Manga like The King's Beast

What is The King's Beast about?

Status: Finished

In this kingdom, Ajin are considered no better than beasts. The men are sent to war, the women serve in brothels. Those who are lucky enough to live to old age spend their last years doing degrading, menial work. Boys who show signs of magical ability must serve the imperial family in the palace. Rangetsu's twin brother is sent to the palace to serve the Prince Tenyou, but he only lasts a short time before he is murdered. Rumors say his master was the one who aimed the blade, and Rangetsu decides to puts aside her femaleness in order seek revenge. After years of excelling on the battlefield, she has finally found her way to Prince Tenyou's side. But he isn't what she expected, and the webs of intrigue in the palace is more tangled and venomous than she imagined. Can Rangetsu find her vengeance before she too falls prey to palace plots, and will her inconvenient feelings for the Prince Tenyou be a hindrance or a help?

Tags: Shoujo , Crossdressing , Revenge , Female Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Politics , Heterosexual , Foreign , Twins , Martial Arts , LGBTQ+ Themes , Dissociative Identities , Slavery , Royal Affairs , Primarily Male Cast , Class Struggle , Time Skip , Tragedy

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Flower Comics

Viz

Niehime to Kemono no Ou

Also known as Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

A young girl has resigned herself to being he next sacrificial meal for the Beast King...but the king is no mere monster! Love is more than skin-deep in this gorgeous fantasy manga.

Note: Chapter count includes 15 extras.

Tags: Shoujo , Politics , Monster Boy , Animals , Female Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Coming of Age , Shapeshifting , Demons , Magic , Mythology , War , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Revenge , Anthropomorphism , Bullying , Primarily Animal Cast , Royal Affairs , Monster Girl , Love Triangle , Yandere

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No reading links available

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Akatsuki no Yona

Also known as Yona of the Dawn.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Yona reels from the shock of witnessing a loved one’s murder and having to fight for her life. With Hak’s help, she flees the palace and struggles to survive while evading her enemy’s forces. But where will this displaced princess go when all the paths before her are uncertain?

Tags: Travel , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Historical , Found Family , Dragons , Politics , Fugitive , Gods , Mythology , Male Harem , Reincarnation , War , Tragedy , Royal Affairs , Heterosexual , Foreign , Coming of Age , Primarily Male Cast , Animals , Archery , Super Power , Survival , Orphan , Kuudere , Drugs , Pirates

Where to read?

Comico

Manga Park

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Kaze Hikaru

Also known as Kaze Hikaru.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Romance

In the year 1863, a time fraught with violent social upheaval, samurai of all walks of life flock to Kyoto in the hope of joining the Mibu-Roshi—a band of warriors united around their undying loyalty to the Shogunate system. In time, this group would become one of the greatest (and most famous) movements in Japanese history... the Shinsengumi!

Into this fierce milieu steps Kamiya Seizaburo, a young would-be warrior who, though lacking in combat experience, possesses a fiery enthusiasm to both aid the Mibu-Roshi in their mission and to avenge his wrongfully murdered family. One of the Mibu-Roshi's most gifted (and immature) swordsmen, the legendary Okita Soji, agrees to take Seizaburo under his wing. What no one suspects, least of all Soji, is that Seizaburo is actually a girl named Tominaga Sei in disguise!

Note: Volume 45 includes the one-shot "Oo-Edo Shinsengumi! Kaze Hikaru Another World".

Tags: Samurai , Swordplay , Shoujo , Historical , Coming of Age , Primarily Male Cast , Episodic , Gender Bending , Female Protagonist , Crime , Crossdressing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Adult Cast , Revenge , Assassins , Suicide

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Suijin no Hanayome

Also known as The Water Dragon's Bride.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

A young boy named Subaru comes to Asahi’s aid, but despite his help, Asahi must endure a test of survival! Will she be able to make it out alive, or will she end up being sacrificed?

Volume 3 contains a side story.

