Mitarai-ke, Enjou suru
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As the title says, these are manga that focus on a female protagonist that seeks revenge. Whether fantasy or a modern setting, these center on blackened main characters who, after having their morals tainted, aim to exact revenge on those who wronged them. Unlike their male-protagonist counterpart, the female-centric stories tend to feature less gore, but they are not excluded from it.

Note: If a series had both a LN/novel and manga, then only the manga was included to allow space for more entries.

Revenge-centric with Male Protagonist Stack: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/1307

Psychological drama, occasionally known as dark drama or was related to psychodrama, is a sub-genre of drama that places emphasis on psychological elements. It often overlaps with other genres such as fantasy, black comedy, and science fiction, while the genre is closely related with the psychological horror and psychological thriller genres. Psychological dramas use these genres tropes to focus on the human condition and psychological effects, usually in a mature and serious tone.

Psychological drama explore thematic elements such as abandonment, coming-of-age problems, denialism, disability, distorted sequences, dysfunctional relationships, human sexuality, mental disorders, mood swings, odd behaviors, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychological abuse, psychedelic art, social issues, and other serious discussions that unlikely centers themes turn more focused on both issues of the character's life and reality.

Recommended manga/manhwa that hasn't been adapted yet into anime part 2

Part 1:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5329
Part 3:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6748
Part 4:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55028
Part 5:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55029
Part 6:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55030
Part 7:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55031
Part 8:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60035
Part 9:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60034
Part 10:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60044
Part 11:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60043

Removed entry from this list
-Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Ura-Boss desu ga Maou dewa Arimasen (Winter 2024)
-All You Need is Kill (???)
-Amayo no Tsuki (???)
-Bocchi the Rock! (Fall 2022)
-Cool Doji Danshi (Fall 2022)
-Dead Mount Death Play (Spring 2023)
-Eris no Seihai (???)
-Gachiakuta (??? 2025)
-Gimai Seikatsu (Summer 2024)
-Goukon ni Ittara Onna ga Inakatta Hanashi (Fall 2024)
-Higeki no Genkyou to Naru Saikyou Gedou Last Boss Joou wa Tami no Tame ni Tsukushimasu (Summer 2023)
-Isekai Shikkaku (Summer 2024)
-Jijou wo Shiranai Tenkousei ga Guigui Kuru (Spring 2023)
-Kaijuu 8-gou (Spring 2024)
-Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri (Fall 2023)
-Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku (??? 2025)
-Kekkon suru tte, Hontou desu ka (Fall 2024)
-Kijin Gentoushou (Spring 2025)
-Kowloon Generic Romance (Spring 2025)
-Majo to Yajuu (Winter 2024)
-Medalist (Winter 2025)
-Megami no Café Terrace (Spring 2023)
-Mikadono Sanshimai wa Angai, Choroi (??? 2025)
-Niwatori Fighter (??? 2025)
-Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru (Winter 2024)
-Otonari ni Ginga (Spring 2023)
-Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken (Winter 2023)
-Saigo ni Hitotsu dake Onegai shitemo Yoroshii deshou ka (???)
-Saijaku Tamer wa Gomi Hiroi no Tabi wo Hajimemashita (Winter 2024)
-Sakamoto Days (Winter 2025)
-Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su (Fall 2023)
-Tearmoon Teikoku Monogatari: Dantoudai kara Hajimaru, Hime no Tensei Gyakuten Story (Fall 2023)
-Temple (Summer 2023)
-Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei (Winter 2023)
-The Fable (Spring 2024)
-Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi (Winter 2023)
-Trillion Game (Fall 2024)
-Uma Musume Cinderella Gray (Spring 2025)
-Undead Unluck (Fall 2023)
-Unnamed Memory (Spring 2024)
-Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu! (Spring 2023)
-Wondance (??? 2025)
-Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru (Spring 2023)
-Youkai Gakkou no Sensei Hajimemashita! (Fall 2024)
-Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen (Spring 2024)

manga recommendations that might scare you or make you curious with so much mystery. have fun reading!

(TW: GORE/ABUSE)

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!

Mangas featuring adult female leads
No smut (ง ื▿ ื)ว


Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18273
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21316
Part 3: ↓↓↓

in my opinion, in no specific order

missing
- glass no shiro

A list of all the digital-only english licenses for Shojo and Josei manga by Kodansha. This does include some titles that received print-runs from now-defunct publishers like Old Tokyopop or Del Rey Manga. Depending on what they announce the list will be edited accordingly.

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56732
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56738

*I Don't Want to be killed by you, my crown prince!: set up by the blessed one, I will avoid a second attempt on my life! is also one, but I ran out of room (https://myanimelist.net/manga/149797/Outaishi-sama_Watashi_Kondo_koso_Anata_ni_Korosaretakunai_n_desu__Seijo_ni_Hamerareta_Binbou_Reijou_Nidome_wa_Kushizashi_Kaihi_shimasu)


There are 2 titles which Kodansha publishes as digital-only currently that don't have MAL entries:
- My Ice-Rose Husband Said He Only Wants Me to Play the Role of the Next Duchess, but Now He's Stalking Me at Home!
- Her Majesty Wants a Divorce: Now that a Saint has Come from Another World, I Suppose I'm No Longer Needed, Right?

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 2-Fantasy/Supernatural: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57092
Part 3-Sci-fi/Historical/Mystery: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57098
Part 4-Cute Stories: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57096
Part 5-Character dramas/Modern Real-life Japan: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57100

I'm defining "modern" Shojo and Josei manga to mean anything that began being published in 2013 or later. Obviously personal taste plays a role in whether you'll like something. I'm also trying to focus on Shojo and Josei manga licensed in English officially, so some excellent stories will sadly be missing from this list (they should probably get their own at some point).

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57753

Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57763

The antithesis to my previous gender-breaking manga stack: "Seinen Manga that are "girly" and "feminine".

The topic of women's media is more often that not reduced to fancy tropes of lovers confined within romantic genres. Although there may be an ounce of truth to this statement, albeit the former being the most popular genre in all written fiction, it is often used dismissively to undermine who and what media is for, and by extension who can be represented.

Shoujo and Josei manga are more than "just" high school romances and, historically, genres such as Sports or Horror actually dominated the demographic. The most common complaint about this genre is panel layout, so I have tried my best to accommodate for shounen readers who struggle to branch out.

- Weebookey