Merry Month of (Shojo) Manga: MAMOTTE! LOLLIPOP

Shojo manga is made for girls, but back in the day there was a larger focus on making comics not just for teen girls, but pre-teen and younger audiences as well.  It's tricky for series like that to find a good balance between making their material easy enough for younger girls to grasp without dumbing itself down entirely, and if they got too far you end up with something like this.

MAMOTTE! LOLLIPOP, by Michiyo Kikuta.  First published in 2002, and first published in North America in 2007.

PLOT:

Nina dreams of finding a dreamy guy to protect her, but in the mean time she's happy to settle for sweets.  When she confuses a magic pearl for a candy, her life is swiftly invaded by two magical boys, Zero and Ichi.  They're wizards in training who need that pearl to pass their exam, so they decide to stay by Nina's side until their teachers can find a magic cure for her problem.  Between the other wannabe wizards seeking to take Nina's pearl by force and her own growing feelings for the boys, Nina's sweet and simple life is about to be turned upside down!