Ou no Kemono: Enpei no Arcana
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(Mainly) Shoujo manga featuring characters who are royalty or filthy rich

*often times it's the love interest who is the royal/rich character

100% butterfly

Series featuring protagonists who are not human. These stories may center solely on a non-human protagonist, or feature one who is paired with a human comrade

[Note: This list also includes half-human half-something else protagonists]

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Mangas/LN set in Ancient China ^^

[shoujo/josei/romance/historical, etc]

PD: the LN's that i added have a manga adaptation but they are not in MAL (except Koukyuu no Karasu, at the moment it did not get a manga adaptation) TT
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You dwell in the deeps of a magical forest...

Kemonomimi are Human Characters with the Traits of Animals (e.g. Cat, Dog, Fox...), which can Appear in Fantasy Stories. Well i collected some Media which feature such fascinating beings, from Spirits, to Deities, to just interesting species you can meet, they are all Kemonomimi!

Note:
-I didnt include "Isekai" Stories (or tried)
-Tried to Avoid BL Entries (there's other Stacks which are dedicated to this by other users :> )
-The Kemonomimi Character is a Main Character

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A guide for anyone looking to explore more modern shoujo and not knowing where to start and optimized for variety.

This stack includes shoujo that began in 2010-2019 categorized by genre in order to cover a multitude of subjects and feature diverse stories. I tried to feature many popular and influential series that might be useful for exploring the demographic, with a few lesser known ones to add to the genre diversity.

The genres are sorted as follows:

High School Romance
Fantasy and Supernatural
Queer Series
Historical
Romcoms and Comedy
Trashy Series of Ill Repute
Isekai
Heavy Drama and Darker Themes
Episodic Slice of Life and Career Oriented stories

A collection of romance mangas that have fantasy or supernatural element in them.

These are all having romance as main or sub element in the plot. Some of the recommendations may get a bit dark but still are romance mangas.

The best way for the items chosen to be represented would be:
Something close to if Witch Hat Atelier (Tongari Boushi no Atelier) had a little older cast and a touch of romance.


{Sorted by Name}

We asked passionate readers which manga you need to read now—and here are the results!

Finalists are listed in the following order: Main List, Unique Art/Story, Should Be Anime, Best for Beginners. Every title is officially available outside Japan in at least one language, with one or more volumes published in 2023.


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Court intrigue means political games in a feudal monarchy and aristocracy-based setting similar to Game of Thrones's political machinations. The court intrigue theme is usually part of the historical or fantasy genre.

Isekai/reincarnation in a novel or video game world isn't allowed. The isekai/parallel world has to be diegetic (has to be real in the story and not a novel or video game world created by a human).

Time travel in the same body is okay.

Manga that were published under the Shojo Beat/Shojo imprint by Viz Media.

my personal favorites, includes both shoujo and josei.

All titles currently releasing under Viz's Shojo Beat label!
Sorted by number of volumes currently released.

Recommended manga/manhwa that hasn't been adapted yet into anime part 5

Part 1:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5329
Part 2:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6746
Part 3:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6748
Part 4:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55028
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:
-Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai (???)
Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta (???)
-Nihon e Youkoso Elf-san (Winter 2025)
-No Home (Fall 2024)
-Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival (???)

best rated shoujo according to mal
all series are labelled from the original
all have to be readily available to read in English
they are in order of rating
I have not read them all so this is unbiased
i do plan to read all of them though
as of 15.11.24
this is 51-100
attack on titan is not a mistake look it up as to why