OH MY GOD, IS THIS POST FOR ME? Look, I read a lot of shoujo manga, okay.

SECONDING RECS FOR: Sailor Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth, Kodomo no Omocha, Skip Beat!, Basara, Cardcaptor Sakura, and Lovely Complex.

ADDING RECS FOR:

• From Far Away | mangaka: Kyoko Hikawa | genre: fantasy/action/romance | A sweet, shy, given-to-daydreams schoolgirl (Noriko) is unexpectedly blown into an alternate universe populated with monsters and strange wonders, wherein she finds herself caught up in an ongoing conflict for the destiny of the entire world. She's joined by Izark, a swordsman who isn't anywhere near as gruff as he pretends to be. Spoiler alert: they fall in love. I looooove FFA. It's sweet, sensitive, and thoroughly charming, with great action and some political scheming and an adooooorable romance. And as a bonus, there's a legit language barrier! Noriko has to learn the language Izark speaks. SO RARE IN FANTASY.
  
  
• Here is Greenwood | mangaka: Yukie Nasu | genre: slice-of-life/comedy | In the wake of a string of disasters (he was in a car accident, and his older brother just married the woman they both love), Kazuya Hasukawa transfers to the all-boys boarding school, Ryokuto Academy. But his roommate's a girl (is she?), the two guys in de facto charge of the dorm are manipulative schemers who love pranks and get-rich-quick deals, there's a biker chick he can't get out of his mind, and they all keep falling into alternate universes. And he thought he was getting away from the madness by transferring. Here is Greenwood is hugely entertaining--calming, sneakily clever, devastatingly funny, and so very gentle. I love it so much for its wit and its heart. Um, it's very episodic, though, so there isn't much of an overarching plot. Just the characters and their relationships.
  
  
• High School Debut | mangaka: Kazune Kawahara | genre: romance/comedy | When Haruna Nagashima was in junior high school she cared about two things: softball and shoujo manga. She gave it her all as the ace pitcher of her junior high's softball team, and now that she's in high school she's determined to give her all to get a boyfriend and live out a fairy tale romance just like the girls in the manga she loves. But Haruna's got a problem--she doesn't know the first thing about dating or romance in the real world. So she does what any girl in her situation would do: she recruits a cute, laconic, sarcastic upperclassman (Yoh Komiyama, who's been burned before) to coach her. High School Debut is probs my FAVORITE SHOUJO MANGA OF ALL TIME (OF ALL TIME!): it's FUNNY AS FUCK, it's so sweet, Haruna and Yoh actually communicate with and support each other, it subverts and mocks so many shoujo romance cliches, and it's just, oh my gosh, SO DELIGHTFUL. I LOVE IT. LOOOOOVE IT. *_____*

And this one isn't really shoujo (it's josei), but I love it too much not to recommend it:

• Kimi wa Pet/You're My Pet/Tramps Like Us | mangaka: Yayoi Ogawa | genre: slice-of-life/romance/comedy/drama | Sumire is a driven career woman whose most recent relationship ended in disaster when the man decided he couldn't stand dating a woman who was a) taller than him, b) had a higher position at the company than him, and c) made more money. Pissed, a little bitter, and hurt though she'll never show it (seen as standoffish and cold by her coworkers and acquaintances, Sumire is simply not comfortable opening up about her feelings with anyone she doesn't know very well), Sumire forges on. Right about this time a new guy enters her life: a homeless young man sleeping in a cardboard box outside her apartment complex. Through a series of events (lolol summarizing), the guy stays on... as her pet, Momo. Darling, sexy, and SO MUCH FUN. The manga's as much about Sumire, her job, and her relationships with her best friend and her coworkers as it is about Momo, his own aspirations as a dancer, and Sumire's relationship with him. LOVE IT OMG.

And er, not that I would ever advocate, ah, ahem, but mangatraders(dot)com is a decent resource for these. If you're wondering.