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Top 19 Shoujo manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
- 19. Villains Are Destined to Die
- 18. Bei Xiaohua Fenshou Hou, Wo Zhijie Wudao Tong Shen
- 17. Waka-chan wa Kyou mo Azatoi
- 16. Fortune-Telling Lady
- 15. Charlotte Has Five Disciples
- 14. Hotaru no Yomeiri
- 13. Juchiuineun Hal Il Da Hago Sapyo Sseumnida
- 12. I'm Being Raised by Villains
- 11. Akatsuki no Yona
- 10. Princess Who Hides Her Fandom
- 9. Ta Na Me Liao
- 8. I Became the Level 999 Demon King
- 7. Chaekbinguineun Ije Jigyeopda
- 6. Binguijareul Wihan Teukye
- 5. Josinhage Kiwotdeoni Jipchaknam Doeeo Dolawatda
- 4. Gajjareul Wihan Jangsoneun Eopda
- 3. Sihanbu Ekseuteuraui Sigan
- 2. I Became the Villainess's Favorite
- 1. I Was Born As The Demon Lord's Daughter
19. Villains Are Destined to Die
Penelope Eckart reincarnated as the adopted daughter of Duke Eckart and the villainess of a reverse harem dating sim. The problem is, she entered the game at its hardest difficulty, and no matter what she does, death awaits her at every ending! Before the "real daughter" of Duke Eckart appears, she must choose one of the male leads and reach a happy ending in order to survive. But the two brothers always pick a fight with her over every little thing, as well as a crazy crown prince, whose routes all lead to death. There's even a magician who's enamoured with the female lead, and a loyal slave knight! But somehow, the favourability meters of the male leads increase the more she crosses the line with them!
This is Penelope’s survival story, who’s been dropped in an insane reverse harem dating sim!
Villains Are Destined to Die is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 悪役のエンディングは死のみ, The Villain's Ending Is Death, Death Is The Only Ending For The Villain, Kết thúc của nhân vật phản diện là cái chết, Agyeok-ui Ending Jugeum-ppun, 恶役只有死亡结局, Agyeogui Ending-eun Jugeumppun, Death Is The Only Ending For The Villainess, Ag'yeog'eui Ending'eun Jug'eumbbun, Для лиходійки лиш одна кінцівка – смерть, Конец злодейки - смерть, Смерть - единственный конец для злодейки
18. Bei Xiaohua Fenshou Hou, Wo Zhijie Wudao Tong Shen
Fang Yi, transmigrated to this world, has just been dumped by his beautiful schoolmate girlfriend. He initially thought this would be the start of a modern romance, but then the system alerts him that a spiritual energy resurgence will begin in one year, leading to drastic changes in the world and the apocalypse. “With a system, what the hell am I afraid of?”
Bei Xiaohua Fenshou Hou, Wo Zhijie Wudao Tong Shen is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: After Being Dumped by the School Beauty, I Directly Achieved Godhood Through Martial Arts, After Breaking Up With the School Beauty, I Became a Martial Arts Master, After the School Belle Dumped Me, I Became a Martial Arts God, Bèi Xiàohuā Fēnshǒu Hòu, Wǒ Zhíjiē Wǔdào Tōng Shén, Dumped by My Girlfriend, I Turned to Martial Arts
17. Waka-chan wa Kyou mo Azatoi
Tomoya is a college freshman on a mission to finally get his first ever girlfriend, but with one small problem: he's still a virgin! While he's gotten close with the beautiful and charming girl Waka Sakuraba in his club at school, he can't wrack up the courage to take the first step and ask her out. One day, Tomoya stumbles upon a hidden side to his crush Waka...
From the creator of "Class Maid" comes a new love story about an unlucky college student and his crush!
