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Kimi ni wa Todokanai.

Also known as I Cannot Reach You.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

No matter how much time we spend together, I’ll never become special to you. Childhood best friends. Two halves of a whole. The cool, smart one who’s good at almost everything, and his average, dorky friend who struggles to do anything right­—Yamato and Kakeru. Always by the other’s side, but not together in the way they truly want to be. No matter how hard they try, their hearts cannot reach each other…



Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.

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

Umibe no Étranger

Also known as Seaside Stranger: Umibe no Étranger.

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

"There's nothing wrong with liking another guy."

To be in the arms of the person I love... I thought that was an unobtainable dream......... On an island off the coast of Okinawa, two young men meet on a beach. Shun Hashimoto is gay and aspires to be a novelist. He is interested in Mio Chibana, a somber high school student, and starts to flirt with him. Day by day, the two of them grow closer, but then, suddenly, Mio decides to leave the island. Three years later, Mio returns and approaches Shun with the words, "I've thought about it for the past three years. I like you, Shun, even if you're a guy." However, when faced with the prospect of finally becoming lovers with Mio, Shun cannot take the first step towards commitment...

This is a tantalizing love story about a gay novelist and a younger part-time worker. It's a manga that will touch and purify your heart.



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Writing , Coastal , Nudity , Love Triangle , Yuri , Cohabitation

Hirano to Kagiura

Also known as Hirano and Kagiura.

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

Basketball players. Bad boys who aren’t really bad boys. Roommates. Senpai-kouhai BL romance. It all started when Kagiura moved into the school dorms with what seemed to be a bad-boy upperclassman. But after he’s left in the tender care of his mother hen of a roommate, Hirano, it’s too much to ask for Kagiura not to fall in love…right?!



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Primarily Male Cast , Josei , School , School Club , Basketball , Asexual , Boarding School , Chibi

Sasaki to Miyano

Also known as Sasaki and Miyano.

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

Miyano spends his days peacefully reading Boys' Love comics and worrying about how girly his face is-until a chance encounter leads to a scuffle with his senior Sasaki. Intrigued by his feisty junior Miyano, delinquent Sasaki uses every opportunity he can to get closer...



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Male Cast , Otaku Culture , Shoujo , Meta , Primarily Teen Cast , Bisexual , 4-koma , Crossdressing

Harukaze no Étranger

Also known as Seaside Stranger: Harukaze no Étranger.

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

Shun and Mio connected on their small island near Okinawa, leading to a friendship and eventual romance. But Shun’s quiet home by the seaside started with pain–he left his hometown after his parents disowned him for being gay. That inescapable fact still haunts him, especially now that his father is ill. Shun is ready to go back to Hokkaido to see his parents again, but this time, he has Mio by his side. Mio has complicated feelings about this himself, as he was devastated by the loss of his own parents and now might not be accepted by Shun’s–what will this trip mean for him?



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Iyashikei , Time Skip , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Writing , Age Gap , Coastal

Yamada to Shounen

Also known as Yamada and the Boy.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

On his way back from work on Christmas night, Yamada (26) discovers a drunk and crying high school boy and takes him home. That boy was mulling over being in love with someone of the same sex. A straight adult and a gay high-schooler.
It is a piece that sets gender aside as their hearts grow ever closer. This is Mita Ori's long-awaited series.

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Age Gap , Bisexual , Food

Kimi to Nara Koi wo Shite Mite mo

Also known as If It's You, I Might Try Falling in Love.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance

Amane hadn't seriously liked anyone since middle school. He learned how painful it was to be laughed at for sharing your feelings and had sworn off ever since. Now, he's just transferred to a new high school in Enoshima, where he meets Ryuuji, a boy in his class. Fast friends, the jaded Amane quickly warms up to the eager Ryuuji—but that warmth continues to grow into feelings much deeper than friendship. Follow the boys as they navigate a frustratingly authentic journey through high school romance.



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

Restart wa Tadaima no Ato de

Also known as Restart After Coming Back Home.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Hot-headed Kozuka Mitsuomi left his home in the country to try to lead a sophisticated life in Tokyo. Unfortunately, at age 25, he returns home in disgrace, having been fired from his job. As he tries to rediscover himself in the rural area he once called home, he meets Kumai Yamato, a man about his age who was adopted into his community while Mitsuomi was away. The sweet and even-tempered Yamato is hiding his own pain, and as the two men connect, they start a journey together.



Tags: Boys' Love , Rural , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Adoption , Agriculture , Tsundere , Work

Kawa ni Sazanami

Also known as Ripples in the River.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Tanba and Utagawa have been together for over ten years, but Uta still can’t believe he’s landed such a stud, and Tanba still gets blindsided when his young-at-heart boyfriend switches into adult mode. It’s a non-stop whirlwind of love that sends both their hearts skipping!



Note: Originally released as a web comic, the manga was published by Frontier Works on February 15, 2022.

Tags: Episodic , Boys' Love , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , School , Cohabitation

Sweet Our 1R

Also known as Our Sweet One-Room Apartment.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Kaname and Shima have been living together for a year. They have sex almost every day, and things are going well for the couple—at least until Kaname begins to think he’s a sex addict and starts avoiding sex with Shima. Shima, on the other hand, mistakenly believes Kaname is bored of him. Will their long-awaited trip to Tokyo resolve this misunderstanding before it snowballs into an avalanche?



Tags: Boys' Love , Cohabitation , Time Skip , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist