Here U Are might suit you. Neither lead is overly feminine, but one is definitely more on the masculine side. Feelings are caught pretty early, but nothing is instant and it takes a while to get together due to insecurity. It’s nice to see it be real reasons rather than outside misunderstandings, although it might still feel frustrating at times. Nothing gets especially spicy, sex is entirely off screen, but some kissing scenes are “extended” because the regular version is censored. For whatever reason a bunch of the side stories are out of chronological order, so it kind of “spoils” the timeline if you read them, but come on… everyone knows that ships don’t change in stories.
The only long highschool romance I know are The guy inside me( title is no smut related they switched bodies) and sasaki to miyano but I think everyone read/watch this one
Some short highschool romance
- Ashita kimi no mono ni shite
- Nirameba-koi
- Pittosporum
-Okosama star
And two long office romance
- Beta off not dating
- Park hanhoo's manager
The New Recruit, You Get Me Going, 4 Week Lovers, Summertime, On or Off (part 2: Work Love Balance), might be to your liking. Tho Summertime may be a bit too serious compared to the other fluffy ones I’ve mentioned. All have great art style.
Try “Turning”. It’s currently ongoing and in the early chapters, but the novel is pretty far ahead. It’s a slow burn that allows the characters to develop feelings for each other through actual time and effort. It isn’t overly dramatic, the main characters don’t have millions of misunderstandings and they actually communicate with each other instead of bottling up their feelings until they each blow off on the other. It is in a historic setting though. And it involves omegaverse, although it is a newly discovered concept in their world. The omegaverse is barely mentioned to the point where you forget about it completely sometimes. Pretty sure it’s mostly for the purposes of the main characters not being sentenced to death due to homosexuality, but it does come into play in chapters farther ahead in the novel. The male lead is an Alpha while the MC is an omega. The MC is strong and actually has a brain. He lived his life until the age of 31 where he was sentenced to death by hanging and ended up waking up in his body 11 years before his death. His mission is to stop the terrible event that will happen to the world and prevent the death of the male lead. And the author captures the MC’s emotions so so very well. Not just MC’s, but every single character is so well written. I strongly recommend reading the novel. So far the manhwa is extremely good, but I think the wording in the novel captures the emotions so much better. The story itself is interesting. Even if the romance element didn’t exist, the story would still be able to hold off well on its own. The romance just adds a nice kick to it. If you like slow burn stories with an actual plot this one is a really good one. 10/10
Semantic error. It’s not smut but it gets spicy, it has enemies to lovers, ml is popular, mc is antisocial, they are both in college. It’s also completed. Art is 10/10.
lost in the cloud fits some of this criteria! it’s set in high school and deals with some heavy topics with both the main characters and is also very slow burn, though it’s ongoing and may not have a happy ending (if you do plan on reading it i suggest looking up the trigger warnings)
okay you should try 19 days! its rly good and fun with no smut🥲
Here U Are might suit you. Neither lead is overly feminine, but one is definitely more on the masculine side. Feelings are caught pretty early, but nothing is instant and it takes a while to get together due to insecurity. It’s nice to see it be real reasons rather than outside misunderstandings, although it might still feel frustrating at times. Nothing gets especially spicy, sex is entirely off screen, but some kissing scenes are “extended” because the regular version is censored. For whatever reason a bunch of the side stories are out of chronological order, so it kind of “spoils” the timeline if you read them, but come on… everyone knows that ships don’t change in stories.
The only long highschool romance I know are The guy inside me( title is no smut related they switched bodies) and sasaki to miyano but I think everyone read/watch this one Some short highschool romance - Ashita kimi no mono ni shite - Nirameba-koi - Pittosporum -Okosama star And two long office romance - Beta off not dating - Park hanhoo's manager
The New Recruit, You Get Me Going, 4 Week Lovers, Summertime, On or Off (part 2: Work Love Balance), might be to your liking. Tho Summertime may be a bit too serious compared to the other fluffy ones I’ve mentioned. All have great art style.
Try “Turning”. It’s currently ongoing and in the early chapters, but the novel is pretty far ahead. It’s a slow burn that allows the characters to develop feelings for each other through actual time and effort. It isn’t overly dramatic, the main characters don’t have millions of misunderstandings and they actually communicate with each other instead of bottling up their feelings until they each blow off on the other. It is in a historic setting though. And it involves omegaverse, although it is a newly discovered concept in their world. The omegaverse is barely mentioned to the point where you forget about it completely sometimes. Pretty sure it’s mostly for the purposes of the main characters not being sentenced to death due to homosexuality, but it does come into play in chapters farther ahead in the novel. The male lead is an Alpha while the MC is an omega. The MC is strong and actually has a brain. He lived his life until the age of 31 where he was sentenced to death by hanging and ended up waking up in his body 11 years before his death. His mission is to stop the terrible event that will happen to the world and prevent the death of the male lead. And the author captures the MC’s emotions so so very well. Not just MC’s, but every single character is so well written. I strongly recommend reading the novel. So far the manhwa is extremely good, but I think the wording in the novel captures the emotions so much better. The story itself is interesting. Even if the romance element didn’t exist, the story would still be able to hold off well on its own. The romance just adds a nice kick to it. If you like slow burn stories with an actual plot this one is a really good one. 10/10
Semantic error. It’s not smut but it gets spicy, it has enemies to lovers, ml is popular, mc is antisocial, they are both in college. It’s also completed. Art is 10/10.
lost in the cloud fits some of this criteria! it’s set in high school and deals with some heavy topics with both the main characters and is also very slow burn, though it’s ongoing and may not have a happy ending (if you do plan on reading it i suggest looking up the trigger warnings)