Ludwig Revolution

Original Title: ルードヴィッヒ革命
Alternative Titles: Ludwig Kakumei
Author: Kaori Yuki
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
No.Of Volumes: 4
No.Of chapters: 16
Publisher: Hakusensha
Original run: 1999 - 2007
Plot
Ludwig Revolution (ルードヴィッヒ革命, Ludwig Kakumei?) is a gothic horror shōjo manga by Kaori Yuki. The story tells about Prince Ludwig who is ordered by his father to find himself a wife more suitable than the women he often brings into the castle. Along with his servant Wilhelm, they travel across the land in search of fair maidens from classic stories in hopes of finding Ludwig a wife.
www.wikipedia.com
My Review
I found reading this manga very fun.A dark twist of your Grim's Brothers Fairytales.The stories are unique but they still have some relation to the original fairytale.The characters are interesting.They have maschoist witches, otaku princes, Evily seductive snow white, assasinator Red Riding Hood & many more twisted characters.The art was very nice as you can see from the cover... The chibis look like dolls!So cute! I thought it was really worth reading.

Ouran High School Host Club

Original Title: 桜蘭高校ホスト部
Alternative Titles: 樱兰高校男公关部
Host Club
OHSHC
Ouran High Host Club
Ouran Host Club
Ouran Koukou Host-bu
Author: Hatori Bisco
Genre: Romance,Reverse Harem,Gender Bender,Comedy,Shoujo
No.Of Volumes: 12 (ongoing)
Original Run: August 5 2003 (ongoing)
Publishers: Hakusensha, VIZ Media, Chuangyi
Other Related works: Ouran High School Host Club (anime)
Ouran High School Host Club (visual novel PS2)
The Plot
Haruhi Fujioka is a scholarship student at Ouran High School, a fictional school located in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Because of the superlative cost of the school uniform, Haruhi resorts to wearing long slacks, polo shirts and vests. Combined with her large glasses and tousled short hair, Haruhi's look causes her to be confused for a boy.

Looking for a quiet place to study, Haruhi stumbles upon the Third Music Room, the working place of the Ouran Host Club, a group of six attractive male students (Takashi Morinozuka, called "Mori"; Mitsukuni Haninozuka, called "Hunny"; twins Kaoru and Hikaru Hitachiin; Tamaki Suou, and Kyoya Ootori) who spend their time charming and entertaining the school's girls for profit. During their first meeting, Haruhi accidentally knocks over and break a vase valued at ¥8,000,000, estimated to be US$80,000.

In order to pay off the large debt, Haruhi is employed as the club's "dog" and constantly ordered to do menial tasks like serving food or cleaning up. The Club president, without knowing she is really a girl, promotes Haruhi to "host" as soon as he discovers her potential. Even after the truth comes out in the Club, Haruhi continues the charade and is allowed to pay off the rest of her debt working as a host; in order to accomplish this, Haruhi conceals her true identity/gender from the customers.
from www.wikipedia.com
My Review
Ouran is one very good manga.I love the story about the blunt,clueless,boyish Haruhi hanging out with the weird & unique handsome guys in the story.The hosts all have diferent personalities & of course their so called "differet types" for their female customers to choose from.Personalities ranging from the kawaii shotacon Honey-senpai to drama queen or i should say king Tamaki.The art is nice.I love the school building, wish that was my school.The costumes are creative & of course its fan service to not only the female costumers but to female readers as well.

Arcana Soul

Original Title: アルカナ
Author: Kotegawa Yua
Genre: Horror,Romance,Supernatural,Mystery,Psychology
Year released: 2001
No.Of Volumes: 2
Publisher: Shueisha
The plot
from selene scans
Murakami and Nakabayashi are just policemen trying to do their jobs. When there is a bomb explosion inside Shuei Primary School, they were asked to do their jobs as policemen and check out the lead. It turns out a doctor from a mental institution called in to warn about the explosion immediately before the bomb went off. And so begins their association with the mental patient with no name who they would eventually call "Maki"
For some reason, Maki can "speak" with spirits. There are spirits all around us and Maki can communicate with them. These spirits tell Maki about deep dark things... Things that go on when no one else is looking...
My Review
I found this manga quite interesting but I did not really like the art very much.Well at least I did not like the way the guy is drawn.I thought the mixture of romance & horror was pretty good.The scary parts are well drawn though.The chibis are cute but most of the time or you can say all o the time, Maki(main girl) is pretty much expressionless or like she is dopey & oh yah the chapters are named after tarot cards & arcana has something to do with tarot cards too.

