Hey guys, I am looking for a shounen/seinen romance manga where eventually main lead actually goes all the way with a girl (or girls) that he likes. And preferably it doesn't take him 25 volumes to get there either.

The romance doesn't have to be the main focus of the manga, but it should play an important role.
Also I would prefer if a lead would not be a pathetic looser like in the most harem mangas today.

Some examples would be
D-ASH
Gantz
Sakura Tsuushin, not a good manga mind you, just to serve as example


I am sure there are a lot more, but I can't remember them at the moment

Anyway, would be very grateful for any recommendations

EDIT: To clarify, by going all the way I mean to have sex. But not just sex straight away like in a hentai manga, there should be at least some kind of build up.

EDIT2: I guess I need to specify that I am a guy, and I don't like Shoujo, so please no Shoujo, Josei, Shounen ai, or Yaoi genres please

Last edited by Astral100 at 8:14 am, Jun 12 2010

Berserk Not really a romance manga, but it does have some

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Love Roma and Suzuka come to mind immediately. Can't think of any others right off hand but will post if I think of any.

Erm, I know Berserk is considered to be a good manga, but here I am looking for romance. Which I don't think Berserk has any of. So please no unrelated suggestions here.

Thank you for Love Roma, this looks like exactly what I am looking for.
Suzuka - I tried it before, but the main leads were so pathetic and annoying that I had to stop halfway through. Saying that, I somewhat enjoyed Kimi no iru machi by the same author, although main leads didn't go all the way yet (well, not the guy anyway).

"Going all the way" as in referring to having sex with her or just doing whatever he can for her?

Either way, ES fits.

Little house with an orange roof
Ai-Ren
Outlanders
Itoshi no Kana

By "going all the way" I mean to have sex eventually. Basically a normal romance development which doesn't stop at nose bleeding, blushing, or kissing, but continues on to sex and then relationship between the two (or three or five ).

Thanks you for ES, I haven't read this one yet.



Thanks for the "Little house with an orange roof", haven't heard about it before and I will be checking it out soon.
I read Ai Ren already and it fits my request perfectly.
Didn't hear about Outlanders before and it seems to be quite an old manga. Do the really go all the way in there?
As for "My dear ghost KANA", it seems to fit my request, but I tried to read it before and didn't like it very much. The romance development was way too quick for my tastes. It's like 2nd chapter and they have sex already. What about feelings development? What about character build up? They just suddenly seemed to like each other within few hours of meetings, enough to have sex even! Way too fast for me. Although I admit that the portrayal of the slice of life relationship is not bad. But no character buildup kills romance for me.

Anyway, keep'em coming, suggestions

Last edited by Astral100 at 5:54 pm, Jun 11 2010

If you haven't read it yet, I'd recommend Ai Yori Aoshi

[Edit] May I also suggest Koi Kaze. If you're not thrown off by the subject matter it's a heck of a read and fulfills your requirements.

Iketeru Futari - Protagonist takes her in the first chapter
Sensen Spike Hills - Also has pretty fast physical development

Second Ai yori aoshi

Hmmm, for both of those I have only seen anime, but didn't read the manga.
"Ai Yori Aoshi" was a standard harem anime, it was allright, but nothing special. I have seen it a long time ago though, so I don't remember much. Is manga much better than the anime? Do the actually get intimate in manga? (After something like 30 volumes maybe? )
As for Koi Kaze, I have nothing against incest, and I liked anime a lot, but I don't think manga will bring out a lot more story than what I saw in the anime.



Thank you for both, I will check them out. Hopefully there is good romance

Haru yo, Koi Is truly what you are looking for. This one is my favorite too, try it out!
Warning: Cheating element included. But the character is good. I must say.
And there are many sex scene but it's not stupid like Sakura Tsuushin. Not at all!

Last edited by ActionStar at 9:10 pm, Jun 11 2010

These are what you're looking for!:
My Balls
Living Game
The Hating Girl
Toshiue no Hito


And probably this too:
IO

PS: I forgot one! Beck! The girl is very hawt!!!

Last edited by corx_d_afikolami at 9:43 pm, Jun 11 2010

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Yes, I know about this manga. I have actually read it a long time ago until volume 4, the latest that was scanlated at the time, and liked it quite a lot. I guess it's time to read it again, now that it is completely scanlated


Thanks alot for your recommendations but I pretty much read all of those allready
And all except "My Balls" so long ago, I don't even remember much anymore.

"My balls" is not exactly romance, but the ecchi there is pretty wild. Actually the manga itself is pretty wild
"Living Game" - a decent slice of life manga

The last 3 mangas, I stopped halfway through reading them, but I can't remember why. I know that none of them were repulsive. Anyway, I will check them out again as it's been years and my tastes might have changed completely by now

If I remember correctly Punch! would fit. It's either that or Happy Hustle High. Same mangaka.
(Edit: it's Happy Hustle High, I can't remember how Punch ends.)

Also W Juliet ends that way I believe.
As does Until the Full Moon. But this one is a bit 'different.

All of these have strong male and female leads.