Recommendations based on "Girlfriend, Girlfriend 1"

The Long and the Short of First LoveRisa Koizumi is the tallest girl in class, and the last thing she wants is the humiliation of standing next to Atsushi Ôtani, the shortest guy. Fate and the whole school have other ideas, and the two find themselves cast as the unwilling stars of a bizarre romantic comedy duo.Rather than bow to the inevitable, Risa and Atsushi join forces to pursue their true objects of affection. But will their budding friendship become something more complex?

DOTING & DOUBTINGIt seems like just yesterday, Mei was a prickly loner who never spoke to anyone in her high school class. Now, popular boy Yamato has started calling Mei his girlfriend! She's not sure how she feels about that… but she'll have to decide quickly, because this kind of social earthquake is sure to stir up jealousy, and soon Mei faces rivals for Yamato's affections — and her own!PRAISE FOR THE ANIME"Surprises with its honesty, its sensitivity, its quality. Always it is smarter, more poetic, more touching, just plain better than you think it is going to be." -Anime News Network

Nakamura loves a boy in his class--now he just has to keep himself together! Nakamura is a shy boy who falls in love at first sight with another boy--his dreamy high school classmate Hirose. But there's a problem: they haven’t met yet. And Nakamura is a total klutz who might bungle things before they even begin! In this endearing Boy’s Love comedy about the trials of high school, follow Nakamura’s hilarious attempts to cling to happiness.

Will the curse of Sadako leave her friendless for life?Reads R to L (Japanese Style) T audience. Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine...for a horror movie. Nicknamed "Sadako" after the haunting movie character, everyone is afraid to come near her for fear of being cursed. But underneath her scary exterior lies an ordinary teenager who just wants to make friends.A new school year begins happily when Sawako and her friends Chizu and Ayane - as well as her crush, Kazehaya - are all in the same homeroom. But when anothe popular guy in the class shows an interest in Sawako, will it push Kazehaya and Sawako apart?

A fresh start turns sour after a manga editor's new boss turns out to be his ill-fated first love!When Ritsu Onodera changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he's not exactly thrilled when his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu's determined to leave all that in the past—but how can he when his boss is just as determined that they have a future?Tired of accusations that family connections got him his current position, Ritsu Onodera quits his job as an editor at his father's company and transfers to Marukawa Publishing. Once there, he is assigned to the shojo manga editorial department—something he has no interest in and no experience with! Having sworn he'd never fall in love again, the last thing he wants to do is work on love stories. To make matters worse, it turns out that his overbearing boss, Masamune Takano, is actually his first love from high school!

Shy Chise and nervous Shuji are high school seniors in a small town and have just started dating. But everything changes when Shuji discovers that Chise has been engineered by the Japanese Self Defense Force to transform into the Ultimate Weapon! Soon Chise is torn between realizing her potential as a devastating fighting force and her desire to share a bowl of ramen with her new boyfriend!Amid the wreckage of warfare, both Chise and her boyfriend Shuji are learning painful and fatal lessons. Being a teenager is difficult...especially when your hometown is the target for constant missile attack. Grappling with issues like love, trust and responsibility, Chise is buckling under the pressure of her double life. While responding to her country's military needs, she must also find time to complete her daily homework assignments. Yes, war is hell. But being a one-woman wrecking crew is no picnic, either.

In volume 2, Kaoru has begun encountering all of the complications of cohabitation with none of the fun under the sheets. A new roomate, the Japanese-raised American Tina, is tempting Kaoru with her flirtation. Will Aoi and Kaoru see that they are two of a kind?

"Aoi has made her choice and Kaoru has arrived, but will they be able to determine their own fate? Kaoru's younger brother swears that as head of the Hanabishi, he will take everything Kaoru has, including Aoi, no matter where they try to run. And when the former residents of the boarding house reunite, will the memories they share bring happiness--or tears?"--Page 4 of cover.

OTAKU LOVE The Genshiken girls have been trying to spark a little romance between Kanji and Ogiue for months–and a Genshiken trip to a hot springs resort seems like the perfect opportunity. When Ogiue falls sick, Ohno assigns Kanji to take care of her. The rest of the Genshiken gang leave for the day, and Kanji is finally ready to make his move. Ogiue, though, is convinced that Kanji will never accept her fan-girl ways. To settle things, Kanji will have to read her doujinshi–the one in which he stars! How will Kanji react when he finds himself to be the centerpiece of Ogiue’s masterwork? The answer will decide whether their relationship lives of dies!

A gentle giant with a heart of gold finally stops being a love underdog in this hilarious romantic comedy!Takeo Goda is a giant guy with a giant heart. Too bad the girls don’t want him! (They want his good-looking best friend, Sunakawa.) Used to being on the sidelines, Takeo simply stands tall and accepts his fate. But one day when he saves a girl named Yamato from a harasser on the train, his (love!) life suddenly takes an incredible turn!Tanaka, a boy who transferred to Takeo’s school, keeps hanging around Sunakawa for some reason. At first, Takeo thinks nothing of it, but when he hears that Tanaka is just using Sunakawa, he immediately goes to help his friend! And later, Takeo finds out some distressing news from Yamato! Will Takeo and Yamato actually be separated?!