Gakuen Alice

Original Title: 学園アリス
Alternative Titles: Alice Academy
Author: Tachibana Higuchi
Genre: Comedy,Magic supernatural,Romance
No.of volumes: 16 (ongoing)
Original Run: 19 Febuary 2003 (ongoing)
Publisher: Hakusensha
Other Related works: Gakuen Alice (anime)
Gakuen Alice ~Kira Kira Memory Kiss~ (PS2 Game)
Gakuen Alice: Waku Waku Happy Friends (DS Game)
Gakuen Alice ~Doki Doki Fushigi Taiken~ (Gameboy Advance Game)
The Plot
Gakuen Alice is the story of a 10-year old girl Mikan Sakura who is devastated when her best friend, Hotaru Imai, transfers to a special school for "genius" kids in Tokyo. After hearing horrible rumors of what happens in the Academy, Mikan runs away from home to seek out her dear friend, and finds that the school Hotaru transferred to, Gakuen Alice, is specifically for children who each have a special power called an "Alice". To Mikan's surprise, a teacher there, Narumi, discovers that she too has a unique Alice, and admits her to the school.

The story is primarily focused on Mikan and her experiences at the Academy, from the everyday bore of classes and exams, to the unexpected clashes with the Anti-Alice Organization (AAO). Despite her initial view of the so-called greatness of the school, Mikan slowly finds out that beneath the grand facade of the Academy lies a never-ending stream of lies and deception.

Mikan, meets a boy named Natsume, whom she at first hates but unconsciously cares for him, and eventually starts to form a friendship with him, and soon, he became someone whom she loved. Natsume has the Alice of fire and is in the Dangerous Ability class. Natsume hates the Academy and is forced to do its dirty work. Narumi thinks that Mikan, holds the key to save Natsume and change the Academy. Natsume and Mikan's friendship grew until Natsume was very fond of Mikan, to a point where he admits his feelings for her, and admitted to himself that he loved her and would do anything to protect her.

Along with the many friends she comes to make, including Natsume's best friend, Ruka Nogi, and the class representative, Yū Tobita a.k.a. Iinchō, Mikan comes to love the Academy and its teachers, but its increasingly manipulative and sinister actions toward her make it a dangerous place to be.
from www.wikipedia.com
My Review
I liked Gakuen Alice it was cute & touching in a way.Its kind of sad actually thinking that such kids are Government Property & have to be seperated from their parents.Its entertaining & cute to watch Natsume bullying poor Mikan.The stories were interesting although the thought of kids adventures sounded childish at first.The art was filled with the err.. spray paint look or maybe it was screentone.But it looked nice & somehow reminded me of christmas actually.This was definately cute.

Fruits Basket

Original Title: フルーツバスケット
Alternative Titles: Furuba
Furūtsu Basuketto
水果篮子
Author: Natsuki Takaya
Genre: Romance,Drama,Fantasy,Shoujo
No.Of Volumes: 23
Original run: January 1999 – November 2006
Publishers: Hakusensha, Tokyopop, Madman Entertainment, Chuangyi
Other Related works: Fruits Basket (anime)
Fruits Basket (Drama CD)
Fruits Basket (1 art book + 2 fan books)
The Plot
Fruits Basket follows the life of high-school student Tohru Honda, who was recently orphaned when her mother, Kyoko Honda, died in a car accident. After that, Tohru lived with her grandfather, but when his house needs remodeling, Tohru resorts to living in a tent in a forest and holds down a job to support herself. Despite suffering many hardships, Tohru remains optimistic.

One day, Tohru comes upon a house in the forest that is the home of her classmate Yuki Sohma and his cousin Shigure Sohma. When the Sohmas discover that Tohru is living in a tent, they are quite surprised by her inner strength. The entire area is Sohma property, and Tohru asks to be allowed to stay in her tent (affectionately dubbed "her castle"). Feeling sorry for her and desperate to end their bachelor days of filthy living conditions, the Sohmas offer her their spare room in exchange for cooking and housework. After a landslide buries her tent, including her mother's picture and school clothes, she has no option but to accept. Soon after she moves in, Kyo Sohma comes to challenge Yuki.

Tohru soon discovers the Sohma family's secret, and the reason why Yuki is so private and secretive at school: thirteen members of the family are possessed by the 12 animal spirits of the Chinese Zodiac (jyūnishi in Japanese) plus the spirit of the cat who was, according to legend, left out of the Zodiac. They transform into animals when hugged by the opposite sex or when put under a great deal of emotional or physical stress (such as being sick). When she promises to keep their secret, the Sohmas allow Tohru to keep her memories rather than hypnotically erasing them, a fate that had previously befallen anyone not "Inside" the Sohma family who had discovered the secret.

The story follows the lives of Tohru and the Sohma family, as they deal with each other and a society where neither quite fits in, as well as the feared Akito Sohma, head of the Sohma family. Soon, after living with the Sohma family she began to like, then love, all of the Sohmas, and sets out to break the zodiac curse.
from www.wikipedia.com
My Review
Fruits Basket is a very good manga with lots of plot twists.Its quite entertaining to see the Sohma family memebers turning into animals.If you like a story where romance is not only focused on just 1 couple, this is where you enjoy the romance within Sohma household besides Tohru.The anime version has quite a no. of changes made.Akito is the biggest change of all.Anyway about the art, I heard the drawing of Tohru is considered "moe".I'm not sure about that myself.The eyes have the glass-like look.Oh yeah.I didn't really like the person whom Tohru ended up with but thats just what I think.

Suki ni Natte mo Ii no?

Original Title: 好きになってもいいの？
Alternative titles: Is it okay to love you?
Suki ni
Author: Ohta Saki
Genre: Drama,Romance,School Life,Shoujo
Publisher: Shougakukan
No.Of Volumes: 4
The Plot
When Yuuki first meets Akihisa she is less than impressed. Not only is he stalking her, but he also tries to seduce her knowing full well she's a high school student who already has a boyfriend. She can't stand him at all so why is she so drawn to him? On the surface Akihisa seems like the worst kind of man... Is he just toying with Yuuki or does he really care about her?
from www.mangaupdates.com
My Review
When I first read this series I thought it was realy weird.The age difference is too big!I thought the ending was kinda sweet yet confusing.Some parts of the story are also real confusing.It seems that a lot of readers hate both the male & female leads though.Anyway the art was nice & looked like it went through photoshop.I'm not sure if it went through photoshop or not but to me it looks like it.The chibis are cute.

Goong

Title: Goong 궁
Alternative Titles: Princess Hours,Palace
Author: Park So Hee
Genre: Comedy,Drama,Romance
No.Of Volumes: 18 (ongoing)
Publishers: Seoul Munhwasa,Yen Press
Other Related works: Goong(Drama series)
The Plot
Due to a promise between the former king of Korea and an ordinary, strong-willed girl's grandfather, our heroine finds herself betrothed to a seemingly cold-hearted prince of Korea. How can she marry a guy who she overheard him proposing to another girl! Both unwilling parties agree to the marriage, each with his and her own different motivations for the agreement to marry. Can love bloom under the strain of love rivals and political ambitions?
from www.onemanga.com
My Review
This is not a manga but manwha, Korean manga.The sory is really great.It mixes lots of political issues & school girl romance altogether.The gags are hilarious.The don't have chibi scenes but extremely funny exagerated expressions.They focus on saying that a Princess's life ain't that pretty.The art is very good, the dresses were really nicely designed.I like the eyes.They are so nice.This whole manga can make you switch moods easily, a serious moment can suddenly trun into a gag.The prince can be hateful yet charmingly cute the next moment.Its seriously worth the read.

Otokomae! Beads Club

Original Title: 男前！ビーズ倶楽部
Alternative Titles: Manly! Beads Club
Otokomae! Beads Kurabu
Handsome Man! Beads Club
Handsome! Beads Club
Author: Motomi Kyousuke
Categories: Comedy,Romance,School life,Shoujo
No.Of chapters: 5
The Plot
Have you ever seen a "very manly girl"? The heroine in this story, Oikawa Ibuki is just that type of girl. To find her true soul mate, after transferring school, Ibuki was determined to act like a gentle lady. Yet on her first day of transfer, due to her righteous sense she went to save a small dog, and at the time she was seen by the suspicious "crow messenger"! Is Ibuki's whole image ruined!? And who is this mysterious "crow messenger"!?
rom www.onemanga.com
My Review
This manga was really funny.The heroine isn't the the normal cutesy girl anymore.I found it really funny when the other members stalk the couple around.The girl is violent & thats the good part of it.I always liked mangas with independant & strong heroines.The art was cute.Just loved the chibi punches the heroine throws.Her pissed off face was very cute.The chibi expressions looked pretty similar to those of the online game: maple story.

