Hoshifuru Oukoku no Nina
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The Kodansha Manga Award (講談社漫画賞, Kōdansha Manga Shō) is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha.

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The main characters in these stories are bought at an auction, sold at a slave market, or exchanged for cash or other goods in a private sale. This is a common plot device in ecchi and smutty romance stories but is certainly not limited to them. Many purchased protagonists are victims of human trafficking or forced marriages, although some people willingly sell themselves to pay a debt, help someone they love, or escape what they feel is an even worse fate. Characters can be bought for a variety of different reasons, including cases where good samaritans pay specifically to rescue slaves and liberate them from slavery.

Here are all the josei manga I think one should read in order to cover all bases. I organized this list by general theme, with publishing series at the bottom.

We start off with the classic slice of life and coming of age stories, then to a couple of autobiographical manga, then to the dark and realistic drama stories, then to action and horror stories, then to mystery stories, then to the rom-coms, then to the more light-hearted slice of life stories, and lastly to the important ongoing series.

I'm currently using this list too, despite me being the one who created it!

Here are some really good fantasy shoujosei mangas if you're looking for your next read. I also included some manhwas and magical girls.

For my list of romance shoujo check the link down below:

https://myanimelist.net/stacks/25619

all the shoujo + josei manga currently scheduled to release volume 1's of english prints in 2023! wanted to make this stack for anyone whos like me and wants to keep track of the new shojo and josei that is coming out this year so they can add some to their collection. i will try to keep this updated if more series are announced throughout the year, enjoy <3

Edit: We have so many coming out this year that i had to break it up into 2 stacks!

A collection of romance mangas that have fantasy or supernatural element in them.

These are all having romance as main or sub element in the plot. Some of the recommendations may get a bit dark but still are romance mangas.

The best way for the items chosen to be represented would be:
Something close to if Witch Hat Atelier (Tongari Boushi no Atelier) had a little older cast and a touch of romance.


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Manga eBook bundle available on Humblebundle.com during February 2024 raising money for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation.

List of manga/light novels that have PVs, CMs or Voice Manga with characters voiced by Uchiyama Kouki

Not yet added to MAL datebase:
Slaine Einswards from "Oshi (Uso) no Hittou Majutsushi-sama ga "Oretachi, Ryou Omoi Dattan da ne" to Dekiai Shitekurun desu ga!?"
PV https://youtu.be/KC-uA-pE8Jk
Voice Manga https://youtu.be/Zd5khrTTvCA

List of manga/light novels that have PVs, CMs or Voice Manga with characters voiced by Umehara Yuuichirou

Not yet added to MAL datebase:
"Oshikare Shimazaki-kun" CM https://youtu.be/6Dmm7SPPEUY
Ichigaya in "Batsu 3 na no de Tokimeki Kinshi desu" CM https://youtu.be/KpLYJ6h1En4
Itaru in "Kimi to Shitai Kara Derarenai Heya" CM https://youtu.be/MXAX3KJ86MI
Ginichi in "Ryuu ni Kou" TVCM https://youtu.be/KBIrc5gEjpE
Giru Haruto in "Migawari Konyaku Shananoni, Gin Okami Heika Ga Doshitemo Hanashitekuremasen!" Voice Manga https://youtu.be/jEUzzRf8bj4
Kumada Youshichi in "Kumagurashi" PV https://youtu.be/OX4JOwrSHc0

Court intrigue means political games in a feudal monarchy and aristocracy-based setting similar to Game of Thrones's political machinations. The court intrigue theme is usually part of the historical or fantasy genre.

Isekai/reincarnation in a novel or video game world isn't allowed. The isekai/parallel world has to be diegetic (has to be real in the story and not a novel or video game world created by a human).

Time travel in the same body is okay.

Here's some of my favorite completed and ongoing manga. FUN some of these are getting English licensed this year! Some even have anime adaptations. This really is a random stack as someone who reads a lot of manga I would love if other people read these!

Collection of Mangas with detailed and unique art styles. Art that is very detailed.

This is a list of the Shojo and Josei manga that have received physical releases from Kodansha, even if some of them are Out of Print.

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56770

Notably, I am NOT including any titles which have been physically released by Seven Seas or Yen Press in this list as Kodansha was not the one to give them a physical release.

I will include any titles which were previously published by another publisher that Kodansha has re-released.

I will also NOT include any titles released under Vertical Inc comics, which is under Kodansha. I have separate lists for Yen Press, Seven Seas and Vertical Inc Shojo and Josei releases. (For manga physically released under Vertical, see this list: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56497)

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