# The 8 Best Nakayoshi Shojo Manga

> Magical girls, kitchen dreams and a few pioneers, all born in one long-running Japanese magazine. Childhood favorites sit beside cult picks.

*By YPB Team · Published October 22, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-8-best-nakayoshi-shojo-manga*

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1. **Sailor Moon** — score 1000/1000
   Naoko Takeuchi's magical-girl landmark about schoolgirl warriors of the Moon.
2. **Cardcaptor Sakura** — score 787/1000
   CLAMP's story of a girl who must recapture magical Clow Cards.
3. **Shugo Chara!** — score 692/1000
   Peach-Pit's story of a girl whose unborn wishes hatch as guardian characters.
4. **Princess Knight** — score 621/1000
   Osamu Tezuka's pioneering shojo adventure about a princess raised as a prince.
5. **Tokyo Mew Mew** — score 0/1000
   Reiko Yoshida and Mia Ikumi's tale of girls fused with endangered animal DNA.
6. **Magic Knight Rayearth** — score 0/1000
   CLAMP's fantasy about three schoolgirls summoned to the world of Cephiro.
7. **Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch** — score 0/1000
   Michiko Yokote and Pink Hanamori's mermaid-idol fantasy.
8. **Kitchen Princess** — score 0/1000
   Miyuki Kobayashi and Natsumi Ando's cooking romance about an orphan chef.

Tags: comics, japan, manga, shojo