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Status: Releasing

When Yuji accidentally hears his classmate Yamato confessing to another friend that he's gay, his perspective shifts. Seeing Yamato in a new light, Yuji does his best not to let prejudice color his view, but he still finds himself overthinking his classmates' interactions now. He especially notices the way Yamato looks at one particular boy: Yuji's own best friend.

Even though he tells himself not to get involved, Yuji finds he just can't help it: watching Yamato's one-sided love draws him in a way he never expected. At first, it's empathy, knowing that the boy Yamato has his sights on is definitely straight and has no idea. But as his own friendship with Yamato develops and the two of them grow closer through a mutual study group, Yuji comes to truly care about Yamato as a person, regardless of his sexuality.

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

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

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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

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Genres: Drama , Romance

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Tags: Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Chibi , Philosophy , School , Bisexual , Baseball , Ensemble Cast , Boys' Love , Shounen , Time Skip , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Yuri

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Also known as Boy Meets Maria.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

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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

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Also known as I Cannot Reach You.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

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Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Bullying , Coming of Age , School , Crossdressing , Rural , Male Protagonist , Makeup , Primarily Child Cast

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

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Also known as Contrast.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

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Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

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Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

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Also known as The Rule of Standing on Tiptoe.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

A transfer student enters the class of Kousuke, a second-year in high school. Raku is tall and good-looking, the exact opposite of the shrimpy Kousuke, and very popular with the girls. Kousuke was jealous of Raku at first, until Raku comes clean about a certain secret, and asks Kousuke not to tell anyone. Ever since then, Raku seems to have taken a liking to Kousuke, and all of a sudden, they become really close! This is a high-school romantic-comedy about a mismatched pair!

Tags: Boys' Love , School

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