Romantica Clock - Recommendations

• Vol: 12; Ch: 44
• 2014 - 2018

Shizuku Ishiai, a 2nd year middle school student, loves dancing, but is bad at expressing herself, so she crossdresses and posts videos of her dances on the popular website "Smile Douga", under the alias "Ai". And she had declared the "dancing prince", Hayate, her rival. But, after a few unexpected events, and her attempts to best him, she's somehow thrown into an idol unit with him; furthermore, a MALE one?!

• Vol: 16; Ch: 64
• 2007 - 2013

Hana Shiraboshi might seem like a typical high school girl, but she carries a secret: her mother is the president of the talent agency White Star, and Hana happens to get a nosebleed any time she’s around a potential idol-to-be! One day, Hana is 'scouting' in Central Park when she sees a group of five boys arguing, as a major nosebleed ensues and causes her to faint. To fulfill her dream of becoming a manager, Hana must now find the five boys once more within one month and convince them to become idols... but will she be able to do it?

• Vol: 6; Ch: 28
• 2000 - 2002

Average, unremarkable Ai Maekawa navigates school life unnoticed...until one day when a spiteful classmate totally humiliates her in front of everyone. Determined to jettison her embarrassing past, she overhauls her image and enrolls at a new high school where no one knows the old Ai. From the start, Ai is the target of romantic advances and jeolous gossip--can a formerly invisible girl handle this avalanche of attention? And is Ai's erstwhile identity as a loser really as far behind her as she hopes?.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 8
• 2007 - 2008

Natori Nono is a very tough schoolgirl. She lives with her widowed mother Ayame and her younger brother Takumi in a very small apartment, where she does all the chores. Her boyfriend wants money from her, because he's really poor, too. But one day, Nono discovers that her mother remarried! She married Ichijou Hayato, the owner of the 'Ichijou Group'. Now, Nono lives there (in unaccustomed riches) with her mother, her brother, her stepfather AND her new stepbrother: Ichijou Kasuomi!!! At first, Nono thinks Kasuomi is not nice. But what will happen next?

• Vol: 1; Ch: 3
• 2005

My class’s boys made some sort of group called O.P.D. (Mew Mew Group) and that stupid idiot “Shou”. Why do I always care about him? Why does he make my heart beat so fast? This sort of emotion is definitely not friendship… probably very special… Then that means I like–?!

• Vol: 2; Ch: 12
• 2008 - 2009

The food loving and pure-hearted Sumire Misaki´s family is moving to the same town where her mother and father met and fell in love. Sumire´s mother tells her that its a town where she will fall in love, and she meets her first love in a very unexpected way: the good-looking Kazuki Miyamoto, as he tries to escape from his home. Through an unfortunate set of events, the wheels of fate have begun to turn for Sumire, as Kazuki is more than he appears to be. In fact, he is a traditional dancer. Will Sumire´s first love be a happy one? Or does a bumpy road await her?

• Vol: 3; Ch: 18
• 2002

The two high school girls, Hanazono Mito and Tatsuda Seshiru, have been friends since kindergarten. But while Seshiru is an honour role student, Mito is constantly breaking school rules. One day, Mito helps Seshiru evade the advances of the arrogant Ran, a rich boy and model who mistakes Mito's interference for jealousy. This lands Mito in hot water with Ran's fangirls, who later gang up to kick her ass! A new transfer student with wild hair is the one who saves her, but he won't tell Mito his name...!?

• Vol: 2; Ch: 6
• 2005 - 2006

In order to become a beautician, Hikari Takaya moves to Tokyo with her high-school sweetheart. But life at beauty school is completely different from what she expected.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 4
• 2005

Tsubame's school has two sections: the school for regular students, and a school for "celebrities" (known as the fine arts course, or the "celeb course"). Tsubame's stuck in the normal school, and has no interest in the upper class life. Then she meets Chio, a male model taking the celeb course. Her life will never be the same again.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 8
• 2002 - 2003

Haru, an energetic, honest, and sweet young girl, meets the popular grade schooler Yashima at a bowling rally, and she unintentionally develops a strange interest in him. He's very forward about wanting to date Haru. However, Haru is in love with her childhood friend, Yuusaku, who thinks of Haru like family and rejected her love confession before he left for America one year ago. But now Yuusaku is back! How will both boys respond to learning that they have competition for the role of most important man in Haru's life?