I'm looking for a manga/manhwa/manhua about 2 characters' (romantic) relationship. I don't really care what genre/demographic, but no shounen harem please. Think along the lines of Kare First Love, Mars, Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Si-Do, or even Boku ni Natta Watashi. I'm kinda in the mood for drama, but nothing so over melodramatic that it'd make me want to puke. Hm.. so I guess I'd like the characters to get together early in the manga, but not too early that the reader's thinking "wait.. how'd they fall in love that fast? o_O" (it's ok if the characters were in love before the manga started).
But on the other hand, I'm not in the mood for something really light & happy like Koukou Debut.
Smut is ok as long as it's not that gross Shinjo-Mayu-type rape stuff.
It'd be great if you could check my lists to see what I've already read / am already reading.

Thanks so much (& sorry for being so picky).

p.s. I was too lazy to use the search function, but if anyone knows of a identical thread with lots of suggestions on it, kindly point me in that direction. thanks.

EDIT- I can put up with bad art, but nothing so absolutely awful that it makes your eyes burn. Pretty art is, of course, better, but if that's not possible, then it's not the end of the world.

toradora!
bitter virgin
probably not what youre looking for but it does have some of what yure looking for in it i guess

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Bokura ga Ita
Kare Kano
Moe Kare!!
Itoshi no Goshujinsama
Kimi ga Suki
Nana
Itazura na Kiss
Tokyo Juliet

Already read Bitter Virgin, really liked it, but it's not what I'm looking for right now.
I saw the anime of Kare Kano and I liked that too, but I probably won't read the manga.

I'll give the rest of the suggestions a shot. Thanks! ^_^

Land of the Blindfolded. Very good manga, not sure if it's too "light" for you, but there is some drama later on.

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I'd also recommend Love Roma though I have not tried it myself. (:

Living game
Spicy pink

This week's favorites:

• Golden Kamui

ççççççç[Ô.Ô] tsutopodus© will eat your manga and steal your cats!

Maybe Good Morning Call even if it's not a manga that i liked.

What I like in Trivial Pursuit style. Pick your category:[img]http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo233/Reid4891/Manga/trivia-1.jpg[/img]

cat street
dear mine - but boy is 10 n girl is 16
kirai
clover

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Any romance by Souryo Fuyumi should suit you, methinks! Most of her stuff's josei, with the romance being realistic and not light-hearted (but not always tragic, either!).

Also: BimboSilly, your sig is freakin' scary. I love it. Care to tell me where the pic's from? 🙂

Read manga with the following themes...
Politics
Power Couples
Pure Subtext

all your lists are private... 😕

If you're ok with manhwas, I would suggest goong and snow drop. The One and ingenuo are pretty good too (not too dramatic but there is some drama in them)