Note: Includes 8 extra chapters
A Hidden Side to my Crush has finished publishing and it has 222 Chapters. It is also Known as: 和歌ちゃんは今日もあざとい, Waka-chan is Pushy Again, วากะจัง สาวแอ๊บใสหัวใจมีรัก, Waka-chan is Flirty Again, A Hidden Side to my Crush
16. Fortune-Telling Lady
Top actress Lee Sia has the ability to see ghosts. After an accident, she wakes up in the body of "Camilla Sorfel." The problem is that—"Oh, father! Help me!"—she is fated to die no matter what! Prolonging her life is the priority, so she might as well converse with the ghosts first, right?
Hey, why are all these people who should want to kill me suddenly so interested in me?!
Fortune-Telling Lady is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: A Fortune-Telling Princess, A Princess Who Reads Fortune, Fortune Telling Princess, The Fortune-Telling Lady, The Noble Fortune-Telling Lady, เลดี้ผู้ทำนายโชคชะตา, 公女様は未来を見通す, 卜卦公女, 通靈千金
15. Charlotte Has Five Disciples
Charlotte Eleanor is an archmage that once saved the world. Using her magic to die, she instead, reverses the age of her body to that of a young child and starts a second life as Aria Lissen. She had a fulfilling life in her first lifetime except for one tiny regret. In this new life, Aria is determined to find and live for that one thing she never had...LOVE.
Charlotte Has Five Disciples has finished publishing and it has 210 Chapters. It is also Known as: Charlotte Y Sus Cinco Discipulos, Пять учеников Шарлотты, Charlotte and Her 5 Disciples, Penyihir Agung Charlotte, Syallos-egeneun Daseos Myeong-ui Jejaga Issda, 夏洛特的五个徒弟
14. Hotaru no Yomeiri
It is the Meiji era. Satoko is born of a prestigious family and blessed with great beauty, but she is sickly and is said to have a limited life expectancy, so her only dream is… a convenient marriage to benefit her family. But suddenly, she is targeted by a mysterious assassin...!? Trying to survive, Satoko makes a desperate "proposal" to the killer...!?
A high-class lady and an assassin... A suspenseful love story about a contract marriage between two people who never should've met!
Firefly Wedding has finished publishing and it has 79 Chapters. It is also Known as: ホタルの嫁入り, Hotaru no Yomeiri
13. Juchiuineun Hal Il Da Hago Sapyo Sseumnida
Rita Estelle knows that Duke Erwan Cereus will fall ill and die, leading to a bloody rebellion. She knows this because she would've died in that rebellion had it not been for a kindly sorceress who sent her back in time. With her second chance at life, Rita seeks to use her medical genius to get close to Duke Erwan as a child and cure him. But the closer she grows to him, the more she suspects his sickness is caused by foul play. Can Rita save Erwan and the whole country before it's too late?
The Doctor Is Out is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Doctor Resignation, The Attending Physician Does Her Job and Resigns, The Family Doctor Is Gonna Resign Since She Is Already Done With Everything, あなたの主治医はもう辞めます！, 主治医生的辞职计划
12. I'm Being Raised by Villains
I thought I was an illegitimate child… but it turns out that I was a complete stranger?!
A year after transmigrating as an extra, I found out that I was on the verge of being kicked out.
I said I’d rather leave the house on my own.
“Actually, this child is my daughter. Right, daughter?”
Did I catch the attention of the psychopathic duke?
‘I heard that the money he gave after playing with someone was enough to buy an island?’
I got along with him as his daughter because I thought I could get his fortune later on. And a few months later, I would leave his house with a thick bank account.
“Stay by my side until I tell you to leave.”
However, my dad, who regarded me as a toy, came looking for me and held me back.
***
After returning home due to dad’s persuasion, the families and my dad fought to adopt me. My uncles and aunts gathered to protect me, and future psychos began to have strange obsessions over me.
“Happy Birthday, Ayrin. You’re the head as of today.”
On top of that, the duke’s position was my birthday present.
Everything is going just as I expected.
[Hey, how long are you going to sleep? Grandma told you to take your retainer off!]
[Cha Miso, you’re going to die!]
What is that voice?
Will I be okay like this?
