fav romances

bittersweet!!

"A person who has the power to control people's bodies uses it to make them commit suicide, and one day encounters a special target."

OH MY GOD THE GENDER ENVY
this is so wholesome and cute my HEART

"Ooguma Satomi has never been in a relationship. One day, she fell in love with a handsome younger boy in her class, without knowing that he... is actually a girl. "

genuinely some of the sweetest stuff i've read. i love the art and the concepts for each story!! I especially wish there was more to the fish one (2nd story).

"Iwai Arata was recommended by his professor to work part-time under a rather eccentric mycologist, Murota. The mycologist seemed hard to approach at first. But slowly as he got used to Iwai's presence, he became friendlier in his own way, showing Iwai a whole new world and giving him guidance with life."

ooooo the themes~

"Recent grad Wujin has no job, no purpose, no one in his life… till he meets Jin. Suave and sulking, Jin has a tough past but a soft exterior. Now, as next-door neighbors, Wujin can’t hide his feelings but… is Jin just toying with him? In that hot, wet, summer, will love reign? "

So so so sweet and wholesome

"Even if my age and position have changed, my feelings for you will never change! A romantic comedy featuring four couples who've been reincarnated."

Very wholesome couple! Honestly pretty good for an isekai. I do wish there was a little more emphasis on them but the main character is great and super relatable.

"30-year-old Tsukina was summoned to another world by a sphere that calls itself "God." In return for granting any wish, God tells her to travel to another world as their "Savior" and bestow peace upon the land."

Cute slice of life romcom! I kind of prefer the 2nd couple to the lead bc they're more entertaining but overall it's cute and has lots of niche references :3 also appreciate a manga that doesn't make their otaku characters like completely unlikeable lmafo

"A gaming otaku and a fujoshi reunite for the first time since middle school at work."

this started out super strong and slowly petered out... also the art is a little hmm

"Poppy is a shy book editor who makes a grisly discovery in the countryside and is plunged into a world of danger. Along the way, she falls in love with the QUINCEY the gentle son of a mafia lord, but finds her budding romance viciously crushed by Tora, his dangerous and unpredictable bodyguard - who can't seem to leave her alone, or keep his hands off her."

its a little long in the tooth in terms of her self image being terrible BUT OH MY GOD SO WHOLESOME AAAAA

"The daughter of a duke, the stuttering Maximilian, married a knight of lowly status at her father’s coercion.
After their first night, her husband departed for an expedition without another word.
He comes back three years later, this time as a famous knight in the whole continent.
How would Maximilian face him on his return?

THIS IS TOO SHORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I honestly love everything this author writes and their romances are no exception. Super sweet but also a lil sad.

""I'm going to confess my love to you tomorrow!" Imada, a normal high school student, becomes friends with his classmate Urashima and falls in love with him. Imada decides to confess his feelings for Urashima in order to get out of his tedious one-sided love. This is a story of misunderstanding and first love that is both sad and frustrating."