Best female protagonist manga
1,001 manga about female protagonist, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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4.3Made in Abyss
Manga · 2012
Made in AbyssManga · 20124.3In an age when the corners of the world have been scoured for their secrets, only one place remains unexplored–a massive cave system known as the Abyss. Those who traverse its endless pits and labyrinth-like tunnels are known as Cave…
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4.3The Apothecary Diaries
Manga · 2017
The Apothecary DiariesKusuriya no HitorigotoManga · 20174.3Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn’t long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a…
4.3Fruits Basket
Manga · 1998 · 137 ch
Fruits BasketManga · 1998 · 137 ch4.3After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, plucky high schooler Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out...into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious…
4.3A Bride's Story
Manga · 2008
A Bride's StoryOtoyomegatariManga · 20084.3A Bride’s Story tells the tale of a beautiful young bride in nineteenth-century Asia. At the age of twenty, Amir is sent to a neighboring town to be wed. But her surprise at learning her new husband, Karluk, is eight years younger…
4.3Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Manga · 1982 · 59 ch
Nausicaä of the Valley of the WindKaze no Tani no NausicaäManga · 1982 · 59 ch4.3Humanity, in its hubris, has precipitated a devastating environmental disaster. Flourishing industrial civilizations have been swallowed up by the Sea of Corruption, an enormous forest of fungi releases a miasma of poisonous spores into…
4.3My Bias Gets on the Last Train
Manga · 2024
My Bias Gets on the Last TrainNae Choeaeneun Makchareul TandaManga · 20244.3Every night, Yeo-Un takes the last train home—same route, same time, same routine. But one thing keeps catching his eye: a girl with a guitar and a presence that lingers in his mind. When a shared love for the indie band Long Afternoon…
4.3Hirayasumi
Manga · 2021
HirayasumiManga · 20214.3With a carefree outlook on life, Hiroto knows better than anyone that slowing down is sometimes the best way to move forward. At 29 years old, carefree Hiroto Ikuta doesn’t have a girlfriend, a full-time job, or a plan for the future—and…
4.3The Ramparts of Ice
Manga · 2018 · 117 ch
The Ramparts of IceKoori no JouhekiManga · 2018 · 117 ch4.3Koyuki Hikawa isn't great with people and always puts up a wall between others. She had been spending her high school days alone, but one day meets the overly friendly Minato Amamiya. The loner, Koyuki, the popular girl, Miki, the guy with…
4.3Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1
Light Novel · 2015 · 85 ch
Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Dai 1-bu - Heishi no MusumeLight Novel · 2015 · 85 ch4.3Part 1 of Honzuki no Gekokujou . A certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Myne, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a…
4.3Bloom Into You: Regarding Saeki Sayaka
Light Novel · 2018 · 9 ch
Bloom Into You: Regarding Saeki SayakaYagate Kimi ni Naru Saeki Sayaka ni TsuiteLight Novel · 2018 · 9 ch4.3Saeki Sayaka has always been an old soul–serious and reserved, preferring to focus on her studies rather than make friends. Until, that is, a romantic confession from another girl in middle school turns her carefully ordered world upside…
4.3The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady
Light Novel · 2020
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young LadyTensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou KakumeiLight Novel · 20204.3Despite her supposed ineptitude with regular magic, Princess Anisphia defies the aristocracy’s expectations by developing “magicology,” a unique magical theory based on memories from her past life. One day, she witnesses the brilliant…
4.3Buying a Classmate Once a Week
Light Novel · 2023
Buying a Classmate Once a WeekShuuniichido Classmate wo Kau Hanashi: Futari no Jikan, Iiwake no Gosen YenLight Novel · 20234.3Once a week, high schooler Shiori Miyagi pays her classmate Hazuki Sendai five thousand yen for the right to make the girl follow her orders for the afternoon. Their sessions start with normal activities like snacking and chatting…until a…
