yuri recommendations

This is beetwen an "all gl I have read/watched" list and a recs list. This is a wip because some titles are missing.

Last updated: 21.05.2024

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After Hours
The club is hopping and Emi isn’t…so she ends up hiding in a corner after her friend ditches her to flirt with a guy! Emi figures the night is a bust, but then someone amazing comes to her rescue. Kei is a DJ, and her effortless self-confidence captivates Emi. Is this just a wonderful night out or the start of the rest of her life?

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Cirque Arachne
Teti joins the Cirque Arachne, a troupe of acrobats, and finds herself captivated by one member in particular...

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Couple of Mirrors
In the Republic of China, famous Shanghainese author Xu Youyi has everything anyone could want—until the day an anonymous letter arrives, revealing the truth behind her perfect life. Betrayed by both her best friend and her husband, she meets Yan Wei, the outwardly cold but inwardly warm owner of a photography studio. They click instantly, both independent yet in harmony with one another. Growing closer in the turbulent dangers that surround them, the two different women soothe the scars within each other's heart. Will they be able to save each other?

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Dallaeya
Bo-Eun has recently acquired a furry little roommate named Dallae (Korean for azalea), who she met in an azalea field. Dallae has her own schedule, though, and comes and goes as she pleases. Meanwhile, Bo-Eun can’t seem to stop dreaming about a missed friendship in high school – her name is Sae-Yeon. Oddly enough, it was around the time that Dallae started showing up that Bo-Eun started having recurring dreams of Sae-Yeon...

read online: lezhin

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Dandelion Among Lilies (Yuri ni Tanpopo)
Fujii Kanae just broke up with her boyfriend, when her older sister Mizuho calls her to ask for her hospitality for her and... her girlfriend. How will Kanae, who hadn't ever imagined her sister to be a lesbian, cope with this cohabitation?

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Everyday Lily
A realist lesbian accidentally comes out to a closeted lesbian, whose only lesbian experience was through 2-D artworks. Find out how their college lives start involving a daily dose of lily.

read online: was on lezhin

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Fluttering Feelings
The story of two people brought together by the fluttering feelings that they know nothing about.

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Fujouri na Atashitachi (Irrational Us)
Emi Yamanaka is an office lady working in Tokyo. She's brash, opinionated, smokes, and likes girls. Having gone through various failed relationships with other girls, she resigns herself to cynicism. Her equilibrium is shattered by the appearance of a new worker at her office, Taneda-san.

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Handsome Girl and Sheltered Girl
When Okuma Satomi's friend seeks her help wrangling guys for a crossdressing cafe, Satomi winds up with a boyfriend! Sort of. After asking her handsome and aloof classmate, Kanda Mizuki, to help out in the cafe, Mizuki agrees, but on one condition: the two of them must go on a date. Satomi eagerly agrees, delighted to have such a good-looking guy interested in her, but Mizuki realizes that Satomi has completely misunderstood something crucial: Mizuki is a girl! Will this case of mistaken identity blossom into something beautiful, or will the truth leave both girls brokenhearted?

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Hero-san to Moto Onna Kanbu-san
When the villainess Honey Trap defeats the superheroine Rapid Rabbit, she sees her nemesis’ face for the first time…and falls head over heels in love! Unable to kill Rapid Rabbit, Honey Trap is cast out of her evil organization, her plans for world domination dashed. Now, the two superwomen are teaming up to fight evil together. Can Honey Trap defeat her former colleagues and seduce the heroine at the same time?

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I Love You So Much, I Hate You
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?

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I’m in Love with the Villainess
Ordinary office worker Oohashi Rei has just woken up in the body of the protagonist of her favorite girls’ otome game, Revolution. To her delight, the first person to greet her is her favorite character, Claire Francois–who just so happens to be the main antagonist of the story. Now, Rei is determined to do what the game never allowed: romance Claire instead of one of the male leads. But how will her villainous lady love react to that?!

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I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up
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!

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Kill Switch
Jeongwon, who is traumatized by four-wheeled vehicles because of a car accident, got a ride from Kim Jisoo's bike by chance during the new semester. She falls in love with Jisoo at the first sight together and gains an unknown sense of freedom.
Hwayeon, one of Jeongwon’s close friends, is aware of Jeongwon's feelings and panics. The more she tries to separate them from each other, the more Jeongwon wants to get closer to Jisoo...
However, Jisoo avoids Jeongwon, and Hwayeon interferes with Jeongwon's growing feelings because of her unpredictable attitude...

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Let's Kill Your Husband
So should we kill your husband?
Your shaky demeanor, the bruises on your face... It killed me to see how you'd changed after getting married. Maybe we should just kill your husband. But how? Will our lives ever be the same again? Fate must have been on our side, because everything went smoother than expected.

read online: manta

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Magan he Danai
The funny, daily life of a young adult couple.

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Maison de Maid
The lively yet clumsy new maid June does nothing right except cause trouble and yet, instead of berating June, the young and gracious madam forgives her and shows favoritism among the maids. Both have admiration and affection for one another, but will it turn into something more?

read online: lezhin

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My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness
A hugely popular comic on Pixiv, My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness offers readers an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman’s exploration of her sexuality, mental well-being, and growing up in our modern age.

