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. [2026 List]
- 19. Kininatteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta
- 18. Mage & Demon Queen
- 17. Qing Qifu Wo Ba, Eyi Xiaojie!
- 16. Erio to Denki Ningyou
- 15. Yume de Furarete Hajimaru Yuri Manga
- 14. Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou.
- 13. Akebi-chan no Sailor-fuku
- 12. Renjian Baili Jin
- 11. After the Curtain Call
- 10. Wei Huimie Shijie er Jiaban Ba!
- 9. ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!
- 8. Tsukiatte agete mo ii ka na
- 7. Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?)
- 6. Bai Yueguang Nü Zhu Zong Xiang Duzhan Wo
- 5. Yagate Kimi ni Naru
- 4. Genkai OL-san wa Akuyaku Reijou-sama ni Tsukaetai
- 3. Sugar Girl Drip
- 2. Maria-sama ga Miteru
- 1. Gouhou Yuri Fuufu Hon
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, Green Yuri
18. 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 has finished publishing and it has 190 Chapters. It is also Known as: Mage and Demon Queen
17. 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!
16. Erio to Denki Ningyou
The story centers around Anjie, an electric doll, and Erio, a human raised by her. In order for Erio to experience the outside world, the two set out on a journey.
Erio and Electric Doll is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: エリオと電気人形, Erio to Denki Ningyou
15. 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
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. Akebi-chan no Sailor-fuku
The setting is Roubai Private Academy, a prestigious girls' middle school in the country. For Akebi Komichi, donning this school's sailor uniform is a dream come true. Her middle school dream life is finally beginning. Verdant open countryside vistas. The slowly flowing time of youth.
(Source MU)
Akebi's Sailor Uniform is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 明日ちゃんのセーラー服, Akebi-chan no Serafuku, Akebi-chan no Serafuku, Akebi-chan's Sailor Uniform, Школьная форма Акэби-тян, 明日同学的水手服, 明日酱的水手服, 明日醬的水手服, 아케비 쨩의 세일러복
12. Renjian Baili Jin
Baili Jin, a fairy who was living in heaven, eating and drinking without a care, broke her Majesty’s colourful, stained-glass plate at her birthday and got banished to the mortal realm. Now she has to begin her adventures in the mortal realm with all of her spiritual powers gone! In order to survive, the former fairy has to deliver take-out.... An endearingly silly fairy, a gentle restaurant manager, a reserved top student and a hard to resist yandere onee-san (kind on the outside, dark/possessive on the inside) , let the story of their beautiful friendship and youthful days begin!
Source: Bilibili Comics
Baili Jin Among Mortals is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Renjian Baili Jin
11. After the Curtain Call
Soyoung is devastated when her favorite musical actor is swallowed up by the world of TV. Just after she quits supporting him, she discovers charismatic actress Jaeyi in a theater performance of "Macbeth" and becomes a fan at first sight. By meeting Jaeyi after her shows and even doing her a favor, Soyoung goes from a mere fan to her good friend. But when Jaeyi has to work with celebrity actress Hyesun, who she has a troubled past with, it unexpectedly sours their friendship. All Soyoung wanted was to support her favorite actress... so why does this new development bother her so much?
Source: TappyToon
After the Curtain Call has finished publishing and it has 51 Chapters. It is also Known as: After the Curtain Call
10. Wei Huimie Shijie er Jiaban Ba!
Limbo is a shut-in girl who doesn't care for anything except her tentacle comics. Aside from that, everything else is meaningless. On her birthday she wished for the "destruction of the world" and was instead met with a demonic female programmer!
The two instantly hit it off, bonding over their common goal of world destruction, the two "project partners" hustle hard everyday to bring the world to an end with hilarious effect.
Working Overtime to Destroy the World! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Wei Huimie Shijie er Jiaban Ba!
9. ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!
Flum Apricot was never meant to be a hero. Despite zero stats across the board and a power she can’t even use, she somehow finds herself included in a party of heroes. But Flum’s life hits rock bottom when the party’s renowned sage, Jean Inteige, decides that the useless girl is dead weight, and arranges to have her sold into slavery. Tossed to monsters to be feasted upon for her master’s entertainment, Flum makes the desperate choice to reach for a cursed weapon…and something new awakens within her. A grimdark tale about one woman’s blood-soaked quest to reclaim her life!
ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: "Omae Gotoki ga Maou ni Kateru to Omou na" to Yuusha Party wo Tsuihou Sareta node, Outo de Kimama ni Kurashitai, 「お前ごときが魔王に勝てると思うな」と勇者パーティを追放されたので、王都で気ままに暮らしたい, ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!
8. 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?
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. 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
5. 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
4. Genkai OL-san wa Akuyaku Reijou-sama ni Tsukaetai
A heart-pounding re-employment(!?) story between a fed-up corporate slave and a cold, callous, villainess!
Three years after graduating college, Natori Midori, who once idealized the "grown-up adults" she saw as a child, was working hard at her temp job. However, one day, her contract was suddenly terminated for an absurd reason. As she sat there, wondering if there would ever be a workplace worth devoting herself to, her phone flashed and she found herself transmigrated into the world of the visual novel game she was playing. And before her eyes was the villainess, Lapis Tenebrae, who betrayed the heroine and committed countless atrocities before losing her life!
The Fed Up Office Lady Wants to Serve the Villainess is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 限界OLさんは悪役令嬢さまに仕えたい, Genkai OL-san wa Akuyaku Reijou-sama ni Tsukaetai
3. 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
2. Maria-sama ga Miteru
Yumi Fukuzawa, who is basically a nobody and a first year student at Lillian Academy, a Catholic exclusive school for girls with a tradition that older girls take a younger girl as their little sister or "soeur", suddenly finds herself interacting with the members of the Yamayurikai and their soeurs when an innocent encounter leads Sachiko to impulsively ask Yumi to be her soeur.
The Virgin Mary is Watching has finished publishing and it has 48 Chapters. It is also Known as: マリア様がみてる, Rosen unter Marias Obhut, Maria Watches Over Us, MariMite
1. Gouhou Yuri Fuufu Hon
In a country far far away, the inhabitants are very similar to humans but the two distinct differences are their animal ears and their acceptance of same-sex marriage. 25-year-old Haru never had time to think of romance once her father suddenly died. Now that she is the last of her mother's unwed daughters, her uncle proposes an arranged marriage between her and a beautiful woman. Haru accepts and the two are rushed through the ceremony. Now, they find themselves married to a stranger and adjusting to a new life as a married couple. Becoming closer, learning about one another, and falling in love...
Legally Married Yuri Couple has finished publishing and it has 8 Chapters. It is also Known as: 合法百合夫婦本, Legally Married Yuri Couple, Yuri Fuufu Manga
