recommend some manga!

IKIGAMI... I cant recommend this enough. This manga is one of the best manga I have ever read in my life. Here is the link to synopsis and review about it. http://imwithoutwax.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/signpost/

If you're looking for a good ongoing shoujo I strongly recommend Skip Beat : A girl (Kyoko) who decided to become a star because her superstar childhood friend/boyfriend played her into becoming his maid without her noticing it. But as she enter in the industry, it appears she is more gifted than she (or anyone) thought.
For more information : http://www.mangatraders.com/manga/series/433

If you don't mind reading "old manga" my favorite shoujo is Glass Mask (aka garasu no Kamen, or Glass no Kamen) : Maya is a 12 year old girl in the late 70s who discovered drama through her little TV screen. She surprise everyone by her ability to memorize every line of anything she see on screen. A former top-class actress, Tsukikage, notice her and see in her the new acting prodigy she was looking for. As she train her into an actress, she realize how right she was: this girl is a genius. But Tsukikage won't be the only one to notice the young girl : a cold-hearted productor, the enemy of Tsukikage, Masumi Hayami, will surprise himself admiring the young actress...
For more information : http://www.mangatraders.com/manga/series/232

As a Josei I really loved Red River aka Tales of Anatolia : Yuuri is a japanese teenager leading an ordinary life, when she suddenly get traped into....the past. In Anatolia, during the ancient Hittite Empire. The Queen caught her to make her a blood sacrifice. But she is saved by one of the prince. Many times the queen will try to get Yuuri killed, and as the Empire's wars are getting worse, Yuuri try to find a way home...only to realise she doesn't know if really want to go. An epic story in the ancient times with love, war and tragidy.
For more informations : http://www.mangatraders.com/manga/series/341

My Non-for-girls-only favorite manga is, of course, Full Metal Alchemist. This is one of the must read of the manga universe nowadays.

Intelligent, Powerful, Captivating, Beautiful, this manga tell us the story of an art, the Alchemy, magic art mixed with science that provide to men the power to create or distroy. But this art is not to be use lightly, there are some rules : One of them is to never use human being in the alchemy, for exemple, it is forbidden to try to relive a dead person using this art. This is exactly what two brothers try to do one night, after the death of their mother. But this mistake will come with a price...
For more informations : http://www.mangatraders.com/manga/series/36

Here, that's all for me right now ^^ Hope you'll find what you need !

ladyfaile, about Glass Mask, I know what you mean, even I when I watch the 1985 or the 2005 anime I find it a LITTLE mashmallow sometimes. But it's still my favorite because I grew up with it, the 1985 anime was broadcasted at noon when I was 11, it was around the time I started acting, it was about a girl my age who was also starting acting, I could relate so much I became an addict (and when I was 11 I couldn't see the soppy in it) And when I got used to the style (reading a 70s manga isn't always simple...) I realised I couldn't stop ^^

don't think i have, from what i've seen they're not really my type, at least not lately.

there's a new chapter of skip beat up if anyone's reading it

I've started Noblesse not too long ago. It's full colored, very graphic, and the humour is so weird it's killing me sometimes. I just begun, so I can't really tell you the stoty, but I's about a vampire who wake up in the 21th century and need to deal with cars, internet, high school...demons....

i had a few rec's for ao no exorcist so i've been reading that and hana yori dango which i just finished this morning. ao no exorcist isn't the type to fully suck me in to the point that i can read 10 chapters straight through before i know it, i usually only read 1 or 2 at a time. so i need to add another series to my list to keep me busy at work hahaha. i've tried a few times to get through vampire knight maybe i'll try to finish that off before i start a new one

ive recently read a manga entitle 14 sai no koi
there's only a few chapters for now..but its really sweet and gives you a warm feeling
also flat by aogiri natsu

Boku to Watashi no Henai Jijou
chihayafuru
heroine shikkaku
Sekai de Ichiban Daikirai
akuma to love song
Sensei wa Ore no Mono

and sorry that most of these are romance..i just cleaned my bookmarks folder
but anyway theyre good especially if u want some light materials :)