Hi!
I'd like to read some good historical shoujo. I did some research, but it's really hard to find something good. I'm not into Emma, Basara, Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori for instance. I'm not into the art.
Here the ones I love:
Joou no Hana
The Bride of the Water God
Hana to Akuma
Goong
Shinobi Life
Vahlia no Hanamuko

Please no yaoi, ecchi, hentai, seinen, shounen, yuri. Only shoujo and josei.
I'm really into strong female and male leads. I love the fighter ones, at least the boy should be a sort of soldier or a guardian. Usually I don't like shy protagonists where the both of them are shy. Only one is ok. I don't mind slow romance, but don't really prefer it either. I like childhood friends as well, but it's not a requirement.
I'm looking forward to any suggestions!
Thanks!

Saver?
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime?
Kanata Kara?
Reimei no Arcana?
Dear My Girls?
Otoyomegatari?
Land of Silver Rain?
Shirley?
Tokyo Lastochika?

Some recommendations from MAL, I'm not really into Historical. orz

Last edited by dalek at 11:52 am, Jan 15 2013

Best out of the ones I can think of:
Donten ni warau
Sengoku strays
Tenma no ketsuzoku
otogi zoshi
Kage ni saku hana
Izayakaku
Amatsuki
Adekan
Savage garden
Crystal dragon
Affleim no kishi
Amakusa 1637
hito yuri touge
Silver chair
and as mentioned above-seconding-akagami no shirayuki-hime, saver, remei no arcana and otoyomegatari

Still mostly good, but lacking in comparison to the others:
jue xian
Sarasah
Xing Gui Shi Tian Kong De Dao Lu
Migawari Hakushaku no Bouken
knight princess
Evyione

Zettai Hewai Daisakusen, A Kiss to the Prince, Evyione, Dear My Girls, Crazy Girl Shin Bia, Savage Garden, Saver (Fantasy tho), Red River, Adarushan no Hanayome, Hakushaku to Yousei, Hanatsukihime, The Pearl Grudge, Wedding, Hadashi Wo Bara Fume

just some randomly thrown out manga from my list that had a historical tag.(some oneshots, I don't read as much historical)
Mahoroba no Yobigoe
Adele to Darius
Babel no Tegami
Divine Melody
NG Life-not strictly historical, more like a past life
Mademoiselle Butterfly-was pretty good I think.
As for the titles you mentioned such as Red River, I honestly would try maybe 10-20 chapters before disregarding it for art.(unless you already have, I personally enjoyed Red River once I got used to the art)
I hope I was of some help.

Here is a good list and I could probably find more. Enjoy!!!!!


Absolute Witch
Tail of the Moon
Ginrou no Sakura
Hanatsukihime
TOKAGE OUJI
Kago no Naka
Kao no Nai Otoko
Brundage no Mahou no Shiro
Nemurenu Kishi ni Hanataba o
Edo Karuta
Antique romance
Meiji Hiiro Kitan
Shadow of Visions
TEN NO RYUU CHI NO SAKURA
Otogibanashi wo Anata ni
Destination Heaven Chronicles
Ao no Rhapsodia
Ipaasha
A KISS TO MY PRINCE
Arcana
Planet Ladder
Ruri no Kaze ni Hana wa Nagareru
Ryuu no Hanawazurai
Kare to Kanojo no Futomin
1/2 Prince
Wedding
VIEHMANNIN WA UTAU
Sora no Shinwa Chi no Shinwa
Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen
Meiji Hiiro Kitan
Ojousama no Untenshu
Immortal Rain
The Rose Princess's Awakening
Seiten ni Tsurugi wo Kazase
Kaizokuhime (SHIWASU Yuki)
Dokuhime
Scarlet Palace
Toubou Waltz
Kanata Kara
Miriam
Hadashi de Bara wo Fume
Home
Adarushan no Hanayome
Legend of Nereid
Crazy Girl Shin Bia
KUROKAMI NO HELGA
Wanted
Magnolia
Sara no Ue no Kanojo
The Honeybee Earl and the Flower Dress
OIRAN GIRL
Kaitou Magu no Ichibushijuu
Melody Drifting in the Rain
Proclaiming and Loving
Akagami no Shirayukihime

Last edited by foreverfree123 at 9:19 pm, Jan 15 2013

Yeonmo - just started reading this a few days ago. i think it's pretty cool. most of the best ones were already mentioned.

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Naoto ♥ Haine

Ooku
The Rose of Versailles
Heaven's Son in the Land of the Rising Sun
Yokohama Monogatari
Heart of Thomas
From Eroica With Love

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Thank you for all the suggestions!