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* ''AkagamiNoShirayukihime''
* ''AkazukinChacha''

* ''ChibiMarukoChan''

* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess''- Living out little boys' fantasies = seinen

* ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'': Although there's [[{{Moe}} extremely cute]] [[{{Bishounen}} male]] [[{{Moe}} character designs]], HomoeroticSubtext, and a [[EstrogenBrigade fandom that's probably over 90% female]], it was actually ''not'' intended for girls. It started out as a webcomic, and the official manga was published in Comic Birz, making it a seinen.

* ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'': Started out as a webcomic, and was actually ''not'' intended for teenage girls (originally, at least). The official manga was published in Comic Birz, making it a seinen.

* ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'': Started out as a webcomic, and was actually NOT intended for teenage girls (originally, at least). The closest demographic it would come to is {{seinen}}.

* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' (Despite being a MagicalGirl show, most of it's elements are drawn from mecha shows, which makes it shonen/seinen)

* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' (Again, despite being a MagicalGirl show, fanservice = for boys)

* ''AiShiteNight''

* ''GakuenAlice''

* ''Anime/SensualPhrase''

* ''Literature/PapaNoIukotoOKikinasai''

* ''{{Ore-sama Teacher}}''

* ''{{Seimaden}}''

* ''HotGimmick''

* ''KaitouSaintTail''

* ''KamikazeKaitouJeanne''

* ''TaiyouNoIe''

* Manga/{{Kamisama Kiss}}

* ''{{Arisa}}''

* ''ArkAngels''

* ''AfterSchoolNightmare''
* ''{{Aim For The Ace}}''

* ''{{Anatolia Story}}''
* ''AngelSanctuary''

* ''GokinjoMonogatari''

* ''{{Otomen}}''

* ''NatsumeYuujinchou'' - Feature's a male protagonist, and WordOfGod says will never have romance in it. Despite this it is far from a shonen work.

The [[MangaDemographics demographic category]] of anime (and manga) aimed mainly at girls. It tends to have female leads, romantic subplots and resolutions involving personal growth. This doesn't mean Shojo is devoid of action, though. In addition to more traditional romance stories, Shojo can include tales of [[ActionGirl heroines who kick righteous butt]] -- while pursuing romantic subplots and personal growth.

Alternately, Shojo stories can focus on implied or explicit homosexual relationships between men (see BoysLove for the genre, YaoiGuys for characters outside of the genre), or the romantic emphasis could also stem from [[GirlsLove relationships between women]]. Some feature all of the above, and usually feature a RelationshipCeiling.

Although series with explicit sexuality are more likely to be {{Josei}} (aimed at young women), some Shojo may have considerable sexual content; a subgenre called ''Teens Love'' (by analogy to Boys Love) features erotic romance between heterosexual couples, with much the same narrative conventions ([[BastardBoyfriend abusive boyfriends]], [[RapeIsLove sexual coercion]], and {{Angst}}; or, alternately, [[SickeninglySweethearts shmoopy romance]], [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex ecstatic lovemaking]], and HappilyEverAfter). This stuff tends to snuggle up as close to the "Restricted" (18+) category as it can, and so isn't often licensed for translation.

Not all romance series are Shojo. {{Shonen}} romances take the boy's perspective ({{Magical Girlfriend}}s and {{Harem Series}} are both common), and focus on the boy pursuing the girl, or trying to resolve the {{Love Dodecahedron}}. If it doesn't have that, a {{Shonen}} romance tends to ''end'' with a declaration of love and its acceptance. Shojo romances, by contrast, frequently involve the [[SmittenTeenageGirl heroine finding love early]] in the series, then stick around to watch the couple work through trouble in their relationship.

Shojo manga is typically drawn with thinner lines than {{shonen}} manga, with sparser backgrounds and little (if any) shading -- but, contrariwise, it frequently uses screentone patterns to set the emotional tone of a scene, and frames are rarely solely rectangular and borders are often absent. Character-designs with eyes that are even larger than those usually used in manga and anime (the infamous dinner plate size) are also usually a giveaway that the work in question is Shojo--especially when the characters are not children.

Shojo is technically a demographic (usually identified by the time slot or magazine a story runs in) and shows so classified can fit into any "standard" genre, up to and including martial arts and science fiction. And even this is variable; popular female leads sometimes gain a male fan following, to the degree of the infamous [[{{Seinen}} older]] [[PeripheryDemographic men]] [[{{Lolicon}} fanbase]]. Anything MagicalGirl is usually Shojo by default. [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha But there are exceptions]], specifically made for said lolicon fanbase.