Manga like Princess Tutu

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: Tragedy , Seinen , Dancing , Female Protagonist , Time Skip

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

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

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 , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist

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