Gaba Kawa

Title: Gaba Kawa ガバ♥カワ
Author: Rie Takada
Genre: Fantasy,Romance,Comedy,Shoujo
No.of volumes: 1
No.of chapters: 6
Publisher: Shogakukan
The Plot
Rara, a girl from the demon world, arrives on earth with only one goal in mind: To do as many bad things as possible. Sound easy, doesn’t it? It doesn’t sound as easy as it seems when Rara starts to develop feelings for a certain someone that she shouldn’t have. "Rara, don’t forget not let the human aware that you’re a demon."
from: www.onemanga.com
My Review
I read the chinese version of Gaba Kawa.It was my 1st manga that I read in mandarin too.The chinese version's cover wasn't white,it was pink.Anyways,I loved the chibi scenes of this manga a lot.The chibis were just adorable!I don't get the ending though.I'm still confused at it.The story was cute & funny.

D.Gray-man

Oiginal Title: ディーグレイマン
Author: Katsura Hoshino
Genre: Action,Adventure,Comedy,Gothic Fiction,Supernatural,Shounen
No.Of Volumes: 15(ongoing)
No.Of Chapters: 164(ongoing)
Original Run: 31 May 2004- (ongoing)
Publishers: Jump Comics, VIZ Media, Madman Entertainment
Other Related Works: D.Gray-man (anime)
D.Gray-man: Reverse (Novel)
D.Gray-man: Kami no Shitotachi (DS Game)
The Plot
Set during the end of a nineteenth century on a fictional Earth, D.Gray-man mostly centers around 15-year-old Allen Walker, who is gifted with the ability to control a weaponized form of a divine substance from ages past, called Innocence, and becomes an Exorcist of the Black Order. This secretive organization aims to stop the plan set in motion by the Millennium Earl to destroy all life on Earth, thus 'cleansing' it. But the Earl has raised an army of Akuma, created by taking advantage of grief over a loved one's death, and summoned the direct descendants of Noah himself, the 13-strong Noah family, to aid him in his second attempt. Because of the Akuma's ability to wear a human's skin, they are nearly undetectable by any human. Allen proves to be a powerful asset as his 'cursed' left eye is able to detect the Akuma. But soon, this battle nearly turns into a race to collect the 109 Innocence fragments, scattered since the Great Flood of Noah, as the search to find the most powerful Innocence, the 'Great Heart', ensues.
from:www.wikipedia.com
My Review
I love D.Gray-man.It is my favourite Shounen manga of them all.Concerning the story plot,I thought it was quite nice.Compared to the anime version, the manga is bloodier yet nicer in a way.Some parts were really funny unlike the anime.The anime had very loose humour in the begining.I like the art.The art looks raw.It looks like pencil sketch.The pencil sketch look made me like this manga's art.They mixed lots of Bible stuff too.Its not offending really but I think the story will get confusing if u have never heard of the Noah's Ark & stuff.The manga has foul words but very rarely used.I think I saw it once only.The anime censored it.

Bloody Kiss

Original Title: ブラッディKISS
Alternative Title: Bloody Kiss
Author: Furumiya Kazuko
Year released: 2005
Genre: Romance,Supernatural,Fantasy,Shoujo
Publisher: Hakusensha
The Plot
Katsuragi Kiyo is a young girl still attending school, when she is about to inheirit her grandmother's mansion. But when she enters, she finds out she is also living in the mansion with two vampires, Kuroboshi and his servant Alsh! Things get even more crazy when Kuroboshi is determinded to get Kiyo to become his 'bride'. A vampire's 'bride' is a female human who will become their only source of blood. Even though Kiyo seems to like Kuroboshi, she gets embarrassed when he tries to suck her blood, which is a problem to Kuroboshi...
from www.wikipedia.com
My Review
I love this manga to bits in fact it is my favourite vampire manga ever besides Millenium Snow. Its sad it is this short.I wished it continued or was made into anime.I love the idea of the girl as the independant gutsy girl & the guy being the flirt. Unlike smut mangas, it is enjoying to see the heroine actually yelling "no!" & smacking the guy on the head.Haha xD. Very cute I got to say.The art is nice, the chibis were cute.The characters were drawn really well especially Kuroboshi(the guy/vampire)I just love his expressions!!!

