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Gakuen Heaven

Also known as Heaven Academy.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Tokyo Kids , Media Blasters , AT-X , Frontier Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Itou Keita, an average guy, is shocked when he's invited to attend the elite institution, "Bell Liberty Academy". Unnerved by the mystery, he's further distracted by the school's social dynamics. In a sea of amazing young men, Keita struggles to find out what makes him unique, and how he can possibly deserve to be treated as an equal by the boys of BL. Lacking any particular ability, just why has Itou been welcomed into the privileged world of the talented and the beautiful?

Along the way, he develops intense relationships with the almost everyone at school but he is terribly drawn to the friendly, overcaring but very mysterious classmate, Kazuki Endou.

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Male Harem , School , Age Gap , Twins

Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shou ga Nai!!

Also known as Sukisho.

Studio: ZEXCS , Lantis , Movic , Bandai Visual
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Hashiba Sora has fallen from a 4th story window and has lost all of his memories. When Fujimori Sunao comes to his school as his new room mate, Fujimori tells Hashiba that he is called Ran. Fujimori and Hashiba both have a split personality which they developed in their youth. Their split personalities, Yoru and Ran, are deeply in love. Even though it creeps Fujimori and Hashiba out what their other selves do with each other at night, they also start to fall for each other. Because of their relationship, Hashiba Sora finds out a lot of shocking facts about their youth.

Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Boys' Love , Dissociative Identities , Amnesia

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

Ouran Koukou Host Club

Also known as Ouran High School Host Club.

Studio: bones , VAP , Nomad , Funimation , Nippon Television Network , Hakusensha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Fujioka Haruhi wins a scholarship to attend Ouran Academy, a school reserved for only the most rich and prestigious. Despite what other students may think of her, she cares little for physical appearances or the fact that she is a commoner.

Unfortunately for Haruhi, her high school days take a sudden turn when she stumbles upon the Host Club, an elite club filled with super rich and beautiful boys who use their specific traits and charms to entertain young ladies. Even worse, Haruhi accidentally breaks an 8-million yen vase in the club. Since she is unable to repay her debt with money, Haruhi finds herself with no choice but to work for the Host Club, becoming a male host herself.

Tags: School Club , Shoujo , Parody , Crossdressing , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Harem , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Tomboy , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Surreal Comedy , Femboy , Meta , Episodic , Twins , LGBTQ+ Themes , Mixed Gender Harem , Heterosexual , Found Family , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Chibi , Ojou-sama , Food , Martial Arts , Delinquents , Gangs , Yakuza

Himegoto

Studio: Asahi Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Slice of Life

The story follows Hime Arikawa, a boy who is being chased down by scary people. However, he is rescued from danger by the girls in his school's student council — 18-Kin-san, President Unko, and Beru-senpai. The student council will assume Arikawa's debt under one condition: "As the student council's dog, you will spend your high school life in women's clothes."

Tags: Crossdressing , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Femboy , Gender Bending , School , Parody , Heterosexual , Seinen

Cardfight!! Vanguard: overDress

Also known as Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress.

Studio: Kinema Citrus , Studio JEMI , Gift-o’-Animation , Sentai Filmworks , Bushiroad
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

Yu-yu is a boy living in Kanazawa, Kaga Province. He is 15 years old and in his third year of junior high school. He has the ability to sense the feeling of others, but he is troubled by the fact that he cannot say no when asked. One day, Yu-yu could no longer stand going along with his sister's hobby, so he ran away from home. The one who saves him is Megumi Okura. Megumi invites Yu-yu to a nighttime amusement park called "Wonder Hill" where her friends hang out.

At the amusement park, Yu-yu meets Megumi, Zakusa Ishikame, and Tomari Seto, members of "Team Blackout," a group that meets to play Vanguard every night.

Tonight, a serious fight for the team's flag will take place. Blackout's leader, Danji Momoyama, and the mysterious and powerful fighter, Tohya Ebata. As Yu-yu stares at them, the card fight is soon eroded into a world of images. This is how Yu-yu encounters Vanguard, a world he has never seen before, and is drawn by its powerful allure - making new friends along the way.



Note: The first episode was pre-screened on March 24, 2021 on the official japanese Cardfight Vanguard youtube channel.

Tags: Card Battle , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Primarily Teen Cast , Crossdressing , Heterosexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Ensemble Cast , Family Life , Wrestling

Vampire Dormitory

Also known as Vampire Dormitory.

Studio: Studio Blanc , Kodansha , Avex Pictures , Dentsu , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Supernatural

“I want to become your thrall…!”

A crossdressing girl and doting vampire’s dangerous cohabitation is about to begin!

After losing her parents and being abandoned by her relatives, Mito is left all alone in the world. When she’s kicked out of the restaurant where she works with no money and no place to live, she is taken in by Ruka, a vampire. In exchange for giving Ruka her blood as his “food,” she ends up living with him in a boys’ dorm full of beautiful boys with unique personalities…?!



Tags: Crossdressing , Shoujo , Gender Bending , Vampire , Boarding School , Bisexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tomboy , Female Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Love Triangle , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Netorare , School , Body Horror , Boys' Love

Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru

Also known as The Betrayal Knows My Name.

Studio: J.C. Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Sakurai Yuki is an orphan with a mysterious ability. Found near the fence of his current home, the Asahi Orphanage, Yuki strives for independence. The last thing he wants is to be a burden on anybody. His ability makes this nearly impossible, however; whenever he touches someone, he feel their emotions and see the darkness within their hearts and exactly what caused such darkness. Unable to control his ability, Yuki has often made insensitive blunders while trying to empathize with the person he feels pain for. Now, however, with death threats clouding his judgement and his ability increasing immensely, what will happen when a man claiming to be Yuki's older brother appears?

Tags: Shoujo , Amnesia , Urban Fantasy , Found Family , Super Power , Love Triangle , Philosophy , Magic , Demons , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Superhero , Reincarnation , Orphan , Boys' Love , Suicide , Dissociative Identities , Agender , School , Femboy , Coming of Age , Twins , Bisexual , Tsundere , Kuudere , Anthropomorphism , Surreal Comedy , Gender Bending

Koko wa Green Wood

Also known as Here is Greenwood.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Ajiado , Media Blasters
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Hasukawa Kazuya is in a terrible bind. His brother's new wife is also the woman that Kazuya secretly loves. Determined to avoid them both, Kazuya leaves home to live in the student dorm called Greenwood. There, he hopes to find peace of mind. Unfortunately for Kazuya, stability and peace are the last things one might find at Greenwood - home of the weirdest characters on campus.



Tags: School , Shoujo , Episodic , Primarily Male Cast , Ghost , Crossdressing , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Delinquents , Video Games , Acting , Gambling , Crime , LGBTQ+ Themes