So, middle schooler - high schooler, high schooler - university freshman, university graduate - just beginning office girl, in the end about 1-5 year difference between parties. Guess last example about graduate would be age edge for male, if they about thirty both and both working such age difference doesn't make any spice. 🙂 Don't care about art, but they should look their age, not like in some shoujo male high schoolers look like adult porno actors. They should behave more or less believable as well, not like in some shoujo when sexually aggressive middle schooler mentally fack up blushing university girl. Please, without rape and ntr and other cheap plot devices. Don't care if she is virgin or not, but don't want 100+ chapters arc about her previous boyfriend who is plotting against main characters.
Thanks in advance. Sorry for engrish.

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"If you don't remove your hands immediately, I will render you unable to biologically maintain life." - that's how all shoujo must be lol.
"Her breasts, freed from the restraint of a bra, bouncing in tandem creating a beautiful concerto." - Rika

Bitou Lollipop - the age gap is right, but I'm not sure about the rest; the main couple is high school girl x middle school boy, but the female lead actually has a crush on a guy her age and that guy is an ass who thinks with his lower half (at least the female lead understands that)

Game Over (MIZUTANI Fuka) - the age gap is bigger than requested (in fact it's office lady x middle schooler), but it should be worth a shot (it's short anyway)

Hitorimi Haduki-san to. - similar setup to the above, but the guy is a high schooler instead

Kanojo wa Sore o Gaman Dekinai (IWASHITA Shigeyuki) - high school student x teacher in training (which means she is a university student); royally messed up...

Natsu no Zenjitsu - university student x some woman who is older than him; this one kind of has lots of sex... (not my kind of thing)

Bonnouji - appears to have the right age gap, but neither of the characters is still attending school, so the age gap isn't probably noticeable at all

Futari no Renai Shoka - high schooler x some girl who is older than him (not sure how old she is though); woudl probably work really well, but it's untranslated...

First with the good:
Rurouni Kenshin (10/10) in his past and the other way around too.
Please Save My Earth (9,5/10) and the sequel.
Otoyomegatari (9,5/10)
Natsu no Zenjitsu (9/10)
ES (9/10).
A subplot from Principal(8/10).
Kimi wa Pet (7,5/10)

The Rahxephon(9/10) tv anime and the Garden of Words anime movie(7,5/10).
Summer Wars(8/10) too ?
And now the black sheeps:
Sensei o Mite Kudasai this one is a hentai("only" a 7/10 but the that is gold for porn) BUT it is (mostly) well written. Just read my commnet on the manga´s page.
Wolf Guy count´s too but i wouldn´t "recommend" it at all for you. Again i have a comment. The perfect smut read.

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Dear Mine
14-sai no Koi
Merupuri
Choku!
Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii
Kono Oneesan wa Fiction Desu!? if you dont mind mild ecchi
Kanojo wa Kannou Shosetsuka if you dont mind mild ecchi
Oyome ni Ikenai!

I would recommend you Otoyomegatari if you dont mind 8 years gap. the female is 20 and the male is 12. but I assure you it is an excelent manga.

maison ikkoku

Will answer one post at a time since i'm reading them before.

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Bitou Lollipop - the age gap is right, but I'm not sure about the rest; the main couple is high school girl x middle school boy, but the female lead actually has a crush on a guy her age and that guy is an ass who thinks with his lower half (at least the female lead understands that)

Yeeeah, tried to read this... how to say, the characters too facked up, disgusting sometimes, so no to this one.

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Game Over (MIZUTANI Fuka) - the age gap is bigger than requested (in fact it's office lady x middle schooler), but it should be worth a shot (it's short anyway)

Kinda not what i wanted in requirements, but art is cute, so readed it anyway. 🙂

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Hitorimi Haduki-san to. - similar setup to the above, but the guy is a high schooler instead

Already were in completed, though it does not what i asked for in this thread as well.

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Kanojo wa Sore o Gaman Dekinai - high school student x teacher in training (which means she is a university student); royally messed up...

It doesn't even have any info, so skipping.

