Shoujosei Manga Licenses Archive !

A blog dedicated to cataloguing every shoujo and josei manga that has been licensed into the English language (only by credited translators) whether it be in print / digital. Currently an incomplete list, I am working on adding titles. My ask box is open in case there is any errors to report. Find me on twitter @ thehorsecharles. 𝐕𝐈𝐙 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝟐𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐭!

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You Might as Well be the One

𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐢: Isso Anata ga Todome wo Sashite 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Megumu Seto 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫: 2023 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞: Dessert 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜: Shoujo 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐬: Romance, Slice of Life, School Life 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡: 6 volumes as of 08/26

Summary:

Ichika, a college student, just wants to have a normal romance for once, yet because of her flashy appearance, she is often misunderstood. Not ready to give up on a romantic encounter, Ichika joins a drinking party and meets a kind boy named Kosei. They immediately click and Ichika has a great time talking to him about their mutual interests and other things, and she finds herself falling for him after he tells her that he likes her for who she is. However, he has a secret…?!

Publishing Information: 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: Kodansha 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫: — 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫: — 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: August 11, 2026 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭: Digital / Print / KManga app 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬: Available Official Page || Anilist

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My Husband is a Doomsday Weapon

𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐢: Danna-sama wa Shuumatsu Heiki 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: Yuki Amemiya 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭: Yukino Ichihara 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫: 2025 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞: Comic Zero-Sum 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜: Josei 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐬: Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-fi 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡: 2 volumes as of 08/26 (ongoing)

Summary:

A young scientist working to restore a civilization destroyed centuries ago by cataclysmic war unearths a devastatingly powerful doomsday weapon—which saves her from a marauding robot then promptly transforms into human guise, identifying her as its new master. Thanks to the input from a romance novel, this handsome anthropomorphic weapon dedicates itself body and soul to our heroine, who in turn realizes that this may be the answer to her total inability to interact with human men...

Publishing Information: 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: Kodansha / Vertical 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫: — 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫: — 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: December 22, 2026 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭: Print / Digital 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬: Available Official Page || Anilist

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Usotoki Rhetoric

𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Ritsu Miyako 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫: 2012 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞: Bessatsu Hana to Yume  𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜: Shoujo 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐬: Comedy, Drama, Historical, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural, Thriller 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡: 10 Volumes

Summary:

It is 1926, the first year of the Showa era. Urabe Kanoko has left her hometown after it turns against her for having the ability to hear lies when spoken. She collapses from hunger after arriving in a town called Tsukumoya, where she meets a poverty-stricken detective named Iwai Soma. Is this fate? Or something more?

Publishing Information: 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: One Peace Books 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫: — 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫: — 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭: Print / Digital 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬: Available (Complete) Official Page || Anilist

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Tales of the Tendo Family

𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐢: Tendou-ke Monogatari 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Ken Saitou 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫: 2014 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞: LaLa DX / LaLa  𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜: Shoujo 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐬: Drama, Historical, Romance, Psychological 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡: 17 Volumes as of Aug 2026 (Ongoing)

Summary:

Masato, a son of the Tendo family, is meant to marry Hojo Ran, the daughter of a baron. There’ s just one problem: she’ s a fake. The real Ran has fled after hearing that few make it out of the Tendo family alive. In her place is a young woman who says she will die if it means saving someone else’ s life.

Publishing Information: 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: One Peace Books 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫: — 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫: — 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: April 9, 2024 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭: Print / Digital 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬: Avalaible Official Page || Anilist

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Teppeki Honeymoon

𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Meca Tanaka 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫: 2019 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞: Hana to Yume Ai  𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜: Shoujo 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐬: Comedy, Romance, School Life 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡: 8 volumes

Summary:

Everything is going wrong for high schooler Ena, locally renowned for her super strength, when her life takes a strange turn. She becomes the betrothed of the unexpectedly gorgeous Sakae, a bodyguard and heir to a major security company. But is she jumping out of the frying pan, and into the ready, aim―fire?! He strikes a bargain to pay off her family's debts after two months, as long as she she agrees to certain, steamy…conditions. Can Ena make this relationship of convenience work, without getting in too deep?! Publishing Information: 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: One Peace Books 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫: — 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫: — 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: July 8, 2025 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭: Print / Digital 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬: Available Official Page || Anilist

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True Blue Never Fades

𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐢: True Blue wa Kesshite Iro Asenai 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Yumi Tada 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫: 1995 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞: Feel Young 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜: Josei 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐬: Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Tragedy 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡: 1 volume

Summary:

Bonny and Mickey are young and in love, but Mickey is married to the life of a long-haul trucker. Though they have a son together, the gulf between the two grows with each broken promise and passing year, until all that's left are small mementos, postcards, and memories. After a naïve, pure-hearted young man enters their orbit, things slowly begin to change…

Publishing Information: 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: Glacier Bay Books 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫: — 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫: — 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: ?? 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭: Print 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬: Available

Official Site || anilist

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Star Clock Liddel

𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐢: Hoshi no Tokei no Liddell 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Yoshimi Uchida 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫: 1982 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞: Bouquet 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜: Shoujo 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐬: Drama, Historical, Mystery 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡: 3 volumes

Summary:

Yoshimi Uchida is one of the beloved cartoonists from the 70’s & 80’s who was active in Ribbon & Bouquet magazines. Uchida’s Star Clock Liddell is a classic of 20th century modern shoujo manga and their masterpiece, a rare, longer work first released between 1982 and 1983. In it, the artist’s quiet, firm lines delineate another world too familiar to our own…

Young American socialite Hugh is haunted by recurring dreams of a silent house shadowed in mystery. Slowly overcome by a premonition of living on the “other side”, he turns to his close friends for advice. And then one day, a girl appears in his dream asking for help…

A story about a man who becomes a ghost, which reaches for multiple deep themes about the nature of “home”, where people go when they find it, and when they lose it. Publishing Information: 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: Glacier Bay Books 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫: — 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫: — 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 2026 (?) 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭: Print 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬: Available Official Page || Anilist

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Mothers

𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Umi Kusahara 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫: 2024 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞: Michikusa Comics 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜: Josei 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐬: Drama, Slice of Life 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡: 1 volume

Summary:

Mothers is Kusahara Umi’s debut English title, collecting and translating 15 years worth of self-published short stories developed on themes of love, family, and loss. Mothers contains 12 short stories that encapsulate different facets of the human experience. A man grapples with his complicated relationship with his mother, who he abandoned after leaving home for college, and whose heart (and body) were too big for the world to be kind to; a young girl finds a small bird, and after nursing it…

Publishing Information: 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: Glacier Bay Books 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫: — 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫: — 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: August 2023 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭: Print 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬: Available Official Page 

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The Sword of Paros

𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐢: Paros no Ken 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: Kaoru Kurimoto 𝐀𝐫𝐭: Yumiko Igarashi 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫: 1986 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞: Asuka 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜: Shoujo 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐬: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Gender Bender, Tragedy, Yuri 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡: 3 volumes

Summary:

The legends that speak of the Sword of Paros say that it can bestow either prosperity or ruin on its kingdom...depending on the heart of its wielder. 

The kingdom's current princess, the beautiful yet resentful Elminia, laments being treated as a soulless tool simply for being born in a woman's body. 

Accompanied by Count Yulias, Elminia rides as far away from the kingdom’s politics as possible. One day, Elminia meets a beautiful young girl named Fiona, and their lives and the kingdom are changed forever. Publishing Information: 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: Manga Mavericks 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫: — 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫: — 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: April 27, 2027 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭: Print 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬: Available Official Page || Anilist