For the romantic types who loves reading manga, here are the best shoujo manga recommendations!
Namaikizakari
Being the eldest child of a large family, Yuki Machida was forced to become the responsible one of her many siblings at a very young age. Accustomed to making sacrifices for them, she is all too familiar with disappointment and the pain of suppressing her true feelings.
Though expecting nothing to become of them, Machida becomes the basketball club manager in order to be closer to her crush. But at the start of the new school year, Shou Naruse joins the team. He is extremely talented... and has taken an interest in Machida. Stoic-faced and cold, she is unfazed by his advances, despite how relentless he is when it comes to winning her love—from kissing her with no warning to asking for permission to grope her. Keeping her cool and focusing on basketball becomes a much more difficult task when Naruse makes no effort to conceal his desires.
Maid-sama!
Brilliant and overachieving, Misaki Ayuzawa is the President of the Student Council at Seika High School, formerly a boys' school. Unfortunately, most of the students are still male and stuck in their slovenly habits, so man-hating Misaki really socks it to 'em in an attempt to make the school presentable to attract more female students. But what will she do when the sexiest boy in school finds out that after school, Misaki works in a maid cafe.
Yona of the Dawn
In ancient times, the kingdom of Kouka was ruled by a red dragon in human form. Four warriors blessed with the dragon blood helped the kingdom flourish and prosper. This was very long ago, however, and the details of this legend were lost to time.
As the red-headed princess of Kouka, Yona lived the ideal, though sheltered, life within the walls of Hiryuu (Red Dragon) Castle. Doted on by her pacifist and cowardly father, King Il, and protected by her childhood friend/bodyguard, Son Hak of the Wind Tribe, who has loved her since they were kids, but keeps his feelings in check, she leads a falsely peaceful life. She cherishes the time she spends with the "love-of-her-life" (and older cousin), Soo-won.
On the night of her 16th birthday, everything changes as she witnesses Soo-won murder her father and orchestrate a military coup, taking control of the realm. Only aided by Son Hak, she has to chase after a legend and find the four legendary dragon warriors, her only hope of saving the kingdom lost by her father and stolen by her cousin.
L♥DK
Shuusei Kugayama is the "prince" of his high school, but he always turns down confessions—including one from Aoi Nishimori's best friend. Although she initially hates him for this, when Shuusei moves in next door to Aoi, who lives alone, she starts thinking that he might not be such a bad guy after all...
Faster Than a Kiss
Losing their parents, Fumino and her brother hop from one relative to another. Getting tired of all those movings, she finally decides to quit school and work to support her brother on her own. As they sat on a park bench, her teacher appears in front of her and agrees to her demanding of marrying and supporting both her and her brother!! Is he serious or just playing around...!?
Kamisama Kiss
Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwittingly taken over his job as a local deity!
Mission of Love
Yukina is secretly the all time best selling cellphone novelist, Yupina. She's in a tight spot since she's never wrote any stories about love before. But for all her reader's sake she'll try to experience what love is like. When she accidentally picks up Shigure's student handbook and discovers his true face, she blackmails him. "Fall in love with me!" The ultimate Love Mission starts now!
Himuro Yukina, known as the "Absolute Zero Snow-woman" is a cold and observant girl. In addition, she is actually a popular cell phone novelist who goes by the name of Yupina. Sadly, with no other human contact than her cousin, Yukina is unable to express more romance in her novels. Kitami Shigure, your so-called "typical bishounen", who is really a womanizer, has fallen into Yukina's trap when she blackmails him, and they end up "love-acting" for the sake of their respective secrets.
Black Bird
Misao Harada has been able to see demons since she was a child and has vague memories of a boy who protected her from these troublesome creatures, vowing to come back for her someday. Now in high school, Misao wishes she could be normal and have a boyfriend. As she returns home one day, she notices a gorgeous stranger has moved in next door. To her surprise, he introduces himself as Kyou, her long-lost childhood friend and first love.
Wolf Girl & Black Prince
Erika lies to her friends about having a boyfriend by showing a picture of an anonymous guy. He turns out to be Sata Kyouya, a schoolmate of hers who was later briefly recognized by Erika's friends.
Their conversations then are overheard by Sata himself, so Erika explains to him the situation and proposes her idea of faking as lovers; however, Sata, who initially came off as a charming guy, turns out to be a black prince and instead uses her reasons to blackmail her!
Blue Spring Ride
Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to "reset" her image and life as a new high school student. Because she's cute, she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a misunderstanding, she couldn't get her feeling across to the one boy she has always liked, Tanaka-kun.
Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won't be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but now things can never be the same again. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?
Hana to Akuma
Fourteen years ago Vivi, the demon, decided to leave the demon realm and come to the human world. There he found an abandoned baby and on a whim decided to keep it. Since then he lives together with Hana... but having a 14 year-old girl around you, is it really that simple?
Say I Love You
There’s no point in getting close to anyone, as all friendships end in betrayal and pain. But if you avoided everybody for that, wouldn’t you be all alone?
Ever since elementary school, Mei Tachibana has avoided connecting with people, making her unapproachable and a target of bullying in school. After a misunderstanding, she accidentally roundhouse kicks the most popular boy in school, Yamato Kurosawa. Instead of being upset, Yamato becomes interested in Mei’s unusual, unpredictable personality and thus, an awkward friendship begins that steadily blooms to Mei’s first romance -- and with it, she gains unexpected friends. Can Mei trust these warm feelings growing inside her? And will she ever be able to tell Yamato the words, “I love you”
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