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This is an easy criteria: Clannad. It's a cute slice-of-life/romance/drama that takes the romance out of the drama. Simply put, there's very little romance/drama, but there's a lot of drama without romance. In the end, you get a cute relationship after not much fighting plus great arcs and a feeling that you enjoyed every episode that you watched. I repeat: Just because there are many characters in Clannad, it doesn't mean that it's a harem. Elfen Lied is more of a harem than Clannad, and that's saying a lot.
5 Centimeters per Second is overly dramatic, but it stays away from what you hate. Simply put, there's no love triangle or anything, and the romance is focused on one relationship at a time, so you have no love rival plot twists or anything.
And finally, there's ef - a tale of memories. There's quite a bit of drama involved, but mostly, it focuses on different relationships separately. Some fantasy exists, but other than that, it has an excellent plot with unique romance stories.
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