4.3Otorimonogatari: Decoy Tale
Light Novel · 2011 · 24 ch
Otorimonogatari: Decoy TaleOtorimonogatariLight Novel · 2011 · 24 ch4.3A certain middle school girl has a fondness for hats, which serve as a line of defence against eye contact along with the overlong bangs she’s worn ever since she was little. Speaking in fits and starts when she doesn’t fall completely…
4.2Chainsaw Man
Manga · 2018 · 232 ch
Chainsaw ManManga · 2018 · 232 ch4.2The name says it all! Denji's life of poverty is changed forever when he merges with his pet chainsaw dog, Pochita! Now he's living in the big city and an official Devil Hunter. But he's got a lot to learn about his new job and chainsaw…
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4.2Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
Manga · 2014
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kunJibaku Shounen Hanako-kunManga · 20144.2"Hanako-san, Hanako-san... are you there?" At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building…
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4.2Villains Are Destined to Die
Manga · 2020
Villains Are Destined to DieAgyeogui Ending JugeumppunManga · 20204.2This game’s got me obsessed! It’s like it’s taken over my life... wait—HARD MODE ACTIVATED. No-no-no-no-no! It has literally taken me and thrown me into the part of Penelope Eckhart. Love is easy as the heroine, but as the hated…
4.2Kamisama Kiss
Manga · 2008 · 154 ch
Kamisama KissKamisama HajimemashitaManga · 2008 · 154 ch4.2Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity…
4.2How Do We Relationship?
Manga · 2018 · 141 ch
How Do We Relationship?Tsukiatte Agete mo Ii ka naManga · 2018 · 141 ch4.2Shy Miwa has always dreamed of finding love, but living in small-town Japan made finding the right match difficult—especially since she likes girls! Even going away to college didn’t seem to help, until one day her outgoing classmate Saeko…
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4.2Shimeji Simulation
Manga · 2019 · 49 ch
Shimeji SimulationManga · 2019 · 49 ch4.2A girl who shut herself in a closet for the last 2 years of middle school realizes she has to go to high school. When she exits her closet for the first time in two years and looks at herself in the mirror, she notices that she grew…
4.2Love Bullet
Manga · 2023
Love BulletLOVE-BULLETManga · 20234.2In this contemporary world, Cupids solve problems of love not with bows and arrows but with guns! However, when the Cupids get in an argument over how to solve a love triangle…a full on shoot-out occurs?! (Source: Yen Press)
4.2Innocent Rouge
Manga · 2015 · 88 ch
Innocent RougeManga · 2015 · 88 ch4.2The eve of the French Revolution, 1772— The eldest brother of the Sanson family, Charles-Henri, has grown as an executioner, while his sister, Marie-Joseph, has been living freely in Versailles. But one day, Marie-Joseph's first love, a…
4.2Adachi and Shimamura
Light Novel · 2012
Adachi and ShimamuraAdachi to ShimamuraLight Novel · 20124.2Adachi and Shimamura, two young women who attend the same high school, are inseparable friends. Whether playing table tennis, chatting about favorite TV shows, or just relaxing together, they’re happy to share their days. When Adachi’s…
4.2Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de Aru
Light Novel · 2015 · 22 ch
Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de AruLight Novel · 2015 · 22 ch4.2The story of Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de Aru takes place 300 years in the past, in 2018, the first days of the Divine Era. The six main characters form the first ever Hero Team: Nogi Wakaba, Nogi Sonoko's ancestor; Uesato Hinata, Takashima…
4.2SPY x FAMILY
Manga · 2019
SPY x FAMILYSPY×FAMILYManga · 20194.2The master spy codenamed <Twilight> has spent his days on undercover missions, all for the dream of a better world. But one day, he receives a particularly difficult new order from command. For his mission, he must form a temporary…
4.2Look Back
