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.

Nyatto!
Nyatto!
Shigunyan 2024
Yaneda Shigeru is a guy living alone with his cat Konbu until it turns mostly into a human (she keeps her cat tail and ears) for unknown reasons. Though to Shigeru, this isn't a problem; he has a cat-girl fetish. The problem is, his cat, Konbu, is stuck-up and wants everything to be elegant to fit her high-class tastes, even her name to be something more high-class. So, they each want to mold each other to their tastes; Shigeru an elegant butler, and Konbu an obedient, cute cat-girl. Will one of them win, or will they come to some sort of mutual understanding?
(Source: MU)
Jun 5, 2009 to Apr 5, 2012 | 18 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance Supernatural

Royal Fiancé
Royal Fiancé
Kamon, SaekoAsuma, Risai 2024
Honami Kairi's fate changes when he accepted an offer from an old man to work for a rich family as a housekeeper. The low-level job suddenly transforms into a wedding workout with his schoolmate, the foreign Royal Prince Shou...! It's a fairytale with a twist...
(from Shinmakoku Scanlations)
May 7, 2009 to ? | 6 chp | Publishing
Boys Love Romance

Tonari no Minano-sensei
Tonari no Minano-sensei
Mg Joe 2024
Junpei is a boy who lives next to Minano Hatsuharu, his tutor who eventually became his homeroom teacher at school. Despite her timid nature and her shyness to boys, she begins to yearn for Junpei, and during one of their study sessions, their relationship becomes much more intimate. But with various obstacles thrown in front of them, how long will it last?
Aug 29, 2003 to Oct 29, 2007 | 48 chp | Publishing
Romance Slice of Life

Boys on the Run
Boys on the Run
Hanazawa, Kengo 2024
The story is about how and why a guy goes from a worker at a dead-end job to becoming a boxer.
(Source: MU)
2005 to Jun 2008 | 116 chp | Publishing
Comedy Drama Romance Sports

Monogatari Series: First Season
Monogatari Series: First Season
NISIO, ISINVOFAN 2024
This is a story, a "ghostory" of sorts, about scars that bond, monsters that haunt, and fakes that deceive.

The story of Koyomi Araragi begins through a fateful encounter with the all-powerful, blonde-haired, "hot-blooded, iron-blooded, and cold-blooded" vampire, later introduced as Shinobu Oshino. Their tragic rendezvous results in the end of Araragi's life as a human and his subsequent rebirth as a vampire—a monster. However, this encounter is only the start of his meddlings with the supernatural. Koyomi's noble personality ultimately sees him getting further involved in the lives of others with supernatural afflictions. This is his desperate attempt at returning to a normal human life, in a paranormal world filled with nothing but tragedy, suffering, and inhumanity.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]

This entry includes the first season of the Monogatari Series.
Nov 1, 2006 to Jul 28, 2010 | 107 chp | Publishing
Action Comedy Mystery Romance Supernatural

She is Mine
She is Mine
Mimori, Ao 2024
It's a love triangle between 2 friends Ryotaro & Haru and Mirei the girl. They are all 15 years old and entering high school. The two boys run into Mirei outside of school and are both mesmerized by her. They then find out she is in their class. Mirei turns out to have "experience" in love matters, while the two guys are completely innocent.
Apr 13, 2009 to Jan 30, 2010 | 8 chp | Publishing
Drama Romance

Ruri no Kaze ni Hana wa Nagareru
Ruri no Kaze ni Hana wa Nagareru
Yuki, Kairi 2024
"You've always belonged to me since long ago." In order to get revenge against the enemy nation, who destroyed her own country, Hina decided to become their crown princess... However, she cannot help being attracted to Ashiru, who's supposed to be her enemy...
(Source: Aerandria)
Oct 10, 2007 to Feb 24, 2010 | 16 chp | Publishing
Action Adventure Fantasy Romance

Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou
Itou, SouichiMizuki, Shoutarou 2024
The story of "love, magic, and battles" revolves around Akuto Sai, a boy who aims to become part of his country's highest order of magicians and contribute to society as one of its clergy. On the day he is admitted into the Constan Magical Academy, his aptitude test predicts the following: "Future Occupation ... Devil King." Thus begins his difficult school life in which he is resented by his studious female class head, desired by a girl with mysterious powers, and guarded by a beautiful female android.

