The ten most popular shoujo anime, ranked by how many fans follow them.
1. Akatsuki no Yona
2014 · 24 episodes · Finished. Watch on Crunchyroll, Hulu.
Upon her sixteenth birthday, the cheerful Princess Yona intended to tell her doting father of her love for Su-Won, but her life was turned upside down after witnessing him cruelly assassinating her father. Heartbroken by this painful betrayal, Princess Yona…
2. Kamisama Hajimemashita
2012 · 13 episodes · Finished. Watch on Hulu.
High schooler Nanami Momozono has quite a few problems of late, beginning with her absentee father being in such extreme debt that they lose everything. Downtrodden and homeless, she runs into a man being harassed by a dog. After helping him, she explains her…
3. Fruits Basket (2019)
2019 · 25 episodes · Finished. Watch on Crunchyroll.
High school student Tohru Honda begins living alone in a tent after she loses her mother, who was her only remaining family member. However, it turns out that the land she pitches her tent on is part of the distinguished Sohma family estate! When Shigure Sohma…
4. Kamisama Hajimemashita◎
2015 · 12 episodes · Finished. Watch on Crunchyroll.
After the events following the first season, Nanami is filled with new challenges as the Land God of the Shrine. She faces these challenges with her two familiars Tomoe and Mizuki. Along these challenges, Tomoe begins to realize his true feelings for Nanami.
5. Orange
2016 · 13 episodes · Finished. Watch on Crunchyroll.
One day, Naho Takamiya receives a letter written to herself from ten years in the future. As Naho reads on, the letter recites the exact events of the day, including the transfer of a new student into her class named Kakeru Naruse. The Naho from ten years…
6. Ore Monogatari!!
2015 · 24 episodes · Finished. Watch on HIDIVE, Crunchyroll.
With his muscular build and tall stature, Takeo Gouda is not exactly your average high school freshman. However, behind his intimidating appearance hides a heart of gold, and he is considered a hero by the boys for his courage and chivalry. Unfortunately…
7. Natsume Yuujinchou
2008 · 13 episodes · Finished. Watch on Crunchyroll.
While most fifteen-year-old boys, in one way or another, harbor secrets that are related to girls, Takashi Natsume has a peculiar and terrifying secret involving youkai: for as long as he can remember, he has been constantly chased by these spirits. Natsume…
8. Nana
2006 · 47 episodes · Finished.
Nana Komatsu is a helpless, naïve 20-year-old who easily falls in love and becomes dependent and clingy to those around her. Even though she nurses ambitious dreams of removing herself from her provincial roots and finding her true calling, she ends up…
9. Lovely★Complex
2007 · 24 episodes · Finished. Watch on Crunchyroll.
Love is unusual for Koizumi Risa and Ootani Atsushi, who are both striving to find their ideal partner in high school—172 cm tall Koizumi is much taller than the average girl, and Ootani is much shorter than the average guy at 156 cm. To add to their plights…
10. Kamisama Hajimemashita: Kako-hen
2015 · 4 episodes · Finished. Watch on Crunchyroll.
OVAs based on the "past arc" of the series, which spans the 14th through 17th volumes of the manga. (Source: MAL News)
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