The Sapphic Manga Guide is a free, independent resource for readers looking for yuri manga and girls’ love comics with official English releases. It is designed as a quick, filterable starting point: 28 carefully chosen series, organized so you can find the right one by setting, status, format or trope in a few clicks. It is a companion to the in-depth Lesbian Manga and Yuri Manga guide on Lesbian Romance Reads, which offers longer reviews, genre history and themed reading lists.
The 28 series featured in this guide were selected from widely recommended and highly rated yuri titles across manga databases, publisher catalogs, award lists and community recommendation threads. The list deliberately spans:
Foundational classics (Revolutionary Girl Utena, Girl Friends, Sweet Blue Flowers)
Modern masterpieces (Bloom Into You)
Ongoing favorites (Whisper Me a Love Song, Kase-san and Yamada, The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy At All)
Adult stories (After Hours, Even Though We’re Adults, Assorted Entanglements)
International GL (Korean manhwa, Chinese manhua and webtoons)
Every title must have an official English release. Series that are only available as fan translations are not included.
Series are categorized into three sub-genres based on their primary setting and thematic focus:
School Romance: set in schools, academies or universities, focused on first love, identity and school-life structures.
Adult/Workplace: adult protagonists in professional settings, cohabitation or mature relationships.
Fantasy/Supernatural: fantasy worlds, magic, supernatural elements or mythological themes.
Some series span multiple categories; the primary setting is used for classification. Kase-san and Yamada, for example, begins in high school and moves into adulthood, and is listed under School Romance.
“Completed” means the original serialization has concluded. “Ongoing” means the series is still being serialized. English release status is tracked separately — some series are completed in Japan but still being released in English volume by volume, such as Assorted Entanglements.
Tropes are assigned based on each series’ core dynamics and themes as described in publisher materials, reviews and community discussion. “Happy Ending” and “Angst” flags may imply outcomes — treat them as light spoilers. See the Trope Mapper & Glossary for definitions.
Author, status, volume counts and publisher data were checked against Wikipedia, publisher catalogs and Anime News Network in September 2026. During that review several details were corrected — including completion status for Assorted Entanglements and The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This, the English platform for Her Tale of Shim Chong, and plot summaries for several series. Spotted something out of date? Details change often, and we update the guide as new volumes and licenses are announced.
English publisher data was verified against publisher catalogs (Seven Seas, Yen Press, Kodansha, Viz Media, One Peace Books), Wikipedia’s list of manga licensed in English, yuri.guide’s publisher database and Anime News Network license announcements. Details are on the Publishers page.
Yurivan — 25 Best Yuri Manga: https://www.yurivan.com/blog/best-yuri-manga
yuri.guide — Seven Seas Publisher Catalog: https://yuri.guide/publisher/seven-seas
Wikipedia — List of Manga Licensed in English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_manga_licensed_in_English
Wikipedia — Seven Seas Entertainment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Seas_Entertainment
Anime News Network — Publisher License Announcements: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/
Yurivan — Yuri Terminology Glossary: https://www.yurivan.com/blog/yuri-terminology-glossary
For more recommendations and longer reviews, explore the Lesbian Romance Reads manga section:
This guide was last updated in September 2026. Manga publication status and English license availability change frequently. Always verify current status with the publisher before purchasing. Return to the Sapphic Manga Guide home page.