One-shot · 2021 · 1 ch
Look BackOne-shot · 2021 · 1 ch4.2Fujino is a fourth grader who draws a manga strip for the school newspaper. Her art makes her the star of the class, but one day she's told that Kyomoto, a student who refuses to come to school, would also like to submit a manga for the…
4.2Who Made Me a Princess
Manga · 2017 · 135 ch
Who Made Me a PrincessEoneu Nal Gongjuga DoeeobeoryeotdaManga · 2017 · 135 ch4.2The story of Athanasia, forsaken princess of the Obelian Empire, ends with her execution at the hands of her own father—or does it? Her tragic tale is the plot of the novel The Lovely Princess. But now, a modern woman who read the book has…
4.2A Sign of Affection
Manga · 2019
A Sign of AffectionYubisaki to RenrenManga · 20194.2Yuki is a typical college student, whose world revolves around her friends, social media, and the latest sales. But when a chance encounter on a train leads to her meeting friend-of-a-friend and fellow student Itsuomi-san, her world starts…
4.2Insomniacs After School
Manga · 2019 · 125 ch
Insomniacs After SchoolKimi wa Houkago InsomniaManga · 2019 · 125 ch4.2Unable to sleep at night, Ganta Nakami is cranky in class and unpopular with his classmates. He discovers that the school observatory, once used by the now-defunct astronomy club, may be the perfect place for a nap—but he’s not alone…
4.2Ouran High School Host Club
Manga · 2002 · 97 ch
Ouran High School Host ClubOuran Koukou Host ClubManga · 2002 · 97 ch4.2One day, Haruhi, a scholarship student at exclusive Ouran High School, breaks an $80,000 vase that belongs to the "Host Club," a mysterious campus group consisting of six super-rich (and gorgeous) guys. To pay back the damages, she is…
4.2Hinamatsuri
Manga · 2010 · 132 ch
HinamatsuriManga · 2010 · 132 ch4.2Nitta is an ambitious, young member of the Ashikawa-gumi yakuza syndicate. One day, a mysterious, oval-shaped object falls out of thin air into his apartment, and suddenly changes everything! Inside of the object is an expressionless young…
4.2I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Manga · 2016 · 10 ch
I Want to Eat Your PancreasKimi no Suizou wo TabetaiManga · 2016 · 10 ch4.2One day, I – a high schooler – found a paperback in the hospital. The “Disease Coexistence Journal” was its title. It was a diary that my classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, had written in secret. Inside, it was written that due to her pancreatic…
4.2Nichijou
Manga · 2006
NichijouManga · 20064.2Nichijou primarily focuses on the daily antics of a trio of childhood friends—high school girls Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi and Mai Minakami—whose stories soon intertwine with the young genius Hakase Shinonome, her robot caretaker Nano, and…
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4.2I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day
Manga · 2018
I Want to Love You Till Your Dying DayKimi ga Shinu made Koi wo ShitaiManga · 20184.2At the mysterious orphanage where Sheena lives, death is nothing new to its residents—girls who no longer have families of their own, who are raised as weapons of war, taught to kill and take the lives of others without batting an eye…
4.2Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey
Manga · 2011 · 34 ch
Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's JourneyKakukaku ShikajikaManga · 2011 · 34 ch4.2High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all…
4.2SHIORI EXPERIENCE: Jimi na Watashi to Hen na Ojisan
Manga · 2013
SHIORI EXPERIENCE: Jimi na Watashi to Hen na OjisanManga · 20134.2Shiori was once a guitarist in a light music club in high school, but her first live performance was dashed when her brother ran away from home with a lot of debt to become a musician in Tokyo. A decade later, Shiori is now a high school…
4.2Her Tale of Shim Chong
Manga · 2017 · 90 ch
Her Tale of Shim ChongGeunyeoui SimcheongManga · 2017 · 90 ch4.2Based on a Korean folktale, two very different women find themselves making the same wish - to leave this world behind. One is Shim Chong, a young beggar living off the kindness of others to support herself and her blind father. The other…