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.

Vampire Knight
Vampire Knight
Hino, Matsuri 2024
Cross Academy is an elite boarding school with two separate, isolated classes: the Day Class and the Night Class. On the surface, Yuuki Cross and Zero Kiryuu are prefects of the academy, and attempt to keep order between the students as classes rotate in the evenings. As the Night Class is full of utterly gorgeous elites, this can sometimes prove to be a bit difficult. It is completely necessary, however, as those "elites" are actually vampires. Yuuki and Zero act as guardians, protecting the secrets of the Night Class and the safety of their ignorant morning counterparts.

As the adopted daughter of the academy's chairman, Yuuki takes her job with a serious and energetic attitude. It also allows her to interact with her secret crush and savior, the president of the Night students' dorm, Kaname Kuran. Zero, on the other hand, has a deep-rooted hatred against vampires, and at times, does not hesitate to kill.

Can vampires and humans co-exist, even in the strict setup of the Cross Academy? Only time will tell.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Included one-shot:
Volume 17: Watashi to Fukigen na Panya-san (The Sour-Faced Baker and Me)
Nov 24, 2004 to May 24, 2013 | 102 chp | Publishing
Drama Mystery Romance Supernatural

B.O.D.Y.
B.O.D.Y.
Mimori, Ao 2024
Everyone thinks 16-year-old Ryouko has weird taste in guys because she can't stop drooling over Ryuu, the strong silent type who sits next to her in class. When she discovers he works for a host club—where women actually pay men to date them—will she finally wise up? Or will he leave his job to be with her? Or will she take a job at the club so he can quit so she can be with him so...? Only one thing's for sure in B.O.D.Y.—you can't put a price on love!

(Source: VIZ Media)
Included one-shot:
Volume 2: Saa Kyou mo Gakkou da
Oct 13, 2003 to Jan 28, 2009 | 62 chp | Publishing
Drama Romance

Bijo ga YajuuBeauty Is the Beast
Bijo ga YajuuBeauty Is the Beast
Matsumoto, Tomo 2024
When bubbly eleventh-grader Eimi Yamashita finds out that her parents are relocating for work, she decides to strike out on her own and move into a dormitory for girls. Little does Eimi suspect the exciting romantic adventures that await her there!

(Source: VIZ Media)
Included one-shot:
Volume 5: Kai-kin
May 24, 2002 to Dec 24, 2004 | 29 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance

Mitsu x Mitsu DropsHoney x Honey Drops
Mitsu x Mitsu DropsHoney x Honey Drops
Minami, Kanan 2024
Yuzuru is a fifteen year old girl who is attending her first year in Houjou Academy. At her summer job, she met a troublesome rich boy, Renge Kai, who is attending the same school as her. Kai is part of the Kugeka, a class opened only to the rich students of Houjou.

At the end of the summer break she finds out that she has become Kai's "Honey". This nickname is given to all the students from the regular class chosen by the Kugeka to become their assistants, so that the rich boys can be successful without any problem. The up side to being a Honey is that all their school fees will be taken care of.

Although Yuzuru's family has some financial problems, she doesn't want to accept her role of being Kai's honey. But the only way to quit is to leave the school... What is she to do?

(Source: MU)
2004 to 2006 | 47 chp | Publishing
Romance

Futari Ecchi for Ladies
Futari Ecchi for Ladies
Katsu, Aki 2024
The newlywed story continues but this time around the perspective is from Yura, our FE heroine. This tale adds new twists and mind boggling problems that women encounter.

(Source: Gensokyo)
Dec 19, 2003 to Jan 28, 2005 | 12 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance Slice of Life

Honggane
Honggane
Hwang, Mi Ri 2024
Nanhee Hong is the only daughter of the Hong family. She has an older brother with a sister complex who is the jjang (boss) of his school, and a younger brother, who is a member of the rival school's gang. When Nanhee goes to get her troublesome brother from a bar, she wakes up the jjang of his school, Ji Young Jin. Things in her life starts to go wrong in her life like how her heart aches everytime she thinks of him and rumors go around that they are dating. What will she do?
2005 to ? | 56 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance

Love Selection
Love Selection
Kisaragi, Gunma 2024
1. Love Selection
2. Help Me! Misaki-san
3. Summer Fun
4. Sister Syndrome
5. Cream Processing Manual
6. Molester Lessons
7, 11. Favorite Menu
8. Hey, I'm Not a Child Anymore, Right?
9. Ikemen Get!!
10. Slut Exchange Student
Jun 19, 2006 | 11 chp | Publishing
Romance

Beniiro HeroCrimson Hero
Beniiro HeroCrimson Hero
Takanashi, Mitsuba 2024
All that matters to 15-year-old Nobara Sumiyoshi is volleyball—she's an awesome player with big-time ambitions. But sometimes it seems like a girl just can't get a break in the competitive world of high school volleyball.

