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Romantic Subtext is a narrative which can at first appear to be Romance. These plots feature one or more main couples which seem to have romantic interest in each other, and whose relationship(s) will be central to the main story. However, while the story will set the couple up for heartwarming or embarrassing moments, these encounters will not lead to any significant romantic development, and the characters will not strive to deepen the relationship beyond a certain boundary.
Some early indicators of Romantic Subtext include a missing emotional throughline (lack of personal reflection which allows the characters to understand their feelings and share these with the audience) and a lack of any conflict which will deepen or drive the relationship apart. Almost always, Romantic Subtext is a theme under the Comedy genre and these stories have plots designed to uplift the audience with positive emotion or amusement.
Not to be confused with Romantic Sideplot, where a Romance narrative is side story to another main genre plot (e.g. Action or Adventure). Romance and Romantic Subtext are mutually exclusive by definition. Harem and Reverse Harem may fall into a similar pattern of absent romantic development, but will not be double-tagged.
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Noriyuki Tamaru, a short and adorable boy, is often teased by his classmates for being cute. Much to his dismay, they frequently force him to wear embarrassing things like bows and flower crowns. Tamaru has a crush on Morinaga: a tall and cool girl seen as a stone cold beauty and the idol of their class. With the two seemingly being complete opposites, Tamaru cannot find any way to talk to her. One day, however, Tamaru finds Morinaga secretly trying on a bow, and he discovers just how adorable she truly is. Can keeping Morinaga's secret help Tamaru bond with his crush? [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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This is a fluffy romantic comedy about a dull and quiet guy, and a very ordinary girl.
A collection of short stories about adorable girls you would want to hug.
"You can see me again?" One day "Human" was overworked from his black company and about to die... and saw a Grim Reaper! But even though her job is to collect souls, "Grim-chan" instead takes care of "Human" so he doesn't die...? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
Yeonwoo possesses such a delicate appearance that he could be mistaken as a female student. However, he has a secret crush on the school idol, Haesol Kang. But the shy and timid Yeonwoo has never said a word to her. (Source: Naver Corporation, translated)
Izumi, a university student part-timing at a manga cafe, got curious about a regular customer. Her name is Honami, a high school girl who's been coming to the manga cafe recently. This defenseless and seemingly cute girl whom he can't take his eyes off of has a secret...!? This is a slightly naughty, heartful love comedy where this gentle pair will get to "enjoy" their youth to the fullest!! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
The male lead, Gigo Lee, who has never lost a single time in his life, and the female lead who defeated him Roji Oh. Who will end up as the victor of this "bet?" (Source: Naver Corporation, translation)
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A romantic comedy? Or the ultimate suspense? School life on an isolated island in the middle of the ocean is too dangerous! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
The manga centers on air-headed girl Arisu, who one day receives a confession of love from Honda. However, the world has been taken over by zombies, so it may not be the right time for romance. Arisu tries to live happily in a zombie-filled world, while Honda holds some secrets of his own. Together, the two try to survive in this new world. (Source: ANN)
A cute story between two childhood friends working together at a drugstore.
Kiryong Yang is an ordinary high school boy who has a classmate named Jae-Kyung Yoo, who is somewhat clumsy and clueless. Both have a very good friendship, but without any kind of love attraction. Until one day, by chance, Kiryong discovered the deepest secret of his friend and because of this his heart began to beat, will it be beats of fear or love? (Source: Lezhin Entertainment, translated)
Yoshida (14 years old) is the inkya (not social, dark etc.) of the class. One day, he is seated next to Shigure-san, an inkya girl. After Shigure-san realizes that Yoshida is one of her kind, she starts to call out to him, all of a sudden...! The dark duo engages in a heated battle to become the youkya (happy/sunny person)! (Source: Shueisha, translated)
Mitsuru Masamune, a mild mannered high-schooler who hasn't had much of a presence since his birth one day had a roommate move in. A silver-haired, blue eyed exchange student all the way from Germany, Leo. They had a dignified appearance and had a cool way with their words with no room for timidity. He used to think that Leo was a being far off from someone like him till he got to know about a secret of his after which their relation got a bit more special...?! (Source: Square Enix, translated)
There isn't a man in the world who wouldn't fall head over heels for this beautiful and stylish girl... except for Yonekura, an introverted loner! This is an ecchi romantic comedy between a beautiful gal with a condescending personality and an oblivious gloomy guy! (Source: Shounen Gahousha, translated)
