BEST SHOUJO MANGAKA (ARTISTS) OF ALL TIME [And their top works...]

I'm more of the type to judge a work by both its art and story, so it gets very picky for me. There were many artists who I absolutely love but just can't tolerate the story they make (some one them were too cliche, too predictive, too slow, etc.). OF COURSE, I DON'T MEAN THIS AS AN OFFENSIVE ATTACK OR SO. I just hope to share my thoughts and in a way, share my ideas of a great manga to read!

Here I'm sharing the 3 top artists I love, who masters the art of drawing and making new and adorable stories.

1. MANGAKA: Hatta Ayuko

FIRST PLACE HAS TO GO TO HATTA. Her work is extremely funny, creative, and beautiful. The relationship she develops are very flirty and heart-stopping at times. She's not the type of author to make something very prolonged or sad and tends to end tension quickly so you don't "fall for the other character."

Though I love every single story she makes, here are a few of my top ones:

Ookami Shoujo To Kuro Ouji

Summary: Erika lied to her friends about having a boyfriend by showing a picture of an anonymous guy who turned out to be a a schoolmate of hers and was shortly recognized by her friends. Their conversations then was overheard by the guy, Sata Kyouya. Erika went to explain and proposed her idea of faking as lovers. However, Sata who gave off the nice-charming feelings guy turns out to be a black prince and used her reasons to blackmail her instead.

Boku No Sekai Kimi No Real

Summary: 1) Mayu falls in love with Naoki Hagiwara at first sight. For some reason, Naoki seems to look sexy in her eyes. But of course, she can’t tell him that along with her feelings for him. The two get into a fight, but afterwards Naoki seems to be oddly closer to her. 2) If Emi Hachiya doesn’t understand something the first time, then she never will. After receiving test scores with an average of 25 marks she comes home to find Ryou Kurosawa, a handsome tutor waiting for her. But is Emi prepared for his Spartan like training? 3) Mii is in love with her older brother’s friend and kouhai, Waou Kaname. The only problem is that Kaname-kun only sees Mii as a child. Mii tries desperately to make him see her differently but will some older girl competition get in her way? 4) Megu is confessed to by her friend Taichi but refuses. When Megu was 13 she saw her brother’s adult video and was traumatized, not being able to ever date someone. Taichi says he’s ok and that he’ll just flirt for now, but Megu‘s reaction to this is more disastrous than she expected.

Kimi o Chuushin ni Sekai wa Mawaru

Summary: The first short story is a teacher/student relationship. The second is about a girl who likes to draw manga delusions.

Order wa Boku de Yoroshii desu ka

Summary: Akari always goes to a particular coffee shop, but not for their coffee. It's to see Naruse Hijiri-kun, a waiter who's totally Akari's type. And then suddenly one day she finds him waiting outside her school?
Also includes 4 other short stories.

2. MANGAKA: Amano Shinobu

She doesn't have many works, but I'm still a huge follower of her. I love how she designs her characters and changes the cliche of a "cool, unconcerned boy" to a "flustered, embarrassed one." Her art is really sweet and her characters are definitely worth knowing. These are my top two works.

Last Game

Summary: He's rich, he's smart, girls gather around him all the time, and he has always gotten first place on his exams... well, until Kujou transferred in his primary school class. She was quiet, plain, and poor, yet not once has she failed at beating Yanagi, both in academics and sports! Yanagi has made it his life goal to defeat this girl Kujou, and ten years later, as they enter high school, he just might finally win! This is the story of their last game.

Katakoi Triangle

Summary: Sekiya-san of the cultural library has an unrequited love for Yuuki-kun. The one who cares about Sekiya-san is the popular Kasai-kun, who is also Yuuki-kun's friend! And, what's this? Yuuki-kun is rooting for Kasai-kun?! It seems that everyone's feelings are one-sided... or are they?

3. MANGAKA: Sakisaka Io

THIS AUTHOR IS AMAZING. She manages to add a very deep message into her stories while making it yet still fun and flirty for the readers. I'm still in the process of reading all of her works but these two are a must!

Ao Haru Ride (Blue Spring Ride)

Summary: Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to "reset" her image and life as a new high-school student. Because she's cute, she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a misunderstanding, she couldn't get her feeling across to the one boy she has always liked, Tanaka-kun. Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won't be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but now things can never be the same again. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?

Strobe Edge

Summary: Having no experience in romance, the vibrant Ninako curiously explores the meaning of what "love" really is, and is surprised to feel a colorful range of emotions as she grows closer to the school heartthrob, the quiet yet gentle Ren, who also happens to be involved in a longtime relationship. With every intention of keeping her head held high, Ninako prepares to face the mental pain of this one-sided love that she had allowed to take root, facing a series of trials that would either contribute to her growth as a headstrong woman, or break her as it did with other girls. However, is this really a one-sided love? Or had something been silently sown in the most hidden part of Ren's heart?

HAPPY READING!