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.

Rockin'★Heaven
Rockin'★Heaven
Sakai, Mayu 2024
Sawa applies to Heaven's Wing Academy, thinking she would look cute in the uniform. But she never expected the academy to be a previously all-boys' school! And the head honcho of the school, the class president himself doesn't seem to like her one bit and takes no pains to hide it. At first, adjusting to life at the academy is tough. Sawa is bullied and teased, and the boys in the class even throw her new shoes in the water. While attempting to retrieve her shoes, she falls into the water and is unexpectedly saved by Ran, who up until this point has made her life hell. The newfound gentleness in Ran intrigues her, and she finds herself falling for him. What will her days be like for the rest of her school life?

(Source: Entropy)
Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Endless March
Volume 4: Home, Sweet Home
Volume 6: Brown Garden Eki
Dec 2005 to Jul 2008 | 36 chp | Publishing
Drama Romance

Zero Count
Zero Count
Mutou, Hiromu 2024
The heroine, Tokieda Nao, discovers that she has an Unexpected Fiancé! It seems her father's company is having difficulty, so in order to save it, he set up an arranged marriage between Nao and the son of a wealthy man. Nao isn't exactly happy to hear this news. To make things even more fun, Nao is attending a new high school. Up to this point, she had only attended all-girls schools. Her new school was an all-boys school up to this year, so it is about 95% guys! Nao knows that her new fiance is a student there, but she hasn't been told exactly WHO it is! Right away Nao meets two interesting guys at school. They are the somewhat surly Sakaki Mitsuru, and the very pretty boy Toono Minori. Nao actually thought Minori was a girl at first, and was rather shocked to discover he is a guy. Nao is trying to figure out which guy at the school is her fiance, but she doesn't have much to go on, only 5 hints: 1.) One of his initials is "M" 2.) He has a mole somewhere near his hip 3.) He has a flower-shaped birthmark 4.) She met him when she was a child 5.) Fear of high places.

The hunt is on as Nao cheerfully searches for her new fiance. More than one boy seems to fit her clues, how will she ever figure out who it is?
2003 | 12 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance

Peter Pan♠Syndrome
Peter Pan♠Syndrome
Sakai, Mayu 2024
Twelve-year-old junior high school girl Hasumi Kohaku moved into town in search of her mother. She is gifted with ESP and the ability to fly when the sun is down. Kohaku soon used her powers in front of her classmates in order to save her friend Uro from falling out a window.

(Source: Esthétique)
Included one-shot:
Volume 2: Ousama to Ouji-sama to Watashi (The King, Prince, and I)
Dec 28, 2004 to Sep 3, 2005 | 10 chp | Publishing
Fantasy Romance Supernatural

Mai-OtomeMy-Otome
Mai-OtomeMy-Otome
Satou, Kenetsu 2024
Mashiro-hime has just transferred to the all-girls school, Garderobe...but little do the other students know, she's actually a boy. Desperate to escape an all-boys school where he was looked down upon, he disguised himself as the late Mashiro-hime to get in. Unfortunately, due to "her" royal status, members of an organization known as Shwarz are trying to assassinate him, and all the while, he's trying to break his Contract with Arika Yumemiya, who unexpectedly became his Otome to protect him from a member of Shwarz. (Source: M-U)
Aug 2005 to 2006 | 44 chp | Publishing
Fantasy Girls Love Romance

Made in Heaven
Made in Heaven
Yashiki, Yukari 2024
After an accident, a young man named Kazemichi is given many prosthetic parts and told that he has been given a second chance at life. However, he is also told that his artificial heart has the possibility of giving out at any time. Kazemichi spends his days detached from the world until he meets a woman named Juri, and starts to once again regain feeling inside. Thus starts his search for the truths in his life - both the present and the past - as the end of his future draws startlingly near.
(Source: ANN)
Mar 2006 to May 2006 | 24 chp | Publishing
Drama Mystery Romance Sci-Fi

Kaze Hikaru
Kaze Hikaru
Watanabe, Taeko 2024
During the Bakumatsu revolution which marked the end of the Tokugawa era and the beginning of the Meiji era,a young girl named Sei Tominaga, seeking to avenge the deaths of her father and brother, disguises herself as a young boy named Seizaburo Kamiya to join the Shinsengumi.

