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SparK
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I would need some recommendations of some good romance manga. Let me be more precise: I just finished reading "Marmalade Boy" and I loved it: the romance was serious, the comedic aspects didn't take a ridiculously important place in the story and it's actually going somewhere, meaning that I don't have to wait 10 volumes for them to kiss each other. Another manga that I'm getting into (actually I read the first 2 volumes) is Mars and I also fell in love with this one.
So I guess I'm looking for something along those lines: romance with no or very little comedy and a lot of drama. Any ideas? |
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xjadedragon750x
Posts: 263 Location: Chinatown |
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I'm not a big fan of romance manga, so I can't offer much, but I did like this one that I read.
Kare First Love: The nerdy girl with the glasses meets a popular good-looking guy who seems to be everywhere (that is, after she meets him) and who has similar interests as her. Her so-called friend 'falls' for this guy, and seeing that the nerdy girl seems to know him, manipulates her into setting up a get-together. After a chain-reaction of events, including the first time this nerdy girl (sorry...I can't remember her name, and I don't know what to call her. She really isn't very nerdy...) has consumed alcohol, she ends up in the guy's apartment because she threw up and passed out. When she wakes up, the guy sees her and falls in love with her because she is a lot cuter without her glasses (Why didn't he fall in love with her while she was sleeping? Because she was wearing her glasses). He wants to date her but her 'friend' gets in the way and her mother doesn't allow her to. I think there's only two (or possibly three) volumes out right now, and my summary's pretty crappy, but IT isn't. There isn't much comedy--I think there are some attempts but they kind of fail. Such as the protagonist imagining what she would actually like to do but doesn't. |
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AKOrtega
Posts: 35 Location: Sacramento, Ca |
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I love those romance mangas and i own plent of series the ones i like that you should try are Ai Yori Aoshi, Chobits, Please Teacher, Oh My Goddess, AI Love You, and Love Hina are just a few that i own. But be warned that other than Please teacher whish is only 2 books, most range from 8 to 14 books for each series as well as some or still in print like ai yori aoshi and ai love you and OMG.
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Haru to Ashura
 Posts: 617 Location: Termina |
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Alrighty, Marlmalade boy is a definitley a shoujo title, so if that's what you want, then stay away from shounen titles. AKOrtega's suggestions probably wouldn't suit you.
'Wish' by CLAMP is a good romance title, with some magic to boot. Kiss Me Kill Me is also good, from what I've read. Those are all released by Tokyopop. I personally like a lot of humor, but since you don't, I won't go into detail about The Wallflower or Kodocha. But I like these two a bunch. Be careful with MARS. I personally didn't like it...it's evil!! XD It's good up until about volume 8 or 9, then just starts to suck. It's addictive at first, but after 15 volumes, you look back at it and say, "Wow, what a waste of my hard earned money and my time." X-Day is also a good Romance title, but there's other strong themes besides the romance. Also released by Tokyopop. I've also heard that Hana-Kimi is a good romance title, but I myself have yet to read it. It looks good though. |
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Proman
 Posts: 947 Location: USA |
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Maison Ikkoku. This is the definitive Romance manga and my personal favorite. It's awesome.
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BoygetsfireD
 Posts: 475 Location: earth |
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it has a pretty large amount of comedy and action in it, but Ranma 1/2 is by and large a love story
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dimwitted0ne
 Posts: 28 Location: Toronto, On |
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KareKano is a title I really like. There are several love stories in it, the main one being between Yukino Miyazawa and Souichiro Arima. It's a fantastic series, because it grows on you, because the characters themselves grow. The series may start off goofy, and appear to be purely for laughs, but I don't think that's it. It really evolves... This manga takes the highschool romance in it very seriously. I find the characters, even the "minor" ones very lovable.
http://www.tokyopop.com/dbpage.php?propertycode=KKO&categorycode=BMG Have a look for yourself. Imadoki! is very sweet, and very pretty. It's different from Yu Watase's more popular titles such as Ceres, or Fushigi Yuugi. Again, it's a highschool romance, with wonderful characters. It's nothing spectacular in the sense that it'll blow all other titles out of the water, but there's something about it that makes it very special to me =) ... http://store.viz.com/browse/IMADOKI/s.ghfCQ53A I believe it ends at volume 5. That's all i can think of for now hehe. good luck! =) |
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Mexicanime86
 Posts: 135 Location: Dallas, TX |
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Even though I am a guy, I do enjoy a romance story as the next person. So I suggest two that were already mentioned, Chobits, and Kiss Me, Kill Me. spoiler[I just got KMKM Vol. 5 and it was a good ending but a bit dissapointing in that Que-Min got with Ghoon-Hamn instead of her object of desire, Jung-Woo] I only read these two out of curiousity, and got hooked, as is obvious with the pic shown.spoiler[Sumomo or Plum of Chobits]
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slickwataris
 Posts: 1334 Location: Carol Stream, Illinois |
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Like, Oh My Goddess! He he. Yeah, this manga is awesome. Belldandy is so cute. Definitely give it a try.
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SparK
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I've seen Chobits in anime: it's great, loved it.
Also, just finished Hana Kimi. The story was great, one thing I didn't like is it took them spoiler[21 volumes] to get together. That's a bit much. I heard Hot Gimmick was good, did anyone here read it? |
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darkhunter
 Posts: 2992 Location: Los Angelas |
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Ranma doesn't go anywhere. Hot Gimmick <--romance, comedy, drama. |
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Kagemusha
 Posts: 2783 Location: Boston |
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I wouldn't call OMG! a strick romance. It's a great manga, but it has more adventure and comedy elements in it. Then again, Bell and Keiichi's relationship is far more open to analysis than most in manga, so that's a plus. Most of the things people mentioned here are good, in particular Kare Kano and Maison Ikkoku. |
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Cloe
Moderator
 Posts: 2728 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
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I'll back up Kare Kano, along with dimwitted0ne (your name hardly fits
 )and Kagemusha. It's very sweet and well-told. Like dimwitted one said, the main arc of the manga revolves around the main couple, but there are many, many great romances with the side characters as well. The character development is great and the drawing style is very delicate and pretty. And although it has a lot more comedy at the beginning of the series, it goes on to later investigate serious issues that many young couples have to deal with.
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Slayer
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I would suggest Kare Kano, Chobits, or Ai yori aoshi. Hope I have helped
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xjadedragon750x
Posts: 263 Location: Chinatown |
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I always did think that Kare Kano and Imadoki (or anything by Yu Watase) is pretty good but you did say that you didn't really want any comedy---these are very comical titles.
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