Sute Akuyaku Reijou wa Kaibutsu ni Otogibanashi wo Kataru
Even Monsters Like Fairytales

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These manga spend significant time in a library!

Please let me know if I have missed any titles.

Bookstores and booksellers are in their own separate stack.

underrated fantasy manga I keep coming back to whenever I feel the need to escape mundane reality, isekai is also included


please check out part 1:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/26781

What is Otome Isekai?
“The short answer is that Otome isekai is a sub-genre of Isekai where the main characters are in some way transported to another world that resembles an otome game.” - r/Otomeisekai

Of course, there’s more than that. Otome Isekai (OI) tend to revolve around some variation of: “Female Leading character (FL) dying and reincarnating inside a romantic game or novel, usually as Villainess or side character, and now she must do whatever the plot demands this time to survive, usually helping or being helped by the Male Lead (ML), who doubles as the romantic interest.

It’s a genre that has a lot of attention nowadays, so I made this list for those wanting to see what the hype is about without having to read the lesser good ones (since this genre has A LOT of entries, a lot of them being at best boring and at worst actually problematic or screwed up *cough cough On the Emperor’s lap cough cough* ).

I tried my best to include some variation because at the end of the day this genre is very trope-y and you’ll probably start to guess a lot of what happens in any OI if you get caught up with like,, two of these.

I also included the genres (note, ALL of these have Rofan - Romance Fantasy in them because that’s like,, the point of this genre) and notes so you can pick what you’re interested in.

If you do get into this genre and now want to find memes and stuff about this, I recommend r/OtomeIsekai (I swear I’m not a mod there or anything) fun place and good to be able to rant or gush about any OI.)

As for where to read these? Well, you could purchase them from sites like Tapas, read them mostly for free if you're lucky on Webtoon, or use places like Batto or Mangapill if that’s not an option for you.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9140
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/16896
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/27783
Part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/51956

This stack features stories which predominately take place in libraries and/or bookstores. Escape the summer heat and dive into one of these tales with us!


Official Challenge Stack
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To get the limited-time badge:
1. Click the Restack button
2. Complete at least 1 manga (*) on this list by September 30th!

*　Manga you completed before the challenge started (Jul 30) will not count. You will need to read something new, finish something you have on-hold, or re-read something you've read before.

*　Ongoing series will be accepted for the challenge only if you've read up to the recent translated chapter and have it on your Reading/On-Hold. Do NOT set publishing manga to Completed as 0/0 chp/vol, you won't get a badge!

* For the duration of the challenge, this stack is ordered by: fully translated, partially translated and/or ongoing, untranslated series. Partially translated series list up until where you need to read.

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

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 6:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55030
Part 7:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55031
Part
9:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60034
Part 10:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60044
Part 11:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60043

Deleted Entry From This List:
-Isekai Mokushiroku Mynoghra: Hametsu no Bunmei de Hajimeru Sekai Seifuku (???)
-Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo Shitai(???)

Spent time choosing the list for MAL latest list so here's 20 from me
A bit biased towards popular stuff with good art so take this recommendation with an open mind
Still hope for most of them to get an anime someday :pwease:

Feel free to discuss stuff with me here or on my discord
Also this is my first public list, hopefully

Stuff that's (relatively) unknown that you should give a try! (Yes, there is manhwa. Yes, you should still read them.)