Manaka Iwami

As a magic wielder, young archivist Chakuro knows his life will be short, but everything changes when a mysterious girl from the outside arrives on his island. (imdb)

A story of encounters and partings interwoven between people; this is a human drama with feelings that touch one's heart gradually, which everyone has experienced at least once. An immortal girl and a normal boy meet and become friends, sharing a bond that lasts throughout the years.

After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, 16 year-old Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out... into a tent. Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Souma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Soumas have a secret of their own - when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac.

Despite her ineptitude with regular magic, Princess Anisphia defies the aristocracy's expectations by developing "magicology," a magical theory based on memories from her past life. One day, she witnesses the brilliant noblewoman Euphyllia unjustly stripped of her title as the kingdom's next queen. That's when Anisphia concocts a plan to help Euphyllia regain her good name. Little do they know that this chance encounter will alter not only their own futures, but those of the entire world. (imdb)

Lovely anime romance coming of age