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Houkago Hokenshitsu

Also known as After School Nightmare.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Like most teenagers, Mashiro Ichijo has a secret. But Mashiro’s secret is that he’s neither fully male nor female! So far, Mashiro’s been able to live his life as a boy, but all this changes when he’s informed of a new class he must take in order to graduate from his elite prep school. To pass, he must find the “Key”…and the only way to find it is to enter into a nightmare world where his body and soul are put at the mercy of the worst kind of enemies: his classmates!



Tags: Shoujo , School , Coming of Age , Memory Manipulation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gender Bending , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Incest , Bisexual , Body Horror , Gore , Reincarnation , Philosophy , Tragedy , Crossdressing

Gakuen Heaven

Also known as Gakuen Heaven.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Keita Itou--a boy with no special qualities other than superb luck--suddenly receives an acceptance letter from the prestegious all-boys Bell Liberty Academy. There to welcome him are the two most powerful students on campus, the King and Queen of of BL Academy, Niwa and Saionji.Keita works to discover the reasons behind his invitation to such a remarkable school, struggles to find his niche among such brilliant and beautiful young men, and attempts to win the school-wide contest that will grant him his greatest wish! With all the obstacles in his way, including his own self-doubt, will Keita be able to win the competition--and the king's heart?



The first manga adaptation of Gakuen Heaven, based on the Niwa route of the original visual novel.

Tags: School , Boys' Love , Male Harem

Kuro Bara Alice

Also known as Black Rose Alice.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Dimitri Lewandoski is a celebrated tenor in early 1900s Vienna. When he is killed in an accident, his corpse is colonized by the seeds of a vampire master. At first, Dimitri denies that anything has changed, but as the people around him start dying, he is forced to accept the ghastly truth.

Flash-forward to 2008. In Tokyo, Azusa Kikukawa’s troubled love life comes to an end with a fatal accident. Dimitri appears in her dying dreams with a diabolic proposal he will save her lover if she agrees to become the breeding ground for the next generation of vampire seeds...



Tags: Shoujo , Vampire , Male Harem , Foreign , Time Skip , Twins , Amnesia , Tragedy

Rosen Blood: Haitoku no Meikan

Also known as Rosen Blood.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Horror , Romance

Levi-Ruin and the mysterious men who took Stella in have a bare kitchen…and a moaning box in the storehouse. After discovering mansion dweller Gilbert’s lifelike sculptures, the new maid faces a sinister reality. Can she survive the bloodlust? Stella must distinguish danger from passion as fear begins to feed on her!



Tags: Vampire , Male Harem , Female Protagonist , Maids , Shoujo , Yandere , Heterosexual

Diabolik Lovers Prequel

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

The manga adaptation of the otome game. The story centers around the six sadistic Sakamaki vampire brothers and a girl, Komori Yui, who goes to live with them.

Yui Komori is a positive-thinking girl who nevertheless is troubled by seeing spirits and experiencing poltergeist phenomena. In her second year in high school, she transfers to a new school — a night school for entertainers and celebrities — due to her father's work. There are rumors that there are vampires among the student body, and Yui ends up living with the Sakamaki brothers.



Tags: Shoujo , Vampire , Male Harem , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Male Cast , Bullying , Teens' Love , Yandere

Magnolia

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Crown Prince Ayato, while presented as male, is a person with no specific sex. However, at the age of 16, Ayato makes a very important decision. Why does Ayato have the markings of angel wings on his back and what road will he lose when he falls in love? What will be the result of Ayato's decision?

Tags: Shoujo , Gender Bending , Royal Affairs , Crossdressing , Incest , Transgender

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

Innocent

Also known as Innocent.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

In the 18th century, seeking "freedom and equality," the event that gave birth to modern French society, the French Revolution, began. There was one protagonist that lived within the darkness, Charles-Henri Sanson. He was the fourth-generation head of the Sanson family, and the executioner of Paris. This is the story of a man nobly facing his harsh fate...



Notes:
Nominated for the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize "Reader Award" in 2014
Nominated for the 8th Manga Taishou Award in 2015.

Tags: Historical , Seinen , Coming of Age , Foreign , Tragedy , Politics , Gore , Male Protagonist , Work , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Bisexual , Time Skip , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Crossdressing , Torture , Boys' Love

Joou-sama no Inu

Also known as Her Majesty's Dog.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Romance , Supernatural

In today's world of computers and cell phones, few people have time for superstition and ghost stories, but that doesn't mean that they aren't real! Amane Kamori is a powerful medium from a remote village in rural Japan. Her guardian is Hyoue Inugami, a demon dog whose powers are literally fueled by her kiss! Together they protect humans from vengeful spirits and bring peace to the dead.

But when Amane's family moves to the big city of Tokyo, all the magical power in the world can't help her survive high school! Her chilly demeanor and lack of social graces make her a campus misfit. Popularity comes much easier to Hyoue, whose sexy good looks (in his human form) bring him lots of female fans. But Hyoue's lapdog loyalty to Amane only leads to more woe, as jealous classmates can't understand what he sees in her. If only they knew?



Tags: Shoujo , Heterosexual , Youkai , Female Protagonist