Drowning Love

r/shoujo · I NEED an intense, tragic, obsessive,possessive and psychologically heavy manga

I second the person who said Bokura ga Ita (We Were There). Do you like bl? Cuz Given (no smut) ticks all your boxes. I also recommend Sand Chronicles and Oboreru Knife (Drowning Love).

r/shoujo · I NEED an intense, tragic, obsessive,possessive and psychologically heavy manga

Manga: Drowning love: watch the movie first. Just get the atmosphere and the amazing soundtrack first than start the manga. His and her circumstances/kare kano: starts of with a simple interesting premise but becomes gritty and develops heavy tension between the two main leads Dokuhime: its kind of short. Contains interesting dark themes Nanji, hoshi no gotokou: intense drama that follows the complex lives of two young people growing up on a peaceful island. Kimi no yokogao o miteita: the story centers on four high school students navigating an intricate web of unrequited love, identity

r/josei · Recommendations for a gritty/realistic josei manga about dating?

You Can't Live All on Your Own is not on the same level as gritty but it's similar to Tokyo Tarareba Girls in that it's a female friend group who are roommates, and focuses on a few of the friends' relationships and their tribulations and failures in dating. Piece of Cake by George Asakura definitely fits gritty, realism that you're looking for IMO. I'm a big fan of George Asakura's works because I feel like she really captures that realism and relatable aspect. It's been a while but IIRC this one had a ||happy|| ending but I do think it still captures the disappointment of dating and harsh

r/shoujo · Recommendations for Manga with Complex Personality FL/ML

Sand Chronicles. Drowning Love. Bokura ga Ita. Anything by Ai Yazawa (Nana, Paradise Kiss, Last Quarter, Neighborhood Story, I’m No Angel). Basara.