Heroine Shikkaku
No Longer Heroine

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You are reading a slow burn romance, and you start rooting for the second lead despite the odds being against them. Deep down, you know that 80% of the time the MC is gonna end up with the main lead. But you can't stop hoping since they feel more realistically flawed and human. In some cases, the second lead even ends up with the protagonist, and that's the closest feeling to winning the lottery.

If you are a masochist like me who loves rooting for second leads because of their less Mary-Sue, idealized traits, then this list is for you!

Some of these works have the second lead succeed in love, so stay tuned

shoujo manga that i avidly rmr reading from around a decade ago

All the shojo and josei manga that got printed in english in 2022, this is for my own reference but if it can help someone else find something new then i'll be glad <3

These shoujo mangas were the representation of shoujo demographic back then, mostly around 2007~2015 (the golden era).
There could be more if this is not an only-shoujo-not-josei stack and older ones (00s).
The last three is somewhat newer manga but made some impact and/or just straight up really good ones.

From multiple sources, like Drama wiki, Wikipedia, Google research results, @shoujocrave on Twitter, my own memory, the "Adapted from a manga" tag from MyDramaList and this specific list: https://mydramalist.com/list/61GEm7o3


Josei edition: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39613

I haven't read yet the mangas in this interest stack, so at the moment I can't say if they are good or not.
As I read them I will sort them into the appropriate interest stacks.

missing
- glass no shiro

A list of the Shojo and Josei manga that have been licensed by Yen Press

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56411

Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56426