Ai Hime ~ Ai to Himegoto~

Original Title: あい・ひめ～愛と秘めごと～
Alternative Title: ~Love&secrets~
Authur: Kako Miyuki
Genre: Romance,Drama,Shoujo
No.Of Chapters: 13
The Plot
On a day of blossoming sakura, Mao, by chance encounters a handsome sleeping man. Once awakened, he unexpectedly gives Mao a kiss. Yet, as fate would have it, it turns out that the mysterious stranger is actually her uncle - though not by blood.
He is the chosen caretaker that Mao will be living with during the school year. But how will Mao handle her blossoming feelings for her "uncle" while living with him? Will either one of them be able to cast aside social conventions to be together?
Summary from www.onemanga.com
My Review
I didn't really like the story that much at first but gradually I loved it.There is a little smut but it isn't a lot.The ending was satisfying & cute so those who love good endings should read this.The art was nice.I like the cover page, very light pastel colour a very relaxing look.

Love Monster

Title: Love Monster ラブ・モンスター
Author: Riko Miyagi
Genre: Romance,Supernatural,Shoujo,Smut
Original Run: 2002-2006
No.Of Volumes: 12
Publisher: Shuiesha
The Plot
Hiyo Osora failed the entrance exam to the high school she chose, but somehow she receives a strange acceptance letter to SM Academy (Saint Monster Academy) -- which she hadn't even applied to. Thinking that her father, an alumni of the school, must have sent in a reference letter for her, she decides to go to the school. When she first arrives there, while being distracted by the flowers and green nature around her, two hooded people snatch her and bring her to the school president, Kurou Tenma. Fortunately, all that was simply a type of hazing for all new members of the school.

She is surprised to find the school crawling with people who are actually monsters in disguise! The next big shock is being told by Kurou himself that she is his fiancée! She is so shocked she faints. She then wakes up and finds out that Kurou has gone as far as having her room connected to his. The only way she can get out is in his arms with his wings or as we discover later on, a trap door down an enormous amount of stairs (since his room is located in a tower). As Hiyo stays in the school, she becomes more and more used to the monsters of the school, though strange things begin to happen that reveal a stunning revelation about Hiyo -- she is a monster herself; one called Great White Crow who is also rarely seen. Many incidents follow with this exposure of truth.
From:www.wikipedia.com
My Review
Love Monster is one of my favourite shouo mangas ever.It has a wide range of characters & quite interesting adventures & is really cute.Love Monster is a little smutty though.Not that much of it just a little.It was my first "smut" manga but I loved it. o.0; It seriously is good to read.

WANTED

Title: WANTED
Author: Matsuri Hino
Genre: Romance,Action,Drama,Historical,Shoujo
No.Of Volumes: 1
No.Of Chapters: 3
Publisher: Hakusensha
The Plot
Armelia is an orphan girl that is part of a music group who sings for work. One day, while the group was at Governor-General Lanceman's mansion, she meet Luce Lanceman, the Governor-General's nephew, whom lost his parents when he was young and would inherit his the Governor-General's position after he passes away. Armelia fell in love with Luce, but unfortunately, her love was kidnapped by the notorious pirate, Scar, while he was showing her the armelia flower. Seeing Scar's 'God of Death' tattoo on his chest, Armelia swear to herself that one day she'll rescue Luce from the hands of the pirates. Eight years later, she joins Scar's crew, but the truth of what happened to her childhood love is not what she thought it was.
from:www.wikipedia.com
My Review
I loved WANTED.I never read a manga about pirates before but it certainly was a nce experience in this manga.The Historical attire was a change for me too.It kinda remind me about Pirates Of The Carribean.The main male character looked a lot like Zero from Vampire Knight while the Commander looked like Kaname from Vampire Knight too.The art is nice & so is the story plot.

