Manga like Candy Candy

Georgie!

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

A tough tomboy named Georgie lives with her family in Australia. They live on a big farm out in the country. Georgie is very playful and cute girl. She loves her brothers, Abel and Arthur, and they´re the best of friends. She always wears a bracelet that carries a big secret, which she is unaware of. Her mom is very strict with her, and she can´t figure out why. The secret is soon to be known, and her whole world will crash. Georgie tries always to be brave.

Tags: Historical , Foreign , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Inseki , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Adoption , Gender Bending , Drugs , Suicide , Tomboy , Rural , Unrequited Love , Heterosexual

Versailles no Bara

Also known as The Rose of Versailles.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Oscar François de Jarjeyes is a young noblewoman raised as a son by her father. As commander of Marie Antoinette's palace guard, Oscar is brought face-to-face with the luxury of King Louis XVI’s court at Versailles. Joined by her servant André, Oscar is privy to the intrigue and deceit of France's last great royal regime.



Tags: Shoujo , Class Struggle , Foreign , Historical , Politics , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Heterosexual , Gender Bending , Love Triangle , Philosophy , Royal Affairs , Military , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , War , Bisexual , Arranged Marriage , Kingdom Management , Unrequited Love , Suicide , Medieval

Alpen Rose

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Lundi is a young boy who lives with his aunt and uncle in Switzerland in the early 1930s. One day while walking around the Alps, Lundi finds a little girl who is the only survivor of a plane crash and has lost all her memories. She is named Jeudi by his uncle and both of them are raised together. As they grow up together, Jeudi and Lundi develop a deep friendship for each other. A few years later Jeudi wants to find her past. Her only clue is a song that she is constantly hearing in her head, a song called Alpen Rose. At the time of World War II, Jeudi and Lundi set on a journey to discover Jeudi's past and in the process learn the depth of the love they have for each other.

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , War

Niji no Densetsu

Also known as Legend of Rainbow.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Vien is a joyful girl, daughter of an aristocrat. She always plays with her friends at the Rainbow Hill, where the legend occurs that when you sleep with flowers of seven different colors below your pillow, you will dream of your destined lover. One day, Vien and the group spotted a lonesome boy named Adrian. Vien's and Adrian's fates were entwined as they fell in love with each other soon. Alas, what awaits them when Adrian had to leave the place to be groomed to become a Duke in another town? Will they ever meet again? Will everything stay the same even after they have grown up?

Tags: Shoujo

Lady!!

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

The story starts with a 5-year-old Lynn travelling with her Japanese mother to England to meet her father. On their way there Lynn and her mother get into a tragic car accident in which Lynn’s mother dies. After getting out of the hospital Lynn moves to live in a manor owned by her father who is an English nobleman. The motherless little girl tries to adjust to high society life and get the approval of her elder step sister, Sara, whose mother has also passed away. At first Sara seems cold and distant towards her new younger sister, because she fears that Lynn’s open and cheerful personality will win over the attention of their father as well as the handsome young man who lives nearby, but...



Note: Includes one-shot Moeru Bara (燃える薔薇);Bonita 1992-02-15.in vol. 12:

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Foreign , Female Protagonist

Onii-sama e...

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A classic manga about girls at a private all-girls school. The storyline centers around the experiences of Nanako, a "normal" girl who is invited to join the prestigious school organization, the Sorority, and is resented by all the other students because she doesn't appear to be qualified. Other key characters are Nanako's two friends: Tomoko, her friend since childhood who is alienated by Nanako's decision to try to join the Sorority, and Mariko, a strange, obsessive girl who is invited to join the Sorority along with Nanako; her "older brother," Henmi, who she corresponds with by mail; and the "Three Magnificent Ones," all of whom are admired and quasi-worshipped by the rest of the student body: the head of the Sorority, Miya-sama, the haunted, pill-popping rebel, Saint Juste, and the star athlete with a mysterious disease who doesn't like the Sorority, Kaoru-no-kimi.



Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Summer in Canterbury (ゆれる早春)
Volume 3: Early Spring Trembling (カンタベリーの夏)

Tags: School , Shoujo , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Drugs , School Club , Tragedy , Tomboy , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast , Ojou-sama , Suicide , Disability , Estranged Family , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle , Age Gap , Basketball

Mayme Angel

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

It's the time of the pioneers of the Far West, when lots of people of the population leaves on the track of the Oregon, to fulfil their dreams of conquest. Mayme is a little girl who lives peacefully with her mother and her sisters. She meets a boy called Johnny. One day Johnny leaves for the Oregon and her dream since forever is to leave for the West to find back the love of her childhood. Finally comes the day of the big departure towards the Far West in trolley, but also of the meeting with Sammy and other characters. A trip that promises a lot, but that will be the occasion of many pitfalls...

Tags: Shoujo , Foreign , Historical , Cowboys

Fostine

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Folie is a cheerful and energetic gypsy who dreams of becoming a famous pianist in Vienna, the city of music. One day, she meets the charming Count Frederich Branche, who seems seems very stunned by the discovery of a pendant belonging to Folie.
It seems that the pendant hides a great secret which Folie is not even aware of.

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Foreign , Female Protagonist

Kaze no Sonata

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Tags: Shoujo

Helter Skelter

Also known as Helter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological

If you are aware of fashion in Japan, you must have seen Liliko's face. For the last few years, she has been at the top of the modeling world, with her face and body promoting the biggest brands. But as everyone who is in this world admits, staying on top is a constant and never ending battle. There are always new faces introduced to the public. Younger models and new looks are brought into the fold every season. And keeping that position means learning to adapt and learning to cope with change.

To maintain her position Liliko has decided to go under the knife. This is not her first go with this service. It is yet another round of plastic surgery, all done to keep herself looking young and vibrant. However, in this case just a little nip and tuck was not enough. Liliko is bent on undergoing a full body makeover. From head-to-toe, every inch of her will undergo cosmetic surgery, and thus begins her madness.



Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Fashion , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Primarily Female Cast , Acting , Body Horror , Drugs , Philosophy , Nudity , Revenge , Idol , Urban , Body Image , Police , Detective , Bisexual , Suicide , Yuri , Time Skip , Unrequited Love , Work