5 Shojo Anime Series Perfect For Beginners

If you’re interested in anime but don’t care for brutish action series, then you are in luck. The world of anime is a diverse one, and Japan has produced a thousands of anime titles which reflect every lifestyle.

Should romantic-comedies be more your style, then you can find a show which suits you without dipping your toes in too deep to the anime fandom.

Here at ComicBook, we are listing some of the most user-friendly shojo titles out there for anyone who wants a feel-good TV binge.

The following shows are guaranteed to make your heart race, palms sweaty, and eyes tear up. So, grab your tissues and barricade the doors.

We are wading into the world of shojo anime.

From Me To You

Nailing a first impression is hard, and there are few anime titles which depict that as well as From Me To You. The popular shojo series follows a high school girl named Sawako as she tries to make her classmates see beyond her looks. Everyone mistakes the girl for the devilish character from The Ring because of her pale, ghostly features. So, when the school’s most popular boy takes notice of Sawako, she finds that Kazehaya’s kindness becomes her inspiration to make everyone else like her. It just so happens that Sawako is too preoccupied to see how smitten the boy is with her as is.

Lovely Complex

You will never find a couple more suited for one another than Rise and Otani, even if the pair is loathe to admit it. The leads of Lovely Complex have plenty in common, but their stubborn personalities create plenty of quirky hijinks. The anime follows Risa as the towering high school student makes a bet, saying she can get a date before her shorter classmate Otani does. So, in true rom-com style, the mismatched pair learn how suited they are for one another. And, yes – then a bit of heartbreak comes into play.
 

Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-Kun

For those of you looking for a laugh, then this is the best shojo series you could start with. Created in 2014, Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-Kun follows a high school student named Sakura as she pines for her classmate Nozaki. However, when she tries to confess, the boy mistakes her for a fan as Nozaki is actually a famous shojo manga artist. Wanting to keep up her act, Sakura agrees to be Nozaki’s assistant to become close with the boy, but the girl soon learns her crush is oblivious to all things romance.

Blue Spring Ride

Blue Spring Ride is an anime that will gladly rip your heart out with a loving smile. The series follows a girl named Futaba in high school after she decides to play down her beauty in order to make friends in high school. However, when the girl is reunited with her former middle school crush, Futaba finds her seemingly simple life thrown into chaos when Tanaka Kou quietly reminds the girl of what it means to live honestly.

Say “I Love You”

If you are looking for the perfect slice-of-life romance, then this anime has what you are looking for. The show debuted back in 2012, but its story of Mei’s fraught love for Yamato is one which makes fans feel all the thing. Mei, a longer who refuses to trust anyone after being hurt by a previous acquaintance, find herself targeted by a classmate named Yamato. The latter is interested in the standoffish girl, but Mei cannot figure out why he will not leave her alone.