(Source: VIZ Media)
Included one-shots:
Volume 15: "Second"
Volume 16: Sugar
Dec 13, 2002 to Jan 13, 2011 | 87 chp | Publishing
Drama Romance Sports

The Cherry Project
The Cherry Project
Takeuchi, Naoko 2024
The story about a girl named Chieri (also known as Cherry) who began ice skating ever since she saw the handsome ice skating champion, Tsuzuki Masanori, skate. She pursues her dream of being Tsuzki's partner, all the while facing her rival, 'Princess' Canty. With the help of her friends, and her own courage, can Cherry win the heart of the boy she loves so much...?

(Source: StarryHeaven)
1991 to 1992 | 15 chp | Publishing
Drama Romance Sports

Boku no Chikyuu wo Mamotte (Please Save My Earth)
Boku no Chikyuu wo Mamotte (Please Save My Earth)
Hiwatari, Saki 2024
Mystic dreams of a previous life in the moon lead to the bonding of seven students in an attempt to uncover the secrets behind what they have forgotten. As various truths are sought and avoided, Alice must hurry remembering if she is to save the fragile Rin from self-destruction. For only after facing the grave errors of the past, can they all move forward and live fully in the present.

(Source: MangaTraders)
1987 to 1994 | 138 chp | Publishing
Drama Fantasy Mystery Romance Sci-Fi

Beauty Pop
Beauty Pop
Arai, Kiyoko 2024
First-year high school student Kiri Koshiba is a skilled hairstylist. Whenever others are bullied or ridiculed for their appearance, she steps in to do some "magic," giving them makeovers that bring out their natural beauty.

At Kiri's school, three second-year students make up the popular Scissors Project (SP): Shougo Narumi, the hairstylist; Kei Minami, the nail artist; and Kazuhiko Ochiai, the overall beauty consultant. The SP selectively chooses one female student to makeover and produces amazing results every time.

When Kanako Aoyama, Kiri's childhood friend, confesses her feelings to Ochiai by giving him a present, she is accused of bribing her way into becoming the next girl for an SP makeover. Kiri comes to Kanako's defense and performs some "magic" on her, leaving the SP stunned at Kanako's transformation. Not knowing who is responsible, the SP searches for Kanako's hairstylist in order to have a haircutting showdown, the start of a rivalry between Narumi and Kiri.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Dream Come True
Volume 3: Teen Drop
Volume 7: Twisted Typhoon, I Want to Be a Prince
Volume 10: Shampoo's Concern, Hysteric Heart, Daily Life in the Narumi Family
Sep 2003 to Feb 2008 | 57 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance

Umi no Yami, Tsuki no KageDarkness of the Sea, Shadow of the...
Umi no Yami, Tsuki no KageDarkness of the Sea, Shadow of the Moon
Shinohara, Chie 2024
Lumi and Luka Kobayakawa are identical twins who both are members of the track team and have a crush on a handsome upperclassman Katsuyuki Tohma, but he chooses the latter. While Luka doesn't want to hurt Lumi's feelings, Lumi feels betrayed by her own sister. On their way to the party celebrating the graduation of eldest members of the team, they take shelter in a cave, which turns out to be a mass grave, and all members were killed by the strange smell from the cave, with Lumi and Luka only survivors. After the tragedy, Lumi has become a completely different person, and one day she literally emerges from the floor of Luka's room....

(Source: ANN)
May 26, 1987 to Oct 26, 1991 | chp | Publishing
Drama Horror Romance

H³ SchoolHappy Hustle High
H³ SchoolHappy Hustle High
Takada, Rie 2024
What happens when an all-girls' high school reigning tomboy finds out her school is about to be filled with boys!?

Hanabi Oozora is a rambunctious 16-year-old tomboy who comes to the rescue of her less assertive friends—sometimes in exchange for food. So what does she do when, all of a sudden, her all-girls' school is about to be integrated with an all-boys' school?!

She meets and falls in love—naturally—with one of the three most popular and handsome boys in the Student Council, Yasuaki Garaku! Unfortunately, Yasuaki doesn't care for girls...and when the girls' Student Council clashes head-on with the boys' Student Council, Hanabi steps in to become a member—hoping she'll change Yasuaki's mind!

