Not a genre but actually a demographic. Refers to anime based on manga that was originally serialized in a magazine targeting girls of any age. American fans seem to often be confused and classify any show that has romance and/or major female main characters as shoujo-- this is wrong.
Anime based on manga targeting young women would be called josei. (though very little of the manga targetting young women gets made into anime-- the only ones I can think of are Ebichu and Momoiro Sisters.)
Titles that contain characters who suffer from depression would fall into this category if this is of significant importance for the storyline.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| M | ||
 Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto |
Buy |
In a society very much like the one we have today, there are certain people born with the ability to apply magic, and a world-wide administration limiting and organizing the use of magic. During her summer holidays 17 years old Kikuchi Yume travels to Tokyo as to complete her apprenticeship to become an official mage, for which she'll live as a guest in the house of her instructor, a very handsome but lonely man. Together with her fellow apprentice Angela she'll find out what it means to be a mage, and what magic can and can't do to the life of those who apply it or ask for its application. |
| S | ||
| Someday's Dreamer | Buy | See Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto |
| T | ||
| Things Precious to A Mage | Buy | See Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto |
| ファーストKiss☆物語 | Watch | See First Kiss Monogatari |
| 魔法遣いに大切なこと | Buy | See Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto |
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