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My Princess Charming
Twenty-one year old Yuna is tired of having guys hit on her all the time. As popular as she is, she's been single her whole life. Just when she decides to make herself a boyfriend to fend off guys, she meets a handsome guy who looks good enough to be her boyfriend. But wait, the guy is actually a girl! In fact, rumor says that Min is a lesbian. Nonetheless, the two decide to pretend to be in a romantic relationship.

read online: pocket comics

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Otherside Picnic (Ura Sekai Picnic)
In this sci-fi/fantasy survival thriller, the dangerous and deadly realm of the Otherside--where urban legends, cryptids, and folkloric legends roam--calls to two women, both in search of something. As they set out to sate their curiosity and explore this other world, will the most earth-shattering thing they discover on the Otherside be their feelings for each other?

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Program Me | nsfw
A salacious bondage sesh with the boss counts as overtime, right? Seungwon's first job lands herself in the lap of video game mastermind, Mimi Kim. Mimi "reluctantly" spins a web of lust, while coy Seungwon discovers her inner dominatrix. It's a titillating dance of kinks and toys, all for the sake of saving the company and the future of game development. Throw in a little blackmail and you've got the fantasy that HR reports are made of.

read online: tapas

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Run Away With Me, Girl
Maki's first love was her high school classmate, a girl named Midori. But Midori broke up with Maki at graduation, saying they were now "too old to be fooling around dating girls." Ten years later, Maki still can’t get Midori off her mind, and when the two women reconnect after a chance encounter, Maki realizes that, while her feelings haven’t changed, Midori has long moved on—in fact, she's engaged. Yet the more Maki hears Midori talk about her soon-to-be-husband, the more red flags she notices. And Midori has another secret, one she hasn’t yet shared with Maki. Will it be the last blow to Maki's hopes that their romance might be rekindled? Or will it be the push that sets them on a new path—one they'll travel together?

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Serenade
A professor living a successful life with a secret. Two students who each have a hold on their mentor: one who knows her secret and another who reminds her of her first love... A romantic thriller that will leave you hanging for more.

read online: was on lezhin

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Tamen De Gushi
The funny romantic story of how Qiu Tong and Sun Jing met and fell in love.

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Vengeance
Having witnessed her "secret" love killed by a murderer, the normally calm and cool headed police officer, Seolah, is determined to find the bastard and avenge her love's death...

read online: lezhin

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What Does The Fox Say? | nsfw
As the newest hire of a game dev studio, beautiful Seong-Ji draws all the attention of her coworkers — but it's her bossy and blunt team leader Su-Min that intrigues her. Love is a whole new game for Seong-Ji, and with company president Se-Ju breaking (or was it laying?) down the rules, this new girl’s got her work cut out for her if she wants to win. Will she be able to give Su-Min what she wants?

read online: tapas

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Wishpering You a Love Song
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...

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Would you? Could you?
"Why didn't you accept my bouquet?", she asked years later like it was the simplest thing. Chance brought Ju-Na back into Yun-Seo's life but things were much more complicated now. They were no longer in college where the only obstacle between them were the truth yet spoken. Luna was married with a child, what could Yun-Seo do? As Sae-Ha chases after Yun-Seo, Yun-Seo discovers even after all these years she'd still love Ju-Na at the drop of a hat. The three women navigate through their feelings for another, each desperate and yearning for a chance to be accepted.

read online: pocket comics

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Yagate Kimi ni Naru
Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day she gets a love confession that sends her heart aflutter with bubbles and hearts, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That’s when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity that she’s inspired to ask her for help. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is Nanami herself, has her shoujo romance finally begun?

