Top 20 Shoujo Ai manga you should read right now. [2026 List]

20. Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta

Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta depicts the love story between a high school girl and her classmate who she mistakes as a guy outside of school. They eventually bond over their shared taste in rock music.



Note: Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta began as a web comic released on the author's Twitter account since April 10, 2022, and published in print by Kadokawa since April 19, 2023.

The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy At All is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 気になってる人が男じゃなかった, The Person She Fell For Wasn't A Boy, Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta, Kinninaru Hito ga Otoko Jyanakatta

19. Bai Yueguang Nü Zhu Zong Xiang Duzhan Wo

Ji Xiao accidentally transmigrates into a novel and becomes the Alpha villain of the same name. To save herself from the bad end, she treats the Omega heroine with kindness to stay on her good side. The heroine, Wei Qingyu, starts feeling differently towards her sworn enemy after Ji Xiao's abrupt change of character. She might even be gradually starting to like this “enemy”? The perfect heroine keeps trying to possess the female villain for herself, but when will she realize that the villainess has already had a change of heart?

Omega Heroine Wants Her Alpha Villainess has finished publishing and it has 152 Chapters. It is also Known as: Bái Yuèguāng Nǚ Zhǔ Zǒng Xiǎng Dúzhàn Wǒ, Perfect Heroine Wants to Possess Me, White Moonlight Female Host Always Wants to Monopolize Me

18. My Angel Childhood Friend Was a Gal When We Met Again

My Angel Childhood Friend Was a Gal When We Met Again is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: A Childhood Friend Who Was an Angel, When We Met Again, She Was a Gal, Childhood Friend, Big Love, Tenshi datta Osananajimi, Saikai Shitara Gyaru datta, 天使だった幼なじみ、再会したらギャルだった, 天使的青梅变成辣妹了，却让我很心动

17. Himawari-san

Himawari-san is the owner of an old bookstore, and a highschool girl comes in and asks for a job. Their friendship starts from there.

Note: Includes two omake chapters and a seven-chapter extra story.

Miss Sunflower has finished publishing and it has 109 Chapters. It is also Known as: ひまわりさん, Himawari-san

16. Qing Qifu Wo Ba, Eyi Xiaojie!

Yifang found herself transported into the body of a villainess in an otome game. As the villainess, her role is supposed to be despised by the readers, bully the FMC, and help the main characters find romance. But there seems to be something wrong with this game's main character Aisha! Hey, I told you not to come so close! Aisha: "Oh, Xiao-Yi, how would you like to bully me today..."

Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Please Bully Me, Villainess!, Please Tease Me, Villainess!, Qǐng Qīfù Wǒ Ba, È Yì Xiǎojiě!

15. Ouji-sama Nante Iranai

The girl who loves peacefulness, Yukino. One day she met a mysterious bishoujo, Nobara. Ever since that day, Yukino’s feelings have been on a roller coaster ride! This is the story about the youthful girls who live in the school dormitories.

We Don't Need a Prince has finished publishing and it has 200 Chapters. It is also Known as: 我的世界不需要王子, 王子さまなんていらない

14. Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou.

Ordinary office worker Oohashi Rei wakes up in the body of the protagonist of her favorite otome game, Revolution. To her delight, the first person to greet her is also her favorite character, Claire Francois–the main antagonist of the story! Now, Rei is determined to romance Claire instead of the game’s male leads. But how will her villainous lady love react to this new courtship?!

I'm in Love With the Villainess is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 私の推しは悪役令嬢。, I Favor the Villainess, WataOshi

13. Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei

Anne-Sophia, the princess who remembered her previous life at a young age, as well as her old self's intense love of magic. But she can't use magic?! Well, then there's no choice but to develop it herself!

Pursuing her dream wholeheartedly and unwaveringly, Anne-Sophia soon became rumored to be the biggest problem child in the entire kingdom. One day, during a magical mishap, she stumbles upon a scene where her brother Algard is breaking off his engagement to his fiancée, Euphilia.

What is in store for the young lady, whom is unloved by magic, but loves magic?!

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 転生王女と天才令嬢の魔法革命, The Magical Revolution of Reincarnation Princess and Genius Young Lady.

12. Wo De Shiwu Kan Qilai Hen Keai

A vampire who has been sleeping for nearly two hundred years, Maria is awakened by a passing werewolf girl by a chance, and the moment the coffin is opened, the curse falls on the werewolf girl. The two girls set foot on the journey to the city

My Food Seems to Be Very Cute is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Wo de Shiwu Kan Gulai Hen Keai, Wǒ de Shíwù Kàn Gǐlái Hěn Kě'ài, My Food Looks Very Cute

11. Gal Maid to Akuyaku Reijou: Ojousama no Happy End shika Katan!

A gyaru named Serina is reincarnated into the world of an otome game as a background character who is sold off by her family and now works as the exclusive maid of the game's villainess Almelia. Yuri romcom hijinks ensue.

Gal Maid & Villainess: Only Milady's Happy End Will Win! has finished publishing and it has 15 Chapters. It is also Known as: ギャルメイドと悪役令嬢 ～おじょーさまのハッピーエンドしか勝たん！～, Gyaru Maid to Akuyaku Reijou: Ojoo-sama no Happy End shika Katan!, Gal Maid & Villainess, Gyaru Maid and Villainess, Gal Maid to Akuyaku Reijou: Ojoo-sama no Happy End shika Katan!

10. Eiyuu ni Akogareta Shoujo wa Kyuuketsuki ni Ochitemo Eiyuu o Mezasu

"We kill all vampires. We share our own fallen ‘blood’ and use it as a weapon...!"

