no love interest, bromance or bl subtext is more than welcomed.

if you're into horror, there is a very long tradition of great horror in shoujo and josei magazines. one magazine i'm especially fond of is horror m (short for simply horror-mystery), which is at least on this site considered a josei magazine. other places, like the japanese wikipedia page, don't list it as josei, but the art styles were usually recognizably shoujo/josei-esque.

i hope this helps!

A Mild Noble's Vacation Suggestion Shoujo with male protagonist (bromance)

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Natsume Yuujincho
Shuuten Unknown
Shuuten Unknown Gaiden
Game x Rush
Yoiko no Kokoroe
My New Boss Is Goofy
Adekan

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Sakamichi no Apollon - bromance
the soundtrack and anime adaptation has killer jazz music

Mad Love Chase - comedy bromance

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Can you give an example of what you consider BL-subtext but not romance I know a few that I would suggest but I want to make sure they don't cross over into what you define as romance.

ex: Silver Diamond

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makai ouji devil's and realist
yuukoku no moriarty

just some

Karneval

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