Can someone recommend me a manga with a resilient and/or strategic/intelligent/genius and/or almost unyielding/indifferent towards the male lead kind of female protagonist? (Not tsunderes pls...)



I'll give you an example of the mangas I enjoy the most with a female lead that has the qualities I'm looking for:


1.) High School Debut's HARUNA - she can't easily be swayed, she never gives up, she usually puts up a good front which is so infectious to the people around her, and she's such a hardworking lass! (RESILIENCE)

2.) How I Found It In July's DANOH - y'know this girl ain't gonna give up so easily even tho she was already aware she's a character inside a comic book and what she'll do in the near future depends on the writers! She just couldn't be wavered by that mere fact and she took it as her responsibility to find her own love.

3.) Queen's Quality/QQ Sweeper's FUMI - as the title itself limned, this gal has that QUEEN QUALITY.

4.) Kusuriya no Hitorigoto's MAOMAO - totally uninterested towards the bishounen eunuch! (LIKE HOW?) strategic and someone who's not afraid to die (in fact she loves poison!) (my top character so far!)

5.) Okobore Hime to Entaku no Kishi's LETICIA - ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE HER MAJESTY - P.E.R.F.E.C.T.I.O.N

6.) Cheese in the Trap's SEOL - the amount of times she stands up for herself makes her earn my respekt! This girl knows how to clapback!

7.) Akatsuki no Yona's YONA - I love how she can make sound judgements. She really feels like a princess. And my favorite strips are always when her eyes shoots like daggers. Girl has that smize.


8.) Doctor Elise's ELISE - Intelligent, classy, kind, what more can I say? Complete package!


In short, I just need a shoujo with a slow-paced romance where the female protag has this certain goal she wants to fulfill and her life doesn't simply revolved around the butterflies in her stomach wildin' everytime she sees her bishounen Senpai. 😁




Last edited by Inquiry_Sore at 7:29 am, Aug 14 2019

Beauty Pop
The Female Lead's like a brick, she just doesn't give a fuck.

Koi da no Ai da no and its prequel Warau Kanoko-sama
While not as indifferent as the first one, she's still quite intelligent and a breath of fresh air compared to other shoujo series that lets the female lead being led around the nose by the male lead. This story is the opposite, the male lead is the one constantly worrying and getting caught up in her bullshit.


I'm kinda wondering though, it seems you want an indifferent and cool-headed Female Lead but IIRC the ones you listed in High School Debut and Queen's Quality are quite the opposite (though I didn't finish either of them).

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mejaz - regulus in the world it is not a slow paced romance though

Try Gals! - Ran is the best. My favourite female lead of all time. She's not intelligent, but she is strong and awesome.

Also:
Dengeki Daisy
Ryuu no Hanawazurai
H³ School!

Chang Ge Xing (on hiatus but still well worth reading)
Ashita no Ousama

Mizutama Honey Boy has a great heroine.

Maybe Takane to Hana, Hana is awesome but the manga is pretty focused on the relationship.

What happens, bros? How are you forgetting about Shurei? 😁
Saiunkoku Monogatari


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Empress of Another World

She’s cunning and clever and rejects the male leads advances towards her