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romance for the girlies

my personal takes and recs for the girlies (mostly shojou but will include more general romances / josei works)
1 100 Days in Europe

100 Days in Europe

2 Aishiteruze Baby

Aishiteruze Baby

- Romance is a side plot

Reagrdless of manga focus not being on romance the entire story and the character dynamics are so cute. 

3 Ao Haru Ride

Ao Haru Ride

Plot and relationships that can come across as very messy and annoying but will do it for me everytime. A classic. Io Sakisaka they could never make me hate you. 

4 Atashi, Kiss Shita.

Atashi, Kiss Shita.

5 Black Sesame Salt and Custard Pudding

Black Sesame Salt and Custard Pudding

- Large Age Gap

A great portrayal of an age gap romance that doesn't make me feel queasy (this is a girl and her guard dog shade).

6 Chasing The Sun

Chasing The Sun

7 Daytime Shooting Star

Daytime Shooting Star

The teacher romance plot line is a extremely weird from the teacher's POV but I'm too much of a whore for Mika Yamamori's art.

SPOILER: she ends up with the love interest that's ACTUALLY her age

8 Eternal Love (Zhu Yi)

Eternal Love (Zhu Yi)

9 For the Win!

For the Win!

Fufilled all my gamer romance desires. 

10 Hana wo Meshimase

Hana wo Meshimase

- Age Gap

She's a high school student and he's like in his twenties (which kinda wack) but other than that the story was pretty cute from my memory.

11 Hatsu Haru

Hatsu Haru

Ratings are kinda low and I get why but if you need a stereotypical shojou then this will do it. As it was written a while ago disclaimer that character personality is quite a bit exaggerated and could come across as annoying. 

12 High School Debut

High School Debut

13 Honey Lemon Soda

Honey Lemon Soda

Really cute but it takes a while for their romance and relationship to develop to a point where her character is less meek and annoying. I love Uka though and the art is incredible so if you like shojou then worth a read.

14 How I Found It in July

How I Found It in July

15 In the Clear Moonlit Dusk

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk

Lots of people aren't fans of this due to their dynamic but I personally don't have an issue with their chemistry and again, am a whore for Mika Yamamori's art. 

16 It Takes Two Tomorrow, Too

It Takes Two Tomorrow, Too

17 Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You

Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You

The most shojou-ey shojou manga to have ever exitsed. 

18 Love Doesn't Talk

Love Doesn't Talk

19 Love★Com

Love★Com

No one gets this like I dooooo. A fun romance comedy with such a refreshing ensmble of characters. It is quite old so the characters and storytelling can be a bit outdated but there are so much good qualities about this manga. (Not to deter you but I pretend the last chapter doesn't exist and the author was tweaking). 

20 Museru Kurai no Ai wo Ageru

Museru Kurai no Ai wo Ageru

21 My Dress-Up Darling

My Dress-Up Darling

Written more for males, which explains the ecchi scenes but I genuinely think the foundational plot is very solid for a romance and the addition of cosplay information makes it an enjoyable read. 

22 Once More

Once More

23 Ougo Mitsunaga wa Namagoroshi ga Tsurai

Ougo Mitsunaga wa Namagoroshi ga Tsurai

- Sequel

Reccomend reading the prequel first, I just enjoy this series a lot more than the first. 

24 Our Secret Alliance

Our Secret Alliance

25 Positively Yours

Positively Yours

26 Ran the Peerless Beauty

Ran the Peerless Beauty

27 ReRe Hello

ReRe Hello

People also seem to not like this one that much but it just hits all the shojou marks so well and they have just a simple cute relationship, needs nothing more. 

Disclaimer: Some of the female side characters that are interested in the ML can be very annoying (I pretend like it doesn't exist)

28 Secret Love

Secret Love

29 Shujinkou Nikki

Shujinkou Nikki

Such an underrated shojou manga, highly reccomend!!

30 Sparkling Blue

Sparkling Blue

Really cute short read!

31 Strobe Edge

Strobe Edge

32 Studio Cabana

Studio Cabana

So far a cute plot with really pretty art, if you do read it just know I hate the 19 yr old skank preying on my boy. 

33 The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

10/10 the perfect shojou. Pure fluff. 

34 The Story of Our Unlikely Love

The Story of Our Unlikely Love

35 Tsuredure Children

Tsuredure Children

- Collection of stories about different couples 

Not all pairings are enjoyable but I still loved a lot of them nonetheless. 

36 We Were There

We Were There

Very dated plot and characters but it's a shojou classic.

37 Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

38 You Are My Desire

You Are My Desire

My girl boss queen, need them to fall in love ASAP. 

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