Josei Manga (女性漫画)

Josei manga are stories which are written with an older teen or adult female audience in mind. Josei manga often fall into two main categories -- drama and romance. Josei dramas often follow the lives of ordinary women and frequently are set at work or in the home or neighbourhood. Josei romance stories often include fantasy elements such as otherworldly environments or characters with supernatural abilities. Josei manga are often characterised by a more mature aesthetic or writing style, usually featuring older characters who have finished school or university and are now moving on to the next stages of their lives.

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07-Ghost. Volume 1
Amemiya, Yuki.
Paper Book
Teito Klein is a former slave of a fallen kingdom recruited into the Barsburg Empire's military academy due to his ability to use Zaiphon: a prized and rare power. His background and his amnesia have made him an outcast despite his talent, save for his one and only friend and confidant, Mikage. With...
A drunken dream and other stories
Hagio, Moto
Paper Book
Moto Hagio has been reinventing Shojo manga (Japanese comics marketed at teenage girls) since 1969. Unconstrained by boundaries of genre, she has sculpted a career characterised by intellectual curiosity, psychological authenticity and an aesthetic sense that has often been at odds with a Shojo...
Otherworld Barbara. Vol. 1
Hagio, Moto
Paper Book
Fantagraphics Books is proud to present the first volume (of two) of Moto Hagio's Otherworld Barbara, in which Tokio discovers a phantom island named Barbara. Then there's a mysterious and missing geneticist, an eccentric clergyman, a grieving grandmother granted temporary youth, a psychologist...
Kakuriyo: bed & breakfast for spirits, volume 1
Ioka, Waco
Paper Book
Faced with the choice of being married to a strange spirit or being made into dinner, Aoi decides to create a third option for herself! Aoi Tsubaki inherited her grandfather's ability to see spirits--and his massive debt to them! Now she's been kidnapped and taken to Kakuriyo,...
Is love the answer?
Isaki, Uta
Paper Book
A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her own as she discovers her identity as aromantic asexual. A complete story in a single volume, from the creator of "Mine-kun is Asexual." When it comes to love, high schooler Chika wonders if she might be an alien....
Dementia 21
Kago, Shintaro?
Paper Book
Yukie Sakai is a sprightly young home health aide eager to help her elderly clients. But what seems like a straightforward job quickly turns into a series of increasingly surreal and bizarre adventures that put Yukie's wits to the test! Cartoonist Kago, who is well known for combining a more...
The life-changing manga of tidying up : a magical story
Kondo?, Marie
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and star of Netflix's Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, this graphic novelization brings Kondo's life-changing tidying method to life with the fun, quirky story of a woman who transforms her home, work, and love life using Kondo's...
My lesbian experience with loneliness
Nagata, Kabi
Paper Book
HARVEY AWARD WINNER The heart-rending autobiographical manga that's taken the internet by storm! My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman's exploration of her sexuality, mental well-being, and growing up in our modern age. Told...
I think our son is gay. 1
Okura (Mangaka)
Paper Book
A doting mother and her two beloved sons, one of whom she thinks is probably gay, go about their daily lives in this hilarious and heartwarming LGBTQIA+-friendly family comedy! Despite belonging to a family of four, the Aoyama residence is typically home to three, with Dad away...
Devils and realist. Vol. 1
Takadono, Madoka
Paper Book
Devils and Realist is an all-new supernatural manga series that pits a young, suave nobleman against Hell's princely demons. FACE YOUR DEMONS! After the failure of his uncle's business, the brilliant realist William Twining finds himself penniless. To make matters worse, demons appear before...

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