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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon

Also known as Sailor Moon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Usagi Tsukino is a normal girl until she meets up with Luna, a talking cat, who tells her that she is Sailor Moon. As Sailor Moon, Usagi must fight evils and enforce justice, in the name of the Moon and the mysterious Moon Princess. She meets other girls destined to be Sailor Senshi (Sailor Scouts), and together, they fight the forces of evil!



Notes:
The tankoubon release contains 52 Acts and 9 bonus chapters across 18 volumes; chapter/volume counts follow the tankoubon release.
The shinsouban release contains the original 52 Acts plus 8 new Acts across 12 volumes, but no bonus chapters as all 9 were released separately in Sailor Moon Short Stories alongside another bonus chapter that was previously released in an artbook.
The kanzenban release contains both the 60 Acts and the 10 bonus chapters from the short story shinsoubans across 10 volumes.


Tags: Shoujo , Primarily Female Cast , Reincarnation , Magic , Lost Civilization , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Time Manipulation , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Coming of Age , Astronomy , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation , Mythology , War , Cosmic Horror , Demons , Space , Super Power , Aliens , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fairy Tale , Space Opera , Animals , Body Horror , Rehabilitation , Revenge , Time Skip , Dissociative Identities , Philosophy , Urban , Unrequited Love , Found Family , Superhero , Circus , Shrine Maiden , Bisexual , Love Triangle , Parenthood , Tokusatsu , Age Gap , Gender Bending , School , Nudity , Kemonomimi , Age Regression , Bullying , Twins , School Club , Yuri

Subaru

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sports

A small five-year-old girl named Subaru no longer has time for friends and play. Why is this? Her twin brother Kazuma is dying...and gradually forgetting everything. Even Subaru. And so the girl visits him every day, talking with him and dancing for him, trying to make him remember her. And he always does by the end of the day. Encouraged by a friend to join ballet classes, the girl does so and falls in love with the dance.

Tags: Seinen , Dancing , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Ballet , Urban , Nudity

Mahou Shoujo Dandelion

Also known as Magical Girl Dandelion.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Magical girls and villains are enemies, but can neophyte Tanpopo's bond with the villain Shade topple that destiny?



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Demons , Magic , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Gore , School , Memory Manipulation , Guns , Swordplay

SWAN

Also known as Swan.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sports

Masumi Hijiri is a 16-year-old ballet student attending a small school in Japan. When she unexpectedly recieves an invitation to attend a special ballet competition, and later gains admission to a renowned ballet academy, she embarks on a grand adventure of friendship and hardship. She is the weakest of the students, and as such encounters several challenges, but her determination and faith in herself help guide her through the fierce world of ballet.



Tags: Shoujo , Dancing , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Ballet

Shin Shirayuki-hime Densetsu Pretear

Also known as Prétear: The New Legend of Snow White.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Himeno Awayuki is a high school student who's having trouble adjusting to her new lifestyle. Her mother past away when she was a child, and her father Kaoru married the richest woman in town, Natuse. Kaoru always seems to take Natuse's side, and Natuse's two daughters aren't too fond of Himeno. Himeno's new life changes when she takes a shortcut to school and runs into a young boy, who takes her to a magical world on the brink of extinction. This world needs the help of a magical princess called the Pretear, who happens to be Himeno herself.

Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Henshin , Male Harem , Female Protagonist , Fairy Tale , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Maids , Tsundere , Family Life , Ojou-sama , Swordplay

Shoujo Kakumei Utena

Also known as Revolutionary Girl Utena.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Utena Tenjou had a tragic childhood - her parents died when she was young, and she almost drowned, had it not been for her prince who came and rescued her. Because of the impact this prince had on her life, Utena strives to be just like him - to grow up to be a prince, not a princess, and to spread nobility, ultimately finding her prince and bringing revolution.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Magic , School , Shoujo , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tomboy , Gender Bending , Swordplay , Twins , Fencing , Boarding School , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Witch

Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

Also known as Phantom Thief Jeanne.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

High school student Maron Kusakabe has a secret: she’s Phantom Thief Jeanne. She sneaks into private art collections to steal paintings in which demons reside. Jeanne’s task is to seal the demons before they can devour human hearts. So far she’s been able to evade the police on her midnight outings, but now another thief has come onto the scene—Phantom Sinbad—and he’s trying to take the paintings before she does!



Notes:
Includes bonus stories "Miyako☆Catharsis", "Instant?! Access Legend★", "Let's Go, Silk Road ★"
"The Memory of the Fish, The Snow Crystals of the Moon" 1-2 and "I Will Be Your Happiness" are not included as they are only released in the Bunko edition (but not in the initial release of the manga)

Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Demons , Reincarnation , Heterosexual , Rehabilitation , Coming of Age , Henshin , Angels , School , Love Triangle , Philosophy , Gods , Denpa , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Estranged Family , Historical , Hikikomori , Time Manipulation , Work , Time Skip , Acrobatics , Exorcism

Cardcaptor Sakura

Also known as Cardcaptor Sakura.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Fourth grader Sakura Kinomoto finds a strange book in her father's library -- a book made by the wizard Clow to store dangerous spirits sealed within a set of magical cards. But when Sakura opens it up, there is nothing left inside but Kero-chan, the book's cute little guardian beast... who informs Sakura that since the Clow cards seem to have escaped while he was asleep, it's now her job to capture them!



Tags: Magic , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , Shoujo , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Tomboy , Bisexual , Dissociative Identities , Unrequited Love , Fairy , Boys' Love , Age Gap , Martial Arts , Agender , Transgender

Misa ni Ageru Mono

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Tags: Shoujo , Dancing , Female Protagonist , Ballet , Tragedy

Fresh Precure!

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Love Momozono is a 14-year-old student at Yotsuba Junior Highschool that tends to care more for others than for herself. One day she visits a show of the famous dance unit "Trinity" and decides to become a dancer, too. On the same event, subordinates of the Labyrinth Kingdom show up who want to collect the unhappiness of the audience. Love gets the power to change into Cure Peach and fights them. Soon after, she is joined by her good friends Miki, who is Cure Berry, and Inori, who becomes Cure Pine.



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist