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Romance from the female MCs perspective

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Looking for romance Anime that are told from the perspective of the female MCs. No harems please. Hard mode: No shoujo or yuri

Removed 3y
Tamako love story
- LowkeySouma 3y
  I hated how it ended
  Removed 3y
  I loved the ending
  LowkeySouma 3y
  I was referring to how the audience is supposed to imagine how the male responds. I hate when authors do that.
  
  Also, valid pfp btw
  Top tier manga
  Removed 3y
  It's quite obvious how he is going to respond isn't it?
  
  Thank you, I see you are a man of culture
  LowkeySouma 3y
  Well yeah, but I'd still like to see it. It adds to my dopamine. I think that's the right word?
  
  I still gave the movie a 9, I think?
  continue this thread →
- Rotkehlchen 3y
  I'll keep it in mind
  LowkeySouma 3y
  You have to watch Tamako Market first.
  
  Tamako Love Story is a sequel to Market. And by that, I think it's actually a direct sequel?
LowkeySouma 3y
No Shoujo!? You're crazy! There's no way such thing exi-

Dance with Devils
Here you go.

anilist.co/anime/5678
This too
anilist.co/anime/105932
anilist.co/anime/99531
- Rotkehlchen 3y
  Not a fan of vampires, but I'll keep the two in the middle in mind
  LowkeySouma 3y
  I love vampire-human relationships
  The vampire has to be male though. There's just something about them that I really like.
  Openings and endings sang by male vampires are also the best. Male idols too.
  But I like female idols more
  Kobato. is more SoL than it is romance. Araburu Kisetsu no Otome domo yo. is based all around romance, but some characters might piss you off. idk
Removed 3y
NANA
the only one that i can think of
- Rotkehlchen 3y
  Heart only good stuff about it, but the episode count is a little to much.
- Godsen 3y
  Technically a shoujo but at least it deals with adult characters
Ginchan 3y

No shoujo or yuri

Nodame Cantabile
ig josei is fine?
- Rotkehlchen 3y
  yes it is. I'll keep it in mind
Weeble 3y
Watch this in the english dub, i swear to you this is peak mid 2000's comedy in english
Ouran High School Host Club

You never said the show had to be good
Koikimo
- Rotkehlchen 3y
  
  You never said the show had to be good
  
  I thought this is a given until stated otherwise.
  Weeble 3y
  well recommending bad shows (or in this case disturbing and bad on the side) is funny.
  
  Plus, programmer logic. Always state your rules and shit clearly before asking a program to do something or it will do what you don't want it to.
SweetBee 3y
my man you just defined shoujo and said no shoujo allowed?
a bit odd
Tomochan is a Girl
there (gonna get an anime soon)
Tsuredure Children
(you get a lot of perspectives in this one iirc
- Rotkehlchen 3y
  
  Tomo-chan
  
  Sounds like Misunderstanding - The Animation
  
  Tsurezure Children
  
  Watched it, really not my cup of tea
giraffesdontexist 3y
Whisper of the Heart
- Rotkehlchen 3y
  Only a movie, should be fine.
StorCappe 3y
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara

both female and male perspective
Horimiya
- Rotkehlchen 3y
  watched Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo and Horimiya, will keep the third one in mind
Gummyfail 3y
Not playing hard mode because getting used to the idiosyncrasies of shoujo is gonna set you up with enough romance shows about women for a couple of years. This one is funny and kind of scary. Good show that understands the MC is nearly as bad as the boys.
My Little Monster

This one is a good way to understand these fantasies arent about having good relationships, they're about obliquely representing sexual dynamics. If you can keep that in mind, a lot of the bad gross stuff in shoujo is better understood as weird.
Wolf Girl and Black Prince

If you don't mind some will they/wont they, this is one with legit attempts at a successful, healthy relationship
Kimi ni Todoke From Me to You

Bonus Hard Mode Submission:

About an adult woman flying to Italy to be wildly petty to her shitty mom (its a romance though)
Ristorante Paradiso
- Rotkehlchen 3y
  I think I looked into the Manga of the first one, the synopsis of the second one put me off. I'll keep the other ones in mind.
cantjoeL 3y
very good anime
Maid sama
idk how to link actual anime thing sorry
- cantjoeL 3y
  nvm its shoujo
  Rotkehlchen 3y
  Normal mode exists. Simply posting the link should display the anime
  MaidSama
  cantjoeL 3y
  ohhh okay
  thank you (:
KormitLeFrag 3y
this isnt that hardd
Wotakoi Love is Hard for Otaku
Monthly Girls Nozakikun
Scums Wish
Recovery of an MMO Junkie
Engaged to the Unidentified
O Maidens in Your Savage Season
Inu X Boku Secret Service
After the Rain
IRODUKU The World in Colors
The Anthem of the Heart
Ride Your Wave
Devils Line
This Art Club Has a Problem
The Troubled Life of Miss Kotoura
Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart
Love is Like a Cocktail
Space Patrol Luluco
Paradise Kiss
Senryu Girl
Yamadas First Time B Gata H Kei
Aochan Cant Study
Arte
Meiji Tokyo Renka
- Rotkehlchen 3y
  Watched some, already decided against some, not gonna comment on each one. But I'll look through it.
  KormitLeFrag 3y
  well yeah 80% of them are meh, but that happens when you exclude shoujo anime lol
UltimateSoulm8 3y
Currently I'm reading 'A Sign of Affection' which is about deaf girl who meets an attractive guy that also attends her college on the train. I'm not too far into it but it's so sweet and wholesome romance.
SEENABEAN 3y
NANA for the win!
teousky 3y
LovelyComplex
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
ETMutant 3y
I know this is a manga but...
Jijou wo Shiranai Tenkousei ga Guigui Kuru
it's a brain off fluff manga and that is okay
BlindTheFirst 3y
Fruits Basket 2019
Orange

My hard mode entries:
Kaguyasama Love is War
^It covers things from both the female and male perspectives, as all characters in the main cast act as POV at different times. It starts off as a slow episodic romcom, but once things start to really get going it just gets better and better, and the humour is good enough to carry it though the slow start. The anime adaptation is really good, but it's yet to cover the best parts of the series, so I'm including the manga here.

Scums Wish
TheStupidWolf 3y
After the Rain
Howls Moving Castle
Into the Forest of Fireflies Light
Kakugane 3y
Tenkuu no Escaflowne