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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. Villains Are Destined to Die
- 18. Bei Xiaohua Fenshou Hou, Wo Zhijie Wudao Tong Shen
- 17. Binguijareul Wihan Teukye
- 16. Behold the True Villainess
- 15. Oneulbuteo Gongjakganeun Naega Jeopsuhanda
- 14. Akatsuki no Yona
- 13. Gajjareul Wihan Jangsoneun Eopda
- 12. Yeojuui Siseukom Oppawa Ihonhagetseumnida
- 11. Neoui Aiga Aniya
- 10. Fortune-Telling Lady
- 9. Adopted by a Murderous Duke Family
- 8. I Need to Raise My Sister Right
- 7. Who Made Me a Princess
- 6. Kizoku kara Shomin ni Natta no de, Konyaku wo Kaishou Saremashita!
- 5. Sihanbu Ekseuteuraui Sigan
- 4. I Became the Level 999 Demon King
- 3. Surviving as a Tyrant's Daughter
- 2. Becoming the Villain's Family
- 1. Just Kill Me Now
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. 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. 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
16. Behold the True Villainess
A girl from the modern world slips into the body of Niveia Aerber, the main character of the fantasy novel she was reading. To survive in Erathil, a world full of betrayal and monsters where she was destined to meet an early death, the new Niveia embarks on an adventure to escape from her fate.
The old Niveia was set to become the next Priestess to serve the Grand Temple, but not the new Niveia. Instead, she runs away from the temple, from her archrival, Rosanna, and her fiancé, Duke Aetius Timothero. Along the way she enlists the help of Prince Caeles, who is also on a mission of his own: to find out which noble families are planning an uprising against his kingdom, including Niveia's family.
In this Chaotic turmoil of love, loyalty, and treason, can Niveia create a better future for herself, and more importantly, can she ever return to the real world?
Behold the True Villainess is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Anyone Can Be an Evil Lady, Anyone Can Become a Villainess, Not Just Anybody Can Become a Villainess, Not Just Anyone Can Become a Villainess
15. Oneulbuteo Gongjakganeun Naega Jeopsuhanda
"I was a noble this whole time?!"
Hilde, a commoner who works at a restaurant in the village, is suddenly notified by a handsome man named Logan that she is a family member of one of the empire's four duchies and hears that her mother 'Lucia Arpeggio' was a powerful mage in the past.
Duke Arpeggio offers to make her an official member of the family if she can prove that she has strong magical powers, and Hilde accepts in order to escape from her oppressed commoner livelihood and enjoy a comfortable life.
However, her excitement doesn't last long… Culture, magic, history, literature, etc. The number of things nobles needed to learn were endless! In addition, forget about welcoming Hilde, her family members only sent her cold looks and even put her life in danger…
"You've left me with no choice. I, a former commoner, will be taking over this duchy!"
Hilde Takes House Arpeggio is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: I'll Take the Dukedom From Today, I'll be Taking Over this Duchy, 从今天起, 公爵府由我接管, 公爵家は今日から私が引き受けます
14. 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
13. 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
12. Yeojuui Siseukom Oppawa Ihonhagetseumnida
After transmigrating into her favorite novel as Ethel Wallace, she realizes how ridiculous everyone is to fawn over Riena Cassius, her sister-in-law and the original female lead who regressed in the story. Ignored by the family and unable to endure the nonsense any longer, she is determined to divorce her husband and turns toward the marquis, Riena’s future enemy, for help. Will Ethel escape House Cassius? Or will regression trump transmigration? And why does the marquis seem… like a gentleman?
I Will Divorce the Female Lead's Older Brother is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: I Will Divorce the Female Lead's Siscon Brother, I'll Divorce the Female Lead's Siscon Brother, Divorcing the Female Lead's Siscon Brother, シスコン夫と離婚します！, 我要和女主角的妹控哥哥离婚
11. Neoui Aiga Aniya
Kalia is a war hero, and commander that put an end to the past war, but one day, she finds out that she's... pregnant?! Of all people, the father of the baby is Simon Terroan, her best friend and archmage, whom she spent a single passionate night with. Believing that Simon doesn't want the baby, Kalia hides the truth of her pregnancy, then retires from her job and disappears while Simon is away in order to have her baby. The truth is that Simon has loved Kalia, more than anyone else, and so, the frantic search for her begins.
Source: MU
The Baby Isn't Yours is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: It's Not Your Child, 这不是你的孩子
10. 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
9. 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
8. I Need to Raise My Sister Right
When I regained consciousness after a car accident, I became the stepsister of the villainess in “My Beloved Santa.” Having already possessed this body, I decided to pave a path of flowers to prevent the villainess from becoming a dark person. I worked hard with all my heart and all my strength. Somehow, I got entangled with the Duke of Lexerville, who was famous for being a bloodthirsty madman. “Didn’t I warn you back then that I wouldn’t let you go if you did something stupid?” When he saw me with another man, he interrogated me as if he had caught a cheating girlfriend. I asked “Do you like me by any chance?”, he replied, “Stop talking nonsense.” If so, why is he acting like this?
I Need to Raise My Sister Right is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Eonnineun Yeodongsaengeul Bareuge Kiwoya Hamnida
7. 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
6. Kizoku kara Shomin ni Natta no de, Konyaku wo Kaishou Saremashita!
Thirteen-year-old Anna was raised in a noble household, yet she looks nothing like the rest of her family and lacks her lineage’s aptitude for magic. There’s a very good reason for that, though—a mischievous fairy switched her with another baby at birth! When this detail comes to light, Anna’s family kicks her out and ends her long-standing engagement to Edmund, a young nobleman who has always treated her with disdain. With her sheltered, privileged days behind her, how will Anna learn to adapt to life as a commoner with her new family?
When I Became a Commoner, They Broke Off Our Engagement! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 貴族から庶民になったので、婚約を解消されました！, Kizoku Kara Shomin ni Nattanode, Konyaku o Kaishou sa Remashita!, Since I Became a Commoner, My Engagement Was Annulled!
5. 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
4. 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
3. Surviving as a Tyrant's Daughter
Yeyul is the youngest princess who is unloved and neglected. She lives in fear of getting killed by her father, the tyrant emperor. However, she is about to turn her fate around as she is actually a reincarnated soul, with the knowledge of how the story would unfold. Withstanding mean siblings and untrustworthy servants, Yeyul must now strive to survive on her own within the tyrant’s palace.
Surviving as a Tyrant's Daughter is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Hard To Dismantle, Cannon Fodder Girl's Way to Survive, Survival Methods of the Cannon Fodder Daughter, Survival Mode of the Cannon Fodder Maiden, The Survival Strategies of the Cannon Fodder Girl, 暴君の嫌われ皇女として生き延びる方法, 폭군의 딸로 살아남기
2. 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
1. Just Kill Me Now
My husband, Karlotian, loved the empire's saintess. All that was left after my ugly jealousy was the false accusation of cursing the saintess. And when I finally gave up everything in despair, I transmigrated into the body of the villainess who had actually cursed the saintess...and things are not going as planned.
Just Kill Me Now is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: I Regret It, I Want You to Kill Me, No More Regrets, Just Kill Me, Ya basta de arrepentimientos, solo te pido que me mates, 後悔はいいから殺してください, 후회는 됐고 죽여달라니까요, 후회는 됐고, 죽여달라니까요
