Crazy for the MC - Male Yanderes List - Shoujo / Josei

Crazy for the MC - Male Yanderes List - Shoujo / Josei
THIS HAS NOW BEEN CHANGED TO SHOUJO/JOSEI ONLY. I HAVE A SEPARATE LIST FOR BL LIGHT NOVELS

Collection of light novels with Male Yanderes who are crazy for the main character (Shoujo / Josei). 

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There is now a separate list for Male Yanderes in BL novels

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Currently in no order - WIP

Categories:

Male Yandere Male Lead - An important character (usually the ML) is yandere

Male Yandere Side Character - The yandere is only a supporting character and/or may only appear for a short part of the story. If the novel doesn't have a yandere tag at all then it probably means the yandere plays a very minor role.

Possessive Male Lead - Perhaps not quite a yandere but does show signs of possessiveness

Not Enough Chapters - Too early in the novel to tell / character hasn't demonstrated yandere traits yet but it's tagged under Male Yandere
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TopMagicianX
Created: Aug 9th, 2019, Updated: Apr 25th, 2020
Created Aug 9th, 2019
Updated Apr 25th, 2020
CN (3.9)
324 Chapters Every 29.1 Day(s) 6366 Readers 50 Reviews 05-25-2024
Male Yandere Male Lead - [Very obvious] yandere
CN (4.4)
79 Chapters Every 22.1 Day(s) 5736 Readers 27 Reviews 01-22-2025
Male Yandere Male Lead - [Very obvious / Moderate] yandere
CN (3.5)
55 Chapters Every 181.5 Day(s) 4188 Readers 65 Reviews 03-14-2018
[R-18] Male Yandere Male Leads - [Very obvious] yandere... more>>
KR (4.3)
34 Chapters Every 88.7 Day(s) 9751 Readers 14 Reviews 04-17-2022
CN (4.5)
120 Chapters Every 32.3 Day(s) 5106 Readers 115 Reviews 04-13-2024
*Personal Favourite*... more>>
JP (4.3)
44 Chapters Every 1.3 Day(s) 12050 Readers 59 Reviews 07-29-2025
Male Yandere Male Leads - [Moderate] yandere... more>>
CN (4.5)
393 Chapters Every 169.4 Day(s) 17553 Readers 201 Reviews 08-19-2018
Male Yandere Male Lead - Appears fairly late in the novel... more>>
JP (4.3)
172 Chapters Every 108.3 Day(s) 12881 Readers 59 Reviews 06-04-2022
JP (3.9)
37 Chapters Every 184.9 Day(s) 7318 Readers 14 Reviews 02-20-2021
Male Yandere Male Leads - [Moderate] yandere
CN (3.8)
66 Chapters Every 146.2 Day(s) 2476 Readers 18 Reviews 09-29-2019
Male Yandere Male Leads - [Very obvious] yandere... more>>
CN (4.1)
169 Chapters Every 52.9 Day(s) 5135 Readers 18 Reviews 03-31-2024
CN (3.6)
75 Chapters Every 128.6 Day(s) 6178 Readers 28 Reviews 04-28-2021
[R-18] Male Yandere Male Leads - [Very obvious] yandere
CN (3.6)
20 Chapters Every 140.9 Day(s) 2814 Readers 3 Reviews 03-14-2023
CN (4.2)
402 Chapters Every 19.7 Day(s) 5397 Readers 70 Reviews 03-04-2025
CN (3.6)
94 Chapters Every 139.4 Day(s) 4521 Readers 30 Reviews 08-28-2023
[R-18] Male Yandere Male Lead - [Very obvious] yandere... more>>
JP (3.5)
2 Chapters Every 1143.5 Day(s) 980 Readers 1 Reviews 04-25-2019
CN (4)
CN (3.8)
59 Chapters Every 141.1 Day(s) 7372 Readers 94 Reviews 10-31-2019
CN (4.2)
217 Chapters Every 12.7 Day(s) 7955 Readers 55 Reviews 04-15-2025
[R18] Male Yandere Male Leads - [Very obvious] yandere... more>>
JP (3.9)
551 Chapters Every 103.1 Day(s) 10856 Readers 54 Reviews 06-26-2025
CN (3.3)
42 Chapters Every 229.4 Day(s) 2297 Readers 12 Reviews 03-21-2016
JP (3.6)
24 Chapters Every 12.4 Day(s) 3980 Readers 26 Reviews 05-15-2018
JP (3.4)
37 Chapters Every 185.9 Day(s) 4517 Readers 40 Reviews 12-10-2017
CN (4.3)
1668 Chapters Every 1.1 Day(s) 7915 Readers 121 Reviews 07-29-2025
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  1. kryokori
    kryokori· Oct 5, 2019 11:04 PM
    It's nice of you to make a list of good yandere novels, but why not separating the BL from non BL? There is a lot of Yaoi in there. Makes a bit hard for non-yaoi readers to look around them. Just a suggestion clear.png 
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    • TopMagicianX
      TopMagicianX· Author · Oct 6, 2019 09:00 PM
      Ah yeah woops most of the list ended up being BL clear.png I've now shuffled all the Shoujo/Josei first so BL novels start after.
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  2. darkness emiko
    darkness emiko· Aug 3, 2020 07:01 PM
    how about making a separate list for yaoi?? and thank u so much for this list i found alot of interesting novels.... 
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  3. Yuki Chan
    Yuki Chan· Sep 18, 2019 08:46 AM
    Honestly, I've read most of these, so I know it's a good list. Thanks for making the list, now I can reread the old ones, while keeping watch on the stock pile of the new ones. 
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