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Nekokado is an extremely straight-laced high school teacher who has lived alone since the death of his sister. But one day, he discovers a photo of her in a maid costume. He goes to a concept café in order to investigate his sister's secret, but there he meets a girl named Tsuruko...?! (Source: MANGA Plus)
Hachi Nishiga, a female kouhai, wants to make Azuma, the protagonist, care about her by constantly following him around. She always tries to get the upper hand, but because of her poor logic and stupidity, she always ends up in tears after Azuma brushes her off. A counter romantic comedy about a gullible kouhai heroine and straight-faced protagonist! (Source: MAG Garden, translated)
Chii Nishikata's teasing story begins? This story focuses on Chii, the daughter of Nishikata and (formerly) Takagi. As always, she is working hard at teasing her seat neighbor, Ooshiro...! (Source: Shogakukan, translated)
In a famed kingdom, women are not allowed to enter the knighthood! And yet, a female elf becomes the temporary captain of that very order of knights?! Enjoy the daily life of the elf captain, Gilga, who is cool and powerful on the outside, but maidenly and pure on the inside!! (Source: Square Enix)
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His more-than-friends, less-than-lovers cousin is so cute that he could die!!!!? Nozomu is a boy staying at his uncle's house over summer vacation. In the countryside, where there are no convenience stores, or any busses even, the boy has a problem. That problem is his younger cousin, Sou! He's being lead around by this tanned energetic girl day after day and can't show her the dignity befitting his older age! On top of that, whether intentional or not, he's getting flustered by Sou's inviting demeanor. Eventually, Nozomu couldn't take his eyes off Sou and is falling more and more under her spell...!!? With a "cousin" like this, his reason is having a hard time hanging on! This is a romcom with a guy who's going under from all his tanned cousin's teasing! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
Sato is a high school boy struggling with his grades, but that's the least of his worries. His childhood friend and former upperclassman Waseda Todome wants to spend time with him (the keyword being "former", as she's repeating the first year and now shares classrooms with Sato). The problem lies with the fact that, while being cute and flirty, she's dumb as bricks, and intends to make him sabotage his own grades because she doesn't want to be alone at the bottom of the school's grade ranks. However, it turns out that she's dumb as bricks when it comes to that too... Todome's poor planning has some unintended consequences, as it readily reveals that her intentions with Sato do not lie purely within the academic side of things... Will Sato take the hint, notwithstanding Todome's bad clues? (Source: Mangadex)
The story of an honest maid who starts living with a high school boy.
Although he's tall and athletically gifted, Masamichi Oga is a boy best known for being a huge scaredy-cat. And recently, there's something that's got him even more on edge than usual... And that's him being haunted by what he's sure is the ghost of a girl who committed suicide at the school long ago, and still stalks its halls! But, the truth is, the girl that Oga has been swearing up and down is a ghost that's out to get him is actually Umeko Sayama, a sweet and pure girl who is totally in love with him. (Source: Earth Star Entertainment, translated)
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Irie Izumi has been summoned to another world to fulfill his heroic destiny! He quickly meets and forms a party with Level 20 white mage Shina, who falls in love with him at first sight. When Irie succeeds in his quest, he will be transported home–but Shina isn't about to let her "Lord Hero" get away so easily! What's a girl to do, except dress so lewdly that even a great hero of destiny can't pay attention to the battles before him and can't level up! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
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A short promotional one-shot for the light novel of the same title.
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Super serious and uptight high school student Koutarou Suzuki and his obnoxious gal kouhai Sorako Mozu get along like cats and dogs. She spends her days tormenting him, while he spends his days getting outraged by her. However, the two of them share a secret...that they're living together as fiancés!! Under the condition that Koutarou marry Sorako, who comes from a wealthy real estate family, they've agreed to buy his father's company and save it from going under!! Having to deal with Sorako, who uses this and that (and you know what) to torment him, can Koutarou make her yield and successfully marry her?! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
The daily lives of a short coffee shop manager and the café's waitress.
An anthology of yankee girls' romance by various mangakas.
The series is about a man named Kusaka who has a fascination for marshmallows. Kusaka gets involved in a relationship with an office lady named Wakabayashi, and the story focuses on their relationship in the workplace. (Source: MAL News)
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The comedy manga centers on a fallen angel named Mimiel, who lost one of her wings. Ren, the human who witnessed Mimiel's fall to Earth, decides to let her live with him. (Source: ANN)
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An anthology comic of Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san by various mangaka.
