Romance (1792)

Falling in love and struggling to progress towards—or maintain—a romantic relationship take priority, while other subplots either take backseat or are designed to develop the main love story. The narrative focuses on the thoughts and emotions of the characters, illustrating the connections between them and explaining their reactions to events or conflict. Almost always, the story ends happily and the couple is rewarded for their efforts with lasting love. Romance stories require significant romantic development leading to some kind of conclusion: either to begin the relationship, continue it, or end it. Open-ended romantic endings are only acceptable when the work is an incomplete adaptation of a Romance source. "Teasing" stories which do not narrate significant romantic development but have a conclusion should be tagged Romantic Subplot. A story can be simply Romance. Since they are plot-driven stories showing humans experiencing romantic struggle, most Romance has some Drama inherently. For both tags, the drama should be focused not only on the relationship but also on the side storylines; for example, one character overcoming the death of a loved one or a drug addiction. Comedy requires Romance narratives to be focused on eliciting laughter, not only using comedy for lightheartedness. Slice of Life and Romance are incompatible by definition.

Haou♥Airen

Shinjou, Mayu 2024

One day while walking home from her job, Kurumi Akino finds a wounded young man, and saves his life. He mysteriously disappears after that, and leaves only the name "Hakuron." Next thing she knows she's been kidnapped from her school, and is on a private jet with that man, heading to China. It turns out she saved the life of the most infamous mobster in Hong Kong, and he wants her to stay with him.

(Source: Wikipedia)
Included the one-shot:
Volume 9: Kare wa Amai Yuuwaku (He Is a Sweet Temptation)

Feb 5, 2002 to Mar 19, 2004 | 52 chp | Publishing

Action Drama Mystery Romance

Atashi wa Bambi

Maki, Youko 2024

Yoshimura Mai was teased in middle school because of her looks so she gave herself a makeover before entering her new school. Now she has set out on a mission to change her life and the best way to do that is by finding a boyfriend. On her first day she bumps in to the perfect target and she starts to pursue him but she finds herself getting an unlikely rival.

(Source: ANN)
Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Kokoro Kirari (Shining Hearts)
Volume 2: Aiko de Jo
Volume 3: Survival., Kiite Kiite, Ouji

Mar 3, 2001 to Dec 28, 2001 | 16 chp | Publishing

Romance

Maison Ikkoku

Takahashi, Rumiko 2024

The boarding house Maison Ikkoku is home to a strange medley of weird characters, including the young student Yuusaku and the beautiful (and widowed) manager, Kyouko. We follow the efforts of Yuusaku to win Kyouko's affections, with interference from the rest of the tenants.

(Source: ANN)

Oct 14, 1980 to Apr 6, 1987 | 162 chp | Publishing

Comedy Drama Romance Slice of Life

Fairy Cube

Yuki, Kaori 2024

Ian and Rin used to just see spirits. Now Ian is one. Using the Fairy Cube, Ian must figure out how to stop the lizard-spirit Tokage from taking over his life and destroying any chance he has of resurrection. Ian is transported to another world by the fairy Ainsel, who promises to help him stop Tokage upon their return to the human plane.

(Source: VIZ Media)
Included one-shot:
Volume 3: Psycho Knocker

Feb 19, 2005 to Mar 4, 2006 | 20 chp | Publishing

Action Drama Fantasy Romance

DNA²: Dokoka de Nakushita Aitsu no AitsuDNA²

Katsura, Masakazu 2024

Japan in the future has a massive over-population problem. Scientists have traced the root of this problem to one particular individual, Junta Monamari. According to their records, Junta was a "Mega-Playboy" who sired children with over a hundred women. Each one of his sons inherited the Mega-Playboy gene too, so the problem grew exponentially from thereon.

