I did consider Tokyo Crazy Paradise, but some of the scanlation quality is pretty terrible. And even though the setting might be more appealing to boys, I think it leans too far towards shounen to really be a proper representative of shoujo tropes...
Akatsuki no Yona is good, but I feel it starts off too mildly and slowly... Skip Beat has a frantic comedic energy to it that gives it the edge, I feel. But that could just be a personal preference for comedy over slice-of-life. Perhaps a Gin no Saji to ARIA/AQUA to Akatsuki no Yona pathway might work for slice-of-life fans.
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