What is this genre all about? Shoujo Ai means girls love, and thus explores what happens when two girls (or women) fall in love. This is not to be mistaken for Yuri which is (or, at least, how this term is often used by the western audience) used in adult works. This is not; that means there is no graphical sex.
The male version is Shounen Ai.
We present you the list of Shoujo Ai manga you should read right now.
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Top 19 Shoujo Ai manga you should read right now. [2024 List]
- 19. Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta
- 18. Hana ni Arashi
- 17. Amayo no Tsuki
- 16. Qing Qifu Wo Ba, Eyi Xiaojie!
- 15. Tsukiatte agete mo ii ka na
- 14. Yuru Yuri
- 13. Bai Yueguang Nü Zhu Zong Xiang Duzhan Wo
- 12. Gonglüe Mowang De Nüsheng Qinshi
- 11. Mage & Demon Queen
- 10. Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou.
- 9. Is it Normal to Raise a Yandere Heroine as a Villainess ?!
- 8. Naneun Amy-reul Saranghae
- 7. Pastel Love
- 6. Moonlight Garden
- 5. Neta Character Tensei toka Anmari da! The Comic
- 4. Yume de Furarete Hajimaru Yuri Manga
- 3. Oomuro-ke
- 2. Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna
- 1. Master of the Fox Bead
19. 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
18. Hana ni Arashi
Nanoha and Chidori are students at an all-girls school who are dating but trying to keep this a secret from all of their classmates.
Rainbows After Storms has finished publishing and it has 162 Chapters. It is also Known as: はなにあらし, Nanoha to Chidori, A Storm of Flowers
17. Amayo no Tsuki
One day, while rushing to a piano lesson, a girl named Saki collides with someone on the street. As Saki collects herself, the stranger picks up the sheet music Saki dropped, hands it to Saki together with a band-aid, and continues on her way—all without saying a word. Saki is left wondering about the identity of the tall, lovely stranger, only to discover the next day that she is one of her classmates at her new high school. The girl’s name is Kanon, and though she is hearing impaired, she refuses any kind of support or “special treatment” from her teachers or classmates. Over the course of the year, Saki slowly grows closer to Kanon and begins to chip away at her cold exterior.
The Moon on a Rainy Night is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 雨夜の月, La luna en una noche de lluvia, 雨夜之月, Der Mond in einer Regennacht
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. 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? is currently publishing and has 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?
14. Yuru Yuri
Four mischievous girls illegally occupy the former Traditional Tea Ceremony clubroom, in order to create the "Amusement Club." These scamps...who ignore repeated warnings - in direct rebellion with the righteous directives of the Student Council - decide to remain in the room until they finally get off their bums and do something! In this slightly sluggish manga, full of fits and starts, the four girls set off from their homes for a walk together with days full of a little this and that! ♪
Yuru Yuri is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ゆるゆり, Yuruyuri
13. 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 is currently publishing and has 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
12. Gonglüe Mowang De Nüsheng Qinshi
The modern-day lady-assassin found herself transmigrated into a trashy European-fantasy otome game, where she has to make the Demon Lord fall in love with her in order to save the world. Instead, she trained the villainess Lady Lisa in assassin's skills, hoping that Lisa would eventually kill her and allow her to return to the real world. But all that intimate physical contact and her own earnestness during the training caused Lisa to fall in love with her instead?
Gonglüe Mowang De Nüsheng Qinshi has finished publishing and it has 92 Chapters. It is also Known as: Attacking the Girls' Dormitory of Demon King, Attacking the Demon King of Girls' Dormitory, Attacking the Girls' Dormitory of the Demon King, Gonglve Mowang De Nvsheng Qinshi
11. Mage & Demon Queen
Adventurers seek to take the demon queen’s head, but a young female mage wishes to take her hand.
(Souce: Line Webtoon)
Mage & Demon Queen is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Mage & Demon Queen
10. 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
9. Is it Normal to Raise a Yandere Heroine as a Villainess ?!
Jiang Yang is a game artist out gathering material for the game she was working on when she fell off a cliff and transmigrated into a world of immortal cultivation. She diligently cultivated her way to immortality, and she was about to ascend and return to her own world when a mysterious glitch caused her to transmigrate again, this time into a world of magic (like the start of an otome game). She met the main heroine, who was being bullied by the villainess at the Magic Academy, and that was when Jiang Yang realized that this is the world of the game she was working on? Now her fate is tied to Xin Lu, the heroine of the game. Jiang Yang thought that if she just beat the game, she can finally return home. But as the story progressed, she remembered all the over-the-top plotlines made up by the lousy writers, and she can't stand seeing Xin Lu suffer through it anymore. So she steps in and helps Xin Lu reject the playboy prince, teaches her cultivation techniques to fight off the bullies, and even seduces Xin Lu herself! As they become more intimate with each other, Jiang Yang starts to realize that her fate might intertwine with Xin Lu more than she realized…
Is it Normal to Raise a Yandere Heroine as a Villainess ?! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Shen Wei E Yi Nv Pei De Wo Yang Cheng Bìng Jiao Nv Zhu Hen Zheng Chang Ba?!, It Would Be Normal for a Supporting Villainess Like Me to Raise the Yandere Heroine, Right?!, As a Villainous Heroine, It's Normal for Me to Develop the Heroine to Be Yandere, Right?
