Yandere Female Romantic Leads
Manga
My personal list of worthwhile stories with yandere female leads. The stack has three rules:
- Female romantic lead is an obvious yandere or shows clear yandere like tendencies. By that I mean that girl's yandere tendencies cannot be a twist warranting a spoiler tag.
- They are still a romantic lead, instead of being a rival or a mere antagonist.
- The story features an actual romance with a yandere.
That is to say, this least contains a very broad spectrum of genres and will be updated as I keep going through my reading list.
- Female romantic lead is an obvious yandere or shows clear yandere like tendencies. By that I mean that girl's yandere tendencies cannot be a twist warranting a spoiler tag.
- They are still a romantic lead, instead of being a rival or a mere antagonist.
- The story features an actual romance with a yandere.
That is to say, this least contains a very broad spectrum of genres and will be updated as I keep going through my reading list.
Manga, 3 vol, 2020
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Author:10
It's a tragedy. It's a gripping tragedy dripping with interpersonal, but a tragedy nonetheless. It's also a great example of a darker yandere story that still fits my criteria for what constitutes a yandere-centric romance.
Manga, 5 vol, 2013
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Author:10
Female lead isn't an archetypal yandere, but has enough matching traits to make her a perfect example of an abnormal lover of a subtler and saner kind.
Manga, ? vol, 2019
Me:-
Author:10
One of few horror manga where yandere character isn't an antagonist but an actual romantic heroine. This series is a must read for anybody interested in yandere characters.
Manga, 8 vol, 2009
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Author:7
That's a lot of crazy girls. In several flavours of crazy too! It's much heavier on "com" part of a rom-com though.
Manga, 2 vol, 2022
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Author:7
Yandere-ish love comedy about creepy girl and paranoid guy. I'm going to be honest, it's "girl tries to confess to a dense guy" type of romance comedy.
Manga, 17 vol, 2008
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Yes, the first chapter specifies that it's the other meaning of yandere. They also show clearly that this delinquent romance (yankee dere) is also undeniably the crazy girl romance (yanderu dere).
Manga, 2 vol, 2022
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Author:8
Guy obsessed with aliens dates a yandere alien girl - shenanigans ensue.
Manga, 5 vol, 2017
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Story about boy accidentally seducing one of the strongest monsters stalking the night. Female lead is nearly perfect example of the modern style of yandere.
One-shot, ? vol, 2019
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Author:8
A cute rom-com oneshot about a yandere girl with broken heart accidentally making an even more yandere boy fall for her.
Manga, 2 vol, 2021
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Author:8
Down on his luck mangaka gets imprisoned by his crazy fangirl, who then tries to help him get back on his feet. A surprisingly messed up start of a surprisingly good romance.
Manga, 2 vol, 2022
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Author:7
Crazy powerful ninja girl falls madly in love with her nemesis due to misunderstanding. Shenanigans ensue as the MC is trying to deal with enemy chief's daughter trying to woo him, escaping from his pursuers and dealing with age gap romance. Pretty decent overall, though it's more of a comedy than a romance.
