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Given

Also known as given.

Studio: Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life

Tightly clutching his Gibson guitar, Mafuyu Satou steps out of his dark apartment to begin another day of his high school life. While taking a nap in a quiet spot on the gymnasium staircase, he has a chance encounter with fellow student Ritsuka Uenoyama, who berates him for letting his guitar's strings rust and break. Noticing Uenoyama's knowledge of the instrument, Satou pleads for him to fix it and to teach him how to play. Uenoyama eventually agrees and invites him to sit in on a jam session with his two band mates: bassist Haruki Nakayama and drummer Akihiko Kaji.

Satou's voice is strikingly beautiful, filling Uenoyama with the determination to make Satou the lead singer of the band. Though reticent at first, Satou takes the offer after an emotional meeting with an old friend. With the support of his new friends, Satou must not only learn how to play guitar, but also come to terms with the mysterious circumstances that led him to be its owner.



Tags: Band , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Suicide , Rehabilitation , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , School , Urban , Josei , Bisexual , Rock Music , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Basketball

Umibe no Étranger

Also known as The Stranger by the Shore.

Studio: Studio Hibari , BLUE LYNX
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

After coming out to his parents, aspiring novelist Shun Hashimoto has no one to turn to, until the day he meets high schooler Mio Chibana on the beach. The two instantly click—just before Mio has to leave for the mainland. Now three years later, Mio returns with a confession. But after all this time, will Shun feel the same?



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Skip , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Age Gap , Bisexual , Iyashikei , Writing , Bullying , Love Triangle , Coastal , Work

Sasaki to Miyano

Also known as Sasaki and Miyano.

Studio: Studio DEEN , KADOKAWA , Nippon Columbia , Movic , BS Nippon , U-NEXT , Frontier Works , Kadokawa Media House , TV Aichi
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Miyano spends his days reading Boys’ Love manga and worrying about the soft features of his face. His world of fiction becomes reality when a chance encounter leads him to high school senior Sasaki in the middle of a fight. Now, Sasaki wants to spend every opportunity he can to get to know Miyano. And what was once admiration quickly turns into affection.



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Otaku Culture , Primarily Male Cast , Meta , Shoujo , Bisexual , Coming of Age , Iyashikei , Chibi , Table Tennis , Crossdressing , Trains

LOVE STAGE!!

Studio: J.C. Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Though his family is packed with famous celebrities, Izumi Sena is just your average guy. Currently a college student, he's a huge otaku with aspirations of becoming a manga creator. But one day he gets roped into filming a TV commercial and meets hot young actor Ryoma Ichijo. Not only does Ryoma remember Sena from a commercial they were in together as children, but he’s also been carrying a torch all these years for the girl he thinks starred opposite him! What will he do when he finds out she is really a he?



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Handjob , Acting , Josei , Femboy , Crossdressing , Otaku Culture , Family Life , Gender Bending , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Drawing , Age Gap

Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu.

Also known as DAKAICHI -I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year-.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Takato Saijyo has reigned as the idol industry's "Most Huggable" for five years, that is, until freshman actor Junta Azumaya. Takato was always considered brusque while Azumaya's smile is winning over admirers by comparison. The whole fiasco drives Takato to over indulge in alcohol and his actions catch the attention of the last person he wants to see. To his surprise, Azumaya uses this new info to blackmail Takato for physical affection.



Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Acting , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Tsundere , Male Protagonist , Yandere

Doukyuusei

Also known as Doukyuusei -Classmates-.

Studio: Half H.P Studio , A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life

Sajou is an honor student with perfect scores in every subject on his high school entrance exam. Kusakabe plays guitar in his band that performs at live events and is popular among the girls. These boys would have never crossed paths. But one day Kusakabe offers to help Sajou prepare for their upcoming chorus festival and the two begin to talk. As the two meet after school, they bond through songs and begin to harmonize as their hearts beat together.

It starts out slowly but soon their feelings for one another grow and suddenly they both realize that they are in love. Kusakabe's emotions are frivolous, pure and direct causing Sajou to hesitate at first, but he gradually opens his heart. The boys learn about each other, as well as themselves, as they support one another during this difficult time in their youth.

As the time to start thinking about their futures approaches, what do these young men find as they try to move forward...



Tags: Boys' Love , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , School Club , Band , Motorcycles

Yes ka No ka Hanbun ka

Also known as Yes, No, or Maybe?.

Studio: Lesprit
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

The popular, young newscaster Kunieda Kei has two very different personalities. Out in public, he's considered the perfect prince, but on the inside, he is naggy and calls others "incompetents." One day while he was not doing his usual perfect newscaster persona, he is reunited with the visual artist Tsuzuki Ushio, whom he had interviewed very recently. Luckily, it doesn't appear as though Tsuzuki had recognized him because he was wearing a tracksuit and a mask. Kei tells Tsuzuki that his name is "Owari" and ends up in a situation where he has to help Tsuzuki out with his work.



Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Work , Tsundere , Bisexual

Namui BL Manhwa Animation

Also known as Someone Else's BL Comic Animation.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Seunghee may seem like a regular high school boy, but he’s got a few secrets: he loves to cross-dress and read BL comics. He’s looking for a match that will accept him, but it’s classmate Seungtaek who spies him on a date gone bad. Now that someone at school knows he’s gay, can Seunghee’s life remain ordinary the way he likes it?



Includes prologue.

Tags: Boys' Love , School

30-sai made Doutei da to Mahou Tsukai ni Nareru Rashii

Also known as Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!.

Studio: Satelight , TV Tokyo , Square Enix , Sotsu , Avex Pictures , BS TV Tokyo , MAGNET , TV Osaka , TV Aichi
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Adachi's 30th birthday as a virgin came with the oddest gift—the ability to read the mind of anyone he touches. Pondering what to do with this mysterious power, he gets a lead when he accidentally reads his colleague Kurosawa's mind. Turns out the handsome hotshot of the sales team has got a thing for him! How will Adachi respond to overhearing these affectionate thoughts?



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Work , LGBTQ+ Themes , Office , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Josei , Bisexual , Magic , Fitness , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Age Gap , Chibi , Travel , Unrequited Love , Dancing , Marriage , Writing , Office Lady , Motorcycles

Sasaki to Miyano: Koi ni Kizuku Mae no Chottoshita Hanashi.

Also known as Sasaki and Miyano: A Tiny Episode From Before He Realized His Feelings.

Studio: KADOKAWA , Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Unaired episode bundled with the ninth volume of the manga. The episode will follow the disciplinary committee as they form "The First Lost Property Detective Team" and set out to search for a student's missing keychain.



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Male Cast , School , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , Animals