Kare Kano has some problematic aspects, but a major part of the first half is about Yukino gaining actual female friends, and what this means to her.
There's a really sweet single-volume shoujo I read recently, Onna-no-ko wa Yuko! by Kyouko Hikawa, in which the relationships between the three heroines is very much more important than their erractic romantic lives. (Unlicensed, scans complete)
The main relationship of the long shoujo historical fantasy Crystal Dragon is between two women, who travel together across most of the western Roman empire over the course of the series -- as well as places out of it (it starts on the west coast of Ireland).
And one that no one's mentioned yet: Aria (with prequel Aqua), in which the main cast is entirely female, dividing into older and younger trios of close friends. And is gorgeous, using its setting of the canals of a Venice recreated on Mars to excellent effect. Is shounen, just like Yotsuba&!.
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Kare Kano has some problematic aspects, but a major part of the first half is about Yukino gaining actual female friends, and what this means to her.
There's a really sweet single-volume shoujo I read recently, Onna-no-ko wa Yuko! by Kyouko Hikawa, in which the relationships between the three heroines is very much more important than their erractic romantic lives. (Unlicensed, scans complete)
The main relationship of the long shoujo historical fantasy Crystal Dragon is between two women, who travel together across most of the western Roman empire over the course of the series -- as well as places out of it (it starts on the west coast of Ireland).
And one that no one's mentioned yet: Aria (with prequel Aqua), in which the main cast is entirely female, dividing into older and younger trios of close friends. And is gorgeous, using its setting of the canals of a Venice recreated on Mars to excellent effect. Is shounen, just like Yotsuba&!.
---L.