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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(160) / manga(159) / link(1)

Bokura ga Ita

 9.0(788 voted)
Complete
Author(s): OBATA Yuuki
Genre(s): Drama / Romance / Shoujo / Slice Of Life

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-[ CF TO L ]-

“The start of high school life. To the girls, that also meant the start of their love lives. For brand new first year student, Takahashi Nanami (Nana for short), it was no different... She happens to end up in the same class as the incredibly popular Yano Motoharu, who rumors say that two thirds of all the girls are guaranteed to fall in love with…”

10 02,2024

Pochamani

 9.3(268 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): hirama kaname
Genre(s): Romance / School Life / Shoujo

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-[ F TO L ]-

“Mugi is a chubby girl with a kind spirit and beautiful smile. She is comfortable with her weight, but thought that she would never have the opportunity to fall in love. When she meets Tagami, a boy who is a "pochama," or someone who likes soft and squishy things, love has a chance to blossom, and Mugi comes to realize that she loves herself as is.”

10 02,2024

Lovely Everywhere Manhua

 9.1(205 voted)
Complete
Author(s): ke li
Genre(s): Comedy / Romance / School Life / Shoujo

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-[ F TO L ]-

“Tong Danwei is a highschool freshman with romantic dreams about the boy she is fated to meet. While on the way home from picking up groceries, she runs into a pretty boy, and that’s where our story begins. Will she find love in high school?…”

10 02,2024

Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai

 9.1(167 voted)
Complete
Author(s): NAKAHARA Aya
Genre(s): Comedy / Josei / Romance / Slice Of Life

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-[ F TO L ]-

“The unemployed Shibata Michiko is betting everything she has on her romance with a younger man literally. In order to keep him happy, she deprives herself of the things she wants and buys him expensive clothing and accessories. Since she's flat out broke, she needs to find a job before she starves to death and loses her young love interest…”

10 02,2024

Dengeki Daisy

 9.4(426 voted)
Complete
Author(s): motomi kyousuke
Genre(s): Comedy / Drama / Romance / School Life / Shoujo

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-[ CF TO L ]-

“Teru, a poor and kind girl, recently lost her older brother, her only remaining relative. Before he died he gave her a cell phone connecting her to a person he said would support her if ever he were unable to. As time passes she is cheered on by text messages sent from this enigmatic person, known only as DAISY…”

10 02,2024

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

 9.7(1063 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Fujita
Genre(s): Comedy / Josei / Romance / Slice Of Life / Shoujo

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-[ CF TO L & F TO L]-

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

10 02,2024

Ojojojo

 9.3(312 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Cool Kyoushinsha
Genre(s): Comedy / Romance / School Life / Seinen / Slice Of Life

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“Jigokumeguri Haru is the heiress of one of the largest business empires in all of Japan. She is not only rich, but also practically a celebrity. However, partly because of her heritage and partly because of her arrogant and aloof behavior, she has always been isolated from her peers and has never been able to make friends…”

10 02,2024

Shiawase Kissa Sanchoume

 9.2(117 voted)
Complete
Author(s): MATSUZUKI Kou
Genre(s): Comedy / Romance / Shoujo / Slice Of Life

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“Uru is a very short girl and is constantly mistaken for an elementary school kid, but despite that, she is ridiculously strong and decides to live by herself after her mother gets remarried. She ends up working at a small cafe with two rather unique co-workers…”

10 02,2024

Honnou Switch

 9.3(236 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): kujira
Genre(s): Josei / Smut / Comedy / Romance / Slice Of Life

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“The morning after she got dumped by her boyfriend, when she woke up, she was in the same bed as her childhood friend, Hijiri?! Despite the heartbreak and shock of it all, Koyori just can't seem to forget Hijiri telling her "I love you"...?! How do you get from being "Childhood friends" to "Lovers"?

10 02,2024

Last Game

 9.5(511 voted)
Complete
Author(s): amano shinobu
Genre(s): Comedy / Drama / Romance / School Life / Shoujo

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-[ CF TO L ]-

“He's rich, he's smart, girls gather around him all the time, and he has always gotten first place on his exams... well, until Kujou transferred in his primary school class. She was quiet, plain, and poor, yet not once has she failed at beating Yanagi, both in academics and sports!…”

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