Meet Karin Aoi, a "DNA Operator." Karin is sent back to the past with a mission: to alter Junta's DNA and prevent him from ever becoming the Mega-Playboy, thereby eliminating the world's overpopulation problem. Junta's DNA can only be altered by shooting him with a special bullet called DCM which contains the chemical for suppressing the Mega-Playboy DNA. In return, Karin gets a vast sum of money... enough to make all her dreams come true. Will Junta become the playboy he is destined to be, or will his better self prevail? But Karin is falling for the real Junta too... and what of the sweet and kindly Ami who has secretly loved Junta all her life? What will happen to future Japan?

(Source: Manganews)

Aug 10, 1993 to Jun 21, 1994 | 42 chp | Publishing

Comedy Romance Sci-Fi

Makai Senki Disgaea 2Disgaea 2

Hekaton 2024

Adell is the lone human being in a world of humans-turned-demons, made by Overlord Zenon. It's Adell's task—and burden—to defeat Zenon and restore his friends and family to their normal selves.

But summoning an Overlord is not easy.

When Adell tries to call Zenon, he ends up with his daughter, Rozalin. Now, bound by contract, Adell promises to take Rozalin back to her father.

However, it will take much more than blind courage to defeat her all-powerful father and save the world.

(Source: Broccoli Books)

2006 to 2007 | chp | Publishing

Adventure Comedy Fantasy Romance

Hayate no Gotoku!Hayate The Combat Butler

Hata, Kenjirou 2024

Misfortunes abound in the life of 16-year-old Hayate Ayasaki. Even though he is underage, he spends most of his time working part-time jobs to make money to support his extravagant parents. As if that wasn't hard enough, his parents disappear without a trace one day, leaving him behind with a debt of almost 150 million yen. As a result, he finds himself being chased by debt collectors.

Running for his life, he stops in a park, believing that he is safe. Contemplating his jobless future, he decides to kidnap a wealthy child for ransom. And thus, when he sees a rich-looking blonde girl, he attempts to capture her. However, she too is kidnapped before Hayate can even try!

Hayate then saves her, and as a reward, he requests a job, and the girl makes him her butler, revealing herself to be the daughter of a wealthy family. Even with a job, his misfortune remains; Hayate will have to go through many nasty predicaments, all the while burdened by his lousy luck.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]

Oct 6, 2004 to Apr 12, 2017 | 570 chp | Publishing

Action Comedy Romance

Shingetsutan Tsukihime (Lunar Legend Tsukihime)

Nasu, KinokoSasaki, Shonen 2024

Shiki Toono awakens in a hospital to find the walls and people around him covered in black lines. Unable to recall his past memories, Shiki is told that he survived a fatal car accident, which left a fragment lodged into his chest. His attraction to the lines lead him to trace over an object, revealing his ability to destroy it. After realizing only he is able to see these lines, Shiki is given a pair of glasses to mask them, before starting a new life with his relatives.

Eight years later, the death of his father leads Shiki back to the Toono mansion, his childhood home. One day, leaving school due to anxiety, he passes by a mysterious woman. A sudden urge overtakes him, and once again, he uses his ability to trace the lines that cover her. Soon after, he wakes up in the mansion, questioning whether what had transpired was a dream or reality.
Shingetsutan Tsukihime tells a tale enveloped in adventure, romance, and mystery. As Shiki begins to unveil his past, what lingers in the unknown soon comes back to haunt him.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]

Aug 21, 2003 to Jul 27, 2010 | 74 chp | Publishing

Action Horror Romance Supernatural

Houkago HokenshitsuAfter School Nightmare

Mizushiro, Setona 2024

Mashiro Ichijou, an attractive and popular high school student, has always lived his life as a boy. However, nobody notices that deep down, he resents the fact that his body is half female. He has decided to conceal his femininity from those around him, while in reality, he is insecure about who he is supposed to be.

One day, an unfamiliar nurse asks Mashiro to follow her to the school's infirmary in the basement—an office that has never existed until now. Little does he realize that the moment he steps into the mysterious room, he will never be capable of returning to being the person he was before.

As he struggles to find his true identity, Mashiro must face the disquiet in his own heart, all while protecting himself from the prying eyes of his classmates. Slowly but steadily, the unbecoming truth of the world is laid bare: all its lies and deceit engulfed in nightmares that only unfold in broad daylight.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]

Dec 22, 2004 to 2008 | 39 chp | Publishing

Drama Horror Mystery Romance Supernatural

Ahiru no Ouji-samaDuck Prince

Morinaga, Ai 2024

Reiichi is in love with Yumiko, the prettiest girl in school. His problem: he's ugly. When he saves a magical dog from certain death, he is granted one wish in return and he wishes to become beautiful. Now he can be true to his heart, but whenever he touches Yumiko with lustful thoughts, he turns back into his ugly self...

(Source: ANN)

Mar 2001 to Jun 2003 | 22 chp | Publishing

Comedy Romance Slice of Life Supernatural

Open Sesame

Kawakata, Kaoru 2024

Danjou Yamato is a high school student who lives in the countryside and is the boxing champion of the region. However, when his family has to move out to live in Tokyo, he is transfered to a school in Tokyo that was previously an all-girls school. Girls have a lot of power and give the guys a hard time. But Yamato will not bow down to the power of the girls, and on his way to claim power for the guys in the school, he finds out something about his past...something that he had forgotten long ago...

(Source: AnimeWaves)

Mar 16, 2001 to Jun 16, 2008 | 94 chp | Publishing

Comedy Romance

Onegai☆TwinsOnegai Twins

2024

Maiku Kamishiro has a problem. Actually, make that two problems. He has two young girls boarding at his house, each claiming that they're his long-lost twin sister! Which one is Maiku's sister? Which one is a total stranger?

Sep 27, 2005 | 10 chp | Publishing

Comedy Drama Romance

Blood+

Katsura, Asuka 2024

Saya, the main character, lost her memory and has been living with her adopted family. Her everyday life seems quite normal, except that she eats a lot more than she actually needs. Then one day she meets a guy named Hagi in a park. She is told that he has been searching for her, for a long time. Since then, her normal life has changed completely.

A high school girl named Saya can not remember anything from her past. A handsome young man, Hagi, appears and something seems familiar about him. This girl is more than human with an ancient and mysterious past. She will hunt down and kill the monsters called Chiropterans.

(Source: MU)

Dec 26, 2005 to Apr 26, 2007 | 20 chp | Publishing

Action Horror Mystery Romance Supernatural

Fate/stay night

Nishiwaki, DattoNasu, Kinoko 2024

The story takes place in an ordinary Japanese town, Fuyuki City. Hidden from society, there has been a deadly war going on in this town. Seven sorcerers known as "Masters" summon a powerful familiar called "Servants" and they all fight each other till the last one. The last one is said to attain the Holy Grail which will grant them a wish. Only a few know when this War started and what the Holy Grail is, but the war was about to begin again this year.

The main character is Emiya Shirou, who lost his parents in a fire and was adopted by a man who called himself a sorcerer. Admiring his stepfather, he has been training himself to be a sorcerer. However, he had no talent and he could barely use one type of sorcery. His stepfather has already passed away, and today he's a sorcerer without any skills or knowledge. He is involved in the War of the Holy Grail when he accidentally summons Saber, who is said to be the strongest servant of all...

(Source: MU)

Dec 26, 2005 to Oct 26, 2012 | 87 chp | Publishing

Action Fantasy Romance Supernatural

Emma

Mori, Kaoru 2024

It's the turn of the 20th century, and Victorian era England plays host to a poignant and emotional saga of love between two individuals of thoroughly different societal standing. Working class maid Emma and wealthy aristocrat William Jones find themselves falling for one another despite their allotted positions in life, and it is their persistent efforts to traverse the dangerous minefields of wealth, power, and staunch tradition, that provides the gripping emotional drama of Kaoru Mori's Emma. The rigid social structures of the time and the disapproving elite, including but not limited to William's own family, seek to keep the lovestruck pair apart due to their heavy condemnation of this breach of proper conduct. But despite their best attempts to resist one another, William and Emma's relationship deepens, and their feelings for one another prove to be stronger than the harshest of judgments.

