girl mcs who convince me that maybe the future will have flying cars

there are lots of really badass girl mcs from shoujo/romance drive plots, but this list is specifically filled with stories that are gems due to the rarity of their specific tropes/plots with a female-centered protag.

- i try to avoid romance! (if there's a big center point or even just distinct input of it, i'll mention it)
- mostly action/shounen vibes
All(97) / manga(97)

Winter Moon

 9.1(312 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): R. Merryweather
Genre(s): Fantasy / Webtoons

gold digging bitch never changes who she is, is fundamentally a really complicated character that the audience struggles to like even when we learn more about her, and she's a really independent character who has her own growth separate from the other MCs as well. i love her ngl. she has her own arc, own personal life, as well as the other MCs. all characters are the shit u know

27 11,2021

Bullet 6mm

 9.4(428 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Kim dogeun
Genre(s): Action / Comedy / Drama / School life / Slice of life / Sports / Webtoons

ummm ms jesus pls someone TL and update this. tbh raws prolly r still coming out, just no one picking this up. but i love how this starts off very shounen like, where MC is clearly blessed in athletics and is picked up in a very "shounen" type of way if that makes sense. im sensing POTENTIAL romance, but it's very faint so i'm not entirely concerned about it.

27 11,2021

Pathfinder

 9.3(206 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): yeowang
Genre(s): webtoons / shounen / action / adventure

i actually haven't read this manhwa yet!

27 11,2021

My ID is Gangnam Beauty

 9.3(476 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Gi Meng-gi
Genre(s): Shoujo / Webtoons

definitely is romance centered, however, it's set in a very realistic setting. sexism, misogyny, and the cultural environment of korea has been reviewed structurally, and not as individual problems MC has to overcome, but rather, something that everyone has to acknowledge as a societal problem. i love the mc's development and internal realization of self-worth, and how her relationship with the world grows as she does herself.

27 11,2021

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qchni March 1, 2025 1:39 pm

ty for the list i really hope u will add more soon

inyaoithrust October 24, 2024 10:19 am

youre so funny also thank u for this list girlypop

goopy August 4, 2024 7:08 am

awesome list

strawberritees May 28, 2024 2:24 pm

heyy! i really like this list and i found a bunch of really good mangas cuz of this list. Just wanted to point that the mc of 'Hen Na Le' is actually a dude. The mangaka just draws him like really pretty ig lol. There's a live action for this manga and it's mc is a dude. I haven't read the og novel but if you check the wiki it says that the mc is a dude. Just thought I'd let you knowヾ(❀╹◡╹)ノ~

lukewarn_piss January 17, 2025 9:11 am

omg wait i never noticed LOLLL that's so funny. thanks for lmk. for some reason the fact that i just NEVER picked up on the fact that MC was a dude is so hilarious to me, that im going to leave it in this list with an edit stating my mistake.