(Source: VIZ)
Aug 5, 2003 to Dec 4, 2004 | 30 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance

Hot Gimmick
Hot Gimmick
Aihara, Miki 2024
In company-owned rabbit-hutch apartments live tenants who can't afford to live anywhere else, and the apartment complex in which high-school girl Hatsumi Narita lives is ruled over by the rumor mongering, self-righteous Mrs. Tachibana. Get on Tachibana's bad side, and life becomes hell. When Hatsumi has to buy a pregnancy test because her popular sister Akane is late, Mrs. Tachibana's son, Ryoki, who used to bully Hatsumi as a kid, promises not to tell the world about Hatsumi's secret, only if she becomes his slave. Suddenly Azusa, Hatsumi's protector in their youth, reappears to save her again! He's moving back into the neighborhood! Despite the budding romance between Hatsumi and Azusa, Ryoki has control over her through the secret that could ruin the lives of everyone in Hatsumi's family, and he hasn't forgotten who his slave is!

(Source: VIZ Media)
Dec 2000 to Aug 2005 | 54 chp | Publishing
Comedy Drama Romance

Matantei Loki
Matantei Loki
Kinoshita, Sakura 2024
Loki, the Norse god of mischief, has been exiled to the human world for what apparently was a bad joke. Along with being exiled, he's forced to take the form of a child. He's told the only way he can get back to the world of the gods is if he can collect auras of evil that take over human hearts, to do this he runs a detective agency. However, at some point other Norse gods begin to appear with the intent to assassinate him for reasons unclear.
(Source: ANN)
Jan 12, 1999 to Nov 12, 2001 | 34 chp | Publishing
Comedy Fantasy Mystery Romance Supernatural

Versailles no Bara (The Rose of Versailles)
Versailles no Bara (The Rose of Versailles)
Ikeda, Riyoko 2024
Hoping to unite their countries with an alliance, The Empress of Austria arranges her daughter, the delightful yet spoiled Marie Antoinette, to marry the crown prince of France, Louis XVI. Upon arriving in Versailles, the Austrian princess meets Oscar Francois de Jarjayes, Captain of the Royal Guards—a seemingly dashing young man—but to Antoinette's astonishment, he is in fact a woman!

The youngest daughter of a noble family with a prominent lack of a male heir, Oscar was raised as a boy to continue the family's military legacy. Suffocated by the rigid rules associated with her new position and longing for companionship, Antoinette immediately takes a liking to this intriguing young woman, and wastes no time befriending her. However, as the childish new queen foolishly abuses her power, Oscar is conflicted between maintaining her loyalty to the royal family and addressing the growing concern of poverty among the common people.

Recalling the events of the French Revolution, Versailles no Bara depicts the struggles of two women unjustly burdened by family expectations. Yet, despite being forced to deny their identities at the expense of personal happiness, they march on to become key players in the annals of history.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
1972 to 1973 | 82 chp | Publishing
Drama Romance

●Rec
●Rec
Hanamizawa, Q-tarou 2024
Fumihiko Matsumaru, a single 26-year-old average salaryman, invited a girl to the movies but was stood up. Right at the moment he was about to toss his tickets into the trash, a cute girl appeared and asked him not to waste them. After movie and dinner, he escorted her home, only to find her apartment was burning. Having nowhere else to stay, 20-year-old rookie seiyuu Aka Onda moved into Matsumaru's place, and the two started a "more than friends but not yet lovers" relationship under the same roof—with many obstacles waiting for them.

(Source: MU)
Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Gin no Machi Romantic (Silver Street Romance; 2 parts)
Volume 4: HanaQ-ban Shin Angyo Onshi
Nov 19, 2002 to Mar 19, 2013 | 127 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance

To LOVE-RuTo Love Ru
To LOVE-RuTo Love Ru
Yabuki, Kentarou 2024
The story of To Love-Ru revolves around Rito Yuuki, a high-school student who cannot confess to the girl of his dreams, Haruna Sairenji. One day when coming home and sulking in the bathtub, a mysterious, nude girl appears out of nowhere. Her name is Lala and she comes from the planet Deviluke...

(Source: Wikipedia)
Apr 24, 2006 to Aug 31, 2009 | 162 chp | Publishing
Comedy Romance Sci-Fi Supernatural

MeruPuri: Märchen☆Prince (MeruPuri)
MeruPuri: Märchen☆Prince (MeruPuri)
Hino, Matsuri 2024
It is said that the longer one's punctuality streak is, the better a boyfriend they will have. In accordance with this, Airi Hoshina strictly follows her routine in preparation for her dream life: to have a loving, wholesome husband and family. However, Airi's life takes a fantastical turn when a young boy appears from her hand mirror.