(Source: ANN)
Sep 19, 2008 to Dec 19, 2013 | 50 chp | Publishing
Action Comedy Fantasy Romance Supernatural

Omamori no Kamisama
Omamori no Kamisama
Kosugi, Mayu 2024
Meet Matsuri, a high-school girl in love. Typical, right? But no one knows what’s in Matsuri’s special protective charm… Mimori, a god of protection! Mimori takes the form of a miniature boy and protects Matsuri from danger while supporting in her quest for romance… Until he realizes that he, too, has feelings for her! Can true love exist between a god and a human?
Not available | 10 chp | Publishing
Romance

Illumination
Illumination
Yamashita, Tomoko 2024
Twenty-nine-year-old Mikita Ryuuji has been hiding his love for his friend Koya for so long that he can't take it anymore. At his wit's end, he spends one night with Sudo, a man he met at a bar. It was supposed to be a one-night stand, an event he'd forget about the next day with someone he'd never see again. But when Sudo does show up again, this time determined to stay for good, Mikita's life starts to fall apart...
(Source: Storm in Heaven)
Aug 27, 2008 | 7 chp | Publishing
Boys Love Drama Romance

Isuca
Isuca
Takahashi, Osamu 2024
Shinichirou decides to look for a job in order to pay his rent, and his teacher suggests that he work for someone at their house, doing housekeeping. However, the person who hired him was Sakuya, a girl who is the 37th head of the Shimazu family, and her job is to exorcise and eliminate unwanted creatures. Shinichirou accidentally releases one of the creatures that Sakuya captures and they cooperate to catch it.

(Source: MU)
Jul 4, 2009 to Apr 4, 2017 | 66 chp | Publishing
Action Comedy Romance Supernatural

Seirei Gakusha Kidan Reikyou Kaden
Seirei Gakusha Kidan Reikyou Kaden
Higuchi, Daisuke 2024
Yuika Aoi has a recurring nightmare in which she isn’t able to save a mysterious, green-eyed man called Rei. Her elderly grandmother, who was born in the Taisho era, lives very traditionally, and at times seems to have magical powers. Apart from all this, she is a normal high school girl until she falls off a roof and into the Taisho era, in the middle of a battle between Rei and a fairy. Will she be able to save him this time?
(Source: Doko Demo Doa Manga Scanlations)
Apr 10, 2008 to Oct 10, 2009 | 9 chp | Publishing
Fantasy Mystery Romance

Little Star
Little Star
Mizuki, Chika 2024
Story about a tomboyish girl Subaru who's always cast in male roles for school plays and her subsequent confusion over her neighbour, Shun.
(from M-U)
Apr 27, 2009 | 1 chp | Publishing
Romance

Venus ni Arazu
Venus ni Arazu
Yoshihara, Yuki 2024
Miyoshi Yoshiko is working her way as a model by doing various modeling gigs for her agency. After one of those gigs causes her to lose her job as a model, she now faces a desperate situation of being broke and unemployed. Things start to look up when she gets offered another modeling job, but this time it's modeling for Chuujou Tarou, the lecherous sculptor who got her fired in the first place! How will Yoshiko handle working for a perverted employer who can't keep his hands off her–not because he's attracted to her, but because he likes her bone structure?!

(Source: Aerandria Scans)
Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Blanc Marié
Volume 2: Biyaku (Aphrodisiac)
Jun 8, 2009 to Dec 8, 2009 | 9 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance

Obaka-chan, Koigatariki
Obaka-chan, Koigatariki
Sato, Zakuri 2024
Since childhood, Neiro has been known for being good at fighting, making people fear her and giving her the title of Kansai's strongest woman. Wanting to find romance, she decides to transfer to a highschool in Kantou. Instead, what faced her was a specially assembled class of delinquents.

(Source: Shinnen)
2008 to Oct 5, 2010 | 49 chp | Publishing
Romance

Ouji-sama no Yume Utsutsu
Ouji-sama no Yume Utsutsu
Yukimura, Yuni 2024
Four years ago, Prince Lulnavul fell into an eternal sleep due to an unknown curse. The king then make a proclamation: whoever wakes the prince will receive any reward they choose...but up until now, not one has achieved it. Now, Witch Sayla, scorned by the outside for being a witch, attempts this task as the 99th contender, not for the sake of the prince's hand in marriage like the princesses before her, but solely for the king's national treasure, the Sapphire of Illusions. Can a witch, who is hated even in fairy tales, be the heroine of this one? Follow Sayla as she goes to meet this sleeping prince inside his dreams.

(Source: Fateful Encounters)
Oct 10, 2006 | 1 chp | Publishing
Fantasy Romance

Let's☆Lagoon
Let's☆Lagoon
Okazaki, Takeshi 2024
Yamada is a castaway on an island without any ships passing by and he is unable to recall why he is there. After finding his sports bag, he assumes he was on a school trip. With only 7 days worth of food, he eventually decides to make a boat to leave the island. He thought he was alone on the island until finding a girl named Imaise Chika eating his food. They then decide to continue carving the boat together. Since the boat only has room for one, Yamada decides to set off for help, but returns upon noticing that not only has Imaise put her share of rations in his bag, they are mostly untouched as well. After returning, he notices she made the oar out of a fishing lance and he decides they can live on the island longer.

(Source: MU)
Oct 22, 2007 to Nov 20, 2018 | 68 chp | Publishing
Drama Mystery Romance Supernatural

Shirotae no Kimi, Hanagasumi
Shirotae no Kimi, Hanagasumi
Mitsumiya, Sanaha 2024
An old promise between two children turns into forbidden love between a young yakuza boss and her subordinate.
Nov 20, 2008 to Feb 20, 2009 | 4 chp | Publishing
Romance

MM!
MM!
Matsuno, AkinariQP:flapper 2024
Sado Taro became a masochist, one that feels pleasure from enduring physical and or psychological pain, in middle school when his classmate, Yuno Arashiko, punched him. Now that he has moved up to high school with his friend, Tatsukichi, he wants to get rid of this sexual tendency and live a regular teenage life. He hears about this high school club called the Number Two Volunteer Club, headed by Isurugi Mio. The club is there to advise and help students in various needs and trouble. The only problem is that Isurugi Mio is an extremely violent and bossy girl, the type of person that treats Taro terribly and arouses him at the same time. Taro grudgingly asks for her help to solve his problem but what he doesn’t know yet is that his life is about to get really complex.
(Source: MangaHelpers)
Feb 28, 2007 to Sep 24, 2010 | chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance

Seishun Pop!
Seishun Pop!
Kitakawa, Touta 2024
Sakuta loves to keep his earphones in his ears at all times because he loves to hear the world through his earphones. He especially loves the band INCEST and the singer, named IVE (pronounced eve), who is like an idol to him. One day when he visits the music shop, he gets his hands on a concert ticket for INCEST. Surprised and excited about the concert, Sakuta goes to the concert and he sees the band. He also sees IVE, who he notices is the new transfer student who transferred to his school the very same day. When their eyes meet, the music stops, and IVE stops singing. She looks into the crowd and asks the audience to make room for her to pass by. She walks down the middle of the aisle, towards Sakuta, and the next thing he notices, IVE is hugging him tightly saying, "I've wanted to meet you!" WHAT!?
(Source: MangaHelpers)
Feb 17, 2009 to Jun 18, 2013 | 47 chp | Publishing
Drama Romance

Mishounen Produce
Mishounen Produce
Ichinose, Kaoru 2024
It's the start of high school, and bookworm Kako decides to "produce" her country bumpkin childhood friend, Kousei, so that he can become a good-looking and popular school idol. She models him after Lawrence, a character in a manga she likes, but as Kousei's transformation becomes a huge success and he extends his new character beyond what she asks for, what will Kako do? Will she find herself left behind in the wake of his newly found popularity?

(Source: MU)
Included one-shot:
Volume 4: Megane Danshi Shinkasetsu (Theory of Evolution for Guys with Glasses)
Nov 22, 2008 to Jan 24, 2011 | 22 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance

Happy Negative Marriage
Happy Negative Marriage
Amazume, Ryuta 2024
Keitaro Satou is 30, successful at his job... and single. With worries about his future, he decides to have an arranged marriage to satisfy himself and his family, yet while his prospective "wife" is a beauty, problems are bound to pop up!
(Source: MangaHelpers)
Jun 19, 2009 to Apr 10, 2014 | 33 chp | Publishing
Drama Romance Slice of Life

Usotsuki Paradox
Usotsuki Paradox
Kizuki, AkiraSatou, Nanki 2024
Youkadou, a young man working at a certain office is in love with Seiyuu, an extremely beautiful coworker of his. She is in a long distance relationship with her boyfriend, but she agrees to go out with him with one condition: they'll never have sex.

(Source: MU)
Aug 29, 2008 to Jun 29, 2012 | 75 chp | Publishing
Drama Romance

Natsu no Zenjitsu
Natsu no Zenjitsu
Yoshida, Motoi 2024
The only thing in Tetsuo's mind is art. The beauty, the nature, and the quality of art. One woman watches him handle his art. Her name is Akira. She watches as he constantly tries to draw day after day, and she oversees the completion of his work at a local art exhibition. Akira apparently has become interested in Tetsuo's love for art and his work. One rainy night, Tetsuo notices that Akira left her umbrella and he decides to deliver it to her. He finds her and gives her the umbrella and doesn't use it as he claims that the umbrella isn't his. As Tetsuo leaves, Akira tells him to wait. He turns around and finds Akira bringing her lips towards his... Love has bloomed in the middle of a rainy night.

(Source: MangaHelpers)
Nov 7, 2008 to Jun 7, 2014 | 38 chp | Publishing
Drama Romance Slice of Life