(Source: ANN)
1997 to May 28, 2020 | chp | Publishing
Action Award Winning Romance

7 Seeds
7 Seeds
Tamura, Yumi 2024
In the immediate future, a giant meteorite has collided with earth. All living organisms, including mankind, have been wiped off the face of the planet. The government, who had foreseen this outcome, took measures to counter the worst-case scenario. In particular was Project "7SEEDS," in which five sets of seven young men and women were carefully selected and placed into teams (Spring, Summer A, Summer B, Autumn and Winter). Each participant was then put under cryogenic sleep in hopes of preserving the continued existence of mankind.

When those men and women awoke, they found themselves suddenly thrust into a cruel world. While bereft and grieved over forever losing their loved ones, they sought to find ways to survive.

(Source: MU)
Oct 13, 2001 to May 27, 2017 | 178 chp | Publishing
Action Adventure Award Winning Drama Horror Mystery Romance Sci-Fi

Goong
Goong
Park, So-Hee 2024
Monarchy laid extinct in Korea since long ago, but what if Korea had continued monarchism? What if all the beautiful abandoned palaces were still actually filled with the royal families? What if the royal families continued with the normal royal customs? Welcome to the world where Korea never ended monarchism! Che-Gyeong, the high-school girl protagonist, ends up in a tragic moment in time when it has been found out that she has been promised in marriage (by her grandfather) to the current prince...who's actually not at all what he seems to be from his good looks—in one word, he's a big jerk.
Dec 2, 2002 to Dec 27, 2011 | 179 chp | Publishing
Comedy Drama Romance

Nagasarete Airantou
Nagasarete Airantou
Fujishiro, Takeshi 2024
Ikuto Touhouin is a 14-year-old boy, who had a fight with his father and ran away from home. He later boards a ship overseas, but a huge storm hits and sinks the ship. After spending a week drifting in the ocean, he arrives in an island, with the only exception that all the people there act like people from the Meiji era, and that they are all actually females! The girls were unable to come into contact with other people, let alone males, as there were whirlpools surrounding the island, making it impossible to leave. Now that these love-starved women finally come into contact with a male, what will happen now?

(Source: ANN, edited)
Dec 12, 2001 to ? | chp | Publishing
Adventure Comedy Fantasy Romance Sci-Fi Supernatural

Renai JunkieLove Junkies
Renai JunkieLove Junkies
Hatsuki, Kyou 2024
Sakibara Eitarou is a 22-year-old virgin. He's desperately trying to get laid—and that happens right at the beginning of the story with a girl named Maiko.

After that, Eitarou's relationship with girls change suddenly: he starts feeling more secure of himself and sex and starts meeting lots of girls. Three of these girls have a very important part in his life (Ninomyia Emu, Ide Miho and Jii Shinako) and his love adventures revolve around those women.
Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Kanojo wa Aru Hi Totsuzen ni
Volume 4: Kaguya
Volume 6: Splash Island
Volume 7: Chotto Break Shimasho♡
Volume 11: Goddess
1999 to Jan 13, 2009 | 231 chp | Publishing
Comedy Drama Romance

Girls Saurus
Girls Saurus
Kusunoki, Kei 2024
The story revolves around 16-year-old Shingo Chiryu, who had been beaten and hospitalized for a month by a morbidly obese girl whose naked confession he had rejected. As a result of the encounter, Shingo has developed a fear of all women, called gynophobia. While Shingo tries to hide his fear, the school nurse notices it and advises him to join the boxing club. However, Shingo soon finds out that all of its members are girls, the club's adviser is the school nurse, and one of the club's members, the (now slim) Haruka Nishiharu, is the very girl who had put him in the hospital.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Apr 18, 2002 to Dec 18, 2002 | 17 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance

Translucent: Kanojo wa HantoumeiTranslucent
Translucent: Kanojo wa HantoumeiTranslucent
Okamoto, Kazuhiro 2024
Shizuka is an introverted girl, dealing with schoolwork, boys, and a medical condition that begins to turn her invisible! She finds support with Mamoru, a boy who is falling for Shizuka despite her condition, and with Keiko, a woman who suffers from this illness and has finally turned completely invisible. The mysterious disease that the teens struggle with becomes a metaphor in the ordinary lives of the students in their classes, as they try to work their way through their friendships and romances.

