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All the Shojo and Josei manga releasing in print format in 2024! If im missing anything please feel free to let me know <3


We have once again reached the time where i have to split this into two stacks ^_^ hooray for so much shoujosei manga

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

This is a list of the Shojo and Josei manga that have received physical releases from Kodansha, even if some of them are Out of Print.

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56770

Notably, I am NOT including any titles which have been physically released by Seven Seas or Yen Press in this list as Kodansha was not the one to give them a physical release.

I will include any titles which were previously published by another publisher that Kodansha has re-released.

I will also NOT include any titles released under Vertical Inc comics, which is under Kodansha. I have separate lists for Yen Press, Seven Seas and Vertical Inc Shojo and Josei releases. (For manga physically released under Vertical, see this list: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56497)

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

Manga about dreaming, about a particular important dream or about going into someone else dream.
Not on MAL :
Yumeotica by Hoshino Tsubasa

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

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 2018, with female and male (men and women) category winners included (so 40 winners total).

This stack will feature both men and women category winners, alternating between the women and men winners, from 1st place to 20th 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 men'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: March 2025

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Missing from MAL:

8th place women's winner: Strange (JP: ストレンジ)
MU: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/krd4z2d/strange

9th place women's winner: Ooki Inu (Oki Inu, JP: 大きい犬)
MU: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/brgbqiq/oki-inu


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