Manga like Kimi no Sumire

Cupid ni Rakurai

Also known as Cupid is Struck by Lightning.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

First-year high schooler Shingo is a one-man information network. For the right price (lunch, in most cases) he’ll find out whatever you want to know about your crush, using his top-notch conversational skills and easy-going nature. But Shingo meets his match in the handsome yet terrifying second-year Ao, a boy whose gloomy presence doesn’t hurt his popularity one bit. For some reason, Shingo gets tongue-tied around Ao, but when he uncovers a secret about the older boy—one that has nothing to do with the mysterious scar on his face—he notices his feelings starting to change…



Note: Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , School , 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: Includes one 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

Mask Danshi wa Koishitakunai no ni

Also known as Mask Danshi: This Shouldn't Lead to Love.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance

Sayama is a pessimistic guy who always wears a face mask to school. When the most popular boy in class, Saikawa, rips off the mask out of curiosity, Sayama flips out. Despite his harsh words, he's somehow captured Saikawa's interest, who offers to tutor him with a bizarre condition: to let him do as he pleases with what's under Sayama's mask. Sayama hates it when people touch his bare face, lips, and mouth, but he can't resist Saikawa's attention...



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , School , Anal Sex , Nudity , Love Triangle , LGBTQ+ Themes

Hidamari no Orange

Also known as Sunny Orange.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

"Can I keep coming here?"

Nanami is a first year in high school whose grades are so bad that he's forced to take supplemental classes. In the art prep room, he meets Takanashi-senpai, a highly skilled student who ranked third place in the national mock exam, and practically forces Takanashi to tutor him. At first, Nanami feels uncomfortable around his senpai, whose beauty is striking despite his unapproachable aura. Yet he finds himself drawn to Takanashi's true self: his gentle and caring nature, as well as the smile he never shows others. Their relationship is temporary, but Nanami is eager to learn more about his senpai...



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Coming of Age , School , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes

Cupid ni Rakurai: Tsuigeki

Also known as Cupid is Struck by Lightning: Second Strike.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Shingo met his match—literally—in his senpai, the darkly mysterious Ao. Now the two have begun a relationship, and Shingo is starting to see the cuter, gentler sides of Ao. It’s enough to make him fall in love all over again! But trouble looms as the sports festival approaches, bringing a steadfast and handsome third-year student who singles out Ao as his rival. Can Shingo put his worries aside and support the boy he loves?

Note: Includes two extra chapters.

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

Tasogare Outfocus

Also known as Twilight Out of Focus.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Film enthusiast Mao Tsuchiya and his lone wolf roommate Hisashi Otomo make three promises:

(1) That Mao will never tell anyone that Hisashi is gay and has a boyfriend,
(2) That Hisashi will never approach Mao "in that way," and
(3) That they’ll respect each other's "private time."

The second-years' ground rules should ensure a peaceful life together in their dorm, but reality is never as simple as it seems in the movies, and some things are not so easily promised...



Tags: Boys' Love , School Club , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Acting , Nudity , Filmmaking , Boarding School , Anal Sex , Virginity , Bisexual , Estranged Family , Age Gap

Muchuu ni Naru yo

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Towa and Yamato are twins with very different personalities. Yamato is loud, outgoing, and regularly gets into fights, while Towa is quiet, studious, and always suffering the after effects of Yamato's actions because he's always being mistaken for his brother. On his way home from school one day, Towa was getting beaten up by the school gang who had mistaken him for Yamato, when he met Mitsuru, a mysterious delinquent. For some reason, Mitsuru can tell the twins apart...

Tags: Boys' Love , Twins , Delinquents , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Gangs

Koi ni mo Naranai.

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

"That's the first time I've seen crying so beautiful." Tajima finds himself taken in by Koga's crying face, but little did he know, the reason behind those tears was the death of his goldfish at the hand of Tajima's cat (Buuta). While figuring out how to apologize for that, he stumbles across a secret of Koga's.

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , School , Animals , Kuudere , Unrequited Love , LGBTQ+ Themes

BANANA FISH

Also known as Banana Fish.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands--and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance...



Tags: Mafia , Gangs , Tragedy , Crime , Conspiracy , Drugs , Noir , Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , Revenge , Criminal Organization , Ensemble Cast , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Coming of Age , Politics , Urban , Delinquents , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Adoption , Orphan , Tanned Skin , Assassins , Boys' Love , Police , Cars , Bisexual , Photography , Classic Literature , Heterosexual , Time Skip , Prison , Found Family

Kimi ni wa Fureru to Naru Toko ga Atte

Also known as Every Time We Touch, I Hear That Sound.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Touji is an average high school student who is terrible at dealing with people and struggles with physical contact. On one rainy day, all of Touji's struggles come to a head when he encounters Itsuki Yato, a fellow classmate who touches him casually even when they first meet. Even though Touji isn't great at socializing, Itsuki goes out of his way to talk to him and spend time with him. Gradually, Touji starts to want to learn more about Itsuki...



Note: Includes three extra chapters.

Tags: Boys' Love , School , Male Protagonist