From the author of the acclaimed series Otoyomegatari, comes this impassioned tour de force of two individuals who strive to never give up on their love. But will William and Emma's relationship fall prey to the slew of unforeseen ordeals that rise up to challenge it, or will they get their happy ending after all?

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]

Dec 12, 2001 to Feb 12, 2008 | 72 chp | Publishing

Romance Slice of Life

Orion no Shounen: Aquarian AgeAquarian Age: Juvenile Orion

Gokurakuin, Sakurako 2024

Sixteen-year-old Mana returns to her hometown to unite with her childhood friend after 7 years. But Kaname seems to have changed during their years apart. Mana's presence sets off a chain of events that changes the lives of Kaname and his best friend Naoya forever. Their classmates Isshin and Tsukasa, and thier teacher Tomonori find themselves drawn to her as well. They soon discover that they are all a part of the Aquarian Age, a secret war raging for thousands of years. Now the fate of the world hangs in the balance as one girl meets her destiny.

(Source: ANN)

2001 to 2003 | 25 chp | Publishing

Adventure Drama Romance Supernatural

Mahoraba

Kojima, Akira 2024

Shiratori Ryushi wants to become a picture book writer, and he moves to an apartment, Narutaki-So, in order to go to an art school in Tokyo. Narutaki-so is an old Japanese style one-story house which doesn’t fit in urban scenery. It is owned by the cousin of his mother, and the manager of the apartment is Aoba Kozue. She is his second cousin, and they met with each other when they were children although he doesn’t remember her much. She is in the second grader of a high school attached to Aoba Junior Collage.
There are five people living in Narutaki-So. First, Chanohata Kotomi is living in the room #1. She is a best friend of Kozue. Then, the resident of the room #3 is Momono Megumi. She is a kind of person who goes her own way. In the room #5, Kurosaki Sayoko and her daughter Asami are living. Asami is in the first grade of a junior high. Finally, in the room #6, Haibara Yukio is living with his puppet, “Johnny”.
They are all characteristic and eccentric persons. However, in fact, the most eccentric person is Kozue. She has a secret; when she is shocked at something, she changes her personality. Not knowing this, Shiratori moves to Narutaki-So to realize his dream. What kind of a new life will be waiting for him?
(Source: MU)

Jul 2001 to Jul 2006 | 62 chp | Publishing

Comedy Romance Slice of Life

Cross

2024

A young Catholic priest named Amakusa Takara, uses his gift of holy powers to exorcise demons ... and on occasion the Devil himself. He's blessed and cursed with the ability to produce the 'sign of the cross' on his forehead to banish demons back to Hell. Only thing is ... the process brings him close to the brink of insanity and physical pain.

A woman called Shizuha is capable of producing the ancient writings of the 'Scripture' on her body, and therefore she is targeted by demons and cults alike. She asks Takara for assistance when her parents become part of a cult out to nab her.

Shizuha becomes attracted to the young priest and wishes to protect him in return ... (Source: Tokyopop)

Aug 1997 to Jan 2001 | 18 chp | Publishing

Horror Romance Supernatural

DVD

Chon, Kye Young 2024

A chance encounter in a lingerie department. A cell number on a bra tag. Sometimes, you never know what can happen if you make that call.

For Ddam, it leads her to a night club dive where DD is the punk rocker DJ and Venu is the decoration. But there's more to them than meets the eye: DD occasionally waxes poetic, and Venu downplays his good looks by focusing on the importance of big breasts.

Since Ddam has her own odd behavior to deal with, being with these two unrepentant, semi-uncouth, not-bad-bad boys, could be what she needs to help her get out of her funk and maybe figure out what life's about.