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Natsu no Zenjitsu - university student x some woman who is older than him; this one kind of has lots of sex... (not my kind of thing)

Seems like this were sitting in future reads but thx for pointing on it anyway. Though i didn't get how old is she, this manga have the feeling i were looking for.

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Bonnouji - appears to have the right age gap, but neither of the characters is still attending school, so the age gap isn't probably noticeable at all

Already were in complete, very good read and cute couple.

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Futari no Renai Shoka - high schooler x some girl who is older than him (not sure how old she is though); woudl probably work really well, but it's untranslated...

Yeah, probably should mention that translated only, sorry. 🙂

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"If you don't remove your hands immediately, I will render you unable to biologically maintain life." - that's how all shoujo must be lol.
"Her breasts, freed from the restraint of a bra, bouncing in tandem creating a beautiful concerto." - Rika

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Kanojo wa Sore o Gaman Dekinai
It doesn't even have any info, so skipping.

Sorry wrote wrong manga (with the same title), was supposed to be Kanojo wa Sore o Gaman Dekinai (IWASHITA Shigeyuki).

My recs are shoujo (just bc that's mosty what I read)
Nanoka no Kare: girl is in her first year of high school and the boy is in his third year of middle school. Both leads are genuinely nice.
Kanojo ga Kare ni Ochiru Riyuu Both in highschool, but the girl is still older.

I second Nanoka no Kare. It's sweet and surprisingly refreshing.

Nineteen, Twenty-One (2 years)
Kanpeki Kareshi Kanojo - volume 2 - college girl and high school student
Story of Someone We Know Mi-Ra & Pyeong-Hwa (2 years) - He's in uni, she's working.
Running through the City in the Sunset - high school senior and a freelance illustrator (I think the age gap was a little bigger? 7 years?)
Himawari (UENO Ai) a short one. (3 years) - I think he was a uni student? Not sure. And she was working.

Both in high school:
Love Calendar (1 year)
Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou (2 years)
Tokimeki Gakuen Oujigumi story 3 (2 years?)
Datte Aishiteru (AKIRA Shouko) (1 year)

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First with the good:
Rurouni Kenshin (10/10) in his past and the other way around too.

Don't think that i will able to stomach 28 volumes of fighting cuz if your look in comments its become obvious that romance in this one... lacking to say at least.

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Please Save My Earth (9,5/10) and the sequel.

Tried it, didn't get into it.

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Otoyomegatari (9,5/10)

Already wanted to read it but didn't get to it. Probably will now.

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Natsu no Zenjitsu (9/10)

Already recommended.

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ES (9/10).

Didn't like plot, liked romance.

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A subplot from Principal(8/10).

Yeah, not entirely my cup of tea but still readed it.

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Kimi wa Pet (7,5/10)

I finished it, so it is probably can be called interesting, but oh boy, why in all works of this guy almost every character is WHOREsome.

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The Rahxephon(9/10) tv anime and the Garden of Words ...

Manga only. 🙂

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Summer Wars(8/10) too ?

Already readed and liked it.

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And now the black sheeps:
Sensei o Mite Kudasai this one is a hentai("only" a 7/10 but the that is gold for porn) BUT it is (mostly) well written. Just read my commnet on the manga´s page.

Tried. Didn't like.

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Wolf Guy count´s too but i wouldn´t "recommend" it at all for you. Again i have a comment. The perfect smut read.

This one doesn't have comments, but looking at alternative version... fack no.

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"If you don't remove your hands immediately, I will render you unable to biologically maintain life." - that's how all shoujo must be lol.
"Her breasts, freed from the restraint of a bra, bouncing in tandem creating a beautiful concerto." - Rika

Rahxephon the manga is horrid and has NOTHING to do with the great show.
The stand alone Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal ova(a tragic love story with movie quality art and music) could be to your liking. I only wanted to make you read my Wolf Guy review comment. The manga can kill after all. Please Save My Earth takes time. Please try again if you didn´t outright hate it. The X manga(8/10)has every romance under the sun possible. The tv anime is better(9/10).
Death Note(9,5/10) and Claymore(8,5/9) aren´t romantic but have the age-gap.

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