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Only you are special. After school, Koutarou Nakayama returns to school to pick up something he forgot and finds Shiho Shimotsuki asleep in an empty classroom. Shiho is rumored to be Ryouma Ryuuzaki's crush, a popular boy who has formed a harem in his class, but she is always expressionless and no one has ever seen her smile. But now, her fair skin is holding Koutarou's hand...?! The "secret relationship" between the heroine and the mob begins! (Source: Micro Magazine-sha, translated)
Nayu, the one in a million genius witch who has been the talk of the town, has run out of magic! The price for all the things she has been allowed to do because of her brilliance is coming back to the former genius witch like a boomerang... Then, she meets her past student "Komugi" who loves her very much. This is a boomerang love comedy of karmic retribution by a former genius witch who can't be left alone even though it stings a little, abandoned by her magical powers! (Source: Shogakukan, translated)
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Sousuke Kusanagi's childhood friend, Kyouko Mikadodai possesses world-renown intellect! Known as a living national treasure, not only are there rumors of her being called a monster throughout Earth, it even reaches another world. They laugh, cry, and fall in love(?) as they aim to live a normal high school life in this youthful romantic comedy. (Source: Shueisha, translated)
Bonsuke Hirano, an exceptionally ordinary high school boy, returns to his homeroom after school to pick something up, only to find the school's number-one serene beauty, Kokuru Gouinda, fidgeting around in his desk... "Huh? Does she...like me? Wait, maybe not?" A young man's naivety meets the full force of a gal's allure in this tantalizing tale of teen love! (Source: Square Enix)
The main character, Renji Kusakabe, is working part-time at an arcade. He meets Lily, a British girl, and they somehow start an exchange diary!? Is this a cross-cultural exchange between friends or something more...? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
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After entering high school, Makoto finds herself becoming classmates with her childhood friend, Tsukasa. But just when she started being happy from being able to talk more with Tsukasa, she is now being led around by his casual words and actions! "Hey... was that intentional? Is this love?!" (Source: Kodansha, translated)
A romantic comedy about an ultra-sensitive assassin who is also a schoolgirl.
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A crossover work between Ganbare Douki-chan and Getsuyoubi no Tawawa.
Milia, the great witch who reigns over the demon world, has fallen in love for the first time... and the other person, believe it or not, is her arch-enemy, the "hero"!? The witch is maxed out in MP but has a zero points in love experience. An other-world romantic comedy! (Source: Shogakukan, translated)
Nemuro-kun sits next to me. He always hides his face with his bangs, and most people at school do not know his real face. One day, Takamura happened to know his face, and she couldn't take her eyes off Nemuro-kun! I love Nemuro-kun's face. But that is all I know. This is a school love comedy that begins with a face, where they gradually get to know each other! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
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Komine is an ordinary grade-school kid who is at the top of his class. And for good reason—after dying, this is actually his second run at life. Knowing everything from upcoming class subjects to future events, Komine naturally excels at whatever he does... and then there's Sarara Miyano, Komine's classmate. The last time he was in school, he was despised by her because of some foolish actions he took in the past. But now that he's mentally older and wiser, maybe he can turn things around? (Source: MangaDex)
The story takes place in the near future, when technology has advanced to the point where "Maid Robots" are widely used. Yashiro, a salaryman for a black company also has a maid robot named Meruru, however she has a dangerous secret that even Yashiro doesn't know?! (Source: Shueisha, translated)
Get ready for this romance comedy where a cool, expressionless girl and a serious boy get swept up in a steamy romance (and a bit of other things as well!) Saegusa-san is a cool lone wolf who in reality is asocial, a downer, and overall sucks at interacting with others. But she harbors a secret. She's actually going out with her senior, referred to by everyone as Glasses-senpai. In order to close the gap between them, every day Saegusa-san puts herself on the line (in more ways than one!) On the other hand, Glasses-senpai is agonized over Saegusa-san's unintentional sex appeal. If he is Saegusa-san's first boyfriend, then she is his first girlfriend, and neither of them have any clue about how far they should go! Where will this romance end up?! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
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Eichi, a boy in love with his adored classmate "Haida," decides one day to confess his love and just as he is about to confess to Haida, a beautiful cosmic girl appears from the sky...? (Source: MangaDex)
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Shin Tomadoi, a high school student, is relentlessly perplexed by the musings of his classmate, Hana Nanda, and dares to investigate what she thinks.
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The vampire girl has trouble putting on makeup because she can't see her reflection in the mirror. One day, by chance, she realizes that she can see herself reflected in other people's eyes...! (Source: Shueisha, translated)
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Shigeaki Yashiro is proud to be a loner, doing his own thing without getting involved with others. From studying alone in a karaoke room to relaxing by himself in open-air hot springs, Yashiro is an expert in finding the perks of doing things solo. But his solitary existence begins to unravel when Kanon Hanamizawa, one of the popular girls at school, asks him to teach her his ways. She knows just how exhausting keeping up with all the latest trends can be, especially since she's afraid to talk about her own uncool hobbies. Yashiro becomes Hanamizawa's reluctant teacher, but soon finds himself tangled in the antics of his apprentice's popular friends. A lone wolf could learn some new tricks from social butterflies! (Source: J-Novel Club)
Meet Death Claw, a man created to destroy and obliterate the locally loved hero, Astro Wink. The problem is though... He secretly loves her. (Source: MangaDex)
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