1998/Shoujo/Romance Titles

Shoujo: (Target Group) (↗shoujo (少女) = "young lady", "virgin", "maiden"; opposite of "Shounen") A style of artwork and story created for girls (usually of age 10 to 18). Characterized by plots that focus on emotion and relationships, and art that tends toward the florid, with lanky characters and rather effeminate (but always attractive) men. Mostly popular with teenagers in Japan, most shoujo-style work has not spread widely, but it does occasionally gain recognition outside Japan (some examples are Revolutionary Girl Utena and X). The most common uses are "shoujo manga", literally meaning "girls' comics", and "shoujo anime" meaning "girls' animation." Also romanized as "shojo" (actually a different word "処女" in Japanese). (Please credit http://animeworld.co­m/glossary.html as the source of this information; see also: ↗Wikipedia:Shoujo Manga.)

Romance: (Genre) Self-explanatory. If the title has a romance story to it, it would qualify.

Title	Rating	Synopsis
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Basara	Buy	See Legend of Basara
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Card Captor Sakura	Buy	See Cardcaptor Sakura
Card Captors	Buy	See Cardcaptor Sakura
Cardcaptor Sakura	Buy	Kinomoto Sakura is a bright, cheerful, cute little 4th grade girl. She lives with her 17-year old brother and her widowed father in a nice home in Japan. One day, she hears strange noises coming from the basement of her home. Cautiously investigating the source amongst the rows of book shelves, she discovers it is coming from a glowing old book called "The Clow". Unlocking the book, Sakura discovers that it is in fact a storage box for a deck of odd cards. While attempting to read the English word "Windy" on the front of the top card, she accidently activates the magic card, causing the entire deck to be scattered and disappear all over Japan. The only card that survives is the "Windy" card.
CCS	Buy	See Cardcaptor Sakura
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Fushigi Yugi: Oni	Watch	See Fushigi Yuugi OVA II
Fushigi Yuugi OVA II	Watch	Miaka and Taka, the 'reincarnated' Tamahome, seek to stabilize his existence in her world, but they cannot do so without power from the Universe of the Four Gods...unfortunately­, their quest is made all the more difficult by a terrible creature called Tenkou...
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His and Her Circumstances	Buy	See Kareshi Kanojo no Jijoo
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Kare Kano	Buy	See Kareshi Kanojo no Jijoo
Kareshi Kanojo no Jijoo	Buy	"The heroine of the story, Yukino, is in her first year of high school. Beautiful and smart, she is the envy of her classmates...or rather, such is her facade. In fact, she is extremely concerned with appearances, and can't help playing the part of the top student where people can see her."
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Legend of Basara	Buy	Far in the earth's future, mankind's civilizations have collapsed. Japan has reverted to ancient traditions, living in tribes and worshipping the old gods. In a remote village, two twin children—a boy and a girl—are prophecied to save the land from an approaching age of tyranny and oppression. Tatara, the boy, is brutally murdered by the evil Red King in a village raid. His sister, Sarasa, takes up his quest to stop the Red King.
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Oni	Watch	See Fushigi Yuugi OVA II
彼氏彼女の事情	Buy	See Kareshi Kanojo no Jijoo

Genre Action(1) Comedy(2) Drama(1) Setting Fantasy(3) Modern(1) Demographic Style Kawaii(1) Surreal(1) Weird(1) Keywords Adventure(1) Bishounen(2) Dark(1) Fragmentary(1) High School(1) Mahou Shoujo(1) Shounen Ai(1) Slice of Life(1) Yuri(1) Type OVA(1) TV(3) Release Year 2000(1) 1999(1) 1997(1)