Viz Media
American release date: February 1st 2011
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Comedy/184 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Older Teen/T+
Overall Personal Rating: B
Similar series/titles to check out: Kimi Ni Todoke; Otomen; Dengeki Daisy
Reviews of previous volumes: Volume one; volume two
In an all boys’ school stuck in the middle of nowhere, how can romance even begin to survive? When Maki’s new girlfriend finds a photo of his old girlfriend, Maki finds himself confronting his own feelings about both girls. Torn between Takano and Erika, Maki is questioning his own heart. Will their relationship die before it has truly begun, or can Maki learn to leave the past behind and embrace a brand new love?
“The Radius”
Title: Sgt. Frog vol. 1
Author/Artist: Mine Yoshizaki
Distributor: Tokyopop
American Release Date: March 9, 2004
Format: Manga
Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy, Parody
Publisher Age Rating: T+ for 13+
Overall Personal Rating: A+
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The Radius
Title: Shaman King vol. 30
Author/Artist: Hiroyuki Takei
Distributor: Viz Media
American Release Date: September 7, 2010
Format: Manga
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Comedy, Supernatural
Publisher Age Rating: T for Teen
Overall Personal Rating: B
Similar Series: MAR, One Piece, Yu Yu Hakusho, Hunter X Hunter
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The Radius
Title: Shaman King vol. 31
“The Radius”:
Author/Artist: Hiruyuki Takei
Distributor: Viz media
American Release Date: November 2, 2010
Format: Manga
Genre: Supernatural, Action, Comedy
Publisher Age Rating: T for teen
Overall Personal Rating: B
Shinobi Life, Volume 6 
Author: Shoko Conami
Publisher: Tokyopop
American release date: September 28, 2010
Format, Genre and length: Manga/Shojo/208 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teenage/13+
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar series or titles to check out: Haruka,Beyond the Stream of Time; St. Dragon Girl
It isn’t Kagetora’s wish that they jump back into time, he is totally against it, but when Beni jumps from the building into the hole that will do just that, what else can he do but follow her? He has sworn to protect her with everything he is. Unfortunately, as they are not holding hands at the time, they do not emerge in the same time as one another. Oops!
Shugo Chara!: volume 9 
Author: Peach-Pit
Publisher: Del Rey Manga
American release date: July 27th 2010
Format/Genre/Length: Manga/Fantasy/208 pages
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: Teen/13+
Overall Personal Rating: B+
Similar series/titles to check out: Mamotte! Lollipop, Rozen Maiden, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
The battle against the Easter Corporation rages on in the TV signal tower as Amu and her fellow Guardians fight through each level of monsters to get to the top and save Ikuto. But when the mystical Embryo appears during the big battle, who will collect it for themselves: the evil executive Kazuomi or the pure-hearted Amu?
“The Radius”:
Title: Skip Beat 26
Artist/Author: Yoshiki Nakamura
Distributor: Viz Media
American release date: 1-3-12
Format and length: Shojo manga
Publisher/Industry Age Rating: T
Overall Personal Rating: C+
Similar series or titles to check out: Crown of Love
If you want to be an actress, what counts is the efforts that you put into it. Just how much does Kyoko have and does she really understand what she needs to do?
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