Maybe some of you actually know of good titles in this type. Girl in question is 12, but is more into stuff for somewhat older girls, so I would not recommend her very safe, kid stuff, as that will not interest her. Also, no faggotry please, the world is pushing that shit on all of us all the time, so it's best to not open another venue for it. Needs to be available in English, and the more obscure stuff I might not be able to get for her, I assume it is at least somewhat limited what books I can get here.
She is also into horror movies, if that helps.
Thank you to any of you fine gentlemen for any recommendations.
Two works by Kawamura Taku - Kawaii Kouhai ni Iwasaretai and My Clueless First Friend are two I've found both enjoyably funny romcoms without going much into fanservice territory. Its something I'd offer to my own daughter who is similar in age if she was interested. They aren't super obscure (First friend recently got an anime like last year) but might not be super available physically either.
Its hard to really find things in that narrow range, because it either leans too safe as you said for younger kids or becomes too fanservice heavy if not downright pornographic (relatively). Especially in the Romance genre.
Might be easier to just get her hooked on One Piece or other "big shounen" series and let that run its course. She can get way invested in the background romance they all have going like most young blossoming weeb girls have throughout the ages.
Problem is if all the shonen shit about male friendship and brotherhood turns her into a fujoshi.
Very true, but I can say that going to the Demon Slayer movie recently in theaters made it seem like series like that are at least bringing together boy and girl weebs in a mostly healthy setting through shared fandom, even if there might be some degeneracy under the hood.