Thread by @ShoujoseiWorld

A recommendation thread for shoujo manga with action it broken down by type of action and/or subgenre

SWORDS AND/OR SORCERY
-could contain swordfights, supernatural or demonic abilities, exorcists, monsters, massive weapon fights, etc

X - 18 volumes
Kamui has just returned to Tokyo after his mother's death. Cold to his old friends, yet determined to protect them from his dark fate. For he is the nexus of a great cataclysm to come, & inheritor to a strange destiny that could decide the fate of the entire world

Night of the Beasts - 6 volumes
Tough girl Aria meets Sakura, who's possessed by a 600 year old demon that's neutralized by her touch. Agents are out to kill Sakura, who's been trying to protect the city's inhabitants from his demon on a killing spree against his entire bloodline

Magic Knight Rayearth - 6 volumes
Umi, Hikaru, & Fuu are 3 girls isekaied to another world through the last strength of Princess Emeraude, who hopes that they destined to become the magic knights legend says can save her realm!
-JRPG-style powerups and adventure

Sakura Hime - 12 volumes
Sakura is the granddaughter of a mysterious moon princess who slew demons with her Blood Cherry Blossom sword. Sakura has been forbidden to look at the full moon without knowing why. One night, Sakura gazes up at the moon only to see a demon attacking her

Servamp - 18+ volumes
When a stray cat named Kuro crosses Shirota Mahiru's path, his life will never be the same. Kuro is a servamp: a servant vampire. While Mahiru's personal philosophy is laissez-faire, he becomes embroiled in an ancient, surreal war between vampires & humans.

Immortal Rain - 11 volumes

Ceres Celestial Legend - 14 volumes
Aya & her twin thought they were going to their 16th birthday at their grandfather's. Their present turns out to be a mummified hand, which forces an awakening in Aya & wounds all over Aki's body! Aki will be heir to the fortune & Aya must die

Samurai Drive - 8 volumes
In modern-day Japan, only the direct descendants of samurai can carry swords. Rumors spread of a swordsman who's been attacking others. Ibuki witnesses a fight involving his classmate--the strongest swordsman at his school. He intends to find out more

Soul Rescue - 2 volumes
Renji is an angel who is better at violence than mercy, so God exiles him to Earth to save ten thousand souls that are currently torn between good and evil, using the mysterious power of soul rescue.

Fushigi Yugi - 18 volumes
15-year-old Miaka is transported into an ancient Chinese kingdom by a library book: The Universe of the 4 Gods. Following the story, Miaka becomes the Priestess of Suzaku & must find her 7 Celestial Warriors before she can save the kingdom & return home

Queen's Quality - 15+ volumes
Fumi lives with Kyutaro & his family of Sweepers, people who specialize in cleaning minds overcome by negative energy & harmful spirits. Fumi's always had mysterious abilities, but will those powers be used for evil when she awakens as a Queen?

From Far Away - 14 volumes
Noriko is isekai'ed into fantasy world. She's rescued & befriended by Izark. Inside Izark lurks the darkest evil imaginable. According to prophecy, Noriko possesses the power to unleash that evil. These 2 must navigate a world both wondrous & hostile

GANGS/ASSASSINS/ESPIONAGE
-Yakuza, assassins, shoot outs, spies, or brawls, etc

Tokyo Crazy Paradise - 19 volumes
Future Tokyo: crime rates are high & crimes against women rank 2nd to murders, so Tsukasa's parents raised her as a boy. When they die in a yakuza in-fight, she must work as a bodyguard for the head of a yakuza group to pay off her family's debts

Banana Fish - 19 volumes
Brought up as the adopted heir of “Papa” Dino Golzine, Ash forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove his bro mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's hands. It's the wrong time for Eiji to appear

Love Of Kill - 12+ volumes
During a bounty hunter mission, Chateau comes across Song Ryang-ha, a professional hitman who begins stalking & brokering her info in exchange for a date. After the 2 become targeted by Donald Bachman, they're forced to confront their common past

Sukeban Deka - 22 volumes
Saki, after being incarcerated in a youth corrections facility, is recruited by a detective after convincing her that the gov could provide clemency for her death row mother. She infiltrates schools to investigate cases of crime, corruption & terrorism

Musashi #9
#9 is a top agent from the world organization known as "Ultimate Blue". Starts as a collection of stories with #9 but focus on the people she comes into contact withi while saving the world. Relatively graphic with depictions of her fighting & killing off bad guys

May I Ask For One Final Thing?
The engagement between Scarlet & the Prince was annulled during a ball. She had been falsely accused of harassing a girl. Condemned by everyone, she decided enough was enough. Her palm spun like a drill & the ballroom floor was stained with blood

Oresama Teacher
Mafuyu is leader of her high school gang. But when she gets expelled for being a delinquent, her mother sends her to an isolated school. Determined to make the best of the situation, she decides to turn over a new leaf. But her fighting spirit can't be kept down

Blank Slate
Zen's memory has been wiped & he can't remember if he's a killer or a hero. And a lot of people will do anything they can to keep it that way. When he meets a doctor who may know him, he learns that the secret of his memory is definitely more sinister than saintly

B-Eyes
In New York, Kazuya & Keith execute "requests" in order to live. No one knows about them. But what happens to people who look directly into Kazuya's jet black eyes? For some reason, they start to change, little by little.

HISTORICAL-INSPIRED
- War, army battles, political intrigue, often a historical-based world

I'll come back to this tomorrow it's 4am 🤪

Yona of the Dawn - 38+ volumes
Yona reels from the shock of witnessing her father's murder. With Hak’s help, she flees the palace & struggles to survive while evading enemy’s forces. But where will this displaced princess go when all the paths before her are uncertain?

