Manga like Agattetanse

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 , LGBTQ+ Themes , Metal Music , Food , Nudity , Snowscape , Disability

Tokyo Boy Meets Country

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

City boy, Chiaki, was asked to take on a “Big Project” by his grandfather and sent to Tokachi, Hokkaido. However, upon his arrival to the project site, Chiaki is met with farming land full of cattle…the countryside?!

In order to help the spoilt Chiaki mature, his grandfather tells him to “earn enough money to pay for your flight home.”

In front of a hopeless Chiaki, appears the extremely tall, Soichiro, who was under the impression that he was going to be living with a girl who would be undergoing bridal training…?!

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

Come to Hand

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Overworked schoolteacher, Miharu, collapses onto the icy roads. Along comes local tattoo artist, Arashi to save the day. However, it being Miharu's first time seeing so many tattoo's up close, he unintentionally makes some insensitive comments. To apologize, Miharu goes to his shop to apologize, where he realizes just how kind Arashi is. He feels comfortable chatting to someone of the same age, but also feels like something doesn't seem right...

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Teacher , Age Gap , Cohabitation

Jouren-san wa Kyou mo Ore no Gohan ga Suki

Also known as The Regular Loves My Cooking.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Igarashi, who spends his days running the teishoku-ya (Japanese food combo restaurant) and tavern he inherited from his father, secretly has a crush on Sora, an apprentice carpenter and regular customer. One day, Sora asks Igarashi to come hang out with him on his day off...! Despite the joy of being asked out, a certain thing in Igarashi's past makes it hard for the day to go in a hoped for direction....? This is a heart-throbbing story of a down-on-his-luck nice guy and a younger puppy-like guy.



Tags: Food , Boys' Love , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Age Gap

Darling, Iikagen ni Shiyagare

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

About the relationship of the country-raised yankee (delinquent) Haiji Nakata and the young and innocent Kokoro Sakurazaka, who is half Italian and half Japanese.

Kokoro arrives at Haiji’s village in Japan and soon breaks the ice with the villagers due to his friendly personality. Haiji looks out for the touchy-feely Kokoro who lacks life-skills despite his lucky financial situation, and soon Haiji can’t help but take care of the gentle Kokoro. When Haiji finds out what Kokoro’s real reason was to come to Japan, however…

Tags: Rural , Boys' Love

40 Made ni Shitai 10 no Koto

Also known as 10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

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!



Note: Contains two bonus chapters.

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

Junjou Mistake

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

Isaka is secretly in love with his caretaker and former childhood friend Asahina. However, Asahina is obsessed with Isaka's father... or so it seems.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Boys' Love