(Source: Dark Horse)
Feb 5, 2005 to Oct 5, 2006 | 30 chp | Publishing
Drama Romance

Gokusen
Gokusen
Morimoto, Kozueko 2024
Fresh out of college, Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi becomes a math teacher at an all-boys high school. Unfortunately for her, she's assigned by the school board as the homeroom teacher for class 3-D, which happens to be the class of delinquent students. When the class attempts to make a living hell out of Yankumi's career, they fail as her persistence and aggression gain her respect. However, little does anyone in the school know that Yankumi is actually heir to the Kuroda Ikka—one of Tokyo's most powerful yakuza clans.

(Source: ANN)
Dec 15, 1999 to Feb 15, 2007 | 156 chp | Publishing
Action Comedy Romance Slice of Life

Rin!
Rin!
Honami, YukineKannagi, Satoru 2024
Katsura, a second year in his high school's archery club, has a hard time controlling his nerves. His "secret weapon" is his brother's best friend and childhood buddy, Sou! One hug from Sou and Katsura's nerves are soothed to a peaceful calm. But he can't keep Sou around him forever. As he wonders how he'll survive without Sou's hugs, his friend Kouichi suddenly asks if he can be the one to save him, and kisses him! What now?!

(Source: MU)
Dec 2002 to Oct 25, 2004 | 11 chp | Publishing
Boys Love Drama Romance Sports

Inu-Neko.
Inu-Neko.
Hatsuki, Kyou 2024
So your a high school student and love your teacher. Why? Well, big boobs, nice ass, etc. However, your “sister” loves you. Almost seems like a story with no end. Problems arise as expected and such, but what if your teacher that you love and your sister’s soul interchanged and switched bodies. Which one will you love now?

(Source: JCafe)
Mar 15, 2003 to Jul 15, 2004 | 9 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance

Girls Saurus DX
Girls Saurus DX
Kusunoki, Kei 2024
Shingo Chiryuu isn't much different than any other guy except for one thing... He's afraid of girls. Now he finds himself surrounded by girls, including the one whose attack originally instilled the fear in him, as he attempts to cure himself of his gynophobia.

(Source: Solaris-SVU)
Aug 8, 2003 to Oct 18, 2008 | 66 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance

A.I. Revolution
A.I. Revolution
Asami, Yuu 2024
In futuristic Japan, robots are as common as toasters or washing machines. Technology rules, and high-school student Sui is more than used to any new inventions that may come about…until her father engineers a robot that walks, talks and looks as human as she does! Now it’s Sui’s job to teach her new friend about being human, and she couldn’t be happier. But teaching a robot to fit into society isn’t as easy as she thinks, and the fabulous new prototype may wind up being more trouble than she expected…

(Source: Go! Comi)
Included one-shots:
Volume 3: Kasou Genjitsu (Make-Believe Reality)
Volume 5: Glass no Kutsu ga Hairanai (The Glass Slipper Doesn't Fit)
1995 to 2003 | 81 chp | Publishing
Romance Sci-Fi

Juuni Hizoku no PaletteThe Palette of 12 Secret Colors
Juuni Hizoku no PaletteThe Palette of 12 Secret Colors
Kusakawa, Nari 2024
On the island of Opal live the world's most colorful birds. The birds have attracted a school for aspiring "Palettes" — wizards who have the ability to "borrow" color from one object and paint its qualities onto another. Young Cello has the potential to be a great Palette, but she just can't seem to control her power. As the end of freshman year approaches she's on the verge of failing, so she's going to need all the help her bird, Yoyo, can provide.
(Source: CMX)
Jun 10, 2003 to Oct 10, 2008 | 30 chp | Publishing
Comedy Fantasy Romance

Unbalance x2
Unbalance x2
Im, Dal YoungLee, Soo Hyun 2024
A young man finds and returns a lost wallet and cell phone to a beautiful young lady, thus begins the destined relationship between two strangers. Sound typical? Well then, how about making the young lady the young man's future homeroom teacher, and give them both a twisted sense of right and wrong. And just for kicks, let's have the young man help himself to a self proclaimed reward from the lost wallet before returning it… but of course, this scenario wouldn't be complete unless the young lady was very unforgiving when it came to teaching one of her students a lesson on morals.

