I would like to know of some shoujo manga where the male LEAD is a cute, childlike boy such as momiji souma from fruits basket, but instead of a side character, I want him as the lead. No yaoi, shounen ai. It must be male-female relationship. Personally I would prefer it's not a one shot. I would also prefer it's not shotacon, as I would not be asking this question if that were what I was after. I could not find what I was looking for in the cute male lead or childlike male lead categories, so I'm hoping someone can give me some insight. It seems to be sort of...something that doesn't get done much, from all the searching I've done and how it's turned up nothing but childish bishounen, shotas, and what I'm looking for except as a side character... ; u ;

Thank you in advance for any help.

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There was once a floral god who was above mortal concepts such as gender, romance, sexuality, good, or evil. He was kinda an asshole. At least he was hot enough to get away with it.

Ore Monogatari!! - cute,in a way, and certainly childish.
17-sai, Kiss to Dilemma
Chiguhagu Planet

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Thank you, but that's also not quite what I'm looking for. I want him to LOOK childish too, like momiji does, but I don't want him to be underage, like a shota. I want him to be highschool or older, but look cute and child like.

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There was once a floral god who was above mortal concepts such as gender, romance, sexuality, good, or evil. He was kinda an asshole. At least he was hot enough to get away with it.

The only one that comes to mind is Honey from Ouran High School Host Club he's not the lead though.

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that's my issue <__> he's not the lead.


this causes me sadness that it seems to be something that has not been done v__v

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There was once a floral god who was above mortal concepts such as gender, romance, sexuality, good, or evil. He was kinda an asshole. At least he was hot enough to get away with it.

Oyayubihime Infinity maybe.

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Oboreru Knife
19 Days
Gangsta

Present wa Shinju - probably the only shoujo male lead like Momiji/Honey
Oyome ni Ikenai!
Get Love!!(smut)

You might have better luck searching through Older female younger male tag(Shoujo, excluding yaoi, shounen/shoujo ai, and one shots), Short male lead or Appearance different from actual age

saruyama?

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if there is an option between "to do" and "not to do", I will always choose the latter.

"what kind of crazy, twisted conclusion is that...?" - banana bread no puding

My Hero! maybe
Hanirabi! oneshot
Tokimeki Gakuen Oujigumi story three.

Soredemo Sekai Wa Utsukushii - The male lead is a few years younger than the female but the gap is definitely not enough to be considered shotacon. It is a really lovely and heart warming story and it's getting an anime in the upcoming spring season . I hope you like it!

Super late replying but....omgosh, these are perfect. Thanks. My next looking for will be up tonight because there's another thing I am trying to figure out already v u v

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There was once a floral god who was above mortal concepts such as gender, romance, sexuality, good, or evil. He was kinda an asshole. At least he was hot enough to get away with it.

Tokage Ouji
Fushigi no Maria-kun
The World I Create
Hatsukiai & Hitorimi Haduki-san to. (not shoujo but you won't notice the difference lol)
Teru Teru x Shounen

All of these have cute/ditzy/childish male leads.

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I was about to recommend you Dear Mine, MeruPuri and Boku no Chikyuu wo Mamotte, but they're kind of shotacon.

I can second Soredemo Sekai Wa Utsukushii. Maybe you could also try Otoyomegatari (it's seinen) from Mori Kaoru.

i think Beast Master fit. the male MC character is so pure and child like. im sure you will love it.

Kanokon
Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku o!
Choku! (Has a girl with a lot of bloody noses)

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