Mejirobana no Saku
A White Rose in Bloom

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(not just manga but I don't want to bog down the title)

some of them are BL or yuri. some of them just have random gay side characters. sometimes. the random side character is trans. if you are insane like me, you will read the whole thing just for that one queer character.

manga titles that are (or at some point were) set in elite/boarding schools

girls love manga without any weird troupes

bl as in: published in a bl magazine or otherwise implied by the author (ergo; just because the mc is a queer guy does not mean the manga is bl)

listed with at least one bl the author wrote (either my favorite that they wrote or their most popular)

I was going to add oofuri to this list but can't find what bl the author wrote (tho I am sure that people used to say she had written bl before).

feel free to recommend any authors, just make sure you have an actual example instead of a rumor.

A very common (but something I still very much enjoy) trope in Yuri involving the main characters each individually having blonde or black hair. I’m not exactly looking for other archetypes or traits aside from that for now, but there is a nuance in recognizing that this particular trope does also contain similar/variations of “down to earth black-haired character with a contrasting blonde beauty” themes.

I’ll also try to NOT add a series that I already used in my other lists (a lot of them also fit the requirements, but I feel like it would be too redundant adding them in unless my discretion says otherwise) since I won’t have enough space to showcase a series that have not appeared in any of my other lists.

yuri / wlw / GL manga by women, for women. this is a work in progress -- feel free to send recs!

This stack is for any manga prominently featuring sapphic characters that was published in a female-oriented manga magazine.

Note: There are plenty of sapphic shoujosei manga, this is just a small selection.

An interest stack featuring the top 20 winners of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi!" (This Manga is Amazing! aka このマンガがすごい) annual magazine for 2020, with female and male winners included (so 40 winners total).

This stack will feature both male and female category winners, alternating between the female and male winners, from first place to twentieth place.

Note that there can be ties here (usually two-way), and if a category is missing some place (for example, missing 14th place in the male's category), it usually indicates that either its title was not revealed as per the author's request, or there was a tie.

Please feel free to comment/DM if any information is off/missing.

Last updated: September 2024
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Currently not on MAL:

18th place female readers’ winner:
Namida Nikomi Ai Tsurasa Mashimashi by Nikumanko

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Sources:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-11/kono-manga-ga-sugoi-editors-unveil-2020-rankings/.154203

https://myanimelist.net/amp/news/58793519

Queer manga published by Seven Seas Entertainment that are available in English.

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55914
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55926
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55937

A list of all the Shojo and Josei manga titles licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment continued

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56378

Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56591

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 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57752

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