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DISCLAIMER: not every title on this list is trying to be a "good and realistic representation". You've been warned.

List of manga with characters on asexual spectrum! Includes everyone from protagonists to side characters.

Note: arranged in the order of release. Some of the titles are NSFW.

Work in progress!

Not found on MAL: Xu Ni Wanzhang Guangmang Hao(2016), Kuzu no Honkai décor(2017), Kimi no Sekai ni Koi Wanai(2020), Marriage as Friends(2020), Friends Until the Fourth Verse(2020), Yuri to Koe to Kaze Matoi(2021), The Wolf's Head Café(2022).

DISCLAIMER: not every title on this list is trying to be a "good and realistic representation". But I believe even "problematic" depictions are worthy of note. You've been warned.

List of manga with non-binary characters(aka X-gender in Japan): protagonists, main characters and side characters. I tried to include only the confirmed ones.

Note: arranged in the order of release. Some of the titles are NSFW.

Work in progress!

Not found on MAL: Watashi no Kanojo wa Otoko no Ko(2018), Alien Idol(2018), Douruanki(2019).

Any female-oriented manga that primarily revolves around the lives of musical idols.

Note: I did not include any series that were overly explicit, or that I could not find much information about.

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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*　Please make sure to write the number of volumes you read in your manga list. If you have 0 volumes read in your list, you won't get the badge.

(Includes Manhwa and Manhua. No side series of anime/games included)

Even more non-binary/x-gender characters in manga.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/28860
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37987

This is a list of the Shojo and Josei manga licenses held by Viz that are not under the Shojo Beat or older Viz Shojo labels. These include some digital-only Viz Select licenses they got after TokyoPop went under as well as ones published under the plain Viz or Viz Signature labels. Otherwise, these titles are under either Viz Signature or Viz Media imprints.

*X by CLAMP has been published under both the Viz Shojo imprint (singles) and the Viz media imprint (omnibi)

*Many of Junji Ito's short stories were published in the shojo magazines Nemuki and Halloween, and have been mixed into his seinen horror in the Viz hardcover releases for his works. So those are shojo that have not been released under Viz Shojo or Shojo Beat.

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 3-Sci-fi/Historical/Mystery: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57098
Part 4-Cute Stories: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57096

This is a list of Shojo/Josei manga where Female Friendship is centered on at least 50% of the time or more. Some honorable mentions that do have prominent female friendships, but in my opinion don't quite meet a minimum 50/50 ratio would be: Fruits Basket, Kimi ni Todoke, Daytime Shooting Star, Chihayafuru, and Ao Haru Ride.

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

Purple Manga Covers!! Part of my RAINBOW series!

• Original Manga only! no sequels!!
• Manga cover must feature block colour or little-to-no changes in gradient as the background.
• Select colour must also fill a majority of the cover and act as negative space.
• For the sake of this list, I will try my best to avoid obvious titles named "red"
• Best artwork is selected.

For other colours, simply search "Fifty Shades of" or see all my stacks by viewing my Profile! <3

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

Shojo & Josei are demographics, not genres, so here we have some no romance or at least not romance centered series

New shojo and josei releasing in print format in the year 2025! Just trying to help people find stuff they would enjoy having in their collection <3 please let me know if im missing anything or if there is an error :3 and as always i will update this often and add more stuff as they become available for preorder