(Source: DramaQueen)

Dec 25, 2003 to Dec 14, 2005 | 40 chp | Publishing

Comedy Romance Slice of Life

Maburaho

Tsukiji, ToshihikoMiyashita, M 2024

Kazuki Shikimori has lost his memory and has come to find out that there are three young girls after his DNA. Even though his magic is extremely limited compared to others, it is believe that his offspring will wield incredible magic. Kuriko Kazetsubaki claims to be his girlfriend. Rin Kamishiro is urged by her family to be his wife. And Yuuna Miyami claims to be Kazuki's wife, as per a promise made when they were kids.

Apr 9, 2003 to Sep 9, 2004 | 14 chp | Publishing

Comedy Romance

Denei ShoujoVideo Girl Ai

Katsura, Masakazu 2024

High school student Youta Moteuchi is so unpopular that his classmates have given him the nickname "Dateless." So it's no surprise when the love of his life, Moemi, is not interested in Youta but instead is in love with Youta's best friend, Takashi. Youta turns to a video rental shop for comfort, but little did he suspect that the shop was magical and that the cute girl on his rented tape would pop out of the television and try to fix his ruined love life!

(Source: VIZ Media)
Included one-shot:
Volume 15: Video Girl (pilot)

Nov 21, 1989 to Sep 1992 | 131 chp | Publishing

Drama Romance Sci-Fi Supernatural

Earthian

Kouga, Yun 2024

It's present day, and Archangel Michael is fed up with the pathetic development of the human species. The angels, in their world high above ours, have been given the choice between destroying or preserving humanity. This will be decided by having "Plus Checkers" looking for good points and "Minus Checkers" looking for bad points, and whichever finds 10,000 points first decides the outcome. Chihaya and Kagetsuya are angels who have known each other since their days at military school in Eden, and having taken up opposing sides of this "good vs. bad points" checking system, are teamed together during their stay on Earth.

However, Chihaya is unusual even by angelic standards—he has black hair, eyes and wings. He's one-of-a-kind, unusually powerful in spite of his naive demeanor (much to Kagetsuya's dismay), but set apart from his angel kin...until the Black Cancer strikes the heavenly population, darkening the wings and hair of its victims before spiraling them down into painful death. Tension builds among the angels and between Chihaya and Kagetsuya in particular, and it looks as if the secrets to the salvation or destruction of both Earth and Eden may lie with Chihaya himself. (source: BLU Manga)

Apr 5, 1988 to Jul 15, 1994 | 30 chp | Publishing

Boys Love Romance Sci-Fi

Seto no HanayomeMy Bride is a Mermaid

Kimura, Tahiko 2024

A young boy gets saved from drowning by a mermaid but, according to mermaid law, if a human sees a mermaid's true form, both have to be killed. The only solution to the problem is for him to marry her. But can they keep her secret from being found out?

(Source: Animewaves)

Jul 26, 2002 to Nov 22, 2010 | 79 chp | Publishing

Comedy Romance

Shinseiki Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend 2ndNeon Genesis...

Hayashi, Fumino 2024

Enjoying a peaceful life in New-Tokyo 3, high school student Shinji Ikari spends the days with his close-knit group of friends, consisting of his pushy childhood friend Asuka Langley Souryuu; slackers Touji Suzuhara and Kensuke Aida; student president Hikari Horaki; and the eloquent oddity Kaworu Nagisa. However, the arrival of bubbly transfer student Rei Ayanami shakes up the group's status quo, causing a web of love triangles, crushes, and confessions to come bursting forth. Yet the complex state of their relationships becomes the least of their worries when United Nations agency NERV recruits them for experiments shrouded in mystery. As NERV continues to impede on the students' lives, Shinji and his friends are set on an irreversible path, with their angelic days long behind them.

An alternate retelling of a classic anime series, Shinseiki Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend 2nd reinvents these characters as normal students in a world vastly different from the one presented in Neon Genesis Evangelion.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]

Aug 23, 2003 to Sep 24, 2005 | 27 chp | Publishing

Comedy Romance

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