Are you a lady and looking for an
Are you around the ages of 18 – 30?
There are a couple
These
Here are some recommendations that you should look at if you’re in those two categories since that’s what Josei is about.
1. Gokusen
Gokusen is a good
Basically it’s about a teacher who teaches students that are bad kids. However she teaches at a all-male school.
The teacher, Yamaguchi, is part of a family yakuza. It’s enjoyable as it has drama, comedy and somewhat a life lesson.
Anyone could watch it, but there’s violence within the
2. Loveless
I can see how Loveless could be a josei
Loveless is about a fighter – master unit, Soubi lost his master and is a fighter while Ritsuka, who is Loveless doesn’t have a fighter as he is the master.
Soubi also somewhat ignores or follows Ritsuka’s directions, but not all the time. It’s a good 13-part story, but there really isn’t an ending as it could be continued.
3. Chihayafuru
It’s about a girl named Chihaya who becomes involved in a karuta card game. If you like card
This
The graphics and storyline is pretty good with an involved story and engaging main characters.
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4. Natsuyuki Rendevous
This is a good, beautiful
Besides being a beautiful
It’s a short
5. Super Seisyun Brothers
Technically, the
It’s telling their everyday lives and you can really see why it’s s josei
It’s targeted to women because women like family time – get togethers, being with your siblings time-to-time, etc.
6. Hakuouki Otogisoushi
It’s about a girl named Chizuru who is looking for her father. The designs of the
However it is also based on the video game titled: Hakuoki.
The storyline and graphics look good and the original
Chizuru was also ranked as the most sexiest
7. Nodame Cantabile

Nodame Cantabile is an
The main character: Chiaki Shinichi is a musician who can play a lot of instruments, but specializes in being a conductor.
Megumi Noda is the girl who falls for Chiaki, who specializes in playing the piano.An instrument that gives her life balance.
It’s one of the best Josei
The comedy is nicely done too along with the authentically drawn Japanese style characters.
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8. Paradise Kiss
Paradise Kiss, made by Madhouse studios is like the Josei version of Nana. It’s also a slice of life, rom com like Nana.
You can expect some violence and
There’s an element of business here too (like Spice & Wolf) with designers, models and careers of that nature shown throughout the
9. Usagi Drop
The main character is in his 30’s , works a job, but doesn’t have any direction in life. You can think of the main character the way you would Kaizaki Arata from ReLife.
This leads Daikichi (the MC) to a mysterious girl after his own granddaughter dies.
He takes her in and essentially adopts the girl since she’s being treated badly by her own family, who ostracize her.
This is the root cause of the
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10. Strange+
Beautifully drawn characters that are intended for women.
A character named Kou goes to a city to look for his brother and is determined not to go home till found, however, he found him easily enough within the city.
It’s a short
Can you add any honorable mentions?
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