Let's talk about an old but beloved little one-volume wonder from the glory days of Shojo Beat.
KAMIKAZE GIRLS (Shimotsuma Monogatari), based on the light novel by Novala Takemoto with art by Yukio Kanesada. First published in 2004 and first published in North America in 2006.
PLOT:
Momoko loves lolita fashion, but it's hard for her to cultivate her wardrobe and the aloof, elegant air she desires when she's been dragged from Osaka to the middle of nowhere by her deadbeat dad. That's where she meets the biker girl Ichigo, who desperately wants to get her biker coat embroidered to honor her mentor but needs someone who knows their way around Tokyo. This simple exchange blossoms into an unlikely friendship between two lonely girls from two radically different subcultures.
