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[] Shoujo Fanatic - Tropes: Childhood / friends to lovers

Get ready to enjoy the best, friends to lovers series, or childhood friends to lovers series, you’d ever find!

 Includes both underrated and mainstream lovables
 Includes some very emotional yet still strong characters
 Some are not tagged shoujo
 Heavy drama may be included

CONTAINS SOME SMUT, warning given

 ~ Complete
 ~ Ongoing

 There may be repeats from other lists 

 Spoiler free 

-[ KEY ]-

F TO L - friends to lovers
CF TO L - childhood friends to lovers
All(159) / manga(158) / link(1)

Otonari Complex

 9.3(164 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Nonomura Saku
Genre(s): Comedy / Gender Bender / Seinen / Slice Of Life

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-[ CF TO L ]-

“Kuji Akira and Ninomiya Makoto have been neighbours and friends from childhood. Akira-kun is handsome and Makoto-chan is pretty but Akira's a girl and Makoto's a boy... Their feelings for each other are growing more complex just as they are finding themselves the focus of romantic interest of their friends and acquaintances.”

10 02,2024

Colette Wa Shinu Koto Ni Shita

 9.6(316 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): yukimura alto
Genre(s): Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Shoujo

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-[ F TO L ]-

“Meet Colette, a young doctor. Since she's the only doctor in town, she has to attend to everything, and quite honestly, she thinks she needs a break. One day, she's so frazzled that she jumps into a well. But, she didn't die? Instead, she finds herself in the underworld, where she encounters Lord Hades…”

10 02,2024

Special A

 9.2(133 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Minami Maki
Genre(s): Comedy / Drama / Romance / School Life / Shoujo

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-[ CF TO L & F TO L ]-

“Have you ever known someone who was better than you at everything you did? Hikari does. She's known Kei since they were both six years old and he's surpassed her at everything. Now they are the top two students in an extremely prestigious high school, with Kei holding firmly to that number one position, and Hikari is still determined to beat him, no matter what it takes.”

10 02,2024

Special A - Street Fight

 9.0(324 voted)
Complete
Author(s): MINAMI Maki
Genre(s): Romance / Shoujo

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-[ CF TO L & F TO L ]-

“Sequel to Special A.”

10 02,2024

Lovely Complex

 9.5(266 voted)
Complete
Author(s): nakahara aya
Genre(s): Comedy / Romance / Shoujo / Sports

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-[ CF TO L ]-

“Risa Koizumi is the tallest girl in class, and the last thing she wants is the humiliation of standing next to Atsushi Otani, the shortest guy. Fate and the whole school have other ideas, and the two find themselves cast as the unwilling stars of a bizarre romantic comedy duo.”

10 02,2024

Warau Kanoko-sama

 9.2(158 voted)
Complete
Author(s): tsujita ririko
Genre(s): Comedy / Romance / School Life / Shoujo

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-[ CF TO L ]-

“Although she doesn't get along with people very well Kanoko considers herself a perfect "observer". Her hobby is observing the students in her third year junior high class and keeping a journal of the classroom drama. But what will happen when Kanoko becomes involved with some of her classmates?”

10 02,2024

Koi dano Ai dano

 9.3(233 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Tsujita Ririko
Genre(s): Comedy / Romance / School Life / Shoujo

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“After being transferred from school to school during her middle school years, Kanoko has now entered Takara no Tani High School with her middle school friend, Tsubaki Haru. Kanoko hasn't lost her knack for keen observation, however…”

10 02,2024

Akatsuki no Yona

 9.8(143 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): kusanagi mizuho
Genre(s): Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Harem / Historical / Romance / Shoujo

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-[ CF TO L ]-

“Being in love with a man of a lower rank was perhaps the only problem in Yona's otherwise peaceful life as a princess, until her world is irrevocably changed and she is forced to flee from her sheltered existence.”

10 02,2024

Mizutama Honey Boy

 9.3(249 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Ike Junko
Genre(s): Comedy / Romance / School Life / Shoujo

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“Mei Sengoku is an independent girl and captain of her high school kendo club who enjoys helping others in need. This has earned her a lot of admirers among the girls at her school, as well as a guy named Shirou Fuji well-known at school for his girly way of speaking and gestures. When Shirou asks Mei to go out with him, she simply rejects him, but he comes back the next day and tells her he's not going to give up on her so easily.”

10 02,2024

Ao Haru Ride

 9.4(1056 voted)
Complete
Author(s): SAKISAKA Io
Genre(s): Romance / School Life / Shoujo / Slice Of Life

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“Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to "reset" her image and life as a new high-school student. Because she's cute, she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a misunderstanding, she couldn't get her feeling across to the one boy she has always liked, Tanaka-kun.…”

10 02,2024

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Messages

psalone2000 December 13, 2023 9:18 pm

THAAAAANKYYOUUUUU

Jenny December 20, 2023 11:36 am

Belated you’re welcome! (≧∀≦) Hope you’re enjoying it!~

[DELETED] March 13, 2023 5:29 am

IVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A CHILDHOOD FRIEND LIST THAT ISNT BL.. TYSMM

Jenny March 14, 2023 6:51 am

Hey no problem!! I’m glad I could help, there’s so much BL that it’s hard to find others. Glad you found me ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶ Hope you enjoy the list!

Also if you could help rec it for others to find, it’ll be awesome

[DELETED] March 15, 2023 5:15 am
Hey no problem!! I’m glad I could help, there’s so much BL that it’s hard to find others. Glad you found me ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶ Hope you enjoy the list! Also if you could help rec it for others to find,... Jenny

i took a read thru some of the mangas and it was worth searching 30 mins for a good childhood friend list, def recommending this!

[DELETED] March 15, 2023 5:17 am
i took a read thru some of the mangas and it was worth searching 30 mins for a good childhood friend list, def recommending this! [DELETED]

most of the lists that do have like a sprinkle of non bl childhood friend stuff dont ever have reviews.. and tbh, i like these reviews bc it saves me the trouble of clicking on it directly, TY ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS <3