The Best Shojo Manga Debuting in 2024

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• freeren
  and
  Delicious in the dungeon
  It stood out among the comics of 2024.
• A new shoujo manga has debuted that has captured the attention of fans with a unique premise.
• same series
  Otaku Vampire's Love Bite
  and
  magical girl dandelion
  It added a twist to genre norms.

2024 has been a pretty good year for comics and anime, especially anime fans. freeren and Delicious in the dungeon. The former sold strongly in the comics category, coming in second to Do a jujutsuis the long-awaited finale of , the latter of which received an anime adaptation that essentially became the landmark anime series of the year.

This year also saw a variety of appearances. A new shoujo manga debutsIt could be a rising star that catches people's attention, or a popular serial that has finally reached the West through an official translation. Still, whether fans scanned it and caught it or bought it at a store, In 2024, this shoujo manga stood out the most.

10 Tomie: Control

MyAnimeList Score: 6.60

• creator: Junji Ito
• Chapter 1
• fan translation only

Junji Ito does a shojo strip?! Surprisingly, yes. Modern horror comics actually evolved from serials published in shoujo magazines. Fans can get a taste of what these early horror strips were like through the work of Kazuo 'Umezz' Umezu. my name is reportAn official English translation was released this year via Viz Media.

But if those fans want something modern, Ito has released a new piece of his own. Tomie this year series Tomie: Control. This one-shot brings back the near-immortal succubus through a fungal form that turns one friend into another. It's short, creepy, and shows off one of Tomie's new abilities. Something that suggests Ito may have been inspired by the last of us It uses the infamous Cordyceps fungus.

9 Twilight Princess and the Lovely Raven

MyAnimeList Score: 6.95

• creator: Akira Ohsora
• Chapter 1
• fan translation only

Better known by its Japanese title, From Kurahime to Koikurasu, Twilight Princess and the Lovely Raven is another one-off piece that will capture the attention of readers in 2024. It's pretty mean for a one-off story, as there's a lot to talk about with the premise. This is a work that follows Asaki, the ‘Twilight Princess’ of the prestigious Hibana family of the Exorcists.

She can see things that others cannot, but it also makes her socially alienated. To stop being an exorcist, you must capture the clan's enemy, Yatagarasu. At this time, one of her classmates, Ten Amabara, told her that he was Yatagarasu and that he would help her in return for her (accidentally) saving his life. Although he set out to find an enemy, he may have ended up finding a friend.

8 Uesugi-kun wants to quit being his girlfriend.

MyAnimeList Score: 7.00

• creator: Yabuchi Yuu
• 1 volume or more, 12 chapters or more
• fan translation only

Uesugi-kun wants to quit being his girlfriend. It puts Keisuke Uesugi in a difficult position. I want to hang out with my childhood friend Noel more, but things have changed since I was young. While Noel seems happier with his girlfriends, he is overshadowed by his smarter, better-looking, and much taller boyfriend, Eito, while Uesugi still looks like a child at best or at worst. If it looks like a girl.

To improve the situation, he goes to a local shrine to make a wish. He makes many of them, including jokingly saying: “I just want to be a woman to have a normal conversation with Noel.” Unfortunately, the shrine god was not joking and allowed it. Now he literally has to live as a girl until he finds a way to change back. Along the way, he may learn more about himself as he and his friends adjust to their new gender.

7 magical girl dandelion

MyAnimeList Score: 7.24

• creator: Kaeru Mizuho
• 1 volume or more, 6 chapters or more
• Available in English through Viz Media.

It's not enough to be a standard tokusatsu hero or magical girl in today's comics. To keep readers interested, there needs to be an interesting twist on the formula, like a grim horror serial. magical girl site And ecchi yuri comedy pouring on magical girls. magical girl dandelion It falls between these two in that it expresses domestic dramas as a genre.

It is the story of Tanpopo, a young girl who has been cared for by the ghost Shade since she was a child. When she turned 16, she was invited to join the magical girl organization Butterfly, but if she did so, she would be forced to destroy Shade and other phantoms. As her powers awaken, she must choose between following her destiny or finding a way for both sides to coexist.

6 Otaku Vampire's Love Bite

MyAnimeList Score: 7.39

• creator: Julieta Suzuki
• 6 volumes or more, 28 chapters or more
• Available in English through Viz Media.

