Manga like Doukyuusei

Sasaki to Miyano

Also known as Sasaki and Miyano.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Miyano spends his days peacefully reading Boys' Love comics and worrying about how girly his face is-until a chance encounter leads to a scuffle with his senior Sasaki. Intrigued by his feisty junior Miyano, delinquent Sasaki uses every opportunity he can to get closer...



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Otaku Culture , Meta , Shoujo , Primarily Teen Cast , Bisexual , 4-koma , Crossdressing

Shimanami Tasogare

Also known as Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare.

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

Not only is high schooler Tasuku Kaname the new kid in town, he’s also terrified that he’s been outed as gay. Just as he’s contemplating doing the unthinkable, Tasuku meets a mysterious woman who leads him to a group of people dealing with problems not so different from his own. In this realistic, heartfelt depiction of LGBT+ characters from different backgrounds finding their place in the world, a search for inner peace proves to be the most universal experience of all.



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Coming of Age , Found Family , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Ensemble Cast , Transgender , Crossdressing , Agender , Boys' Love , Asexual , Yuri , Rehabilitation , Suicide , Aromantic , Primarily Teen Cast , School

Umibe no Étranger

Also known as Seaside Stranger: Umibe no Étranger.

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

"There's nothing wrong with liking another guy."

To be in the arms of the person I love... I thought that was an unobtainable dream......... On an island off the coast of Okinawa, two young men meet on a beach. Shun Hashimoto is gay and aspires to be a novelist. He is interested in Mio Chibana, a somber high school student, and starts to flirt with him. Day by day, the two of them grow closer, but then, suddenly, Mio decides to leave the island. Three years later, Mio returns and approaches Shun with the words, "I've thought about it for the past three years. I like you, Shun, even if you're a guy." However, when faced with the prospect of finally becoming lovers with Mio, Shun cannot take the first step towards commitment...

This is a tantalizing love story about a gay novelist and a younger part-time worker. It's a manga that will touch and purify your heart.



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Writing , Coastal , Nudity , Love Triangle , Yuri , Cohabitation

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 , Food , Coming of Age

Kimi wa Natsu no Naka

Also known as The Summer of You.

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

Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda are two high school students who share a common hobby: They love to watch movies. After they meet, they become fast friends, until one day, when Chiharu confesses his love for Wataru. Wataru says that Chiharu’s confession doesn’t bother him, and the boys continue throughout their summer, going to pilgrimages to see film spots from their favorite movies. But the more time he spends with Chiharu, Wataru realizes that he may not only be as unaffected by Chiharu’s confession as he claimed to be, but those feelings may also be mutual…



Note: Chapter count includes 3 bonus stories: "Evening Glow" "After My Summer of You" "You and You"

Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Travel , Crossdressing , Unrequited Love , Bisexual

Hidamari ga Kikoeru: Limit

Also known as I Hear the Sunspot: Limit.

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

“You rescued me from a world without sound. If it wasn’t for you, I never would’ve known the world was such an amazing place!”

Because of a hearing disability, university student Kohei had made a habit of distancing himself from those around him. But after meeting the exceedingly cheerful Taichi, he gradually begins to embrace a more positive outlook on life. Kohei eventually begins to see Taichi as more than a friend, and after he finally confesses his love to Taichi, the feelings become mutual.

In this new addition to the I Hear the Sunspot series, Kohei continues on as a student, while Taichi makes his way out into the working world to pursue his own calling and the two begin a new life together!



Note: Contains four extras.

Tags: Boys' Love , College , Disability , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Work , School , Philosophy

Seven Days

Also known as Seven Days.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

It is rumored that Touji Seryou, one of the most popular boys at school, will go out with anyone who asks him out on a Monday morning... But on this particular Monday morning, the first person he meets at the school gate is no other than Yuzuru Shino, Seryou's sempai at the archery club...

On a whim, and well-aware of Seryou's reputation, Shino asks Seryou to go out with him... Thinking that it will be treated as a joke, (they're both guys after all) imagine Shino's surprise when Seryou takes him up on the offer! There is a catch, though... While Seryou will go out with the first person who asks him out on a Monday morning, the other side of the coin is that by the end of the week, he will break up with that person...

In essence, Seryou is a lover with a one-week expiration date... but will Shino prove to be the exception to that rule?



Tags: Boys' Love , School , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Archery , Male Protagonist , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast

Given

Also known as Given.

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

Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all—with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. That is, until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar. At first, Uenoyama is nonplussed by Mafuyu Sato and his slightly odd behavior, but when, on a whim, he asks Mafuyu to sing, the power of that song pierces him to the core.



Tags: Boys' Love , Band , Rehabilitation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Male Cast , Musical Theater , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Bisexual , School , Suicide , Love Triangle , Urban , Unrequited Love , Kuudere , Tsundere

Hidamari ga Kikoeru: Koufukuron

Also known as I Hear the Sunspot: Theory of Happiness.

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

Due to the overwhelming success of I Hear the Sunspot, the sequel has finally arrived, I Hear the Sunspot: Theory of Happiness! How will this "more than friends, less than lovers" relationship evolve?

"He can't hear...?"

Because of a hearing disability Kohei is often alone. Taichi is outspoken and cheerful. At first, Kohei keeps himself well guarded, but after he meets Taichi he slowly learns to open up.



Tags: Boys' Love , School , Work , Male Protagonist , College , Disability , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Food

Hirano to Kagiura

Also known as Hirano and Kagiura.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Basketball players. Bad boys who aren’t really bad boys. Roommates. Senpai-kouhai BL romance. It all started when Kagiura moved into the school dorms with what seemed to be a bad-boy upperclassman. But after he’s left in the tender care of his mother hen of a roommate, Hirano, it’s too much to ask for Kagiura not to fall in love…right?!



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Primarily Male Cast , School , Basketball , School Club , Josei , Chibi , Boarding School