Merry Month of Shojo: BEAST MASTER

Of course, there's plenty of middle-of-the-road fare to be had.  The most interesting thing about this one has nothing to do with the plot, but with who created it.

BEAST MASTER (Bisuto Masuta), by Kyousuke Motomi.  First published in 2006 and first published in North America in 2009.

PLOT:

Yuiko loves animals, but they definitely do not love her back.  The only creature she can seem to charm is the new kid in class, Leo.  He's a literal wild child whose fierce eyes and strange behavior scare away most of their classmates, but Yuiko is drawn to his ability to charm any animal he encounters.  In turn, she's the only one who can calm Leo's savage fury if he sees blood.  As Yuiko explores just what made Leo this way, she finds herself falling harder and harder for him.