Romance: (Genre) Self-explanatory. If the title has a romance story to it, it would qualify.
High School: (Story/Location) Self-explanatory. High School (grades 10-12) should play a major role in the title. A typical High School series will include a Sports Festival, a Cultural Festival, and a School Trip. Related categories: "Elementary School", "Middle School", "College".
Coming of Age: (Story/Location) A story in which the main character is confronted with issues related to their transition from adolescence (innocence) to adulthood (responsibility). Most typically found in a modern romance story in which the main character has to confront his/her feelings over their (first) love and/or deciding about the path in life (setting goals, attending college, getting a job etc.).
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
 Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka (TV) |
Buy |
One day, Junichi Nagase the 'Geno Killer' saves a girl from getting accosted by 2 thugs. Walking away from her, he curses himself for acting 'too cool'. The next day his classroom gets a new transfer student, Yuuhi Katagiri. She turns out to be the girl that he saved. She walks up to him and asks him out. After having many fantasies about her, the next day when she talks to him he bends over and gives her a kiss on the mouth. She screams about stealing her first kiss and proceeds to beat him black and blue. Later that evening he gets a visit from Yuuhi and it turns out that she is to live in his house as his fiancee. |
| Akasaka (nickname) | Buy | See Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka (TV) |
| B | ||
| Brighter Than Dawning Blue | Watch | See Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na |
| C | ||
| Crescent Love | Watch | See Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na |
| E | ||
 ef - a tale of memories |
Rent | The story revolves around 2 sisters, Kei and Chihiro Shinou. Kei spends her mornings helping her 'Oni-chan' Hiro Hirono get up in the morning. But Hiro has started to see another girl named Miyako Miyamura who is a bit of a troubled student and Kei feels that she is a bad influence on him. But lately Kei has noticed someone following her around. Chihiro just stays at the train station and reads. One day a boy Renji stops by and starts talking to her. Chihiro likes this boy but she has a problem: About ten years ago she got into an accident and now cannot remember the previous day. Her only link to the past is a hand written diary that one of her previous selves has written. |
| Eternal Rainbow | Watch | See Gift Eternal Rainbow |
| F | ||
 First Kiss Monogatari |
Watch | High school senior Kana is depressed because her older boyfriend is away at university and her grades are falling. When Shogo, a new teacher, arrives at her school she becomes interested in him because he looks like her late father. It turns out that he is a cousin of her father's and will be staying at her house. |
| First Kiss Story (OAV) | Watch | See First Kiss Monogatari |
| G | ||
 Gift Eternal Rainbow |
Watch |
The seaside village of Narasakicho is special in a number of strange ways. Crowned by an eternal rainbow, the village is rumored to grant all of its residents a once-in-a-life-time magic ability called a 'gift'. When two hearts are in sync, the gift of an aspiring love will manifest itself in a wondrous and magical way. A student named Amaumi Haruhiko finds himself entangled in the village’s special magic in his 2nd year of high school. His new school year starts with his cute adoptive sister returning home, a morning misadventure with a broomriding witch and numerous encounters with other cute fellow students. |
| Gift-er | Watch | See Gift Eternal Rainbow |
| K | ||
 Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo |
Watch | One morning, Wataru Hoshino found a sleeping girl - in nothing but her underwear - in his room. When she woke up, she quickly escaped by jumping out of the window, but not without punching Wataru in the face first. This girl, Rinna Sawaki, ends up being a transfer student of Wataru's school, as well as the new roommate of Wataru's dormitory. He lives with four other girls and their school teacher, but due to Temizugawa Heavy Industry's cancellation of their aviation branch, South Sakojima Island's major company, the families involved with the corporation have to be evacuated in one year. As a result of this, the four girls have to leave the island in one year's time. Knowing this, Rinna refuses to become friends with Wataru and the other girls, because of the pain that she might experience as a result of their eventual separation. However, Wataru disagrees with her, and over the course of the year, tries to convince her otherwise. (Source: ANN) |
| L | ||
 Lamune |
Rent | Two childhood friends have spent many summers growing up together. When Tomosaka Kenji first moved to a new village many years ago he met a special little girl at the beach, at a time when ocean was shining like ‘lamune’ (Japanese for lemonade). It was only the next day when he learned that girl that he met lived next-door but a bond between them had already formed. The two kids grew up together, sharing a view on each other’s bedroom windows separated by only some two meters of distance. And then suddenly during the summer of their second high school year, the relationship between the two teen-aged friends slowly begins to change... |
| Lamune ~Glass Bin ni Utsuru Umi~ | Rent | See Lamune |
| R | ||
| Ramune ~Glass Bin ni Utsuru Umi~ | Rent | See Lamune |
| S | ||
 School Days (ONA) |
Rent |
Itou Makoto, a shy and unconfident teenager, has become very accepting at only stealing glances at a cute girl as they ride the same trolley each morning on their way to their high school - at least until Saionji Sekai, sitting next to him in the classroom, surprises him and chances to get a peek at a photo-snap of the beautiful Katsura Kotonoha on his cell-phone. To Makoto's surprise, Sekai offers to support him in his romance - and due to her commitment the three soon become close friends. Close enough that Makoto braves asking Katsura out on date. And she agrees. Later that day, Makoto finds a quiet moment to express his thanks for all support that Sekai has offered him, and makes clear his intent on finding away to reply her kindness. But he is totally unprepared and very surprised at the reward that Sekai has chosen: Sekai steals a long kiss from his lips, ended only by her breaking away to run for a commuter-tolley. Before Sekai boards the train, she turns and wishes Makoto well on his date. |
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