Basara - 27 volumes
A post-apocalyptic adventure series. The story of how a girl becomes "the child of destiny" and finds the strength to free her people from the tyrant royal family & seek revenge for the death of her brother. A fantastic, layered depiction of war & revolution

Rose of Versailles - 5 volumes
Oscar is a young noble raised as a son by her father. As commander of Marie Antoinette's palace guard, Oscar is brought face-to-face with the luxury of Versailles' court. Oscar is privy to the intrigue & deceit of France's last great royal regime

Requiem of the Rose King - 17 volumes
Based on Shakespeare's Richard III
Richard, the ambitious 3rd son of House York, believes he is cursed. His father is to become king of England during the bloody Wars of the Roses. But just he is abruptly cut down. Richard seeks revenge

Prince Freya - 9+ volumes
Due to their similar appearance, Freya must pretend to be Prince Prince Edvard, who lays dying from poison. Without its ruler, all of Tyr will quickly be engulfed by Sigurdian violence. Freya must take his place & lead his knights in defending the realm

Red River - 28 volumes
Hands appear out of a puddle on the street & drag Yuri into the water! Transported to an ancient village in ancient Anatolia, she is captured by armed troops & taken to the Queen's palace for a human sacrifice.

Laughing Under the Clouds
In the Meiji era carrying swords was forbidden by the gov & samurai were fading. Crime rates also increased. Japan’s resolve was a lake prison. While it had no other way to access it 3 brothers were assigned to transport the criminals to their new "home"

Rengoku ni Warau
The battle with Orochi took place at Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, during the Tenshou Period -- 300 years before the events of Laughing Under the Clouds. This is the story of that battle.

Joou no Hana
4 countries: Sou, Kou, Do, & Ah. The King of Ah took on a wife from Kou & Do, creating a shaky alliance between the nations. When the 2nd Queen gave birth to a son, the King cast aside the 1st Queen & her daughter Aki into the depths of the Palace.

Hiiro no Isu - 3 volumes
Setsu hass been participating in Martial Arts Competitions to earn enough $ to travel to the capital where King Lucaria resides, her childhood friend. When she arrives & gets a glimpse of the King she's shocked to find a stranger in his place!

RG VEDA
300 years ago, a warlord rebelled against the Heavenly Emperor. After killing the Emperor, the warlord crowned himself, starting a cruel reign. But there's a prophecy: 6 Stars will 1 day overthrow him. The head of Yasha Clan finds Ashura & they set out to find the 6 Stars

Pygmalio
Kurt leaves home to find a way to heal his petrified goddess-mother. Battling numerous monsters, overcoming challenges set forth by Medusa's apostles, & helping others. Join him on his travels to meet interesting people, monsters, gods...and then to kick their asses

MAGICAL GIRL
- gonna use this a bit loosely, but girls with magical powers fighting aliens, monsters, demons, power structures, etc ok

Sailor Moon
Tokyo Mew Mew
Cardcaptor Sakura
Futari wa Pretty Cure

Do I even need to explain these??

Revolutionary Girl Utena
Utena, an orphaned girl who expresses her childhood desire to be a prince. She finds herself drawn into a series of sword duels to win the hand of Anthy, a mysterious girl known as the "Rose Bride" who possesses the "power to revolutionize the world".

Alice 19th
Alice is a meek girl who seems to be outshined by her sister. She has an encounter with a magical rabbit girl & discovers certain words have power. She has the potential to be master of a set of sublimely powerful words called Lotis Words. But power comes with a price

New Legend of Snow White Pretear
Himeno has begun a life with her father & new stepmother, but her world is more of a nightmare than a fairytale. Until she's crowned the Prétear by a group of knights. This princess is strong, stubborn & she has a world to save!

Phantom Thief Jeanne
By day, Maron is an ordinary girl with more than her share of problems. By night, she's Phantom Thief Jeanne, the reincarnation of Jeanne d'Arc. Her mission: to hunt down demon-possessed paintings and exorcise the evil spirits!

OUTLIERS
- basically don't fit completely into other categories

Chicago - 2 volumes
Tokyo Bay is filled with landfill to make room for the bursting population. Tokyo suffers a great earthquake & the landfill liquefies, creating untold damage. The members of Rescue Squad Four are sent, but what they dig up is a plot of murder & destruction

JYU-OH-SEI
Twin Brothers Thor & Rai, the sons of murdered parents are sent to prison star Kimera. What is waiting for them is a planet where meat-eating plants rule & society is divided in 4 different colonies. Will the boys survive in these harsh conditions?

Oz
1990, World War III breaks out. It lasts for 40 minutes, but industrial establishments were nearly wiped out. Earth was cloaked in nuclear winter for 6 months. Each gov. fell into anarchy. America was split into 6 parts, adding other unapproved small states, it was divided

Bokura no Kiseki
Minami has dreams of Veronica, a princess whose kingdom is on the verge of destruction. He believes them to be recollections of his past life. Because of this he's ridiculed by his classmates. When the mockery escalates into bullying, he rediscovers magic

Wild Adapter
Kubota wandered through life. His job as the head of Izumo Group's gang kept him pleasantly occupied with yakuza wars, mahjong & assassinations... Until the day he stumbled upon a strange drug called Wild Adapter that produces bizarre side-effects -- including death.

07-Ghost
Teased unmercifully for his past, Teito has only his best friend Mikage to ease his days at the elite Barsburg Academy & his mastery of the magical art Zaiphon! But even that won't be enough to save him when trapped in a battle between a wicked Death God & the 7 Ghosts

Saiyuki Reload & Blast
On their journey to Shangri-La, their legend precedes them, but not always in the way 1 might expect. The Minus Wave that drove all the youkai land mad looks like it might have missed 1, as they meet a lone guardian & the band of children he cares for