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Shoujo manga magazines typically feature stories with female leads: the character whose perspective and inner thoughts primarily narrate the story to the audience.

The manga collected in this stack are original works serialized in these same shoujo magazines, but instead feature a male leading character. Story plots can fall into any genre and vary widely, including Romance, Adventure, Horror, or Comedy.

Please note Boys Love (BL) stories and male casts with heavy BL subtext are excluded from this stack. Manga serialized in josei magazines are also excluded as there are specific publications which have a higher tendency to feature only male characters.

Named after Osamu Tezuka, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (手塚治虫文化賞, Tezuka Osamu Bunkashō) is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan.

The Creative Award (also called the New Creator Award) is given to works which display novel talents, including innovative presentation and groundbreaking themes.

(Source: Wikipedia)

The following authors won the award for multiple works, and thus are not included here:
Kyou Machiko in 2014 for Mitsuami no Kamisama, U, Ano ne, and mina-mo-no-gram.
Tajima Rettou in 2020 for Mizu wa Umi ni Mukatte Nagareru and Goaisatsu: Tajima Rettou Tanpenshuu.
Taniguchi Natsuko in 2022 for Kyoushitsu no Katasumi de Seishun ga Hajimaru and Konya Sukiyaki da yo.

The Japan Media Arts Festival is an annual festival held since 1997 by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. The festival begins with an open competition and culminates with the awarding of several prizes and an exhibition.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Romance is one of the most popular genres both in anime and manga. Other media such as K-Drama, Webtoon, or Manhwas most of them featured romance stories that were mostly led by Female protagonists while in Anime and Manga there are many Romance stories led by Male protagonists. Romance with a male protagonist is usually published in Shounen and Seinen Magazines and a few in Shoujo and Josei magazines. Therefore, I'm willing to share my list of Romance Manga With Male Protagonist, so people who like Romance stories, especially Male audiences can enjoy the Manga

Stories that evoke strong emotions and convey one/multiple "moral of the story".

Range from light-hearted cheerful slice-of-life to dark psychological tragedy.

Some are highly philosophical and can shift your perception of life, happiness, morality, humanity, etc.

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

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
Part 7:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55031

Removed entry from this list
-"Oshi no Ko" (Spring 2023)
-Akuyaku Reijou nanode Last Boss wo Kattemimashita (Fall 2022)
-Amagami-san Chi no Enmusubi (Fall 2024)
-Ame to Kimi to (??? 2025)
-Ao no Hako (Fall 2204)
-Blue Lock (Fall 2022)
-Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu (Spring 2023)
-Chainsaw Man (Fall 2022)
-Dandadan (Fall 2024)
-Dark Gathering (Summer 2023)
-Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction (Spring 2024)
-Dungeon Meshi (Winter 2024)
-Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman (Fall 2022)
-Giji Harem (Summer 2024)
-Helck (Summer 2023)
-Hoshi no Samidare (Summer 2022)
-Isekai Ojisan (Summer 2022)
-Jigokuraku (Spring 2023)
-Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! (Fall 2022)
-Kaii to Otome to Kamikakushi (Spring 2024)
-Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia (Spring 2023)
-Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo (Fall 2023)
-Kimi wa Meido-sama (Fall 2024)
-Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu (Winter 2025)
-Koori Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Douryou Joshi (Winter 2023)
-Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai (Winter 2023)
-Kumichou Musume to Sewagakari (Summer 2022)
-Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (Fall 2023)
-Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san (Winter 2024)
-Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete (Winter 2024)
-Maou no Ore ga Dorei Elf wo Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dou Medereba Ii? (Spring 2024)
-Mashle (Spring 2023)
-Mato Seihei no Slave (Winter 2024)
-My Home Hero (Spring 2023)
-Pluto (Fall 2023)
-Ragna Crimson (Fall 2023)
-Rebuild World (???)
-Reincarnation no Kaben (???)
-Saikyou no Shienshoku "Wajutsushi" de Aru Ore wa Sekai Saikyou Clan wo Shitagaeru (Fall 2024)
-Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Uta (Spring 2024)
-Sengoku Youko (Winter 2024)
-Shiro Seijo to Kuro Bokushi (Summer 2023)
-Skip to Loafer (Spring 2023)
-Solo Leveling (Winter 2024)
-Sousou no Frieren (Fall 2023)
-Suki na Ko ga Megane wo Wasureta (Summer 2023)
-Tengoku Daimakyou (Spring 2023)
-Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko! (Winter 2023)
-Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Liselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san (Winter 2023)
-Uzumaki (Fall 2024)
-Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou (Fall 2023)
-Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon (Summer 2023)
-Yofukashi no Uta (Summer 2022)
-Yubisaki to Renren (Winter 2024)
-Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto (Summer 2023)

It's all about the way you see the world around you.

A great manga has the ability to drag the readers into the story and make them experience what the characters are going through. Intense battle sequences will make you hold your breath in excitement while heartbreaking scenes will make you bawl your eyes out.

But there are times when you don't want to feel such deep emotions from manga. Sometimes you just want to sit back, relax, and enjoy the story. In that case, a wholesome manga that can make you smile throughout the story is the one you should read, and these are some selections of manga that can do just that.

These are manga that are super wholesome and sweet!

The primary focus of these tend to be romance, family or other relationships. There may be a subplot, or an occasional serious scene here and there, but the vast majority of the manga is wholesome and adorable!

11/13/22: Thanks to LeturLefr for contributing!

will update regularly (hopefully)

[daily updates!]
this stack is ideal for - both - veterans and beginners alike, providing classy romantic comedy manga tropes/plots for the former and a way to skip to the next level for the latter.

stack for beginners:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/16919

These are all shoujo manga (manga targeted towards girls and young women) featuring male protagonists/main characters
[The following list includes series of VARIOUS genres]

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[Not on MAL]

-She’s My Knight
-Hunting Summer
-Ai wo Kataru nara Hisoyaka ni

Slice-of-life backed up with pleasing art and decent plot.

Manga challenge featuring a manga for every letter of the alphabet. All are completed and 7 volumes max. so have fun and expand your reading list in some unexpected ways.
Disclaimer 1: We had no idea of the content of these manga before picking them, proceed with caution.
Disclaimer 2: MAL has changed several names from their alphabet original. They are in their original place on the list. Tsuki-Teki Aijin was previously Lunatic Lovers. Kanojo-tachi no X-Day was originally just X-day.

Manga that explore a character or characters and how the characters interact with and learn about the world.

More slice of life or philosophy based.

Comforting manga that I have read/am reading!

Contains info about adaptations in the captions of every manga (make sure to tell me if I missed any adaptation ^^).

Any recommendations either to read or to add in here are welcome <3

The ultimate Diabetes Manga list (Fluffy romance).
Its all wholesome and sugary. The diabetes you need. No rivals, no missunderstanding, barely any teasing.

Just love from the heart.

- most but not all of these are shoujo and in highschool
- some are a little longer but I still recomend them :)
- some I liked more than others
- some of my favs