Mayura Seno
is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga written by Yuu Watase. It appeared as a serial in the manga magazine ''Shōjo Comic''. The heroine's name (Alice), and her encounter with a white rabbit (Nyozeka) starts the storyline. Watase has written that she thought of ''Alice in Wonderland'', by Lewis Carroll, in drafting the characters of Alice Seno and Nyozeka. From there she drafted her own story. From 2007 Viz Media released ''Alice 19th'' in English. The series, which is published in the traditional right-to-left format with foot-noted sound effects, spans a total of seven volumes. Plot The story follows Alice Seno, a fifteen-year-old girl forever in the shadow of her older sister Mayura, who achieves in everything she undertakes. At her school Alice becomes known as "Mayura's little sister." Older girls, judging Alice too meek to retaliate, torment her relentlessly. Alice harbors a deep affection for Kyou Wakamiya, a handsome senpai and member – with Mayura – of the school ar ...
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Romance Fiction
A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Precursors include authors of literary fiction, such as Samuel Richardson, Jane Austen, and Charlotte Brontë. There are many subgenres of the romance novel, including fantasy, gothic, contemporary, historical romance, paranormal fiction, and science fiction. Although women are the main readers of romance novels a growing number of men enjoy them as well. The Romance Writers of America cite 16% of men read romance novels. "Many people today don’t realize that romance is more than a love story. Romance can be a complex plotline with a setting fr