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 20 Shoujo Ai manga you should read right now. [2024 List]
- 20. Qing Qifu Wo Ba, Eyi Xiaojie!
- 19. Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau
- 18. Tamen De Gushi
- 17. SQ: Begin W/Your Name!
- 16. Yume de Furarete Hajimaru Yuri Manga
- 15. Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?)
- 14. Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou.
- 13. Yagate Kimi ni Naru
- 12. Mage & Demon Queen
- 11. Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl
- 10. Anemone wa Netsu wo Obiru
- 9. Kase-san and...
- 8. Usotsuki Satsuki Shi ga Mieru
- 7. Ishuzoku Joshi ni OO Suru Hanashi
- 6. Wish You Were Gone
- 5. Ouji-sama Nante Iranai
- 4. Tsukiatte agete mo ii ka na
- 3. Joshi Shougakusei Hajimemashita
- 2. Lily
- 1. Kanojo to Camera to Kanojo no Kisetsu
20. 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!
19. Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau
Himari fell in love with the band and Sakura at the new student welcome party when the band performedl.
Himari talked to Sakura, and she fell in love with her smile.
Whisper Me a Love Song is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ささやくように恋を唄う, Прошепчу тебе песню о любви, Whispering Love Song, I love you like whispering, Whispering You a Love Song
18. Tamen De Gushi
The funny romantic story of how Qiu Tong and Sun Jing met and fell in love.
Their Story is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: SQ: Begin W/Your Name!, Tamen De Gushi, SQ: Cong Ni De Mingzi Kaishi, SQ从你的名字开始
17. SQ: Begin W/Your Name!
The funny romantic story of how Qiu Tong and Sun Jing met and fell in love.
Note: this entry is for the published volume and not the ongoing webcomic.
SQ: Begin W/Your Name! has finished publishing and it has 9 Chapters. It is also Known as: SQ从你的名字开始, Their Story, Tamen De Gushi, SQ: Cong Ni De Mingzi Kaishi, SQ: Begin With Your Name!
16. 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
15. 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 Way I Can Have a Lover! *Or Maybe There Is? 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!?)
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. Yagate Kimi ni Naru
Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day she gets a love confession that sends her heart aflutter with bubbles and blushes, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her...she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That's when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity that she's inspired to ask her for help. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is Nanami herself. Has her shoujo romance finally begun?
Bloom Into You has finished publishing and it has 50 Chapters. It is also Known as: やがて君になる, Eventually, I Will Become You
12. 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
11. Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl
Being a girl is harder than it looks...
For Hazumu, this couldn't be truer, because just the other day, she...was a he.
Shunned by the girl of his dreams, Hazumu loses himself in the mountains and is promptly squashed by an oncoming space ship. The alien inside, feeling guilty, rebuilds Hazumu's body...but as the wrong gender!
Now Hazumu must learn how to be the girl his parents always wanted while dealing with the trials and tribulations of being caught in a love triangle between two girls--his childhood friend, Tomari, and Yasuna, the girl who rejected him but is now strangely attracted to him/her!
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Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ has finished publishing and it has 35 Chapters. It is also Known as: かしまし ~ガール・ミーツ・ガール~, Kashimashi, Kasimasi
10. Anemone wa Netsu wo Obiru
Nagisa Ootsuki shed her former self out of shame from failing her highschool entrance exams. On her first day in her new highschool, who does she meet but the girl who made her fail the exam! How does Nagisa deal with these complicated emotions?
Anemone is in Heat is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: アネモネは熱を帯びる, The Girl Doesn't Know Her Heat., Anemone wa Netsu o Obiru
9. Kase-san and...
Yamada may be shy and rather clumsy, but the flower gardens at her school have always brought her happiness. Suddenly, a different sort of beauty catches her eye—the vivacious track star, Kase-san. Although the two girls don’t seem to have much in common, they soon start a romance where each must learn an important lesson in tending their budding relationship. Can the two girls, so different from each other, learn how to make their first love blossom?
Kase-san and... has finished publishing and it has 24 Chapters. It is also Known as: Kase-san Series, 加瀬さんシリーズ, Kase-san Series, Kase-san and Morning Glories, Kase-san and Bento, Kase-san and Shortcake, Kase-san and Apron, Asagao to Kase-san., Obentou to Kase-san., Shortcake to Kase-san., Epuron to Kase-san., Shortcake to Kase-san, Kase-san and an Apron, Sakura to Kase-san
8. Usotsuki Satsuki Shi ga Mieru
"You... are going to die tomorrow."
Satsuki Minazuki, 16 years old. Apart from being antisocial and declaring the death of her classmates, she is a normal second-year high school student. Her nickname is "Liar Satsuki." However, her eyes alone are abnormal. What she is gazing at is...
Liar Satsuki Can See Death is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ウソツキ皐月は死が視える, Usotsuki Satsuki Shi ga Mieru
7. Ishuzoku Joshi ni OO Suru Hanashi
The only human student at an all-girl school is on a mission to sexually harass each of the monster girls.
A Story About Doing XX to Girls From Different Species has finished publishing and it has 57 Chapters. It is also Known as: 異種族女子に○○する話, Ishuzoku Joshi ni marumaru Suru Hanashi, Isyuzoku Joshi ni ○○ Suru Hanashi, Isyuzoku Joshi ni maru maru suru Hanashi
6. Wish You Were Gone
Chrissy—Chrysanthemum—Han met the love of her life as she hit rock bottom. Her boyfriend cheated with another woman and, worst of all, she was cute! When the other woman decides to pay off the debt of Chrissy's ex boyfriend, Chrissy can't help but slowly fall for her. Can a love like this last or will she wish she was gone like all the rest?
Wish You Were Gone has finished publishing and it has 80 Chapters. It is also Known as: It would be great if you didn't exist, I do not Want You., I hope you did not
5. 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
4. 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?
3. Joshi Shougakusei Hajimemashita
A 30-year-old salary man makes a wish to be a girl. A chanting object runs toward him, and the next thing he knows he has became a loli elementary school girl.
Joshi Shougakusei Hajimemashita has finished publishing and it has 63 Chapters. It is also Known as: 女子小学生はじめました, Joshi Shougakusei Hajimemashita
2. Lily
Yilin bumps into the tomboy Rouxi, sparking an interest between each other that slowly blooms.
Lily is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Lily (Yy)
1. Kanojo to Camera to Kanojo no Kisetsu
Miyama Akari is a poor high school student with a part-time job, and she's tired of fitting in with all the girls who do their best to look and act the same. One girl in her class, Sendo Yuki, is different from the others. She rarely speaks or interacts with the other girls in the class, and Akari finds her intriguing. After she follows Yuki during lunch one day, Akari sees a whole other side of her, one that is fascinated with cameras and photography.
As Akari and Yuki become friends, Akari can't ignore her growing attraction to Yuki. To make matters more confusing, a boy from their class, Rintaro, has started openly and persistently flirting with Akari. High school is a bewildering time for the heart, and Akari's is no exception...
She, her camera and her seasons. has finished publishing and it has 36 Chapters. It is also Known as: 彼女とカメラと彼女の季節, KanoCame