1997/Shoujo/Romance Titles

Shoujo: (Target Group) (↗shoujo (少女) = "young lady", "virgin", "maiden"; opposite of "Shounen") A style of artwork and story created for girls (usually of age 10 to 18). Characterized by plots that focus on emotion and relationships, and art that tends toward the florid, with lanky characters and rather effeminate (but always attractive) men. Mostly popular with teenagers in Japan, most shoujo-style work has not spread widely, but it does occasionally gain recognition outside Japan (some examples are Revolutionary Girl Utena and X). The most common uses are "shoujo manga", literally meaning "girls' comics", and "shoujo anime" meaning "girls' animation." Also romanized as "shojo" (actually a different word "処女" in Japanese). (Please credit http://animeworld.co­m/glossary.html as the source of this information; see also: ↗Wikipedia:Shoujo Manga.)

Romance: (Genre) Self-explanatory. If the title has a romance story to it, it would qualify.

Title	Rating	Synopsis
A
Aqua Age	Buy	See Mizuiro Jidai
F
Fille Révolutionnaire Utena	Buy	See Shoujo Kakumei Utena
Fushigi Yugi: Oni	Watch	See Fushigi Yuugi OVA II
Fushigi Yuugi OVA II	Watch	Miaka and Taka, the 'reincarnated' Tamahome, seek to stabilize his existence in her world, but they cannot do so without power from the Universe of the Four Gods...unfortunately­, their quest is made all the more difficult by a terrible creature called Tenkou...
M
Mizuiro Jidai	Buy	Kawai Yuko is a cute, but shy girl. She lives very happily with her family and shares a close childhood friendship with Hiroshi, the boy who lives next door. One day while in the 8th grade of school, her best girl friend approaches her to admit that she has a crush on Hiroshi and asks for Yuko’s help in figuring how he feels about her. Yuko approaches Hiroshi and presses him into telling her what girls he likes. His frank answer both shocks and surprises her - he admits that he likes her and that he has always had feelings for her, even when they were children. So ever so slowly, through their years in school, they become closer and their relationship changes....
O
Oni	Watch	See Fushigi Yuugi OVA II
R
Revolutionary Girl Utena	Buy	See Shoujo Kakumei Utena
S
Shoujo Kakumei Utena	Buy	Once upon a time there was a princess grieving over the deaths of her mother and father. Before this princess appeared a prince traveling upon a white horse.
T
The Blue-Green Years	Buy	See Mizuiro Jidai
W
Watercolor Age	Buy	See Mizuiro Jidai

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