Manga Created by Women

Celebrate Women’s History Month with this selection of wonderful manga that were either written or drawn, but in most cases written AND drawn by women creators. A mix of older and newer manga from a variety of genres are included. Maybe you will find a new favorite manga creator after browsing this list!  


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The Apothecary Diaries

Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace but when she attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster, Maomao finds herself back to brewing potions–and solving palace mysteries. 


Blue Box

The story of a teenage boy who loves badminton who falls for an upperclassman on the girls’ basketball team. 


The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity

Two rival schools stand next door to each other: one for elite ladies, one for good-for-nothing boys. This cute and twisty manga spin on Romeo and Juliet is the latest hit in Japan, coming to print from a successful digital-first release! 

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby. 


Fullmetal Alchemist

In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. This is the story of their journey to restore their bodies through the power of the philosopher’s stone. 


Gachiakuta

A young boy is framed for murder and cast off the edge of a floating city into the abyss, where he grapples with the monsters that the elite high above would rather forget.


A Galaxy Next Door

After his father’s death, Ichiro Kuga struggles to support his two younger siblings on nothing but a small inheritance and his passion for drawing manga. Then, just as he is nearing his breaking point, he hires a beautiful, scarily competent, otherworldly assistant who suddenly declares that she and Ichiro are engaged to be married. 


Land of the Lustrous

In a world inhabited by crystalline lifeforms called the lustrous, every unique gem must fight for their way of life against the threat of lunarians who would turn them into decorations 

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Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

In this fantasy adventure inspired by One thousand and one nights, young Aladdin and his friends, Ali Baba and the genie Ugo, set out to find a fortune in the desert. 


Neighborhood Story

Peppy and creative teenager Mikako wants nothing more than to make it as a fashion designer. But when she enters art school alongside her lifelong friend Tsutomu, she finds herself distracted by his sudden popularity and subsequent love life.


Princess Jellyfish

Tsukimi is an 18 year old otaku fascinated by jellyfish. She recently moved from her childhood home in the country to try to become an illustrator in Tokyo and has found herself living in a house with five other young women, each an otaku in her own way. When a crisis occurs, Tsukimi must act to save the life of an innocent jellyfish by facing her greatest fear… talking to a stylish guy! Just when things look darkest she is helped by a beautiful woman. A woman with mysteries that Tsukimi must then help keep or risk being turned out of her home by her friends.


Silver Spoon

Defying the expectations of family and teachers, Yuugo Hachiken chooses to leave the city and enroll at Ooezo Agricultural High School. Having always been at the top of his class, Yuugo assumes a rural school will be a breeze, but mucking out stables, gathering eggs, and chasing errant calves takes a lot out of him-and fills him with something he’s never experienced before. 


To Your Eternity

After a mysterious orb appears and metamorphoses into a wolf, it joins a lonely boy on his bleak journey to find his tribe, wandering the Arctic regions of North America. 

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Toilet-bound Hanako-kun

Hanako is an urban legend said to be the spirit of a young girl that haunts school toilets, but as Nene finds out, her academy’s Hanako is actually a boy, and he is only one of many spirits inhabiting the place. 


Witch Hat Atelier

Meet young Coco, curious and bright, and desperate to learn how magic’s wrought, but witches keep their secrets hidden tight, and witches, Coco knows, are born, not taught. Then one day Coco spies upon a witch as he prepares the charms for which she yearns. And sees that, like her skill with thread and stitch, the truth is, magic’s something she can learn 

This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby