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Media targeting women roughly 18-40
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The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior
(The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior)
7.69
Description:
Pride Royal Ivy is only eight years old when she realizes that she’s been reincarnated, destined to become the future wicked queen and final boss of an otome game. She’s got it all in this new life: razor-sharp wit, boss-tier powers, and influence over the kingdom as crown princess. Determined to sow despair and destruction across the land, she… Wait, what kind of a rotten future is that?! Princess Pride decides to drop the maniacal villainess plan and protect the male love interests instead, cheating her way to saving everyone she can! Will this final boss end up earning the adoration of her kingdom? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) Note: Cancelled due to authors health. Type
manga
Volumes
3
Chapters
18
Rating
Teens 13 or older
Status
finished
Started
2020-03-19
Genderless Danshi ni Aisareteimasu.
(My Androgynous Boyfriend)
7.28
Description:
Wako and her androgynous boyfriend don't exactly have the most traditional of relationships. She spends her days working hard in the world of publishing, while he spends his time obsessing over fashion and makeup—all with the goal of making himself beautiful just for her. This romantic slice-of-life story is about love, relationships, and breaking with tradition! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) Type
manga
Status
current
Started
2018-02-08
Pietà
()
7.13
Description:
A story about two classmates who become friends, Sahoko and Rio. Rio is depressed and self-abusive and isn't loved by her "family" (which consists of her father, stepmother, and stepbrother), but Sahoko seems to be the bright spot in her life. Sahoko also seems to have a mysterious past and doesn't seem to have a good relationship with her parents; she lives with her aunt. It's also hinted at that Sahoko and Rio have met once before, when they were much younger... (Source: Lililicious) Type
manga
Volumes
2
Chapters
6
Status
finished
Started
1998-04-01
Kyoufu no Juusou
7.44
Description:
A one-shot about a strange curse visited on a family after an archaeological dig. Type
oneshot
Chapters
1
Rating
Status
finished
Started
2017-02-13
How to Hide the Emperor's Child
(How to Hide the Emperor's Child)
7.46
Description:
“You never loved me anyway, did you?” The marriage that Astell had been waiting for all her life came to an end in one day. She wanted to be Kaizen's wife since she was 10 years old, but all she had left was the stigma of being an empress. Astell wanted to leave. "Yes, yes, I didn't love you," Astell lied one last time to the man who was the reason for living, to the man who had been her husband for a day, so she thought she would never have any contact with him again, however... "I... I think you're pregnant?” Six years later, Astell, reunited with Kaizen, lied to him again in order to protect her child. “Who… who is that boy?” “He’s my nephew.” Source: MU Type
manhwa
Chapters
113
Rating
Teens 13 or older
Status
finished
Started
2022-02-03
Ogeha
6.52
Description:
An ordinary boy witnesses a mysterious floating object from his room. Upon investigating he discovers a bizarre creature. He decides to take it with him... Type
manga
Volumes
3
Chapters
15
Rating
Status
finished
Started
2015-02-14
Cinderella-neun Naega Anieotda
(I Wasn't the Cinderella)
7.45
Description:
People called Terryl ‘Cinderella.’ It was meant to be a charming nickname for her, who was a mere Baron’s daughter before falling in love with the second son of a Marquis. However one day, he abruptly bid adieu, leaving Terryl wounded by her lover’s betrayal. And suddenly, the so-called ‘King of the North,’ Duke of Rihan, stood in front of her. He identified himself as Terryl’s biological father, whom she assumed was no longer alive. Because she became the Duke’s daughter overnight, she had to put in a lot of work to become the Duke’s successor! Three years later, Terryl, seeking vengeance on her ex-lover, offers Cesio, the Marquis’ eldest son, a contract of engagement to take away what her former lover desired most, the title of Marquis. As the two were engaged, they became more aware of one another, and as Terryl becomes closer to Cesio, she learns an unexpected secret about him… Will ‘Cinderella’ find love by the end of this tale? Source: MU Type
manhwa
Chapters
145
Rating
Teens 13 or older
Status
finished
Started
2021-09-15
Honnou Switch
(Switch Me On)
7.48
Description:
The morning after she got dumped by her boyfriend, when she woke up, she was in the same bed as her childhood friend, Hijiri?! Despite the heartbreak and shock of it all, Koyori just can't seem to forget Hijiri telling her "I love you"…?! How do you go from being "childhood friends" to “lovers”?! Super popular on the online bookstore! An innocent first love between adults who are trying to graduate from being just childhood friends; it's a heart-racing LOVE! (Source: MangaDex) Type
manga
Volumes
9
Chapters
32
Rating
Smut
Status
finished
Started
2018-06-01
Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta...: Zettai Zetsumei! Hametsu Sunzen Hen
(My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Desperate Situation! On the Verge of Doom)
7.62
Description:
What if, when Katarina Claes was reincarnated in the dating sim from the original series, she didn’t regain the memories of her past life until she was fifteen? With less than a year to go before her destruction, Katarina must find a way to avoid all possible bad endings! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) Note: Chapter count includes 2 extra chapters. Type
manga
Volumes
3
Chapters
21
Status
finished
Started
2019-11-01
A Witch's Hopeless Wish
7.37
Description:
