Manga like Haruka Tooki Ie

Banana Fish

Also known as Banana Fish.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , 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 , Tragedy , Gangs , Conspiracy , Noir , Drugs , Primarily Male Cast , Crime , Revenge , Criminal Organization , Ensemble Cast , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Coming of Age , Shoujo , Delinquents , Urban , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Politics , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Adoption , Orphan , Tanned Skin , Assassins , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Police , Cars , Bisexual , Photography , Classic Literature , Heterosexual , Time Skip , Prison

Kimi no Yoru ni Fureru

Also known as Touch Within the Abyss.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

“When you get to know the real me… you will be disappointed.”

Chinatsu, a hitman, meets his destiny again. His name is Kasumi. He was the boy who reached out to Chinatsu when he lost his brother in front of his eyes.

A few years later, Chinatsu rescues Kasumi from a snatcher by chance. Kasumi is blind, and Chinatsu can’t leave him alone in the street… although he knows he shouldn’t get close to him, the distance between them gets shorter day by day…

A story of redemption, in which two young men trapped in darkness slowly soothe each other’s loneliness.



Note: Chapter count includes one extra.

Tags: Boys' Love , Disability , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Assassins

Kami no Fune de Nemuru

Also known as Sleeping on Paper Boats.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

Kei Kitahara, a visionary screenwriter who has taken postwar Japan by storm, has made the difficult decision to lay down his pen for good after he realizes the people he's been basing his characters on have all met unfortunate ends. He spends his days in misery, waiting to die, until a reason to live finds him in the gutter, too drunk and beaten to move. Kei can't help but be attracted to his savior's bewitching innocence, and the urge to write about him grows stronger by the day. Knowing he can't take the risk, he vows to never use his pen against him, but will temptation prove too great?



Tags: Boys' Love , Tragedy , Historical , Writing , Primarily Adult Cast , Photography , Psychosexual , Male Protagonist , Gore , Nudity , Prostitution

Canis: Dear Mr. Rain

Also known as Canis: Dear Mr. Rain.

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

Business is tough at men's haberdashery Dante. A big sale is coming, and they are extremely understaffed. So after getting chewed out by his staff a broken Satoru heads home to find a stray napping in the rain. Ryou isn't your standard American longhair, though. He is a mysterious nineteen-year-old with charisma, good looks and an air of someone with a past, despite their age. After a meal, a nap and a shower Ryou was ready to model for Satoru. But their contract was for just one day. And the reason why Ryou had to go was he had a meeting with the mafia.



Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Adult Cast , Noir , Mafia , Age Gap , Crime , Gangs , Suicide , Fashion , Male Protagonist

Yume no Hashibashi

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

Kyoko is at the autumn of her life.

She can barely recognise her own family member. But one day, someone she remembers perfectly comes to visit. Her name is Mitsu, the women Kiyoko had a love story with. Just after the war, when they were still teenagers, they nearly did the irredeemable out of passion.
Despite a few meeting from time to time, life ups and downs separated them, but the story draws us back in the time when they couldn't imagine life without each other.



Tags: Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tragedy , Achronological Order , Historical , Female Protagonist , Josei , Suicide , Elderly Protagonist , Rural , Primarily Adult Cast

Toumei na Ai no Utsuwa

Also known as The Vessel of a Transparent Love.

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

Miki Donoue has lived a life of full misfortune since childhood. Kind but timid, he has always kept alone to himself to prevent others from being caught up with his misfortunes. One night, he is approached by a mysterious man who asks him, "Can you give me your misfortune?" The man claims to be a "akashibito," a monster that feeds on human misfortune to sustain its life, and he claims that he malnourished and near death. The good-natured Miki names the monster "Shiro" and decides to take him in to feed him energy. Shiro's pure devotion to his human host is a source of joy, and he soon finds himself attracted to Miki. But as his days are filled with happiness, something begins to happen to Shiro's body...? Note: Includes one bonus chapter.

Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Adult Cast , Youkai , Work , Virginity , Age Gap , Bisexual , Anal Sex , Rehabilitation , Nudity

Hanbun Ageru

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

Kurokawa is an ordinary high school student living in Hiroshima. He's uncomfortable with his always smiling classmate, Shiraki. One day on his way home, Kurokawa suddenly bumps into Shiraki wearing a blood-stained shirt. Kurokawa quickly took his hand and ran away from the scene, only to find out that Shiraki has been selling his body for a living. He injured a client and escaped.

After hearing that Shiraki never wanted to "do this," Kurokawa couldn't leave him alone and suggests to "run away together." Not knowing where to go, the two of them jumped on a train and set off to the ocean, as Shiraki wanted to see it. Bit by bit, they established an emotional bond, but it ended all too quickly.

Several years after their fleeting escapade, Kurokawa, now working as a middle school teacher in Yokohama, reunites with Shiraki at a wine shop...



Tags: Boys' Love , Time Skip , Prostitution , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Primarily Male Cast , Travel , Virginity , Teacher , Estranged Family

Act Out

Also known as Act Out!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life , Sports

Ibara Nayuki is a figure skater who performs around the globe, but audiences grow fed up with his passionless performances, and his coach doesn't know what to do with him. Just then, who should appear before him but Vasily, a ballet dancer once hailed as a child prodigy. "Not knowing why you're there in the rink is as good as not knowing who you really are!"



Tags: Ice Skating , Josei , Male Protagonist , Dancing , Boys' Love , Primarily Adult Cast , Disability , Primarily Male Cast

Boy meets Maria

Also known as Boy Meets Maria.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

Taiga dreams of becoming an actor, so the first thing he does upon entering high school is join the drama club. There, he meets the beautiful, enigmatic Maria and immediately falls in love with her. Not long after, Taiga is told that she is actually a boy—but is that all there is to Maria's story? This beautifully illustrated, single-volume tale explores the nature of personal expression and the fluidity of the power of love.



Note: Volume contains an extra chapter.

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Crossdressing , Acting , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Agender , Tragedy , Philosophy , Bisexual , Coming of Age , Dancing

Sensitive Boy

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance

Stories of bittersweet youth, about troubled boys facing coming-of-age questions about love, sexuality, and other psychological issues.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Episodic , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Suicide , Drugs , Primarily Teen Cast , Asexual