I'm in the mood at the moment for a story that features a celebrity or a famous person as the main character, with all the the up's and down's that being a celebrity entails (i.e. disappointment, fears, triumph etc). When I say 'celebrity' I don't just mean acting or show business type stuff (although suggestions like that are good!), but maybe even a manga that has a person that is very well known... say, in a certain profession.

I've pretty much read the standard well known stories like this, so Skip beat, Glass mask, one, Kaikan phrase, nanaand love celeb are ones that I have finished.

If possible I would love suggestions for a story that features a celebrity not just like the ones above, but maybe with something kinda different as well... like being famous for being in a profession, or maybe even has a main character who is well known for who they are (like being a noble or royalty).

I kinda would like to keep the school life stuff to a minimum, if possible, cos I'm kinda board of the standard celebrity popular guy or girl. But apart from that , I would love any suggestions!

Hope that makes sense, and thanks again!

If not highschool, do university celebs count?

Besides that, I recommend Cat Street, which is about an ex-child actress.

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Charming Junkie
My Girl
Honey Hunt

...perhaps? This is all that I can think of right now. Hope it helps.

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Backstage Prince Kabuki star
Charisma Doll idol/signer
Aoi Spice main story idol
Brilliant Magic models/idol
Dear Mine Business celebrity ( the boy)
Kodocha child idol
Magical×Miracle Job celebrity
Tenshi ja Nai!! idol/actor
Love Lucky
Mahou Sensei Negima! Celebrity for being the son of a hero ( Sorry had to put it here lol )
Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro she became a Celeb detective
Private Prince well it's a prince

Well some might not fit exactly what your looking for but some probably does

Things you could try, hmmm...:
Perfect Girl Evolution, it has four popular guys, but a nice twist as well.
Cynical Orange
Midnight Secretary, the guy's more famous because of his proffesion (and looks, a little)
O-Guts, but it's not fully scanlated and it's shounen-ai
Special A, a little
Brilliant Magic

Hope there's something good up there

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Well, I'm not sure if I understood correctly, but I will tell you what comes to mind (hopefully, it'll help!)

Aoi Spice (pretty cute love story between super famous singer and normal girl... the beginning is hilarious!)
Dramatic Love Album (one-shot by the same author of Skip Beat! about this girl who used to model but dropped out because of pressure)
Dream Kiss (main character is a girl who "runs" an enternainment inc, and deals with super hot future/present idols)
Kodocha (child actress... really good manga in my opinion!)
[m]Tenshi Ja Nai[/m] (this one's set in school and it's a gender bender, so it may not suit your taste, but it's really good! You should definitely check it out!)



I don't know how you feel about shounen-ai/yaoi, but if you're okay with it, here are two more suggestions:

Fan (normal guy falls for idol, lots of problems ensue)
Gravitation (famous bands, singers, and novelist... pretty cool)

penguin kakumei maybe?

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Charisma Doll
Kodocha
Kirarin Revolution
Tenshi ja Nai!!
Full Moon Wo Sagashite

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Oooh I can't believe I forgot one of my favorites, Aishite Night! Also, Maison de Beauties has a wannabe model, a novelist, and more of the sort...

Last edited by tomomimorgan at 1:51 pm, Oct 4 2008

Not sure if this is what you meant but I suppose Paradise Kiss, Complex (KIKUCHI Kumiko), Ichigo Channel and Yume Chu might work.
Hope that helps, happy reading!

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Goong is set in an alternate world where modern day Korea still has a royal family. Deals with a female protagonist who gets engaged to the crown prince. Plenty of dealing with the media and such, at least in the beginning.