Top 10 Recommended Vintage Shoujo Manga

Rose of Versailles

Rose of Versailles (ベルサイユのばら versaille no bara), authorized by: Ikeda Riyoko, published by: Shueisha in 1972. Contains of 10 volumes.

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A classic manga about Oscar François de Jarjeyes, a girl who was raised as a boy by her  family and who ends up being part of the guard of the French Royal Family right before the French Revolution. Oscar has a deep friendship with Marie Antoinette, although they both eventually fall in love with the same man. The main yuri is between Oscar and Rosalie, a girl who Oscar takes in who has vowed to get revenge for her mother's murder. Historical fiction with emphasis on action and drama.

The Bride of Deimos

The Bride of the Deimos (悪魔の花嫁 Deimos no Hanayome) Story: Etsuko Ikeda Art: Yuuho Ashibe. Published by: Akita Shoten in 1975. One of Akita Shoten's most popular shoujou manga and the longest-running series, with 17 volumes.

Bride of Deimos is about the story of Deimos, a former god who became a demon as a punishment of his relationship with his sister. Now he must choose between his sister, a goddess whose corpse is rotting at the bottom of the ocean, and the living human incarnation of his sister.

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Glass Mask

Glass Mask (ガラスの仮面 Garasu no Kamen) is a shuōjou manga series written and illustrated by Suzue Miuchi, serialised in Hana to Yume from January 1976, and contains in 44 volumes.

Maya Kitajima wants to be a professional stage actress, and she has competition skilled rival, Ayumi Himekawa. They are both pursuing the degree of acting proficiency and career success required to play the lead role of the legendary stage play "The Crimson Goddess" ("Kurenai Tennyo"). Maya is not particularly beautiful or smart in school, but her passion for acting is all-consuming, to the point where she literally puts her own life on the line several times for the sake of a role.

Yokohama Monogatari

Yokohama Monogatari (ヨコハマ物語 Yokohama story), authorized by: Waki Yamoto, Published by: Kodansha in 1980, contains of 8 volumes.

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In 1875, after the death of her parents, Uno goes to live in the Kanou household as a companion to Mariko, who is the same age as Uno. The two girls become very close and attend Cimons private school.This great romance tells the story of the loves and dreams of two girls growing up during the westernization of Japan in the Meiji era.

Sailormoon

Sailor Moon, known as Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon (美少女戦士セーラームーン Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn, officially translated Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon)  in Japan, is a media franchise created by mangaka Naoko Takeuchi.

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Tsukino Usagi is 14 years old and in her second year of middle school. She's a bit of a crybaby and klutzy. However, she can transform into the senshi of justice, Sailormoon! An eternal classic that should be read by all.

Miriam

Miriam (荒野の天使ども, oya no Tenshi domo), authorized by: Kyoko Hikawa

This is a cowboy shoujo manga set in the Wild West. Miriam is an orphan. Her father was a drunken gambler; she only had a dress and they moved from place to place, until one day her father died and Grace took her in. The series follows Miriam's life, growing up, and falling in love with her life-long friend, the skillful sharpshooter Douglas.

From Far Away

From Far Away (彼方から Kanata Kara) is a fantasy shōujou manga by Kyoko Hikawa. It was published by Hakusensha in LaLa from 1993 to 2003 and collected in 14 volumes. It is licensed in North America by Viz Media under the title From Far Away. In 2004, the manga won the 35th annual Seiun Award for best science fiction comic.

Story Summary: Noriko, an ordinary schoolgirl, has slipped into a mysterious world of magic and flying dragons, which is in chaos due to the ancient foresaying of The Awakening. Every kingdom in the world is in search for the Awakening as they believe that it has the power to control the Sky Demon, the most destructive monster. Noriko meets Izark, the lonesome warrior, and accompanies him. Izark was born with a mysterious power that makes people hate him and causes him to travel alone. He came here in order to change his fate by trying to kill the Awakening only to find out that the Awakening is Noriko. As she travels with him, it gets harder for them to talk as they speak different languages.

Kare Kano

Kareshi Kanoujou no Jijou  is also known as Kare Kano (彼氏彼女の事情, Kare Kano, His and Her Circumstances), by Tsuda Masami, contains of 21 Volumes (Complete). The series is licensed and was published in English in North America by Tokyopop.

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Yukino Miyazawa is the perfect model student. Pretty, kind, good at sports, always at the top of her class. But she's not all that she seems. It's all an act of deception; she is really the self-confessed 'queen of vanity’ and her only goal in life is winning the praise and admiration of everyone around her.

Kodocha

Kodomo no Omocha/Kodocha (こどものおもちゃ Kodomo no Omocha, lit. Child's Toy) is a Shoujo Manga series by Miho Obana. The series is commonly known under the name Kodocha, and contains 10 volumes. The manga won the 1998 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. In the year 2007, At the American Anime Awards the anime was nominated for best comedy anime.

Story of Sana an 11-year-old child star who is exuberant, cheerful and generally outgoing. Because a boy named Akito Hayama is causing chaos in her classroom, and she sets out to stop him. However, as she learns more about him she becomes compassionate for Akito.

Boys Over Flowers

Boys Over Flowers (花より男子 Hana Yori Dango) is a Japanese shuōjou manga series by Yoko Kamio. It was serialized in the bi-weekly anthology magazine Margaret, which is aimed at high-school-age girls. The manga series was collected into 37 volumes. In 1996, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōujou.  The manga has been adapted into 4 drama productions (in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Mainland China). Hana Yori Dango is the best-selling shōujou manga in Japan of all time, having sold 54 million copies as of 2005.

Story is about Makino Tsukushi, a working-class girl, attends an elite escalator school called Eitoku Academy(英徳学園 Eitoku Gakuen), populated by children and older youths from rich, high-society families. She is the "weed" of the school, surrounded by all the rich kids, including the "Flower Four" (F4). The F4 leader and son of the wealthiest, most powerful family in Japan, Domyouji Tsukasa, takes an interest in Tsukushi, because she is the only girl at Eitoku who does not fawn over him. However, his hot-headed nature and bullying ways are originally a major turn-off for Tsukushi, who has her sights set on someone else (Hanazawa Rui).