Top 10 Manga To Start Your Yuri Obsession
For someone new to the fanbase, it can be a daunting task to figure out where to start. In the last few years, there has been a wide variety of titles released in English to the delight of hardcore Yuri fans. From the typical “slice of life” school setting to adult workplace romances, there is something for everyone.
Though there are many great Yuri manga anthologies, this list only includes those that are a series or stand-alone’s. Check out our list of “Top 10 Manga To Start Your Yuri Obsession” below:
10. Whisper Me A Love Song (Volume 1)
Story & Art By: Eku Takeshima
Synopsis: Bubbly, energetic first-year high school student Himari falls head over heels for her senpai Yori after hearing her band perform on the first day of school. Himari tells Yori she just loves her, and, to Himari’s surprise, Yori says she loves Himari back! But when Himari realizes that she and her senpai are feeling two different kinds of love, she begins to ask herself what “love” really means…
Volumes: There are 3 volumes currently published in English.
Where To Read: Kodansha Comics released the manga in print and digital format and is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and more. For more information, check out the publisher website.
9. Our Teachers Are Dating! (Volume 1)
Story & Art By: Pikachi Ohi
Synopsis: Hayama-sensei and Terano-sensei are two women who work at the same school…and just started going out! They’re a little shy about their budding relationship, but their coworkers—and even their students—are rooting for them as they bumble their way through love!
Volumes: There are 3 volumes currently published in English.
Where To Read: Seven Seas Entertainment released the manga in print and digital format and is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and more. For more information, check out the publisher website.
8. Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon (Volume 1)
Story & Art By: Shio Usui
Synopsis: A lovely yuri romance for the modern career woman!
Uno Hinako throws herself into makeup, fashion, and falling in love, hoping that will make her seem “normal” to the other people at her job. But no matter how hard she tries, she’s a self-doubting mess inside, and her attempts at “normal” romance with men just keep failing. When she starts to think she might be alone forever, a new normal presents itself in the form of her relationship with Asahi Sato, a level-headed woman who works at her company. It starts as respect, and then it becomes far more intimate.
Volumes: There are 2 volumes currently published in English. Volume 3 is set to be released on June 21, 2022.
Where To Read: Seven Seas Entertainment released the manga in print and digital format and is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and more. For more information, check out the publisher website.
7. Goodbye, My Rose Garden (Volume 1)
Story & Art By: Dr. Pepperco
Synopsis: Early in the twentieth century, Hanako journeys to England to follow her dream of becoming a novelist. When things don’t work out quite as she planned, she finds employment as a personal maid to noblewoman Alice Douglas, who makes a most unusual request: she begs Hanako to kill her! As Hanako tries to figure out why her mistress would make such a shocking plea, their relationship grows into something far deeper.
Volumes: There are 3 volumes total in this series and all are published in English.
Where To Read: Seven Seas Entertainment released the manga in print and digital format and is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and more. For more information, check out the publisher website.
6. Citrus (Volume 1)
Story & Art By: Saburouta
Synopsis: Aihara Yuzu, a high school girl whose main interests are fashion, friends, and having fun, is about to get a reality check. Due to her mom’s remarriage, Yuzu has transferred to a new, all-girls school that is extremely strict. Her real education is about to begin.
From day one, happy-go-lucky Yuzu makes enemies, namely the beautiful yet stern student council president Mei. So what happens when a dejected Yuzu returns home and discovers the shock of her life: that Mei is actually her new step-sister who has come to live with her? Even more surprising, when Mei catches Yuzu off guard and kisses her out of the blue, what does it all mean?
Volumes: There are 10 volumes total in this manga series and all are currently published in English. A spin-off manga series called “Citrus+” is currently on-going and 2 volumes have been released in English so far.
Where To Read: Seven Seas Entertainment released the manga in print and digital format and is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and more. For more information, check out the publisher website.
5. I Love You So Much, I Hate You
Story & Art By: Yuni
Synopsis: What do work and love have in common? They can both take over your life...
Saori Fujimura and her boss, Ayako Asano, are an unbeatable duo at work, but after hours their relationship is more than just professional. As tensions mount between Ayako and her husband and Saori's feelings grow stronger, they'll have to decide-is it love they seek, or merely pleasure?
Volumes: This is a stand alone manga.
Where To Read: Yen Press released the manga in print and digital format and is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and more. For more information, check out the publisher website.
4. Futaribeya: A Room for Two (Volume 1)
Story & Art By: Yukiko
Synopsis: About to start her first year of high school, Sakurako Kawawa settles into her new lodgings. But when she meets her new roommate - the beautiful Kasumi Yamabuki - everything changes! From day one the responsible, level-headed Sakurako and lazy, easygoing Kasumi find themselves at odds with one another, but with their matching mugs and one bed to share, Sakurako and Kasumi's friendship is just beginning!
Volumes: There are 8 volumes currently published in English.
Where To Read: Tokyopop released the manga in print and digital format and is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and more. For more information, check out the publisher website.
3. Girl Friends (The Complete Collection 1)
Story & Art By: Milk Morinaga
Synopsis: When it comes to grades, bookish high school student Kumakura Mariko is at the top of her class–but socially, she’s at the bottom. Shy and introverted, she usually eats her lunch alone. Enter the charismatic and gorgeous Ohashi Akko, whose goal is to become Mariko’s new BFF and burst her out of her timid shell.
In the process of transforming “Plain Jane” Mariko into one of the cutest, most popular girls in school, deep feelings begin to merge that suggest something more than friendship. Will these feelings destroy the budding relationship between Mariko and Akko, or will it blossom into something else?
Volumes: There are 2 volumes of “The Complete Collection” available that include the original 5 volumes of the manga in English.
Where To Read: Seven Seas Entertainment released the manga in print and digital format and is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and more. For more information, check out the publisher website.
2. I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up
Story & Art By: Kodama Naoko
Synopsis: Morimoto, a young professional woman in Japan, is tired of fending off her parents’ questions about her being single. They want her to marry a man and settle down, and they’ll insist on nitpicking her choice of groom to death. In an unexpected move, another woman in the office—who has a crush on her—offers to be her wife in a sham marriage, which might make her parents back off. But this “fake” marriage could unearth something very real!
Volumes: This is a stand-alone manga.
Where To Read: Seven Seas Entertainment released the manga in print and digital format and is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and more. For more information, check out the publisher website.
1. Bloom Into You (Volume 1)
Story & Art By: Nakatani Nio
Synopsis: Yuu has always adored shoujo manga and yearns for the day when someone might give her a love confession that would send her heart aflutter. Yet when a junior high school classmate confesses his feelings to her–she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school, where she sees the confident and beautiful student council member Nanami. When the next person to confess to Yuu is Nanami herself, has her romantic dream finally come true?
Volumes: There are 8 volumes total in this manga series and all are currently published in English. A 3 volume spin-off Light Novel series called “Bloom Into You: Regarding Saeki Sayaka” was also released.
Where To Read: Seven Seas Entertainment released the manga in print and digital format and is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and more. For more information, check out the publisher website.
Sources: Seven Seas Entertainment website. Viz Media website. Tokyopop website. Kodansha Comics website. Top photo credit “Bloom Into You” manga.
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