Tags: Shoujo , Yandere , Isekai , Religion , Gods , Time Manipulation , Love Triangle , Primarily Child Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Heterosexual , Rural , Afterlife , War , Age Gap , Historical , Politics , Coastal

Where to read?

Flower Comics

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Hoshi Furu Oukoku no Nina

Also known as Nina the Starry Bride.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Nina had a rough start to life, stealing to survive—and eventually being sold into slavery by her own brother. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess...specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha. But despite her changing fortune, Nina won't give up her old life without a fight...and Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits. But how much can she trust Azure? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another...?

Note: Won the 46th Annual Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo Manga.

Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Politics , Foreign , Heterosexual , Adoption , Royal Affairs , Arranged Marriage , Crossdressing , Tragedy , Marriage , Prison , Nudity

Where to read?

Pocket Magazine

Comic Days

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Itsuwari no Freja

Also known as Prince Freya.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

Freya thinks of herself as a simple village girl, but her idyllic life is shattered when she is caught up in the aftermath of a treacherous Sigurdian plot. She bears a striking resemblance to her country’s beloved Prince Edvard, who lays dying from poison. Without its ruler, all of Tyr will quickly be engulfed by Sigurdian violence. Now Freya must take Prince Edvard’s place and lead his valiant knights in defending the realm!

Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Travel , Crossdressing , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Gender Bending , Politics , Tragedy , Swordplay , Foreign , Royal Affairs , Male Harem , Medieval , Nudity , Heterosexual

Where to read?

Manga Park

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Sakura-Hime Kaden

Also known as Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Sakura is a princess who lives alone with a few maids in a mansion deep in the mountains. She’s been engaged to the prince of the country since she was born. She doesn’t like that fact, as she wants to decide her fate on her own. However, one day, a messenger from the prince suddenly came to take her to the capital…

Note: The chapter count includes six extra stories.

Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Mythology , Found Family , Tragedy , Historical , Demons , Ninja , Fairy Tale , Magic , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Swordplay , Heterosexual , Fugitive , Orphan , Femboy , Politics , Royal Affairs , Arranged Marriage

Where to read?

Viz

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BASARA

Also known as Basara.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Basara is a post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure series and one of the most popular shoujo manga of the 90s in Japan. It is the story of how a young girl becomes "the child of destiny" and finds the strength to free her people and seek revenge for the death of her brother.

Note: Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for the shoujo category in 1992.

Tags: War , Twins , Shoujo , Politics , Post-Apocalyptic , Dystopian , Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Coming of Age , Revenge , Fugitive , Slavery , Class Struggle , Royal Affairs , Conspiracy , Heterosexual , Travel , Tragedy , Philosophy , Lost Civilization , Pirates , Disability , Desert , Archery , Espionage , Swordplay , Military , Prison , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Astronomy , Animals , Boys' Love , Bisexual , Suicide , Martial Arts , Ships

Where to read?

Viz

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Ryuu Ou no Kagehime

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

“Ever since that night, I've lived only to kill you."

Kohaku was the lone survivor from her hometown, which was sunk and destroyed by the kingdom’s guardian water dragon. She entered the Imperial Place under the guise of a lady-in-waiting, plotting to take revenge on Prince Miaki, who was supposed to be the only person who could control the dragon. However, he seemed nothing like she imagined. And when he caught her, he unexpectedly asked her, “Why don’t you pretend to be my consort instead?”

This begins their thrilling contract marriage, to uncover the plot involving the succession to the throne!

Tags: Shoujo , Foreign , Dragons , Revenge , Conspiracy , Twins , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Royal Affairs , Female Protagonist

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Tendou-ke Monogatari

Also known as Tales of the Tendo Family.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

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.

Tags: Historical , Shoujo , Revenge , Crime , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Arranged Marriage , Yandere , Fake Relationship , Martial Arts , Twins , Crossdressing

Where to read?

Manga Park