School clubs as a venue for friendship and romance are just as common in shojo manga as they are in shonen, but this one brings at least one welcome twist to the formula.
IMADOKI! NOWADAYS (Imadoki!), by Yuu Watase. First published in 2000 and first published in North America in 2004.
PLOT:
Tanpopo Yamazaki came all the way from Hokkaido to attend the prestigious Meio Academy in Tokyo. On her first day there, she encounters a young boy tending to a flower as if it were a friend. She couldn't have possibly expected that same boy to be Koki Kugyo, the heir to the school itself. Neither did she expect the entire student body to turn on her for daring to talk to Kuyo while not being rich. Tanpopo won't let that get her down, though. She's determined to get to know the real Kuyo, even if she's got to strongarm him into the newly created gardening committee!
