my og shoujo

never finished but i remember it being slightly mysterious?? has to do with family dying and her falling in love with her new guardian or someone who she is like pen (text) pals with named daisy? looking back might be problematic ?

literally i remember this being one of the first things i binged as a kid maybe in like 5th grade honestlyyyyy. ugh so good. girl who is dying but wants to be a singer x shinigami who is trying to take her spirit. gave me so many feels. also i remember reading some of this author's works at borders!!! literally so long ago wow. i think it was the high school boarding academy one? not sure wow brings shit back

ugh middle school me thought this was so cute, and tbh it kinda was but is def problematic. i loved the mc and also loved the ml's nephew (? i think) also her little BRO was so cuteeeee. ugh it was generally just v wholesome despite how bad and terrible that would be irl. some things really don't age well

honestly i remember tryna read this just for the spice as a young-un. but yea i def did not finish it and have completely forgotten what it's about. but tiktok rec so might reread hoohoo

wow this is def one of the actual first shoujo i read. like also in book form?? i remember starting it in borders and being really invested. then ended up finding it later on like mangafox of smthng and getting to the crazy murder-y axe part with her bro??? like that shit scared me. like actually gave me nightmares afterward. it was fucking wild. anyways literally pulled this back from the recesses of my mind. probs wouldn't read again because the scary bro loving his sister was too much for me

step siblingssss. this is one of those manga that i found on anne's shelf and read over and over again (but just the first book) because it was all that I had in physical form. i ended up rereading and finishing the whole thing a few years (? i think) later and was ok with it. no special impressions. it was def interesting cuz i was rooting for them? but yea def not the best sitchhhhh. idk an ok read just brings me back to that nostalgia of when i was in anne's old room reading her shit.

wow what a throwback. i remember being really into the art and their relationship. definitely on the shorter side but was really cuteeee. country bumpkin boy who gets turned into a model by his childhood friend

idk if i ever finished this but wowww. i love the hate to love/rivals to lovers relationshipssss. and the mcs were so cute. i loved the fl's growth as a model and their relationship overall. idk if i ever finished and i think it might be a lil too childish for me now considering it takes place in like elementary/middle school but yeaaa a goodie :'-)