(Source: Infinity Studios)
May 30, 2005 to Nov 28, 2011 | 82 chp | Publishing
Drama Romance

Naisho no Tsubomi
Naisho no Tsubomi
Yabuuchi, Yuu 2024
Each volume depicts a different heroine.

Volume 1: Tachibana Tsubomi
Volume 2: Kusakabe Tsubomi
Volume 3: Shiina Tsubomi
Volume 4: Katanashi Tsubomi
Volume 5: Aizaki Tsubomi
Volume 6: Nike Tsubomi
Volume 7: Yagi Tsubomi
Volume 8: Honda Tsubomi
Feb 3, 2004 to Feb 3, 2012 | 98 chp | Publishing
Award Winning Romance Slice of Life

Boku no Futatsu no TsubasaMy Two Wings
Boku no Futatsu no TsubasaMy Two Wings
Yui, Toshiki 2024
Hiromi Ishimaru has nothing but fond childhood memories of her cousin Makoto Kashiwagi, so she is ecstatic to find out that he is moving from the country to live with her. However, when Hiromi meets Makoto again after nearly nine years, the last thing she expected is for him to have F-cup breasts! It turns out that Makoto, or "Mako," is intersex, meaning she has the sexual characteristics of both males and females. While this proves to make Mako's dating life difficult, Hiromi tries her best to help her cousin out when she needs it.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Jul 19, 2002 to Sep 17, 2005 | 37 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance

Animal X: Daichi no Okite
Animal X: Daichi no Okite
Sugimoto, Ami 2024
The second series in the Animal X timeline.

Taking refuge in the newly rebuilt Asato-Jima commune, Yuuji and Minato try to carve a place for themselves in a Dinosauroid society foreign to both of them. Split up for long periods of time by their work assignments, Minato and Yuuji slowly grow farther apart. When it seems as if nothing can possibly get any worse: Yuuji gives birth to his first child.
Not available | 4 chp | Publishing
Action Adventure Boys Love Drama Fantasy Romance

Shiawase Kissa 3-choume (Happy Cafe)
Shiawase Kissa 3-choume (Happy Cafe)
Matsuzuki, Kou 2024
Uru is a very short girl and is constantly mistaken for an elementary school kid, but despite that, she is ridiculously strong and decides to live by herself after her mother gets remarried. She ends up working at a small cafe with two rather unique co-workers, Shindou, who acts gruff and intimidating, but who is really a nice guy who loves to make cakes and pies and the like, and Ichirou, who is really good-looking but who instantly falls asleep when he gets hungry and doesn't wake up again until he's force-fed something? What will the future bring to them?

(Source: MU)
Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Suitei Seinen Shoujo
Volume 4: Hana to Ageha, Natsu.
Volume 7: Number One DX
Dec 4, 2004 to Aug 20, 2009 | 88 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance Slice of Life

I.O.N
I.O.N
Tanemura, Arina 2024
Ion Tsuburagi has always believed that her "jinx"—chanting the letters in her name—brings her good luck when she needs it. While running away from one of many attempts by the student council president to make her his girlfriend, Ion falls into the arms of Mikado Hourai—the president of the school's unofficial Psychic Powers Research Club.

Naively falling in love with him after learning about his childhood dream, Ion finds herself joining Mikado in his psychic research endeavors, whereupon she stumbles across an object he was experimenting on—a strange, deep blue stone. When she picks it up, the stone shocks her; she instinctively chants her jinx, and as a result, flies up into the sky! Believing the object to be lost, Mikado decides to continue his research efforts nonetheless, using Ion as his test subject in its place!

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
May 1997 to Nov 1997 | 6 chp | Publishing
Comedy Fantasy Romance Supernatural