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KonoSugoi is an annual magazine aimed at finding out which is the best manga with content published in the year of the survey. The choice is made by a panel of judges from the manga and publishing industry, and often reflects works with a lot of potential for anime adaptation.

Due to the variety of opinions and the extensive amount of works, the list is divided between men and women. In this stack we will cover the choices of the female audience, since the origin of the awards.

Any female-oriented manga that primarily revolves around the lives of musical idols.

Note: I did not include any series that were overly explicit, or that I could not find much information about.

(Includes Manhwa and Manhua. No side series of anime/games included)

Manga that were published under the Shojo Beat/Shojo imprint by Viz Media.

An interest stack featuring the top 20 winners of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi!" (This Manga is Amazing! aka このマンガがすごい) annual magazine for 2020, with female and male winners included (so 40 winners total).

This stack will feature both male and female category winners, alternating between the female and male winners, from first place to twentieth place.

Note that there can be ties here (usually two-way), and if a category is missing some place (for example, missing 14th place in the male's category), it usually indicates that either its title was not revealed as per the author's request, or there was a tie.

Please feel free to comment/DM if any information is off/missing.

Last updated: September 2024
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Currently not on MAL:

18th place female readers’ winner:
Namida Nikomi Ai Tsurasa Mashimashi by Nikumanko

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Sources:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-11/kono-manga-ga-sugoi-editors-unveil-2020-rankings/.154203

https://myanimelist.net/amp/news/58793519

All titles currently releasing under Viz's Shojo Beat label!
Sorted by number of volumes currently released.

Recommended Manga/Manhwa that hasn't been adapted yet into anime Part 7

Part 1:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5329
Part 2:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6746
Part 3:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6748
Part 4:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55028
Part 5:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55029
Part 6:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55030

I'm defining "modern" Shojo and Josei manga to mean anything that began being published in 2013 or later. Obviously personal taste plays a role in whether you'll like something. I'm also trying to focus on Shojo and Josei manga licensed in English officially, so some excellent stories will sadly be missing from this list (they should probably get their own at some point).

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57753

Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57763

Second part of the 100 shoujo manga recommendations mentioned in their video Shoujo Manga INSPIRED Dandadan?!