Isn't that the basketball manga?
I never really did research in Shoujo, but I love some of them has a pretty good female lead in it!
But the animation is beautiful. Madhouse you did it again!
I'm not an expert when it comes to Shoujos. I've read most of Arine Tanemura's works though, am a huge fan of CardCaptor Sakura (my favorite shoujo), love Kodomo no Omocha (it's a bit weird), and my favorite ongoing shoujo right now is Akatsuki no Yona. The anime done by SP is surprisingly well done in my eyes. It made me catch up with the manga. Seems a bit clichee in the beginning, but it gets better as the show goes on.
Anyways, there are good shojos out there, just have to look around ^_^
I've caught up with the manga to Ore Monogatari yesterday (well only 10 chapters have been translated), and it's soooo funny. Like the bromance b/w Takeo and Makoto is the the best XD