8. Naneun Amy-reul Saranghae
"Is this how it feels to have a friend?"
Bibi is obsessed with Peter, the prince of the school. When she spots Amy next to him, she starts to feel jealous. She invites Amy to her house to warn her, but instead takes a liking to the girl. They agree to be friends on the condition that Amy has to help Bibi confess.
Note: The chapter count includes 10 extra chapters.
I Love Amy has finished publishing and it has 56 Chapters. It is also Known as: Naneun Amy-reul Saranghae
7. Pastel Love
"Millie" (blonde), the perfect little girl whose life is equipped with everything, but because of her mother who doesn't have time, Millie has become an everyday indifferent person until she meets "Zen" (black hair), an ordinary little girl whose life only focused on studying, without Zen knowing that she herself made Millie's heart beat again.
Pastel Love has finished publishing and it has 62 Chapters. It is also Known as: Pastel Love: A Minimal Love Story
6. Moonlight Garden
The enchanting flower maidens of Moonlight Garden are coveted by all, as they are known to provide sexual pleasures beyond the imagination. But Dohwa, a young flower maiden who has not yet “bloomed,” concocts potions in the hopes of escaping her destined fate at the brothel. One night, she is caught stealing ingredients for her potions by Lady Hyewon, the new mistress of the Garden. But it turns out Dohwa isn’t the only one with an agenda. Lady Hyewon harbors a few terrible secrets of her own
Moonlight Garden has finished publishing and it has 98 Chapters. It is also Known as: Moonlight Garden
5. Neta Character Tensei toka Anmari da! The Comic
Toru Aikawa is a university student who spends his days going through the motions of attending school and working at a local convenience store. The only time he really feels alive is when he’s playing the massive multiplayer VR game Real World Online. One day, he has a stroke of luck: he’s hit by a runaway bus and reincarnated as his game character. But something’s gone wrong... Instead of the invincible warrior he mains, he’s in the body of Nacht Schatten, the alluring dragon princess he made as a joke! Nacht’s build is anything but optimized—she would never survive in the cutthroat world of an isekai story! And more to the point, she’s a girl! But perhaps things aren’t as bad as they seem. Perhaps Nacht Schatten is more capable than she appears.
Did I Seriously Just Get Reincarnated as My Gag Character?! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ネタキャラ転生とかあんまりだ! THE COMIC, Neta Character Tensei toka Anmari da! The Comic
4. Yume de Furarete Hajimaru Yuri Manga
Tsukushi, an ordinary high school student, has a childhood friend, Hinoka, who is cool and a beauty but in many ways unguarded. They have always been together and thought it would continue that way, until Tsukushi had a dream in which she dreamt she confessed her love to Hinoka and was rejected...
A Yuri Manga That Starts With Getting Rejected in a Dream is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 夢でフラれてはじまる百合漫画, 夢でフラれてはじまる百合, Our Yuri Started with Me Getting Rejected in a Dream
3. Oomuro-ke
A spin-off of the Yuru Yuri series featuring Sakurako and her sisters.
Oomuro-ke is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 大室家, Ohmuro Family, Oomuroke, OMRK
2. Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna
Nomoto lives alone. While trying to de-stress from work she ends up making far too much food for her to eat. When she remembers Kasuga, her neighbor who loves to eat, and can put a lot away, a friendship – and more – is born!
Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 作りたい女と食べたい女, The woman who love to cook and the woman who love to eat, TsukuTabe, つくたべ
1. Master of the Fox Bead
Lee Jinhwa lived an ordinary life until she swallowed a fox bead gifted by a mysterious peddler, mistaking it for a wish-fulfilling marble. Little did Jinhwa know that her actions would lead her to be haunted by Koo Miho, an infamous nine-tailed fox who wishes to retrieve the bead. To add fuel to the fire, Jinhwa soon discovers that she's also become a target for various spirits and demons, and the only way to extract the cause of the issue is for Miho to kill her... or kiss her!
Master of the Fox Bead has finished publishing and it has 60 Chapters. It is also Known as: 玉の主, Bead Master, Bead's Owner, Marble's Owner, The Bead's Owner, The Marble's Owner