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anime

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Adachi to Shimamura
Adachi spends her school days skipping class until she meets fellow delinquent Shimamura and the two become fast friends. Cutting class together deepens their friendship but soon unexpected emotions blossom.
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Sweet Blue Flowers (Aoi Hana)
Fumi and Akira were close childhood friends until Fumi had to move away. Ten years after losing touch with each other, the two girls meet again as high school freshmen. The two struggle to reconnect after so much has changed, and both deal with the trials and tribulations of high school — sometimes independently and sometimes with each other’s help.
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Asagao to Kase-san.
A relationship is like a garden. It's hard, really hard, to plant the initial seeds. Once you've gone through the agonizing process of wondering if the other person even likes you, fought the fear that telling her could destroy everything, and made your confession, the most difficult part begins. Because you have to keep nurturing this wonderful new feeling to keep it growing. Not just in your own heart, but in hers. And since even the most beautiful rose can cut you to the bone with its thorns, who can you talk to for advice? Especially when you're both girls in high school? For shy Yamada and boyish Kase, time is running out.
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Fragtime
All Misuzu Moritani has to do is think about it and, for three minutes, time seems to halt for everyone but herself. But three minutes isn't long enough to go anywhere and come back, especially when you can only do it once a day. So, mostly Misuzu just amuses herself… until she makes the mistake of sneaking a peek up the skirt of a classmate she's been crushing on and it turns out that Haruka Murakami is somehow immune to Misuzu's powers! Oops. And now a really embarrassed Misuzu has to make it up to Haruka. Double oops. Even if it means getting into a "relationship".
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Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon)
What happens when a drunken promise leads to living with a dragon? That’s Miss Kobayashi’s new reality when Tohru appears in her life. With a maid-slash-dragon in her home, she’s experiencing a whole new level of domestic bliss! But the dragons don’t stop there. On a mission to find Tohru appears Kanna, a little dragon with a big attitude. Before she knows it, Kobayashi’s got a house full of dragons—one serving tail and the other serving serious moe! Together, they live side by side with only the occasional disaster…well, maybe. But nothing beats coming home to the warm welcome of a dragon maid!
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Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica
One night, 14-year-old Madoka Kaname has a terrible nightmare - against the backdrop of a devastated city, she witnesses a girl fight a losing battle against a dreadful being lingering above, while a cat-like magical creature tells Madoka the only way to change such tragic outcome is for her to make a contract with him and become a magical girl.
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. A lone girl from the remote planet Mercury transfers to the Asticassia School of Technology, run by the Beneritt Group which dominates the mobile suit industry. Her name is Suletta Mercury. With a scarlet light burning in her pure heart, this girl walks step by step through a new world.
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If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die (Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu)
Passionate music-lover Eripiyo only wants to see her favorite underground pop group, ChamJam, make it to the big stage at Budokan. Because they’ve enriched her life by their very existence, Eri is willing to dedicate everything she has to see this dream fulfilled – even her health. At their last performance she got a crazy nosebleed. Hey, no one said being a super-fan was easy!
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My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
Wealthy heiress Katarina Claes is hit in the head with a rock and recovers the memories of her past life. It turns out the world she lives in is the world of the game Fortune Lover, an otome game she was obsessed with in her past life... but she's been cast as the villain character who tries to foil the protagonist's romances! The best ending the game has for Katarina is exile, and the worst, death! She'll have to find a way to avoid triggering the flags of doom, and make her own happy future!
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Princess Principal
The "spy action" series follows five girls in 19th century London, a city within the Albion Kingdom divided into east and west by a large wall. The girls serve as undercover spies enrolled as students at the prestigious Queen's Mayfair school. The girls make use of their individual abilities to remain active in the underground world of disguise, espionage, infiltration, and car chases.
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The Executioner and Her Way of Life (Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road)
When interdimensional travelers from an otherworldly land known as “Japan” appear, they often bring death and destruction. It’s up to Executioners like Menou to track and exterminate the Lost Ones before they wreak havoc. When Menou encounters a beguiling Lost One named Akari, it’s bloody business as usual… until Menou discovers Akari can cheat death, that is. Even so, Menou has a job to do, and she is committed to her executioner’s mission come hell or high water — provided her newly stirring feelings don’t get in the way.
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Shoujo Kakumei Utena
Just after Utena's parents died she was consoled by a prince who gave her a ring with a rose crest on it. Utena was so impressed by the Prince that she vowed to become one herself one day. A few years later Utena is attending Ohtori Academy where she gives all the teachers headaches because she dresses in a boys uniform so she can be like the prince she met long ago.
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Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight
The franchise centers on "Starlight" — the song and dance revue troupe loved throughout the world. Karen and Hikari make a promise with each other when they're young that one day they'll stand on that stage together. Time passes, and now the girls are 16 years old. Karen is very enthusiastic about the lessons she takes every day, holding her promise close to her heart. Hikari has transferred schools and is now away from Karen. But the cogs of fate turn, and the two are destined to meet again. The girls and other "Stage Girls" will compete in a mysterious audition process to gain acceptance into the revue.
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Whispered Words(Sasameki Koto)
Murasame Sumika is popular in the high school for her excellence in the marks and sports. However, she has a secret: she is in love with her classmate Kazama Ushio. Ushio also has a liking to the love between girls, but she hasn't noticed Sumika's feeling and always been refused by other girls.
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Bloom Into You (Yagate Kimi ni Naru)
Yuu Koito thought love would be something amazing and magical, but when a male friend asks her to date, she feels nothing. She doesn't even know how to respond until she overhears the student council president of her new high school, Touko Nanami, turning down a similar request. With Touko's help, Yuu manages to let her friend down gracefully, but then Touko confesses that she, herself, is starting to have feelings for Yuu, leaving Yuu in a quandary. Yuu doesn't think that she's in love with Touko, but she does feel something. As Yuu joins the Student Council, and she and Touko become closer, her confusion about her feelings only continues to grow. Because you can't control who you love, or who falls in love with you.

webtoon

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Not So Shoujo Love Story
Romance-super-fan Rei Chan is ready for her first boyfriend and she knows just who it'll be: the most handsome boy in school, Hansum Ochinchin. But her plans for the perfect love story are derailed when the most popular girl in class declares herself a rival....for Rei's heart?!
This is the year her not so shoujo love story begins!

read online: webtoon