Named Aram Astale Ei Daemonia Eucalystia, the young prince of Astale is fleeing his kingdom to evade a magical spell. Unknowingly, his portal leads directly to Airi's hand mirror. Though he avoided the brunt of the spell, his escape did not completely save him from the magic's effects: a spell that was originally supposed to turn Aram into an old man instead ages his body to that of a 17-year-old whenever it is dark. Now, the only way to turn him back is a kiss from his beloved maiden. Busy trying to find her one true love, Airi wants nothing to do with it, but Aram insists his soulmate must be her!

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Aug 2002 to Sep 2004 | 22 chp | Publishing
Comedy Fantasy Romance

Highschool of the Dead
Highschool of the Dead
Satou, DaisukeSatou, Shouji 2024
On a normal day, mindless, flesh-eating zombies suddenly appear and send society into anarchy. In Fujimi Academy, second-year high school student Takashi Komuro witnesses these beasts' murderous nature firsthand. He flees to the roof with friends Rei Miyamoto and Hisashi Igou, only to discover the harrowing reality of their zombie-overrun world.

In High School of the Dead, Takashi and Rei must now rely on a band of eccentric individuals composed of: Saeko Busujima, the kendo club president; Saya Takagi, a wealthy genius; Shizuka Marikawa, their voluptuous school nurse; and Kouta Hirano, a firearm-obsessed otaku. Together they must defy all odds and survive against the horrifying undead.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Aug 9, 2006 to Apr 9, 2013 | 33 chp | Publishing
Action Drama Horror Romance

InuYasha
InuYasha
Takahashi, Rumiko 2024
Kagome Higurashi's ordinary life comes to an abrupt halt when a demon drags her deep into a well, transporting her five hundred years into the past. In this era, Kagome quickly learns two things: demons walk amongst humans and she has unknowingly brought a dangerous object from her world—a marble-sized sphere known as the Shikon Jewel. This unusual orb brings tremendous power to any demon who has it in their possession, and Kagome is an easy target for anyone determined enough to steal it.

While in a fight with a demon, a hasty attempt to fend it off causes Kagome to accidentally shatter the jewel, sending countless pieces of it all over feudal Japan. She soon learns the grave consequences of her actions when she must work with the half-demon Inuyasha to collect all the pieces of the jewel before they fall into the wrong hands.

[Written by Animeranku Rewrite]
Nov 13, 1996 to Jun 15, 2008 | 558 chp | Publishing
Adventure Award Winning Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance Supernatural

Akuma na Eros
Akuma na Eros
Shinjou, Mayu 2024
Miu Sakurai, age 15, attends a Catholic school where she prays every day for her admired Shion Amamiya to return her love. When that doesn't work, she places her faith in a book of magic and tries casting one of its spells. However, it's not love that manifests... it's Satan! "The recompense for the contract to grant your wish is your virginity," he tells her, and this is Miu's virgin crisis!

(Source: ShoujoMagic)
Included one-shots:
Volume 4: Satanic Honey, Satanic Cohabitation
Apr 26, 2001 to Mar 26, 2002 | 17 chp | Publishing
Drama Fantasy Mystery Romance

Kaikan♥PhraseSensual Phrase
Kaikan♥PhraseSensual Phrase
Shinjou, Mayu 2024
Aine never wanted to be a writer; she just created some erotic song lyrics for the sake of entering a contest. When she bumps into a man she doesn't know and loses the lyrics, she thinks she'll never see them again, but she thought wrong! He turns out to be Sakuya, a famous rock vocalist known for his sexy persona and lyrics. When he invites Aine to be his new lyricist, she finds herself quickly sucked into the harsh world of showbiz... and the even harsher world of falling in love with a guy that millions of girls love just as much!
Mar 1997 to 2000 | 83 chp | Publishing
Romance

"Kare" First LoveKare First Love
"Kare" First LoveKare First Love
Miyasaka, Kaho 2024
Coy and self-conscious high school student Karin Karino never paid much attention to boys until she met Kiriya, a popular student from a nearby boys' school. Karin and Kiriya embark on a romantic journey despite Karin's classmate Yuka's best efforts to sabotage their relationship, but Karin soon learns that living happily ever after isn't on the curriculum when she becomes Kiriya's center of attention, as well as embittered Yuka's bull's-eye on her dartboard of hate.

(Source: VIZ Media)
Included one-shot:
Volume 10: Kiriya at 13 (Spring)
Aug 20, 2002 to 2004 | 58 chp | Publishing
Drama Romance Slice of Life