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Status: Finished

One day after school, Hayakawa decides to stop by his usual secret spot on the roof, where he meets none other than Konno.

Konno is known throughout the school as being hard to approach and intimidating. Some have even called him scary looking. However, when the lens of his camera is focused on its subject, the once scary Konno becomes like any other high schooler enjoying their life.

Respect, envy, jealousy, and even an inferiority complex… All these feeling culminate inside of Hayakawa as the two get closer to one another. I mean, how could they not? After all, Konno has everything Hayakawa could ever want. Who wouldn’t be conflicted with such a guy by their side?

The unlikely love story between two ordinary high school students who’s paths coincidently cross, comes to life in Enjo’s Depth of Field.

Notes:
Originally self-published, was then licensed and compiled by Taiyoh Tosho for commercial release.
Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Photography , School , Coming of Age , Bisexual , Time Skip , Band , Nudity , Unrequited Love , Heterosexual

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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…

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

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Lezhin

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Gunjou no Subete

Also known as My Ultramarine Sky.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

From their first year of middle school to their second year of high school, Kai and Ren have not only always been in the same class - they've also always sat next to each other. But in their last year of high school, the boys are assigned to two separate classes, and with each passing day, Kai feels as if he's slipping further and further away from Ren... One day, when Kai find Ren sleeping in a classroom after school, he whispers the feelings that he can't bring himself to say out loud...and Ren hears him. Will Kai's confession push them further and further apart, or will it be the spark that brings them back to each other?

Tags: Boys' Love , Heterosexual , School , Shogi , Bisexual , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist

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Coolmic

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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...

Note: Includes the one-shot "Fiction no Soto de Machiawase (フィクションの外で待ち合わせ, Meeting Outside of Fiction)" and three extra chapters.

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

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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 , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rehabilitation , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Bisexual , Suicide , Unrequited Love , School , Love Triangle , Urban , Kuudere , Tsundere

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Piccoma

KakaoPage

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Hoshi dake ga Shitteru

Also known as Only the Stars Know.

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

After suffering a loss both at work and in his personal life, college student Sora feels crushed. A stiff night walk to process his thoughts leads him to a discovery: a handsome man sitting in a secluded spot in the park that’s perfect for stargazing. Sora and the man start chatting, and he feels comfortable enough to start talking about his problems–but he’s still stunned when the man kisses him! Although Sora initially writes off the night as an unexpected connection with a stranger, this isn’t the last he’ll see of the man who stares up at the sky.

Tags: Boys' Love , Age Gap , Astronomy , College , Male Protagonist , Bisexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Disability , Urban , Primarily Male Cast , Work

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Pixiv Comic

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Kimi to Natsu no Naka

Also known as The Summer With You.

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

After graduating from high school, Chiharu returns to Tokyo to start university, and spend another summer with his now-boyfriend Wataru. The two boys might be busy with their part-time jobs and schoolwork, but they're living in the same city again at last, which sets off new sparks and adventures. In addition to their usual weekend movie plans, they shake things up with a night out at a fireworks festival before continuing their summer pilgrimage to a deserted island. And then, when Wataru misses the last train home, he spends the night at Chiharu's. In return, Chiharu asks for just one thing...

Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , College , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Time Skip , School , Coming of Age , Coastal

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Ichijin Plus

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Wakabaryou de, Kimi to

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Higuchi is a student dorming at an all-boys school. He's at the age where he wants a girlfriend, but every time he gets one, he gets dumped soon after. The one to console him is his straight-laced roommate, Hidaka. However, once an underclassman from the track team, Kousaka, appears, how will their relationship change!?

Tags: Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Boarding School , School , Boys' Love , Bisexual , Episodic

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Usagi no Mori

Also known as Forest of the Rabbits.

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

Shunta and Tamaki are one year apart, but they’ve kept up their friendship even as they attend different schools. Shunta loves to see his friend happy, but one day, he comes across Tamaki crying, and something fundamental changes within him, awakening sexual feelings he doesn’t know what to do with. Shunta realizes that his feelings are not right. They’re monstrous. Impure. As the two navigate high school, the lines they cross increase, leaving them to contend with Shunta’s growing feelings and Tamaki’s own desires.

Tags: Boys' Love , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Psychosexual , School , Nudity , Time Skip , Athletics

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Renta!

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Melon no Aji

Also known as The Flavor of Melon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

"I want you, Nakajo!"

Nakajo works at a live music club; Kiuchi is a frequenter. Following a quick exchange of words, the two of them found themselves living together. Kiuchi said he was just looking for a place to rest his head for a short while; after all, he had just broken up with his girlfriend and had to move out of their shared apartment. What's more, Kiuchi says he can't fall asleep without the heat of another person's body beside him. Nakajo swiftly rejects Kiuchi's request, revealing that he's gay. However, what will Nakajo do when Kiuchi responds with, "That works for me!"...?

Note: Includes one extra chapter.

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

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Pixiv Comic

MangaPlaza

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Blue! Blue! Blue!

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

When Takiya Kippei, the brother of two older sisters, realises that he desperately needs money to buy a birthday present for his lover, he decides to live and work onsite at a ryokan (a traditional Japanese inn). There, he meets the well-educated Honjou Masumi, a man who is neither too strict nor too lenient, and who has a charm which embodies the word ‘mature’. “This is the first time I’ve met someone like Honjou-san” - as Takiya continues working at the ryokan, he starts to become interested in Honjou…

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Age Gap , Motorcycles , Work , Love Triangle

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