Adult Yuri Recommendations

Do you love reading yuri/GL manga and manhwa? Are you an adult who would rather read about other adults rather than teenagers in high school? Well this is the list for you!

If you're a reader of wlw manga you've probably noticed that the majority of popular stories revolve around high school romances. Which are cute and great but you may have a taste for more mature and relatable stories as you get older. That's why I've created this list of manga and manhwa that center adult characters and storylines. I've made this mainly as a reference for myself and my gf but I'd love it if others with the same taste in manga would find this useful.

Content Rating Guide:
GA - Wholesome and appropriate for all ages.
T - May contain only brief mentions of or reference to adult themes (sex, violence, alcohol, drugs, etc.).
M - Contains adult themes (sex, violence, alcohol, drugs, etc.) but is not graphic.
E - Contains smut and/or graphic depictions of violence.

Title Content

After the Curtain Call

  • Content Rating: T
  • Content Warnings: Unknown
  • Tropes:
  • Fan/Idol Romance, Friends to Lovers
  • Plot Summary:
  • Soyoung is devastated when her favorite musical actor is swallowed up by the world of TV. Just after she quits supporting him, she discovers charismatic actress Jaeyi in a theater performance of "Macbeth" and becomes a fan at first sight. By meeting Jaeyi after her shows and even doing her a favor, Soyoung goes from a mere fan to her good friend. But when Jaeyi has to work with celebrity actress Hyesun, who she has a troubled past with, it unexpectedly sours their friendship. All Soyoung wanted was to support her favorite actress... so why does this new development bother her so much? Source
  • Episodes: 51
  • Status: Complete

Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon

  • Content Rating: GA
  • Content Warnings: Homophobia (mild), Death of a parent
  • Tropes:
  • Workplace Romance
  • Plot Summary:
  • In an effort to make herself seem "normal" to her friends and coworkers, Uno Hinako throws herself in makeup, fashion, and falling in love. But despite her best efforts, all her attempts at "normal" romance with men keep falling flat. A new normal emerges in the form of her connection with Asahi Sato, a sensible woman whom Hinako works with, just as she begins to fear that she might be alone forever. What starts as respect slowly moves into something more intimate. Source
  • Issues: 4
  • Status: Complete

Even Though We're Adults

  • Content Rating: T
  • Content Warnings: Infidelity, Alcohol Consumption
  • Tropes:
  • Slow Burn
  • Plot Summary:
  • When Ayano, an elementary school teacher in her thirties, runs into a friendly woman, Akari, at favourite bar, sparks begin to fly. As the night comes to a close, Ayano goes in for a kiss, however their new formed connection becomes far more complicated when Akari finds out that Ayano has a husband. Source
  • Issues: 10
  • Status: Complete

Handsome Girl and Sheltered Girl

  • Content Rating: T
  • Content Warnings: Alcohol Consumption
  • Tropes:
  • College Romance, Mistaken Identity
  • Plot Summary:
  • Having lived a sheltered life before starting university, Okuma Satomi has never really considered men before, but falls in love at first sight with Kanda Mizuki, a handsome man in one of her classes. When Okuma asks Kanda for a favor, Kanda agrees on the condition that they go on a date, and Okuma is overjoyed. However, Kanda soon realizes that there has been a misunderstanding between them, as Kanda is actually a woman. Source
  • Issues: 2
  • Status: Complete

How Do We Relationship?

  • Content Rating: T
  • Content Warnings: Depression, Homophobia (mild), Sexual Abuse (chapters 102-103)
  • Tropes:
  • College Romance
  • Plot Summary:
  • After Miwa Inuzuka enters university, she by chance becomes friends with Saeko Sawatari, her polar opposite. At Saeko's invitation, she joins the music club, and while conversing, they come out to each other as gay. Saeko suggests they start dating, and although Miwa does not have romantic feelings for Saeko, her interest in learning what a relationship is like leads her to agree to date her. Source
  • Issues: 14
  • Status: Final issue to be released

I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up

  • Content Rating: T
  • Content Warnings: Homophobia
  • Tropes:
  • Workplace Romance, Fake Marriage
  • Plot Summary:
  • 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! Source
  • Issues: 1
  • Status: Complete

