Slow-Developing Romance

16 years ago
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Any romance manga where the romance is really slow to develop across several volumes? Like, neither of the characters feel romantically (or know that they feel romantically) for a good long time... As in, for the entire first volume or even the first few volumes. The romance is so subtle that it even escapes the people who are involved in it, lol. I'm looking for a very gradual growth of mutual affection, so gradual that it's mostly subtext until the end.
What I'm looking for is:
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NO confession or anything remotely like it for at least 2 volumes.
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NO admission of feelings to friends/family for at least 1 volume.
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NO internal self-realization of feelings for at least 1 volume.
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NO kissing, holding hands etc. for at least 2 volumes, or more.
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BUT at the end they end up together. 🙂
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MINIMUM of 3 volumes total.
Any takers? 😀
Btw, any genre is fine.

16 years ago
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LOL! This is interesting...~ XD Something I want as well... I was gonna say CardCaptor Sakura but:
a) You're more likely to have read it (Haven't seen your public list)
b) Not sure if that's the sort of manga you are looking for... =_=
c) Can't remember if they hold hands or anything in the first two volumes...
Maybe Cat Street? :/
Sorry for the pathetic help... >.<
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A reel of shoujo manga:
Skip Beat
Anatolia Story maybe (memory fuzzy)
Crimson Hero
Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden
Goong
Ingènuo
Kaze Hikaru
Ouran Koukou Host Club
Kimi ni Todoke (I think)
Shiawase Kissa Sanchoume
Bride of the Water God probably
Akuma de sourou
Beauty Pop
Chobits
Fruits Basket
Kimi wa Pet
hmmm... Paradise Kiss?
They're all pretty well-known so you might have read them already.
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Quote from mogiks
Anatolia Story maybe (memory fuzzy)
lol this one is the opposite, non stop direct love manga 😛
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maybe Parallel
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I like stories with slow romance, too! 🙂
Ashita no Ousama
Tokyo Crazy Paradise I think 😕
Anti-Gravity Boy
Tenshi ja Nai!!
Hitsuji no Namida
Lovely Complex maybe 😕
Mogiks' list has good suggestions, too.

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Suzuka is good but not sure if it fits ur criteria
Bitter Virgin maybe
When your love life goes nowhere, where do you escape to?

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Quote from flawful
Lol... with slow-developing romance u can mix ANY adachi manga 😀 .
Add to the list **Skip Beat ** forget it was allready here.

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Kodocha
Good morning call
HanaKimi
Hot Blooded Woman
Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
Kanata Kara
Koi Kaze
Living Game
Tenshi ja Nai!!
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Quote from flawful
Lol... with slow-developing romance u can mix ANY adachi manga 😀 . lol second about Adachi Mitsuru 😁