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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 , Meta , Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , Bisexual , Coming of Age , Iyashikei , Chibi , Table Tennis , Crossdressing , Trains

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 , School Club , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Urban , Band , Motorcycles

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 , Suicide , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Urban , School , Josei , Bisexual , Rock Music , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Basketball , Tsundere

Hirano to Kagiura

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

Hirano to Kagiura is being adapted as an accompanying animated short with the Sasaki to Miyano: Sotsugyou-hen movie.

Hirano, a second-year in high school, lives in a dormitory on his campus and has recently become roommates with Kagiura, a first-year. Kagiura is a hard-working student on the basketball team, though he does have difficulty getting up in the morning, leaving Hirano to be his support system in that regard. They get along great, and Hirano is very fond of his earnest, straight-forward roommate. What he doesn’t know? Kagiura is pretty much head over heels in love with him.

Note: This special played before the Sasaki to Miyano: Sotsugyou-hen movie in theaters and as streaming on Crunchyroll.

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

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 , Cohabitation , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Age Gap , Time Skip , Bisexual , Iyashikei , Coastal , Bullying , Love Triangle , Writing , Work

BANANA FISH

Also known as BANANA FISH.

Studio: MAPPA , Aniplex , Dentsu , Shogakukan , Movic , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands—and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance...



Tags: Mafia , Gangs , Tragedy , Crime , Conspiracy , Drugs , Male Protagonist , Urban , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Guns , Coming of Age , Foreign , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shoujo , Anti-Hero , Noir , Fugitive , Primarily Adult Cast , Assassins , Criminal Organization , Ensemble Cast , Orphan , Prison , Classic Literature , Photography , Tanned Skin

Hitorijime My Hero

Also known as Hitorijime My Hero.

Studio: Encourage Films , Q-Tec , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

High schooler Masahiro Setagawa is a fairly helpless delinquent, so much so that the neighborhood bullies use him to run their errands. His life changes when he meets high school teacher Kousuke Oshiba, a man whose fighting abilities have earned him a powerful reputation on the streets. Oshiba finds himself with a desire to protect Setagawa, and despite swearing that he's not interested in men, Setagawa finds himself getting more involved in Oshiba's affairs...



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Age Gap , Primarily Male Cast , Teacher , Gangs , Found Family , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

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 , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Bisexual , Magic , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Marriage , Dancing , Age Gap , Travel , Chibi , Fitness , Writing , Tsundere , Cohabitation , Unrequited Love , Office Lady , Delinquents , Motorcycles , Shoujo

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

Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu

Also known as The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi.

Studio: EMT Squared , Dream Creation , DAX Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The comedy depicts the daily life of Sakaguchi, a high school boy and also a "fudanshi" who loves boys-love stories. Fudanshi is a wordplay on fujoshi (literally, "rotten girls") — the slang for women who love boys-love/yaoi stories.



Tags: Otaku Culture , Male Protagonist , School , Josei , Boys' Love , Crossdressing