I'm Being Raised by Villains is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: I'm Being Raised by Villains
11. Akatsuki no Yona
Princess Yona lives an ideal life as the only princess of her kingdom. Doted on by her father, the king, and protected by her faithful guard Hak, she cherishes the time spent with the man she loves, Su-won. But everything changes on her 16th birthday when tragedy strikes her family!
Yona of the Dawn has finished publishing and it has 277 Chapters. It is also Known as: 暁のヨナ, Yona: The Girl Standing in the Blush of Dawn
10. Princess Who Hides Her Fandom
I reincarnated in a novel, where my favorite character is living and breathing, into the Empire's princess who's called by various names, Agnes Saint!
I like that I'm a wealthy noblewoman of the Imperial family, but...
The problem is, the detestable trash who defiled my favorite character is 'me'!
Still, as things have already turned out this way...
By all means, no matter what, I will prevent my fav character's death and lay a flowery path before him!
I never want to startle Kylo, my little kitten.
That's why I have to hide my heartbroken feelings.
Besides, nothing good will come from revealing my fangirling. Thus, starting from now, I will perfectly...
Pretend not to be a fan!
Princess Who Hides Her Fandom is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: A Princesa que Esconde seu Fã-Clube, Soy una Princesa que trabaja duro, The Closet Fan Princess, The Fanatic Princess Pretends to Not be a Fan, The Incognito Princess, The Princess Is Secretly a Fan, The Princess Stans in Secret, 일코하는 황녀님, 伪装的皇女, 皇女様はオタバレしたくありません！, 일코하는 황녀님
9. Ta Na Me Liao
On the kind Qin Qing's first day of transfer, she accidentally got involved in the middle of someone picking a fight. Qin Qing used a strategy to save her senior who's been ganged upon, not knowing that he's Wen Yufeng, the infamous school bully! From that moment forward, Qin Qing's peaceful high school life was gone forever...
Ta Na Me Liao is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Can't Hold, He's So Flirtatious, 他那么撩 Can't Hold, 이 선배는 위험해, 이 선배는 위험해!, Anh ta cứ trêu chọc tôi, He Is So Flirty
8. I Became the Level 999 Demon King
I was reincarnated into the otome game, “In This World, With The Power of Love” not as the heroine, but as the Lv. 999 Demon King. I was cast out by my family and sent to the freezing north, but I wonder if I could just melt the snow with my magic? I’m trying to find a way to create a farm here and live a carefree life, but… the capture targets keep coming at me one after the other. Umm, I don’t really care about you guys, so won’t you please disappear already?
I Became the Level 999 Demon King is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: I Became a Level 999 Mastermind Demon King, レベル999黒幕公女になりました
7. Chaekbinguineun Ije Jigyeopda
After being reborn three times as a book character and reviving a fourth time as a villainess in a dark romance, Rosetta Valentine has had enough. Instead of fulfilling her given role, Rosetta decides to live a normal life. The one thing holding her back? The fact that Elisha, her sister and the story's heroine, is destined for a tragic ending. In order to save Elisha, Rosetta swears to use everything at her disposal... including the male lead's brother. But will this villainess's plan succeed?
Tired of Living in Fiction is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: The Exhausting Reality of Novel Transmigration, I’m Tired of Novel Transmigration, สวมบทในนิยายอยู่ได้ ฉันเบื่อไม่ไหวแล้วนะ, 受夠穿書這檔事
6. Binguijareul Wihan Teukye
On the outside, Ailette Rodeline is an adorable child prodigy. Cooking, brewing tea, alchemy; you name it, she can do it. But this little girl has a big secret: Ailette is a transmigrator! After dying prematurely in her past life, she becomes a character whose world is destined for destruction. With all odds stacked against her, Ailette must figure out how to survive before her life is ripped from her again. Fortunately for her, she finds her salvation in… an insurance package?