Millenium Snow

Title: Sennen No Yuki 千年の雪
Alternative Titles: Millenium Snow, A Thousand Years Of Snow
Author: Bisco Hatori
Genre: Romance,Supernatural,Shoujo
Original Run: November 2001 – August 2002
No. Of Volumes: 2
No. Of Chapters: 9
Publishers: Hakusensha, Vizmedia, Chuangyi
The Plot
Millennium Snow is a story revolving around the main protagonist Chiyuki Matsuoka who is a high school girl hospitalized with a heart problem. Since birth her heart has been very weak and she was told that she would probably live to be only fifteen. However, one day she meets Tōya Kanō, a vampire, with the opposite problem: Tōya lives for about one thousand years. It's customary for a vampire at his age of eighteen to choose a human partner to be with for 1000 years who in turn would let him drink their blood and share his life span for the millennium.

Early in the series, Chiyuki offers Tōya her blood, so that she would be able to live longer, but Tōya refuses, claiming he dislikes the sight and taste of blood. In the beginning, he even looks down on humans, believing that they are weak creatures who will only die before him and leave him behind.
from: www.wikipedia.com
My Review
I loved this manga that I finished in a shot.The only thing I disliked was the uncomplete ending.Bisco Hatori wanted to focus on Ouran High School Host Club so she discontinued this series.The art is nice & it seems that Bisco Hatori likes to draw lacey clothing which is of course really cute.The story plot was quite nice.In the end the sad part was the main couple did not confess their love for each other in the end. Not much was known about the characters pasts well afterall the story is incomplete.

Kuroshitsuji

Name: Kuroshitsuji
AKA: Black Butler, 黒執事
Author: Yana Toboso
Status: Publishing
Genre: Mystery, Fantasy, Supernatural, Comedy

The Plot

In Victorian era Europe, a young boy loses everything he once held near and dear to a vicious plot. In his moment of death, he strikes a deal with a demon: his soul, in exchange for revenge. Ciel Phantomhive is now the head of the Phantomhive corporation, handling all business affairs as well as the underground work for the Queen of England. His new partner is a demon butler, Sebastian Michaelis, whose prowess as a butler is only surpassed by his strength as a demon.

The story follows the two along with their other servants, as they work to unravel the plot behind Ceil's parents' murder, and the horrendous tragedies that befell Ceil in the month directly after.

from MAL


Review Section


The Story

I started reading this manga after watching a few episodes of the anime version in which led me to addiction.I love the dark fairytale like theme of the story.Story arcs tend to span over a few chapters.Never too long, it is still hard to wait for the next chapter every month.The stories are interesting & exciting with its twists & turns to the plot.The story is never hard to follow & is not always constantly dark & gloomy.Humour is inserted here & there once in a while twists in situations are very creative.

The Characters

The 2 characters, Sebastian & Ciel are developed well.Ciel is portrayed as intelligent & mature.Although he is mature, he is still a child & the author shows that very clearly through his tiny acts of kindness & sometimes rashness in making decisions.Sebastian has his picture painted as perfect demon.Literally perfect, the author shows him as good... no i mean perfect in every single thing.His identity as a demon is shown in the sins he has with hardly an ounce of empathy (Sounds like I'm bashing him O.0;)Other supporting characters are not fleshed out as much but they too have unique personalities e.g. Grell


The Art

Most girls will love the covers of Sebastian.He is after all super bishounen, an attracting point of the manga's art.Minus the bishounens here the art is just wow.Colours used in the cover volumes are dark & the art has a gothic feel to it.Very victorian, very dark. Details on tea sets & food are drawn in great detail & chibis are drawn cute & simple.The cakes drawn really make me have a sugar crave.The background of old english buildings are gorgeous.


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It was hard waiting for the next chapter every month.The story is just that intriguing.I enjoyed the series greatly.Kuroshitsuji has become one of my personal favourites.


Anime vs Manga

If you are afraid of being bored as you re-read the story again after watching.Don't worry the anime is pretty much different.In fact the story line has been changed.The animes have introduction of characters that do not appear in the manga so you get a different experience.

You may like this if you:

• Don't mind mild shounen-ai hints
• Loves gothic & dark fairytales
• Likes bishounens
• Like fantasy & mystery

Note:

Kuroshitsuji contains violence.The violence is not too extreme though.