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Versailles no Bara

Also known as The Rose of Versailles.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Oscar François de Jarjeyes is a young noblewoman raised as a son by her father. As commander of Marie Antoinette's palace guard, Oscar is brought face-to-face with the luxury of King Louis XVI’s court at Versailles. Joined by her servant André, Oscar is privy to the intrigue and deceit of France's last great royal regime.



Tags: Shoujo , Class Struggle , Foreign , Historical , Politics , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Heterosexual , Gender Bending , Love Triangle , Philosophy , Royal Affairs , Military , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , War , Bisexual , Arranged Marriage , Kingdom Management , Unrequited Love , Suicide

Onii-sama e...

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A classic manga about girls at a private all-girls school. The storyline centers around the experiences of Nanako, a "normal" girl who is invited to join the prestigious school organization, the Sorority, and is resented by all the other students because she doesn't appear to be qualified. Other key characters are Nanako's two friends: Tomoko, her friend since childhood who is alienated by Nanako's decision to try to join the Sorority, and Mariko, a strange, obsessive girl who is invited to join the Sorority along with Nanako; her "older brother," Henmi, who she corresponds with by mail; and the "Three Magnificent Ones," all of whom are admired and quasi-worshipped by the rest of the student body: the head of the Sorority, Miya-sama, the haunted, pill-popping rebel, Saint Juste, and the star athlete with a mysterious disease who doesn't like the Sorority, Kaoru-no-kimi.



Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Summer in Canterbury
Volume 3: Early Spring Trembling

Tags: School , Shoujo , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , School Club , Drugs , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tomboy , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast , Ojou-sama , Yuri , Suicide , Love Triangle , Age Gap , Disability , Estranged Family , Basketball

Double House

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

From the creator of Pieta comes the story of a connection between two women, Maho and Fujiko, who live in the same apartment building. Maho, a trans woman, saves Fujiko, a girl from a rich family who's left home and is living on her own, one night, and the two become fast friends. As they grow closer, Fujiko confesses to Maho that she has feelings for her...

Note: Includes the one-shot "Tinker Bell no Hanzai".

Tags: Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Josei , Primarily Adult Cast , Yuri , Urban , Philosophy , Bar , Office Lady

Baraou no Souretsu

Also known as Requiem of the Rose King.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare's Richard III, Aya Kanno’s dark fantasy finds the man who could be king standing between worlds, between classes, between good and evil.



Tags: Historical , Classic Literature , War , Boys' Love , Tragedy , Mixed Gender Harem , Shoujo , Ghost , Foreign , Royal Affairs , Philosophy , Medieval , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Revenge , Politics , Anti-Hero , Love Triangle , Age Gap , Nudity , Incest , Male Protagonist , Witch , Swordplay , Amnesia , Inseki , Time Skip , Transgender , Assassins

Thomas no Shinzou

Also known as The Heart of Thomas.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

As winter draws to a close, German boarding school student Thomas Werner dies one morning. He leaves behind a single letter addressed to his fellow student Juli that reads "Here is my love. Here is the sound of my heart."

With his faith shaken to the core by the words, the scholarly Juli sinks to the depths of despair. His cynical roommate Oscar finds himself watching over Juli's fragile mental state while keeping his own feelings for Juli under wraps. Then new student Eric enters the school - and he has an uncanny resemblance to the deceased Thomas...

Originally serialized in 33 chapters in Shuukan Shoujo Comic.

Chapter count includes 7 oneshots:

Senbonme no Pin (千本目のピン); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Oshougatsu Zoukan Flower Comic 1973 Johnny Walker-kun no Bara Monogatari (ジョニーウォーカーくんのバラのものがたり); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Ciao 1973-11 Bianca (ビアンカ); Shuukan Shoujo Friend Zoukangou 1970-07-07 Sayo no Nuu Yukata (小夜の縫うゆかた); Shuukan Shoujo Comic Natsu no Zoukan 1971 Aki no Tabi (秋の旅); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic 1971-10 Shiroi Tori ni Natta Shoujo (白い鳥になった少女); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic 1971-12 Mitsukuni no Musume (みつくにの娘); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Oshougatsu Zoukan 1972

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Boys' Love , Foreign , Love Triangle , Primarily Male Cast , School , Tragedy , Boarding School , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes

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 , Philosophy , Tragedy , Bisexual , Coming of Age , Dancing

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

Paros no Ken

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

There is a legend in the kingdom of Paros -- a legend of the Sword. It is said that if one who is unfit to rule should wield it, it will mean the ruin of the kingdom. As sole heir to the throne of Paros, Princess Erminia must accept the Sword and a husband when she comes of age on her next birthday. But the princess refuses to wed any man who is less of a man than she -- which excludes every man in the kingdom! Just when Erminia is ordered by her father the king to wed her foster brother Yurias, she has a fateful encounter with the unfortunate, beautiful maiden Fiona.

Tags: Yuri , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Politics , Swordplay , Tomboy , Royal Affairs , Class Struggle , Suicide

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

Shiroi Heya no Futari

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

Resine, a rich girl whose parents died in an accident, leaves her selfish relatives in order to attend the boarding school that her mother went to. Once there, she meets her roommate Simone, a blunt, rude troublemaker and the kind of girl Resine would rather do without knowing. However, she finds herself strangely drawn to Simone nonetheless, and the turns their relationship takes could be dangerous for them both.

Note: Also includes the one shots Tooi Sanbika (遠い讃美歌) and Mizu no Naka no Sora (水の中の空)

Tags: Yuri , Shoujo , School , Anthology , Foreign , Tragedy , Historical , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boarding School , Delinquents , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Crime