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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…



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

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

Ashita wa Kitto Tomodachi ja Nai, yo ne

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

High school students Akari and Mikage have been childhood friends since kindergarten. Akari has always had a crush on Mikage, but he doesn't tell him how he feels. He wanted to support his love for his popular Mikage. However, Mikage, who was confessed to by a girl, refuses and says, "I can't because I have someone I like."



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

Kojika Counter!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Due to his father's transfer, Setoguchi Hotori is forced to attend an unruly school overrun by Yankees, where he is bullied everyday. Finally, after weeks of bullying Setoguchi realizes that the key to his freedom lies in winning over Kuse, the leader of the group. But how far will Setoguchi go...?

Tags: School , Boys' Love

Kokoro Nochi Hare

Also known as Partly-Cloudy Hearts With Chance of Sunshine.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

It's their final year of high school. Gaku's one-sided feelings for Haru, which he'd kept hidden all these years, have begun to stir. They'd been friends ever since high school began, and they thought that their relationship would never change. They would hang out with girls from another school, focus on studying for college entrance exams, and take a breather at the school festival... "I love you Haru." With the confession, their world would change. This is a year of a normal student life in which best friends who were always by each other's side become lovers.



Tags: Boys' Love

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 , College , Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Educational , Food , Coming of Age

Takara no Biidoro

Also known as Takara's Treasure.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Taishin has moved to Tokyo from his hometown of Fukuoka in order to reunite with Takara, a stranger who had consoled him in his grief the year prior. However, despite finally getting a chance to express his gratitude to Takara at college, he is given the cold shoulder! But Taishin, undeterred, decides to pursue Takara anyway, and Takara finds himself becoming more and more enchanted by Taishin’s straightforward and earnest gaze.



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Mountaineering , College

Bokura wo Hedateru Ao to Shiro

Also known as The White and Blue Between Us.

Status: Finished
Genres:

Is it ever too late to make up for a lie? Or can the opportunity be swept away, like white clouds across a blue summer sky?

It's been seven years since Hozumi left behind the island town he grew up in, and Mishima—his close friend and first love from high school—with it. The two haven't spoken since Hozumi rejected Mishima and lied about his own feelings. When Hozumi returns for his high school reunion, he wants nothing more than to make amends, a task easier said than done.



Tags: Boys' Love

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 , Primarily Male Cast , Bisexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Shogi

40 Made ni Shitai 10 no Koto

Also known as 10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Suzume Tojou is just three months away from turning forty and realizes there’s so much he hasn’t done with his life! So, he makes a plan: create a private list of things he’s always wanted to do and check them off before turning the big four-oh. It’s a rather simple list, filled with goals that should be easy to accomplish, like a takoyaki party, enjoying a parfait out in a café, and spending his birthday with a lover. Except, that last one comes with a major problem—Tojou hasn’t had a lover in ten years! But when Keishi Tanaka, Tojou’s handsome junior at the company, discovers the secret list, he’s determined to help Tojou check off every single item—starting with the “lover” part!



Tags: Boys' Love , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Age Gap , Anal Sex , Nudity , Office , LGBTQ+ Themes