Bleach Manga/Anime franchise if you haven't already.
Well, it's not romantic but Bleach has great characters, powers, battles, a rich lore and explores deep philosophical concepts about life and death, peace and war, and implicitly comments on race relations as different spiritual beings normally diametrically opposed work together to defeat a greater threat to them all.
It does have elements of realism that you can relate to as well as funny comedy moments, worth a shot, see if it grabs your interest.