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Top 20 Shoujo manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
- 20. Imo Kusa Reijou desu ga Akuyaku Reisoku wo Tasuketara Kiniira Remashita
- 19. Bei Xiaohua Fenshou Hou, Wo Zhijie Wudao Tong Shen
- 18. Villains Are Destined to Die
- 17. Adopted by a Murderous Duke Family
- 16. Binguijareul Wihan Teukye
- 15. Who Made Me a Princess
- 14. Fortune-Telling Lady
- 13. Sihanbu Ekseuteuraui Sigan
- 12. Pink to Habanero
- 11. Lady Baby
- 10. Princess Who Hides Her Fandom
- 9. Becoming the Villain's Family
- 8. I Became the Level 999 Demon King
- 7. Ta Na Me Liao
- 6. Akatsuki no Yona
- 5. Odd Girl Out
- 4. Seduce the Villain's Father
- 3. Sha Si Nanzhu Ran Hou Cheng Wei Nümotou
- 2. Why Are You Obsessed With Your Fake Wife?
- 1. Beorin Sseuregineun Dasi Jupji Anneunda
20. Imo Kusa Reijou desu ga Akuyaku Reisoku wo Tasuketara Kiniira Remashita
Agnes, who was ridiculed in the social circles for being an unfashionable noble, happened to help Nazelbert, the duke's son, who had been betrothed to the Princess.
However, the Princess saw this and ordered Nazelbert to marry Agnes as punishment.
Isn't it terrible to marry me as a punishment? Look, he seems to hate it too. Wait, he doesn't?
This is a story about an unfashionable noble and a duke's son, who grow closer to each other.
Imo Kusa Reijou desu ga Akuyaku Reisoku wo Tasuketara Kiniira Remashita has finished publishing and it has 35 Chapters. It is also Known as: 芋くさ令嬢ですが悪役令息を助けたら気に入られました, Imokusa Reijou desu ga Akuyaku Reisoku wo Tasuketara Kiniiraremashita, I'm an Uncouth Lady, but I Helped the Villainous Young Lord but He Ended up Liking Me, I'm an Unfashionable Lady, but When I Helped a Villainous Young Lord He Ended up Liking Me, Imo Kusa Reijou desu ga Akuyaku Reisoku wo Tasuketara Kiniiraremashita
19. 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
18. 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
17. Adopted by a Murderous Duke Family
After ten years of being exploited by Duke Gerwehr for her healing powers, Agnes meets her death in a dungeon. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her uncle's house before she was sold to Duke Gerwehr in the slave market. Desperate for her past life not to repeat itself, she lets Duke Rodwick adopt her and starts her new life with a new name, Tuariche Rodwick. Will she be able to keep her healing powers secret in this notorious family of assassins and find true happiness and love in her new life?
Adopted by a Murderous Duke Family is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Became the Adopted Daughter of a Family of Assassins
16. 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
15. Who Made Me a Princess
The story of Athanasia, forsaken princess of the Obelian Empire, ends with her execution at the hands of her own father—or does it? Her tragic tale is the plot of the novel The Lovely Princess. But now, a modern woman who read the book has just woken up as baby Athanasia herself, filled with her own memories and knowledge of the story she’s stuck in! Determined to survive her doomed fate, infant Athanasia embarks on this new life with a plan: avoid attention and hoard valuables to fund her escape. When her plan goes awry, she suddenly needs to charm her way into the good graces of her father, the beautiful tyrant emperor, so he doesn’t kill her again!
Note: Includes 10 extra chapters.
Who Made Me a Princess has finished publishing and it has 135 Chapters. It is also Known as: Suddenly Became A Princess One Day, One Day I Became a Princess, Dites-Moi, Princesse!, One Day, I Became a Princess, Suddenly, I Became a Princess, WMMAP, ある日、お姫様になってしまった件について, Однажды я стала принцессой, อยู่ๆ ฉันก็กลายเป็นเจ้าหญิง, Plötzlich Prinzessin, Un dia me converti en una princesa, Princesa Encantadora, ¿Cómo Me Convertí En Princesa?, 某天成为公主, 某天成為公主
14. 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
13. 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
12. Pink to Habanero
Two weeks have passed since the start of high school. Miyao Mugi encounters the handsome, cool Kurose Kei coldly rejecting a confession. That very same day, Mugi meets him again, but in the most unexpected place and even acting completely differently?! What will happen now that she knows Kei's secret?
