Manga like 10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40

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Status: Releasing

Suzume Tojou is just three months away from turning forty and realizes there’s so much he hasn’t done with his life! So, he makes a plan: create a private list of things he’s always wanted to do and check them off before turning the big four-oh. It’s a rather simple list, filled with goals that should be easy to accomplish, like a takoyaki party, enjoying a parfait out in a café, and spending his birthday with a lover. Except, that last one comes with a major problem—Tojou hasn’t had a lover in ten years! But when Keishi Tanaka, Tojou’s handsome junior at the company, discovers the secret list, he’s determined to help Tojou check off every single item—starting with the “lover” part!

Tags: Work , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Age Gap , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Anal Sex , LGBTQ+ Themes , Office , Nudity

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Piccoma

Old-Fashioned Cupcake

Also known as Old-Fashioned Cupcake.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

At 39 years old, Nozue lives a routine, if not melancholic, life of sleep and work. Togawa, his younger subordinate, finds it troubling and takes it upon himself to shake up Nozue’s routine. During a lunch outing, the two go to a pancake shop full of exuberant young ladies to "do what girls do," and it’s just the thing to breathe life into Nozue. The two men start an unlikely friendship—and perhaps something a little sweeter! Note: Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Adult Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Age Gap , Work , Urban , Food , Bisexual , Unrequited Love , Male Protagonist , Office

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Pixiv Comic

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Motoyan Papa to Hitsuji-sensei: Yotsuba

Also known as Delinquent Daddy and Tender Teacher: Four-Leaf Clovers.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Elementary-school teacher Hitsuji has been dating Hatoyama for a year now, spending his days peacefully with him and his adorable son, Hinata. The arrival of another spring ushers in Hinata’s third year of elementary school, and this time his teacher isn’t Hitsuji! Hatoyama and Hinata are understandably anxious about this, but it seems Hitsuji is grappling with his own feelings about the situation as well. Then, when someone from Hatoyama’s delinquent past comes back into his orbit, Hitsuji’s insecurities threaten to get the better of him. Will he be able to defend his place at Hatoyama’s side?

Tags: Boys' Love , Family Life , Teacher

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Renai Side

Also known as Hatsukoi Note: Love's Luster.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Ayumu pays a visit to the culture festival hosted by the school that Tsubame, his former classmate and first love, now attends. But their reunion doesn't last long--Ayumu hears some harsh truths from Tsubame's friend Ryuu, who can tell at glance that he still has feelings for his old flame.Heartbroken, Ayumu tries to search for a new romance...only for his online match to come with a gang of kidnappers. But a hero comes to save him in the nick of time, and it's...Ryuu?!

Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , School

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Tonari no Metaller-san

Also known as The Metalhead Next Door.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Impoverished graduate student Kento nearly freezes to death outside his new cheap (unheated) apartment during a blizzard. Luckily, he's saved by neighbor Soushi, a quiet and somewhat frightening young man who dresses in all black. Although he exudes an aura that screams "keep away," his eyes, hidden behind long rocker hair, plead for something else. Over the following year, the two share meals together, but as the time passes, the closeted Kento finds it increasingly difficult to ignore his growing feelings. Will he choose to maintain the peaceful, happy times he's grown to love or risk it all for the possibility of something more?

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Time Skip , LGBTQ+ Themes , Metal Music , Food , Disability , Nudity , Snowscape

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Kingin Sasameku Himitsu wa Yoru

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Serious and formal Mikado x Alloy adored by everyone.

Alloy uses magic to support the nation's lifeline and is the active leader of the operational department. With his beauty and friendly personality, that does not take advantage of his noble lineage, he is adored by everyone around him. On the other hand, Mikado, a blank-faced workaholic does not communicate well with Alloy like everyone else. They are on opposite wavelengths. But the two are actually in a secret relationship?

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Magic , Anal Sex , Historical , Fellatio , Handjob , Nudity , Primarily Adult Cast

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Pixiv Comic

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Kieta Hatsukoi

Also known as My Love Mix-Up!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Mistaken identity leads to a blossoming romance between two boys.

Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she’s written the name of another boy—Ida—on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him!

Notes:
Winner of the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2021.
Includes five extra chapters.

Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shoujo , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Bisexual , School , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Amnesia , Time Skip

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VIZ

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Rimacomi Plus

Manga Mee

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Ao no Flag

Also known as Blue Flag.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

High school senior year, spring—one of life's important forks in the road. Taichi Ichinose finds himself in the same class as Futaba Kuze, who he feels strangely averse to, and his popular childhood friend, Touma Mita. One day, Futaba confides in him her love for Touma, and asks him for help. How will Taichi respond? This new “pure” love story begins as the three are colored in the emotions of youth.

Tags: Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Chibi , School , Philosophy , Bisexual , Boys' Love , Baseball , Ensemble Cast , Unrequited Love , Time Skip , Heterosexual , Rehabilitation , Yuri

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Saishuu Densha no Koibitotachi

Also known as Lovers on the Last Train.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Harue and Fujishima are complete opposites with the same problem: they both work in fast-paced industries and have little time to date. But when they match with each other on a dating app, they take the time to get to know each other and soon, they're falling hard! Could this be their chance at a romantic connection and more?

Note: Includes three extra chapters.

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Work , Trains , LGBTQ+ Themes

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Bomtoon

KakaoPage

Naver Series

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Takara no Biidoro

Also known as Takara's Treasure.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Taishin has moved to Tokyo from his hometown of Fukuoka in order to reunite with Takara, a stranger who had consoled him in his grief the year prior. However, despite finally getting a chance to express his gratitude to Takara at college, he is given the cold shoulder! But Taishin, undeterred, decides to pursue Takara anyway, and Takara finds himself becoming more and more enchanted by Taishin’s straightforward and earnest gaze.

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Mountaineering , College

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Lezhin

Piccoma

Naver Series

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Hidamari ga Kikoeru

Also known as I Hear the Sunspot.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Because of a hearing disability, Kouhei is often misunderstood and has trouble integrating into life on campus, so he learns to keep his distance. That is until he meets the outspoken and cheerful Taichi. He tells Kouhei that his hearing loss is not his fault. Taichi’s words cut through Kouhei’s usual defense mechanisms and open his heart. More than friends, less than lovers, their relationship changes Kouhei forever.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Disability , Boys' Love , College , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Adult Cast , School , Educational , Coming of Age , Food

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Pixiv Comic