The Perks of Being an S-Class Heroine is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: A Spirit's Special Treatment, A Transmigrator's Privilege, El Privilegio de una Transmigrante, Keuntungan bagi Sang Perasuk, O Privilégio de uma Transmigrante, Preference for the Possessor, Preferential Treatment for the Possessed Person, Privilegios de los poseedores, สิทธิพิเศษของผู้สวมร่าง, 憑依者の特典, 穿越者的專屬特權, 穿越者的幸运礼
5. Josinhage Kiwotdeoni Jipchaknam Doeeo Dolawatda
I possessed the body of ‘Cersinia’, the only sorceress in the Empire who can conjure the power of fire. Fortunately for me, I still had three years before the original story began. Determined to change my fate, I decided to visit a gambling house, where I hit the jackpot. But Instead of money, I was offered a young slave boy as collateral. “Regarding your name, what about Ben?” “I like it. Ben… it sounds good. Thank you….” As I took care of the poor boy, I started to grow fond of him. In a world with no one to turn to, I thought that I had finally met someone I could rely on, but… One day, the man who had agreed to remain by my side disappeared without a word.
I Raised Him Modestly, But He Came Back Obsessed With Me has finished publishing and it has 76 Chapters. It is also Known as: I Raised a Boy Kindly but He Returned as an Obsessive Man, I Raised Him Gently, But He Returned as an Obsessed Man, I Raised Him Modestly, but He Came Back Obsessed With Me, I Raised Him With Full Care but He Came Back Obsessive, I Took Care of Him, But He Came Back Obsessed With Me, เลี้ยงมาให้เป็นเด็กดี แต่ดันกลับมาหลงฉันซะงั้น, 养过的少年变成执着男人回来了, 慎ましく育てたはずの大公に執着されています, 精心培养后他化身偏执男回来了, 養過的少年變成執着男人回來了, You're My Flame
4. Gajjareul Wihan Jangsoneun Eopda
After finding a mysterious book in the imperial garden, Princess Philomel not only discovers that the book's villain shares her name, but that other events in the story are coming true too. Now, she believes that she's an imposter and that the real princess will take her rightful place, leading to the execution of Philomel the Fake! So to avoid a tragic death, she has to make sure the rest of the book doesn't come true. Can this fake princess change what's already been written?
Philomel the Fake is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: No Place for the Fake Princess, เป็นตัวปลอมก็ย่อมไร้ที่ยืน, 虚假的皇女, 冒牌皇女的生存之道
3. Sihanbu Ekseuteuraui Sigan
As the middle child who is neither the heir nor the cherished younger twins, Karina has lived her whole life hidden away from others. She, who only had one hobby of painting, found out that she only had one year left to live. So without a plan, she went to visit her fiancé who she barely knew… To annul the engagement as he always wanted. But, she didn’t know then. That she would receive the unconditional love that she had never received her whole life from him, and that she would come to have a desire to live her once meaningless life.
Source: MU
Time of the Terminally-Ill Extra is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Limited Time Extra, Karina's Last Days
2. I Became the Villainess's Favorite
I’ve been reincarnated as Lariette, a lowly sidekick destined to be the female lead’s errand girl. Tired of being a doormat, I decide to switch sides and suck up to the empire’s most powerful villainess, Evangeline.
But the “vicious” villainess is actually a total sweetheart! Not only is she showering me with gifts, she’s now insisting I marry her brother so we can be family forever.
There’s just one problem: her brother is the original male lead, a man supposed to be obsessed with the original heroine. I’ve tried my best to keep my distance, but he won’t stop pursuing me.
“What makes you think I’m not interested in you, My Lady?”
I Became the Villainess's Favorite is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: The Circumstances of Being Chosen as the Villainess's Favorite, 악녀님의 최애로 간택된 사정
1. I Was Born As The Demon Lord's Daughter
Joara lived and died miserably, but as her life ended she realized that she was reborn as the demon lord’s daughter? Joara lived as the school’s loser and while running from her aunt’s physical abuse she got into a life-ending car accident. After nearly dying at the hands of her new father, the newly named “Irene” starts a new life with her father’s familial love and adventure!
I Was Born As The Demon Lord's Daughter has finished publishing and it has 155 Chapters. It is also Known as: The Adventures of a Demon King's Daughter
