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Manga, manhwa or manhua with bromance or BL subtext.

Manhwa that are not on MAL:
SKT+ / SKT Plus / Swallow Knights Tales. Plus (2008, print manhwa, not translated into English)
SKT Official Comics / Swallow Knights Tales. Official Comics (2011, print manhwa, not translated into English)
Black Haze (2012, webtoon)
The Dragon Master (2014, webtoon)
The Editor Is the Novel’s Extra (webtoon, announcement)
Ex Rank Supporting Role’s Replay in a Prestigious School (webtoon, announcement)
The Bizarre Story of Banwoldang (webtoon, announcement)
All Your Skills Are Mine (webtoon, announcement)
Black Haze (2025, webtoon, announcement)

Keyword: bromance, BL subtext, non-BL, male-friendship, fujobait, fujo-bait, gay-bait, queer-bait, queerbaiting, queercoded, queer coding, ship, ambiguous ambiance, yaoi, shonen-ai, shounen-ai, danmei, BL, boys love, gay, fujoshi, fudanshi, ikemen, bishounen, pretty boys, borderline BL, subtle BL, BL vibes, light shounen ai, it's not BL, shounen-ai undertones, shounen-ai subtext, shounen-ai elements, shounen-ai hints, yaoi undertones, yaoi subtext, yaoi elements, yaoi hints, yaoi subtext in shounen, homoerotic undertones.

Here are all the josei manga I think one should read in order to cover all bases. I organized this list by general theme, with publishing series at the bottom.

We start off with the classic slice of life and coming of age stories, then to a couple of autobiographical manga, then to the dark and realistic drama stories, then to action and horror stories, then to mystery stories, then to the rom-coms, then to the more light-hearted slice of life stories, and lastly to the important ongoing series.

I'm currently using this list too, despite me being the one who created it!

Part 2 of the shoujo/josei mystery stacks still at wip but feel free 2 let me know if there's anything to be considered being added.

mixed with some non-mystery or non-fantasy victorian era/gothic-style manga
funnily enough many of them have vampires

**disclaimer: i have not read everything in this stack, im kind of using it as a to-read list of sorts (apart from my favs that i've already read) and just sharing in case others have similar taste

Titles that should be in this list missing from database:
- Akenomori
- Binboreijono Kanchigauseijoden
- Garakuta Famiria
- Get Up! Get Live!
- Karakuri Mystery
- Library Cross: Lost Memory
- TSUKIPRO THE ANIMATION
- TSUKIUTA. 2 THE ANIMATION

Other Comic Zero-Sum-related stacks:
- Manga that ended in Comic Zero-Sum in 2014-2018 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35537
- Currently Ongoing Comic Zero-Sum Manga - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35539

“Family of Choice”, also known as “Found Family”, is a trope that refers characters who aren't biologically related but end up being united in a family-bond, often protecting, supporting, and/or loving each other unconditionally


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Not on MAL:

- Oh My Chaozu!
- The Last Dimension
- School Bus Graveyard
-King of Wolves/Papa Wolf and The Puppy
- Daughter of a Thousand Faces

A shoujo manga means a comic published in a magazine targeted towards the young female demographic (under 18) in Japan.

Josei means a comic published in a magazine targeted towards the mature female demographic in Japan.

Manga, light novels, oneshots... with great art styles (probably)

Josei means a comic published in a magazine targeted towards the mature female demographic in Japan.

Shoujo manga with a Male Protagonist: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/41090

List of manga with drama cd/voice manga/pv with characters voiced by Nakamura Yuuichi

The mangas in this list are mangas that I have read (or that I would like to read) but which unfortunately have been abandoned by their respective Spanish and/or Italians scanlation teams.

It would be nice if some scanlation team picked up their spanish or italian translation in the future.


If you know where I can find the translation scans in italian or in spanish, write me a private message to let me know where I can read it, please!

this only includes characters who aren't technically confirmed as nd (from what i know)

it doesn't matter if intentional or not to me, i'm also strictly going off of my personal knowledge on the topic

*Josei is manga marketed towards women.

A list of the Shojo and Josei manga that have been licensed by Yen Press continued

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56408

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56411

I tried to compile an extensive list of the English Licensed Shojo and Josei manga titles where romance is a sub-plot at best, if present at all (many of these don't have any romance present).

Part 1-dark/horror/thriller: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/my
Part 2-Fantasy/Supernatural: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57092
Part 4-Cute Stories: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57096
Part 5-Character dramas/Modern Real-Life Japan: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57100

This is a list of the Shojo and Josei manga with sci-fi elements licensed in english. Some lean more into the hard sci-fi elements than others, but whether it be aliens, mecha, robots, a futuristic world, futuristic steampunk, or space they will be included. Some "hide" their sci-fi elements or treat them similar to magic, so keep that in mind.

Not Listed:
Tokyo Mew Mew
Hyper Rune
Mink
Sleeping Next to You

Honorable Mention: Nausicäa of the Valley of the Wind

I enjoy manga with complex characters. There is a mixture of romantic and Platonic relationships in this list. Here are a few I enjoyed that you may enjoy to.