Octave

  • Content Rating: M
  • Content Warnings: Sexual Content
  • Tropes:
  • Coming of Age Romance
  • Plot Summary:
  • When she was young, Yukino Miyashita wanted, more than anything else to become an idol. After accomplishing her dream, however, the idol group she was part of failed to sell, and she returned to school, facing alienation from her peers. Now, at age 18, Yukino is living alone in Tokyo, half-heartedly trying to start a new life as a talent manager, while not quite able to put her idol days behind her. She meets Setsuko, a songwriter who also once belonged to a failed idol group. The romance sparked by her encounter with Setsuko causes Yukino to reevaluate her own life. Source
  • Issues: 6
  • Status: Complete

Opium

  • Content Rating: E
  • Content Warnings: Sexual Content
  • Tropes:
  • Historical Romance
  • Plot Summary:
  • 1946 Choseon (Korea). Beautiful and brilliant Dr. Maria Arden returns to the country of her birth as the medical advisor to the U.S. Army—a stranger in an unfamiliar land ravaged by wars and corruption. There, she meets Dr. Kyeongju Lee, an alluring, mysterious woman shunned by society. Their innocent flirtations turn into a heated, forbidden love affair, as an illegal trade in opium threatens Choseon’s fragile stability. Two outsiders drawn helplessly to each other, but… everything was a lie. Source
  • Episodes: 46
  • Status: Complete

Pulse

  • Content Rating: E
  • Content Warnings: Sexual Content, Sexual Assault, Domestic Abuse
  • Tropes:
  • Plot Summary:
  • Mel, a renowned heart surgeon, lives a carefree life with sex being a tool for joy rather than a show of affection. Then she meets someone that turns her view of love and life upside down. This story is about two people that meet with minimal expectations but soon become enthralled in a relationship that changes everything about themselves. Source
  • Issues: 7
  • Status: Complete

Run Away With Me, Girl

  • Content Rating: E
  • Content Warnings: Domestic Violence, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Homophobia, Sexual Content
  • Tropes:
  • Childhood Friends
  • Plot Summary:
  • Graduate student Makimura Momo cannot forget Midori, the girl she dated in her all-girls school days. Their relationship abruptly ended on their high school graduation day when Midori told her they were now "too old to be fooling around dating girls". When a chance meeting reunites the pair, Makimura realizes her feelings for Midori have not changed, which is made more complicated when Midori invites Makimura to her upcoming wedding Source
  • Issues: 3
  • Status: Complete

She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat

  • Content Rating: GA
  • Content Warnings: None
  • Tropes:
  • Grocery shopping dates
  • Plot Summary:
  • Yuki Nomoto, a woman living alone in Tokyo, enjoys cooking, and while she posts her homemade dishes on social media, she regrets that she cannot make the large servings she longs for because she has a small appetite. After being frustrated at work, Nomoto accidentally cooks a large amount of food and is at a loss on how to eat it all. She then remembers her neighbor two houses down, Totoko Kasuga, who eats large amounts of fast food by herself. Nomoto decides to invite Kasuga to eat with her, soon forming a friendship around their love of cooking and eating. As they become closer overtime, visiting each other's houses and going on outings together, the pair begin to develop feelings for each other. Source
  • Issues: 5
  • Status: Ongoing

Still Sick

  • Content Rating: GA
  • Content Warnings: Homophobia (mild)
  • Tropes:
  • Workplace Romance
  • Plot Summary:
  • When Makoto Shimizu, an office worker who secretly works as a doujinshi artist in her free time, is spotted by her co-worker, Akane Maekawa, while attending a yuri manga exhibition the two end up striking an unusual friendship. Makoto is intrigued by Akane, who claims to have never even heard of the word "yuri" yet was at the exhibition. As two gradually grow closer, Makoto learns that Akane once worked as a professional manga artist in the past but failed to get a series off the ground. Thus Makoto promises to support Akane's dream of being manga artist once again. Source
  • Issues: 3
  • Status: Complete