http://myanimelist.net/anime/4081/Natsume_Yuujinchou
doesnt have romance but it feels like what you are looking for

Pretty sure you will love these:

Suzuka
Paradise Kiss
Sakamichi no Apollon
Hanasaku Iroha
Nodame Cantabile


(Also, if you haven't, I recommend reading to the latest chapter of manga for NANA . So you can be as much pain as the rest of us)

i don't read manga tho
can you just tell me wat happens

Time to start reading manga!

i should read online manga for nana?

You don't have to. If you'd like I can try to point out the major things that happen in NANA for you through message

Made a rec thread outside of the sticky like a noob. Here is the post:

Looking for some decent anime with overpowered protagonists. Haven't seen nearly enough of those.

Or protagonists who aren't complete tools.

When recommending, think: Darker Than Black (Hei), Hellsing Ultimate (Alucard), Fist of the North Star (Omae wa mo shindeiru),
Chrome Shelled Regios (Layfon), Heroic Age (Age), Kaze no Stigma (Kazuma), Tenchi Muyo (duh), Rurouni Kenshin (duh), etc.

Thanks in advance for anything you can recommend!

hagure yuusha (ecchi/harem)
suisei no gargantia (mecha)
trigun (vash is just unbeatable)
speed grapher
phantom requiem of the phantom
mondaiji-tachi ga isekai (one of the MC's is way overpowered)

Hah, I've actually already seen Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero, and Trigun. All great!

I'll have to check out Speed Grapher. Phantom sounds a tad depressing.

- Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu
- s-CRY-ed

We need more shows with overpowered MC's =)