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Tsukiatte Agete mo Ii ka na

Also known as How Do We Relationship?.

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

Shy Miwa has always dreamed of finding love, but living in small-town Japan made finding the right match difficult—especially since she likes girls! Even going away to college didn’t seem to help, until one day her outgoing classmate Saeko suggests they might as well start dating each other since it’s not like either of them has other options.

At first it seems like things won't work out as their personalities clash and misunderstandings abound. But when their casual friendship starts to become something more, Miwa begins to wonder—can a pragmatic proposal lead to true love?



Note: This series is a reimagining of tmfly’s earlier OC doujinshi of the same name.

Tags: Coming of Age , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Psychosexual , College , Nudity , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Rehabilitation , Josei , Band , School Club , Time Skip

Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau

Also known as Whisper Me a Love Song.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

Bubbly, energetic first-year high school student Himari falls head over heels for her senpai Yori after hearing her band perform on the first day of school. Himari tells Yori she just loves her, and to Himari's surprise, Yori says she loves Himari back! But when Himari realizes that she and her senpai are feeling two different kinds of love, she begins to ask herself what "love" really means...



Notes:
Eighteenth place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category
First place in Yuri Navi’s best Yuri Manga of 2020

Tags: Yuri , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Band , LGBTQ+ Themes , School Club , School , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Bisexual , Tragedy , Incest , Shounen

Yagate Kimi ni Naru

Also known as Bloom Into You.

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

Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day she gets a love confession that sends her heart aflutter with bubbles and hearts, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her…she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That’s when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity that she’s inspired to ask her for help. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is Nanami herself, has her shoujo romance finally begun?



Note: Includes 8 extra chapters.

Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Love Triangle , School Club , Unrequited Love , Acting , Philosophy , Aromantic , Shounen

Octave

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

This story revolves around 18 year old Miyashita Yukino and her life as a former idol.

As a child, Yukino had always been fascinated with TV. And before she knew it, she wanted to be one of those idols behind the screen. At 15, she entered the entertainment industry and debuted as a member of the four-person group "She'sN". However the group wasn't very successful and they broke up shortly afterwards. Returning home in disgrace, Yukino was welcomed with people’s curious looks and hurtful words.

Wanting to find herself, regain her pride, and perhaps experience love, Yukino decides to move back to Tokyo. There she meets a certain woman, former composer Iwai Setsuko. Together they embark on a very interesting and mysterious relationship.

Tags: Yuri , Work , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Idol , Seinen , Twins , Love Triangle , Nudity , Bullying , Bisexual

Watashi no Muchi na Watashi no Michi

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Minato was living an ordinary but slightly suffocating kind of life. The one who changes all that for her is her senpai at work, Maya Asami. When Minato is left bewildered by her boyfriend of 20 years' proposal, Maya sets Minato's heart free. What will come of this peculiar love triangle?



Tags: Josei , Yuri , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , LGBTQ+ Themes

Renai Manga

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

New manga editor Haruka has just been assigned to her favorite manga artist ever, Kuroi Ritsu. Kuroi-sensei's manga, "With You" motivated her to turn her life around. When she finally meets shut-in, mopey, entirely unfashionable Kuroi-sensei, Haruka is in for a bit of a shock.

Includes 2 bonus chapters.

Tags: Yuri , Drawing , Primarily Female Cast

Oya ga Urusai node Kouhai (♀) to Gisou Kekkon shitemita.

Also known as I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up.

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

Morimoto, a young professional woman in Japan, is tired of fending off her parents' questions about her being single. They want her to marry a man and settle down, and they'll insist on nitpicking her choice of groom to death. In an unexpected move, another woman in the office - who has a crush on her - offers to be her wife in a sham marriage, which might make her parents back off. But this "fake" marriage could unearth something very real!



Note: Includes the extra chapters "Anaerobic Love" and "Fake Married Life".

Tags: Yuri , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Marriage , Cohabitation , Office Lady , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fake Relationship , Work , Bisexual , Drawing , Family Life

Tatoe Todokanu Ito da to Shite mo

Also known as If I Could Reach You.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

In this heartwrenching new yuri manga, a teenage girl comes to terms with her own sexuality through her crush on her brother’s wife. Hopelessly in love, high schooler Uta must navigate living with her brother and Kaoru, her crush … and sister-in-law. Desperate to get over her unrequited feelings, Uta pulls away, but when the cracks in her brother’s marriage begin to show, Kaoru begins to confide in her new teenage sister, which just makes matters worse!



Note: Includes 6 extra chapters.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Yuri , Family Life , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Age Gap , Time Skip , Ensemble Cast , School , Estranged Family , Work

Boys Run The Riot

Also known as Boys Run The Riot.

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

High schooler Ryo knows he’s transgender, but he doesn’t have anyone to confide in about the confusion he feels. He can’t tell his best friend, who he’s secretly got a crush on, and he can’t tell his mom, who’s constantly asking why Ryo "dresses like a boy." He certainly can’t tell Jin, the new transfer student who looks like just another bully... The only time Ryo feels at ease is when he’s wearing his favorite clothes. Then, and only then, the world melts away, and he can be his true self. One day, while out shopping, Ryo sees an someone he didn't expect: Jin. The kid who looked so tough in class has the same taste in fashion as him! At least, Ryo has someone he can open up to - and the journey ahead might finally give him a way to express himself to the world.



Note: Includes the original one-shot.

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Fashion , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Work , Seinen , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , School , Found Family , Photography , Drawing , Primarily Male Cast

Days on Fes

Also known as Days on Fes.

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

When high schooler Kanade Sora takes her classmate Otoha Yamana to their first rock festival, the experience is greater than they can even imagine. It's a new life of rocking out!



Note: Includes 9 extra chapters.

Tags: Musical Theater , Ensemble Cast , Iyashikei , Coming of Age , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Band