Tokyo Mew Mew Volume 1

Young Ichigo (in English her name would be Strawberry) is normal. Well, she was, at least. She was pretty much a normal girl going to a normal school with, of course, a normal crush on the popular guy at school. Until she becomes a part of "Project Mew" and is given the DNA of an indangered wild cat, turning her into "Mew Ichigo." Its her job now to find the other girls like her and make them her team, and stop a group of aliens from taking over the world. These aliens apperently originally lived on Earth, but left because it was pretty much a waste land. On returning, they find out humans now live there, and they're polluting the earth. In trying to RESTART the earth, the alien leader, Deep Blue, wants to destroy it and start it from the beginning again. But who really is this "Deep Blue"? Why does Aoyama, her crush, seem to have a strange ability? And will Ichigo be able to rescue her beautiful planet, Earth, before its too late?

11-year-old Ichigo Momomiya is out on a hot date with her crush when suddenly she's involved in an odd incident in which her DNA is merged with that of an endangered wildcat. When four other girls' DNA is merged with the DNA with four other almost extinct animals, it's apparent that they're part of a much greater plan. Ichigo and her friends have been chosen to become a part of a secret project called the "Mew Project." Their mission: To protect the planet from aliens who are using the planet's animals to attack humans. Only time will tell if these supernatural superheroes will be up to the challenge.....

Even though Ichigo and Masaya are now an official couple, things don't stay trouble-free for long. When a mysterious man called the Blue Knight suddenly reveals a major secret, he messes things up in a major way for Ichigo. She must save the day (again!) to help Masaya... but is she ready to transform into a Mew Mew in front of him? And, if she does find the courage, will Masaya be okay with her secret or shun her for it? Meanwhile, there's an evil plot to destroy Tokyo in the works and Pudding's been kidnapped and held hostage. Now, the Mew Mew squad must successfully battle the Kirema Anima and make it in time to save their beloved Pudding!

I'd have to say that tokyo mew mew is the best shojo (for girls) manga (anime comic) i've ever read. I really recomend it to people and if you like it you'll get hooked on it because every book leaves you hanging, wanting to know what's going to happen next (Trust me i have #1, 2 and 3. i'm getting #4 in the mail shortly.)
Other mangas i recomend would be
1.Sailor Moon
2.CardCaptor Sakura
3.Love Hina (for older girls)
These manga's r 4 gals.
Thanks! :)
*Angie*
P.S.
There are 7 books in the series of tokyo mew mew. Also check out the book covers at tokyopop.com