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A compiled list of all the 'Girl's Love' genre of manga that I have read over the past 2 years that is overall wholesome and has a decent story/art.

There is no specific order to this list. I have made them from my most enjoyable series to least enjoyable. Do with that as you may.
This list contains manga that is both completed and ongoing.
"Wholesome" = Healthy Relationship (with communication, trust, respect, honesty)

A part 2 for my original “Non-Highschool Yuri (Adult GL)” stack found here: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/11110

nice GL manga that felt not as fetishizing from the taste of an ace sapphic :)
basically took out my fav GLs from my enjoyable safe queer manga stack + adding more that won't fit

+ also manhwa, manhua etc. but keeping the title simple

had to remove i love amy bc the author is a weirdo sorry

**Exit’s That Way! - is very NSFW + discontinued but still good imo

honourable mentions not on MAL:
My Mom’s a Superstar (family x showbiz, Manhua)
Wish You Were Gone/네가 없었으면 좋겠어 (working adults, Manhwa)
Hide Your Tears, You Crybaby & Today I'll (Make You) Confess by Minami (High School, Manhua)
Fugue Across Worlds (Historical, Manhua)
Heroine toka Yoku Wakannai kara, Akuyaku Reijou to Nigemasu (One-Shot)

Ephemerality is the quality of existing only briefly.

Mono no aware (物の哀れ),[a] lit. 'the pathos of things', and also translated as 'an empathy toward things', or 'a sensitivity to ephemera', is a Japanese idiom for the awareness of impermanence (無常, mujō), or transience of things, and both a transient gentle sadness (or wistfulness) at their passing as well as a longer, deeper gentle sadness about this state being the reality of life.

"This too shall pass" (Persian: این نیز بگذرد) is a Persian adage translated and used in several languages. It reflects on the temporary nature, or ephemerality, of the human condition — that neither the bad, nor good, moments in life ever indefinitely last. The general sentiment is often expressed in wisdom literature throughout history and across cultures, but the specific phrase seems to have originated in the writings of the medieval Persian Sufi poets.

Yuri series where the main characters are already dating prior to the start of the series! I personally love reading about the dynamics of already-together couples and the domesticity and casual touches they share (save for one title in this list that chooses to bend the rules of relationships and commitment... buttt that's besides the point).

I'm wondering if I want to add oneshots as well similarly to how I've done my other stacks, but we will see. I'll have to reread a bunch of tankobons to jog my memory!

Any manga or manwha that primarily revolves around sapphics in a college environment.

Note: I did not include any overly explicit series in this stack.

All recs taken from this Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/gintakerz/status/1758569324510425391?t=7gQZC8qDSJXKhRKC6XhRRw&s=19

2nd stack of manga with queer relationships and minimal to no sexual content that i found likeable + felt not as fetishizing as most others
(not that there's anything wrong w sexual content but it's hard to find stuff in these genres that aren't mostly written for the smut)

part 1: myanimelist.net/stacks/3978

this part was put together very abruptly since part 1 has most of my favs so lemme know if anything should be taken out

stack created by a sex-repulsed biro ace :)

+ manhwa, webtoon, novels, etc. but it's easier to keep the title simple lol

series that focus on women in a positive context! ig you could say feminist. Definitely normal about women, no weird sexualization/male gaze, have different types of women, are sympathetic to them, might be autobiographical w a female author, etc., . If I had a daughter, i'd encourage them to read it, yadda yadda.

Maybes: Apothecary diaries, princess jellyfish, How Do We Relationship?, Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Yume no Hashibashi, Ohana Holoholo, My Broken Mariko, Goodbye, My Rose Garden, In This Corner of the World, Paradise Kiss

Recommended Manga/Manhwa that hasn't been adapted yet into anime Part 6

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 5:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55029
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:
-Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals (Spring 2025)

What is Doom Yuri?
Simply put, it's a yuri relationship doomed from the start, whether due to toxicity, incompatibility, or tragic circumstances. Their love is fated to wither, never reaching a happy ending. :(

It’s a deeply angsty and sometimes bittersweet theme in yuri.

Some that aren’t on MAL:
- Getting to Know Grace


Sigh… Some yuri covers truly are so deceptive, aren’t they? (╥‸╥)