Pink and Habanero has finished publishing and it has 84 Chapters. It is also Known as: ピンクとハバネロ, Pink & Habanero, 粉色与哈瓦那辣椒
11. Lady Baby
Calliope has suffered through nature's law and many accidents. Her family was murdered and an ongoing war ended her life, but she traveled back in time to when she was born?! While Calliope slowly grows, will she be able to figure out who killed her family and stop them in time?
Lady Baby has finished publishing and it has 240 Chapters. It is also Known as: Leidi Beibi
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. Becoming the Villain's Family
Aria proposed to him with a marriage contract.
She sold her soul to the devil and vowed to protect him.
~
[Marry me.]
Aria extended her hand and gave him the contract.
[Let’s get divorced in 10 years…]
The young duke took the contract from her hand.
“So, where should I stamp the seal?”
* * *
“You said you’d divorce me within 10 years.”
The now grown-up villain leaned in, hovering his head before he kissed her tenderly over her crown.
“Now that we’re adults, we should sign another contract as adults”
(Source :MU)
Becoming the Villain's Family is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: I Became the Villain's Contract Family
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. 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
6. 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
5. Odd Girl Out
Nari who just wants to blend in ends up forming a squad with the three prettiest girls on her first day of high school.
Odd Girl Out is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Girl's World, 少女的世界
4. Seduce the Villain's Father
Upon opening my eyes after a bus accident, I found myself in the fantasy world of a webnovel I enjoyed reading... the only catch is, I reincarnated 20 years before the novel begins! Reborn as Princess Yerenica of the small Lebovny kingdom, I'm determined to change the future in order to prevent the series of unfortunate events that will soon occur.
In the original story, my older sister, Tejavia, is pregnant with the future female lead, when she's suddenly kidnapped by the Belgoat Empire's emperor. But in my desperate attempts to protect her, I got kidnapped instead!
And as if that wasn't bad enough, my body is ridiculously weak to magic. But... strangely enough, whenever I'm by the emperor, I feel fine!
The only way to save the emperor, who's destined to die at the hands of his own son after marrying the villainess, and save myself from being afflicted by magic... is for us to marry!
"Marry me, Father."
"Father? Princess, I haven't married yet, nor do I have any kids..."
Seduce the Villain's Father has finished publishing and it has 159 Chapters. It is also Known as: Flirting with The Villain's Dad
3. Sha Si Nanzhu Ran Hou Cheng Wei Nümotou
After killing the male protagonist, the originally innocent supporting lady transformed herself into a villainess. Just as she was about to enjoy her newfound freedom, she died a violent death and returned to the start of the game. Having carried over all the skills she acquired in her previous life, she was going to preemptively kill the male lead again. However, her new circumstances seem a bit... strange?
"No, wait, who on Earth are you—?!"
Sha Si Nanzhu Ran Hou Cheng Wei Nümotou is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: I Killed the Male Lead to Become a Villainess, Kill the Hero and Become the Demoness, Kill the Male Lead to Become the Demoness, Kill the Male Lead to Become the Villainess, Lv99の悪女がLv1の主人公を育てます, Shā Sǐ Nán Zhǔ Ránhòu Chéngwéi Nǚ Mó Tóu, Убить главного героя, чтобы стать злодейкой
2. Why Are You Obsessed With Your Fake Wife?
Nadia Valajit thought she had nothing more to lose until her family and fiancé betrayed her. After she finds herself thrust back in time prior to the events that ultimately led to her death, Nadia kicks off her plans for payback by marrying Glenn Winterpel, the icy marquess to the north and the Valajit family’s favorite punching bag. Armed with knowledge of the future, Nadia sets the table to serve up her ice-cold revenge, but she might end up melting the marquess’s heart instead…
Why Are You Obsessed With Your Fake Wife? is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Dlaczego Masz Obsesję na Punkcie Swojej Fałszywej Żony?, Gajja Anaeege Wae Jibchaghaseyo?, Obsessed with a Fake Wife, 为什么执着于假妻子?, 政略結婚なのにどうして執着するのですか？
1. Beorin Sseuregineun Dasi Jupji Anneunda
I refuse to be taken for granted any longer!
After six years of waiting patiently for my fiancé to return from battle, he shows up with a woman carrying his child. What's worse, I now have to live with her, watching as he neglects me yet showers her with affection. I cannot stand it! Should I stay and stand my ground or bid this place farewell?
Trash Will Always Be Trash is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: I Won't Pick up the Trash I Threw Away, Pas de seconde chance pour les ordures, 放生渣男不再回收
