{Recommendation: Drama Free Comedy with Romance}


*Men’s Kou

So I got a request for a recommendation from “humanbeing”. I figure other people may be looking for something similar so rather then answer directly, a post may be better!

Also if you have any other good suggestions just leave them in the comment box!

Question:
“… I have a favour to ask of you: could you recommend me a good shoujo comedy? With good graphics and not so long (unlike Oresama Teacher), without drama, but with some romance, cause comedies that I’m reading always lack it :< I like Gokuraku Seishun Hockey Bu (the heroine is just killing me) but it's long as well and I feel like having something light and short… I think I've read everything tagged as 'comedy' that you recommended here, but maybe you could help me? Oh and I don't like older looking graphics…" Answer:
Oh not a problem at all! A short comedy with romance but no drama.
Hmmm… kind of difficult! Because drama adds a spicy flair? I think.
Men’s Kou is fairly drama free but absolutely hilairious. I love the graphics too! A little bit of romance.

I’ve read Gokuraku Seishun Hockey too! But not enough romance. T_T

The Devil Within was also light on drama. Also hilarious. (2 Volumes)

Some other titles that may not fit the bill exactly but you may still like:
Gakuen Ouji
Bring it On (hasn’t been reviewed yet, oh my!)

Difficult. Especially since you’ve read the all of the comedy on the site haha! If I think of anything else I’ll definitely add it on.

If anyone would like a recommendation feel free to leave a comment anywhere or email me at recommend@yourgimmick.net

Diamond Life

Name: Diamond Life
Manga-ka: Fujiwara, Akira

Volumes: 3 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.03 Ch.14 (Complete)
Scanlator: Riri Manga Scans (Closed) Romance Alley (Closed)
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Josei
Age Group: Older Teen

Summary: Kanae dropped out of high school, because her father is a gambler while her mother ran away with her boyfriend. Kanae is twenty-two years old, and very poor working for a cleaning shop. She comes to have something to do with Haruki Oda quite by chance. Haruki is an IT millionaire and called “money-mad man,” or “the god of death.” Then Kanae’s life makes a sudden development. Money cannot be made by love alone, though love cannot be bought with money. People of today want to have both love and money. This get-happy-story is a must read for the present-day people.

-From Mangaupdates

Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 3/5

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Rensou no Aria: My Destiny

*Easter correlation? Um… Nuns… and …. uh…. Church. o_o

Name: Rensou no Aria (My Destiny)
Manga-ka: Mitsuki, Miko

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.01 Ch.05 (Complete)
Scanlator: Nagareboshi
Type: Manga
Genre: Action/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Aria’s parents have been gone since she was very young. Thus, she’s had to grow up in a “foster home” of sorts, and was raised by nuns. On her 16th birthday, Aria recieves a present in the mail– a ring from her “Daddy-long-legs” (a man who protects someone from afar while they’re growing up)! All of a sudden Aria’s life is thrown into chaos. Men try to run her over with cars, shoot her, and kidnap her. Relief comes in the form of Canon, who claims he’s her bodyguard. But can he keep Aria safe forever?

-From Mangaupdates

Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5

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Dear My Girls

Name: Dear My Girls
Manga-ka: Kim, Hee-Eun

Volumes: 9 (Discountinued)
Licensed: No
Scanlations: V.09 Ch.33 (Discontinued)
Scanlator: Evil Flowers and Kyon Pyon (Joint Project)
Type: Manhwa
Genre: Historical/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Elizabeth March is one of four daughters from a prestigious family. The only reason she stands out from her sisters’ extraordinary beauty and talent is because she’s talentless. After her acceptance into the same academy all her sisters are at, Elizabeth encountered a chain of interesting things including getting off at the wrong start with a rich boy named Adrian.

-From Mangaupdates

Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5

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Stepping on Roses: Hadashi de Bara wo Fume

Name: Stepping on Roses (Hadashi de Bara wo Fume)
Mangaka: Ueda, Rinko

Volumes: 9 (Complete)
Licensed: Viz (complete)
Type: Manga
Genre: Historical/Drama
Age Group: Teen

Summary: Poor Sumi Kitamura… Her irresponsible older brother Eisuke keeps bringing home orphans for her to take care of even though they can barely afford their own basic needs! Just when Sumi’s financial problems become dire, wealthy Soichiro Ashida enters her life with a bizarre proposition: he’ll provide her with the money she so desperately needs if she agrees to marry him. But can Sumi fool high society into thinking she’s a proper lady? Moreover, is it worth giving up everything for this sham of a marriage?

-From Viz

Graphics Rating: 2/5
Plot Rating: 2/5

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