A Japanese speaker (or scanlation reader) is checking. Otaku Vampire's Love Bite However, those who have fallen in love with the strip can now support it financially, as Viz Media begins releasing the official English translation in October 2024. The film follows Hina Alucard, a closeted vampire who continually consumes blood bags. than a living human being.

Her father introduced her to animation through the box set of the ‘Vampire Cross’ series. She falls in love with the show and moves to Japan where she meets a human named Kyuta who forces her to fulfill her 'otaku dream'. It helps that he looks like this. VCMao is a handsome hero, but he is much pickier and doesn't like the taste as much. VC-Brand food for her. But over time, they can become friends.

5 Belladonna's Lover

MyAnimeList Score: 7.47

• creator: Lu 1mm
• Chapter 1
• fan translation only

The shojo genre may seem soft and shiny, but it produced suspenseful and tender stories during its time. One of the most notable soju one-shots of 2024 is Belladonna's LoverThis is a girls' love story where romance is more forbidden than prejudice. Bella is cursed with a poison that kills anyone she touches. The only way to break this curse is for her to find true love.

Her curse made her even more hated by the villagers, and she became known as the 'Poison Witch' as ​​she went into hiding in the forest. However, hope comes in the form of Anna, a painter who got lost in the forest. Bella takes her in and discovers that Anna is not afraid of either her or the poison. Their chance meeting becomes the beginning of a beautiful friendship, and then something more.

4 Koino Iroha u Oshiete

Anime-Planet Score: 3.77/5 stars

• creator: Tsumugi Suou
• Volume 1, Chapter 4
• fan translation only

Romance is Sunjo’s bread and butter, Koino Iroha u Oshiete I am moving forward with a trainee relationship that seems like it will become a reality. Lin is heartbroken when her boyfriend abandons her after a week of dating. He says she's too nervous and wary of him, which gets her into trouble.

However, she meets an unexpected close friend in Matsukaze, one of the most popular seniors in school. After she expresses her situation, he offers to be her 'practice partner'. That way, she will learn the basics of love and break out of her shell. It's a very sudden start for a young beginner and there's a lot to learn.

3 A young lady from a Finnish family.

Anime-Planet Score: 3.85/5 stars

• producer: Puni-chan (story), Aoi Peki (art)
• 1 volume or more, 12 chapters or more
• fan translation only

There are as many reincarnation stories as there are isekai and villains. Although some predate the boom in isekai fighting and calculating lady crime, it seems the three genres have been marching arm-in-arm in print media for some time. A young lady from a Finnish family. He insists on being reincarnated alone for the sake of the main character, Lisbeth Finlandz.

She was born into a noble family and married Crown Prince Reinhard by political agreement. Feeling lonely, she wrote messages to her friends abroad, which were used to frame her for a crime she did not commit. She died alone in prison and woke up again as a seven-year-old child in an old house. Now she can live comfortably and use old memories to prepare for the future.

2 Kimi ni Todoke: To Me To You – Soulmate

MyAnimeList Score: 7.79

• creator: Shiina Karuho
• Volume 3, Chapter 13
• Available in English through Viz Media.

It may take a while for the strip to get an official western release. my name is report It's a niche horror strip, although it ended in 1986 and didn't get an official translation until 2024. Kimi ni Todoke: From me to you – soulmate Follow the comics you love Kimini TodokeIt was not picked up by Viz Media until April 2024, two years after the Japanese finale.

Luckily, it was a short series and was fully translated in October 2024. This time we see Kurumi, Sawako's enemy turned friend, find love. She meets a persistent suitor who looks exactly like the depressed Sawako. He turns out to be her cousin Eiji, and when she gives him a chance, she feels more attracted to him. By chance, she may have just found what she was looking for.

1 Lv999 My love story with Yamada-kun

MyAnimeList Score: 8.16

• creator: Mashiro
• 10 volumes or more, 108 chapters or more
• Available in English through Penguin Random House.

Readers who are missing out on the fun of geekdom Wotakoi: Love is difficult for otakus probably found Love story with Yamada-kun Lv999 It appears in their recommendations. The series has been running since 2019 and received a digital translation through Mangamo, but finally began being converted into physical books through Penguin Random House starting in May 2024.

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