Akachan to Boku
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Shoujo manga magazines typically feature stories with female leads: the character whose perspective and inner thoughts primarily narrate the story to the audience.

The manga collected in this stack are original works serialized in these same shoujo magazines, but instead feature a male leading character. Story plots can fall into any genre and vary widely, including Romance, Adventure, Horror, or Comedy.

Please note Boys Love (BL) stories and male casts with heavy BL subtext are excluded from this stack. Manga serialized in josei magazines are also excluded as there are specific publications which have a higher tendency to feature only male characters.

The Shogakukan Manga Award (小学館漫画賞, Shōgakukan Mangashō) is one of Japan's major manga awards, sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga since 1955 and features candidates from a number of publishers. Each winning work will be honored with a bronze statuette and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$9,000). Special awards are also occasionally given out for outstanding work, lifetime achievement, and so forth.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Stories that feature a male character who dotes on and/or is attached to his older or younger brother(s). Because male brocon deserves as much love as when it comes from an imouto or onee-san. Feel free to recommend any other titles you think belong here!

List of fully translated manga from 1991 for a potential group read

Simple stories to read when you want to relax, laugh or feel warm

I plan on adding more...

shoujo and josei manga that started publishing in the 1990s

Shojo ＆　josei manga with thin romantic elements or no romantic elements

This may be a good choice for those who don't like the romantic elements of shojo manga…

From multiple sources, like Drama wiki, Wikipedia, Google research results, @shoujocrave on Twitter, my own memory, the "Adapted from a manga" tag from MyDramaList and this specific list: https://mydramalist.com/list/61GEm7o3


Josei edition: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39613

Manga that were published under the Shojo Beat/Shojo imprint by Viz Media.

List of the manga/light-novels and other works references made in Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san (Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san), that I was able to catch.

Episode 3:
- The Irregular at Magic High School
- Psycho-Pass
- One Punch-Man
- Thomas no Shinzou
- Shiota-sensei to Amai-chan
- Shiki no Zenjitsu
- Natsume Yuujinchou
- Shoujo Kakumei Utena
- Nodame Cantabile
- Akachan to Boku
- Chihayafuru
- Berserk

Episode 4: Nothing mentioned.

Episode 5:
- Mother's Spirit
- Golden Kamuy (not mentioned by name)
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (pun with the name)

Episode 6:
- GeGeGe no Kitarou
- Akuma-kun (not sure)
- Osomatsu-san
- Yama**-kun (maybe Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches ?)

Episode 7:
- Poe no Ichizoku

Episode 8:
- Pretty Cure (Futari wa Precure)
- Mahou Shoujo Ore
- Naruto

Episode 9:
- Yokohama Station SF

Episode 10: (this one will take a while)

Episode 11: Nothing mentioned.

Episode 12:
- Kochira Katsushikaku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo
- Sangokushi

I tried to compile an extensive list of the English Licensed Shojo and Josei manga titles where romance is a sub-plot at best, if present at all (many of these don't have any romance present).

Part 1-dark/horror/thriller: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/my
Part 2-Fantasy/Supernatural: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57092
Part 3-Sci-fi/Historical/Mystery: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57098
Part 5-Character dramas/Modern Real-life Japan: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57100

Not on MAL:
-Susu, Han: Brother-sister