I need a recommendation for a romance manga with a older female lead, Story shouldn't be overly dramatic or depressing, basically a light hearted sweet love-love manga.
Mangas of similar type I've read:
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kono onee san wa fiction desu
onegai teacher
ano natsu de matteru (though this was an anime)
Hetakoi (I'm pretty sure she was older)
a few more I can't remember.

The female doesn't really HAVE to be older, I'll be okay with it even if she has more authority (like a boss or a student council member or even a delinquent akin to sekitou elergy)
I tried reading kono s wo miyo but it was really not my cup of tea and left a bad taste in my mouth by chp 33.
Completed or not doesn't matter as long as its getting updated regularly (looking at you kannagi! though I can't really hate on it since the author is ill but what I mean is that the translation group didn't just suddenly drop it after doing a few chapters and it hasn't been updated in years)

Thanks in advance!

up to date and also with girls of the wilds (speaking of which both are really nice mangas)
thanks anyway
Edit: oh and I've also read tsubame syndrome

Last edited by eternalpleasure at 11:49 pm, Sep 18 2012

maybe
Ane Doki
Tende Freeze!
B-Shock
Spice and Wolf

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OH SHIT TENDE FREEZE! I remembered reading it a long time ago but I just couldn't remember the name thanks a lot 3rd avian! you are probably the best avian I know! and I've read ane doki and spice and wolf, I'll try our B-shock though.
Thanks a lot avian! may all your feathery dreams come true!

Classmate, Kamimura Yuuka wa Kou Itta.
Yandere Kanojo
Billionaire Girl
Youko x Boku SS
Nisekoi
Gan-Kon
Tokyo Ravens
Ore ga Akuma de, Aitsu ga Yome de.
Gwisin Byeolgok

Hoshi no Samidare
Melo Holic I really don't know who is older though... But give it a try.
Maison Ikkoku
Nineteen, Twenty-One
Chou Dokyuu Shoujo 4946 I guess
Mahoromatic
Nguruwa Kaihou

they all should fit to a certain degree.

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in need of romance?
uncommon, sad, sweet

Let's see - If you are fine with Shoujo and Josei, when they are not that stereotyped, or just running out of something to read, then maybe you could try ...

~ Ongoing ones:
* Bitou Lollipop - The female lead is in high school, while the male counterpart is in his last year of junior high, if I'm not mistaken.

* Liar x Liar - The 20-year-old main character runs into her stepbrother (months younger than her), while dressing up as high school girl and on a whim ends up pretending to be someone else.

~ Completed ones:
* Venus Kisoukyoku - The male character is younger and more feminine, than the female lead, which tends to see him as sibling till he confesses his feelings one day to her.

* Running Through the City In the Sunset - If you are fine with Manhwa, then you can find here the story of a 24-year-old woman meeting a 17-year-old student.

* Aka no Yuuwaku - Cute one shot, teacher x student.

* Otokonoko wa Hachimitsu - Charismatic oneshots; Ch. 1 "Honey Prince" and 3 "If I Disappear"

Last edited by Yankee-chan at 7:57 am, Sep 19 2012

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"It's like love is a bonus in your life. Even without it, I'm just fine. I don't feel like pointlessly searching for it. You don't have to make yourself unhappy." (Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji)

"Why does it rain?" - "To create drama." (Drops (Andou Yuki))

A crime that this hasn't been mentioned so far: Otoyomegatari

And this should count too even if it's supernatural since he's referring to her as 'senpai': Tasogare Otome x Amnesia

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Lots of good ones were already mentioned. I can personally recommend Otoyomegatari, Bitou Lollipop and a few other from those already mentioned.

You could also try:
Choku! - comedy, girl is older by a year
Kandachime - not all that much romance there, since it's an action packed manga, but the sword girl looks older
Witchcraft Works - the girl seems to be the same age, but she has "more authority"
Shihou Sekai no Ou - the girl is Da boss

Its not that I hate Shoujo/josei its just that I find the art (particularly of the shoujo mangas) unbearable
and I don't like how in every last one of them the male lead is a super bishounen playboy (though I did lilke ouran and kimi no todoke)
As for the others I'll try them out thanks for all the replies.

Last edited by eternalpleasure at 4:29 pm, Sep 19 2012

Angel Heart is a seinen manga buenisimo highly recommend them.
It is a story that moves you to tears.

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hmmm I don't know seems to be of the dramatic/depressive type. I want something super sweet like toradora or koibana onsen

Last edited by eternalpleasure at 9:17 pm, Sep 19 2012

Koi wa Misoji o Sugite kara - female boss. It says it's not complete, but I think the main story is complete. This one's ecchi, but also funny.

Maison Ikkoku for a classic.

Goshimei desu! - this one's really cute, and I was surprised to find it was shounen. You may not like it as the mangaka is a well-known shoujo artist. I think the characters are the same age.

That's all I have; I don't read much seinen/shounen romance.

Last edited by scarletrhodelia at 9:26 pm, Sep 19 2012

I'll try out koi was misoji.

Just finished B-Shock, male character was cool, female lead was kind of annoying, overall I think the end was rushed.

any other recommendations? even just a sweet story with a tsundere will do. Or a moe type heroine like the one in comic studio.