"If I had died then..." Caidel lost everything in a fire. With no home or family, Caidel ended up alone in an orphanage. Unfortunately, he was ostracized and had a hard time. Then one day, the Earl who knew the origins of the fire, came and asked to adopt him... "Won't you search for the white-haired woman with me?" The only clue to the arsonist was that she was a white-haired girl. She took everything from Caidel and the Earl. The truth of the incident is being unveiled... but what if the truth takes everything from me again? What should I do? (Source: MU) Type
manhwa
Chapters
132
Status
finished
Started
2019-10-18
Mushikaburi Hime
(Bibliophile Princess)
7.51
Description:
Although only the fiancée of the Crown Prince, Christopher, in name, Eliana, is a noble lady that enjoys her life by reading books all day. One fateful day, Eliana ended up knowing that there was a noble lady that apparently the prince was all affectionate with. Instantly, she thought that a girl that actually loved the prince appeared!! And, while thinking about that, Eliana started to prepare for the approaching time of when her engagement would be cancelled... The book loving Noble lady that is making a lot of misunderstandings, a Romance and Fantasy story is at last starting! (Source: MU) Type
manga
Rating
Teens 13 or older
Status
current
Started
2018-08-28
Oji-san ga Joshi***sei ni Warui Koto wo Oshieru Hanashi
7.11
Description:
"I'll teach you what's bad." As a high schooler, Ayumu's at a sensitive period in her life. She ends up being educated on adult matters by a bearded old man wearing a black t-shirt. (Source: MangaDex) Type
manga
Volumes
3
Chapters
27
Status
finished
Started
2019-05-24
A Bittersweet Couple
(A Bittersweet Couple)
7.98
Description:
A man who had been hard at work throughout his school days, appeared after 10 years and proposed to Soo-bin, who was busy refusing many blind dates, with difficult conditions to refuse. Source: MU Type
manhwa
Chapters
72
Rating
Teens 13 or older
Status
finished
Started
2020-09-14
Bugbu Gongjagnim-eul Yuhoghagessseubnida
(Charming the Duke of the North)
7.82
Description:
Selena, the top star that had the entire world’s attention, was suddenly warped to Northern Duke’s land during an accident while filming. Kalcion, the Northern Duke that saved her from the infernal beasts, offers Selena a chance to go back home in return for collecting information in various social circles by pretending to be his lover. Selena quickly accepts Kalcion’s offer, but… “Why in the world can’t you do this!?” “Don’t you think that the answer to that should be obvious to you, the actress, not to me, the duke?” There was a critical problem. The Northern Duke’s acting skills are horrible! “…Let’s change the plan. I’ll seduce you instead.” Source: NU Type
manhwa
Chapters
91
Rating
Teens 13 or older
Status
finished
Started
2022-05-08
Heunhan Binguimurin Jul Aratda
(Not Your Typical Reincarnation Story)
7.96
Description:
Of course it would be like this, I’m not the main character in my new life either. Even though I knew that I was just the Villainess in this cliche story who dies at the hands of her husband at the end, I thought I could make it work as a new opportunity to live a new life after having an unjust death before, ¡Or at least that was until I realized that I might can’t get out of the flow of the original storyline!. But if I’m going to die just like the original Villainess, ¡Then I’ll at least give a kiss to my extremely handsome husband!.He’s going to learn how to treat me right despite being the “Flower like snake woman of the Rigelhof family that he thinks I am”, And who knows? Since I’m the one in this body… maybe the plot of the story could actually change? Type
manhwa
Chapters
100
Status
finished
Started
2023-04-04
Metamorphose no Engawa
(BL Metamorphosis)
7.88
Description:
Ichinoi, a 75-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a Boy's Love manga one day…and is fascinated by what she finds inside. When she returns to the bookstore to buy the next volume, the high school girl working there–Urara, a seasoned BL fan–notices a budding fangirl when she sees one. When Urara offers to help Ichinoi explore this whole new world of fiction, the two dive into BL fandom together, and form an unlikely friendship along the way. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) Type
manga
Volumes
5
Chapters
52
Rating
Teens 13 or older
Status
finished
Started
2017-11-17
Mystery to Iu nakare
(Do Not Say Mystery)
0
Description:
The story follows mystery-solving college student Kunou Totonou. At the beginning of the story, the police bring him in for questioning on suspicion of murdering his classmate. Type
manga
Status
current
Started
2017-11-28
Sensor
(Travelogue of the Succubus)
7.05
Description:
A young woman comes across a remote village that has an unusual form of worship. (Source: MU) Type
manga
Volumes
1
Chapters
7
Rating
Status
finished
Started
2018-08-10
Hokuou Kizoku to Moukinzuma no Yukiguni Karigurashi
(The Snow Country Hunting Life of the Northern Nobleman and the Raptor Wife)
8.01
Description:
A touching story of hunting and romance takes place in the vast expanses of Nature. Ritzhardt governs a wintry territory far to the north. Sieglinde is a soldier with nicknamed the "Crimson Eagle". Ritzhardt falls in love at first sight with her, and they begin their life together... for a trial marriage of one year!? Hunting reindeer, snacking on nuts, making traditional handicrafts... In their peaceful and modest life in the land of winter, will the couple truly become husband and wife? Type
manga
Volumes
10
Chapters
100
Status
finished
Started
2018-03-30
Waltz
6.25
Description:
A young girl, Onaga, discovers her neighbor, Kashiwabara, in his balcony one hot summer night, dressed up in women's clothing. A unique relationship between them ensues. From the mangaka of Aku no Hana (Flowers of Evil) and Happiness. (Source: Batoto) Type
oneshot
Chapters
1
Rating
Status
finished
Started
2017-02-08