The Arbitration Knight Order, which travels around the world to keep the peace. Rinslet, who has just become a regular knight, meets Yuri, a vampire girl with cool silver hair and crimson eyes. She kills her own kind by manipulating the power of her ‘blood suit’, which materialises blood into swords, bows and arrows, but Rinslet knows that she is an abomination, and her feelings for her are mutual. She becomes Yuri's kin in exchange for her life, and her goal is...?

A Girl Who Longed to Be a "Hero" Aims to Be a "Hero" Even if She Falls Into Becoming a Vampire has finished publishing and it has 16 Chapters. It is also Known as: 『英雄』に憧れた少女は吸血鬼に堕ちても『英雄』を目指す, Eiyuu ni Akogareta Shoujo wa Kyuuketsuki ni Ochitemo Eiyuu o Mezasu

9. Tsukiatte agete mo ii ka na

For as long as she’s known, Miwa’s been into women - and now she’s at university, it might finally be time for her to come out of her straight-passing shell. Of course, that takes a lot of confidence, and coming out is never easy - but could Saeko, her trashy popular weirdo of a friend, give her the help she needs - or just maybe, could the two of them be more alike than Miwa realises…?!

This series is a reimagining of tmfly’s earlier work of the same name.

How Do We Relationship? has finished publishing and it has 133 Chapters. It is also Known as: 付き合ってあげてもいいかな, So, Do You Wanna Go Out, Or?

8. Winter Before Spring

Hana has recently just fallen in love with her best friend, who just happens to be a girl. After a confrontation with her best friend, Hana accidentally blurts out and confesses her true feelings. Fearing that she would be rejected, her friend accepts her feelings graciously and they start dating. Is this a dream? Hana, overwhelmed with happiness as her wish came true- is suddenly struck down, her world crashing down as she finds out the nasty truth about her best friend.

Winter Before Spring has finished publishing and it has 62 Chapters. It is also Known as: Winter Before Spring

7. Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?)

Longing to be a normie, I, Renako Amaori, am finally making my high school debut after working so hard for it. However due to my communication impairment I have a gloomy aura, and after being in the normie group day in day out, I got so exhausted and said "I can't do this anymore!" I've reached my limit!

During that time I accidentally met the top student of our school, perfect in face and figure unrivaled in sword and pen, our school's best high school girl, Mai Ouzuka, and we found in each other someone who we could open up to and talk about our own troubles. What a nice friend I made, now I can surely get back on my own feet... is what I thought!

"It seems that you, even as a girl, have made me fall in love with you."

"...What?!"

Mai suddenly confessed to me.

Wait! What about our friendship?!

Thus we have feelings we cannot tell each other, friendship or a romantic relationship, we're presenting each other the goods about them and put them into practice to see what kind of relationship works best for us.

Can I succeed, or will my best high school life ...!!

There’s No Freaking Way I’ll be Your Lover! Unless… is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: わたしが恋人になれるわけないじゃん、ムリムリ! (※ムリじゃなかった!?), Watanare, Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Naijan, Muri Muri! (*Muri Janakatta!?), There's No Way I Can Have a Lover! *Or Maybe There Is?

6. Kono Koi wo Hoshi ni wa Negawanai

A beautiful and delicate love story in which different kinds of "love" intersect.

There is no wish upon a star has finished publishing and it has 25 Chapters. It is also Known as: この恋を星には願わない, Kono Koi wo Hoshi ni wa Negawanai

5. Sugar Girl Drip

Marie, a sparkling university student and influencer with an overflowing psychological need for approval, gets a part-time job at a diner-concept cafe for the sake of getting to wear the uniform. There, she meets Aki, a so-called "minefield kid." A major life-changing incident occurs, and they end up spending time together as accomplices...!? So begins an overdose of desire in the neon-lit city that never sleeps!!

Sugar Girl Drip has finished publishing and it has 25 Chapters. It is also Known as: シュガーガール・ドリップ, Sugar Girl Drip

4. Koushin Koinu ni Koibumi wo

The stage is a modern school that fosters female officers, "Girl's Only Army School".
A girl, Indou Shinobu, who came out from the countryside, meets Kagami a high-class senior student.
Contrary to her high-handed attitude, Kagami occasionally shows kindness to Indou.

A Love Letter for the Marching Puppy has finished publishing and it has 26 Chapters. It is also Known as: 行進子犬に恋文を, Koushin Koinu ni Koibumi wo

3. Doushitara Osananajimi no Kanojo ni Naremasu ka!?

High schoolers Minami Ikoma and Yuzu Makita have been childhood friends since grade school. Since their parents are friends, they have always been together. However, as Minami sees her friend get confessed to, feelings in her own heart start to sprout. A romantic comedy of two childhood friend starts.

How Do I Get Together With My Childhood Friend♀? has finished publishing and it has 28 Chapters. It is also Known as: どうしたら幼馴染♀の彼女になれますか！？, Doushitara Osananajimi ♀️ no Kanojo ni Naremasu Ka!?

2. Ane ni Naritai Ane VS Yuri ni Naritai Imouto

One day, Shio arrives home to find that her mother has gotten remarried and is going on a business trip with her new husband, leaving Shio with her new stepsister Kafka. Being only a day older than Kafka, Shio is concerned that Kafka will try to take the big sister position from her. Kafka, on the other hand, is determined to make Shio, who was her first love, fall for her.

The Big Stepsis Who Wants to Be a Big Sister vs. The Little Stepsis Who Wants to Be Yuri has finished publishing and it has 64 Chapters. It is also Known as: 姉になりたい義姉VS百合になりたい義妹, Ane ni Naritai Ane VS Yuri ni Naritai Imouto

1. Goshujinsama to Watashi

Mel is a young maid who has just started working for her Master, and she's falling in love.

Master and Me has finished publishing and it has 3 Chapters. It is also Known as: ご主人様とわたし, Master and Me