Manga like Nemureru Mori no Binan

New York New York

Also known as New York, New York.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Police officer Kain Walker has gone to great lengths to prevent his coworkers, family, and friends from finding out he’s gay. But when Kain meets Mel Fredericks, he realizes at once that his whole world is about to change. For the first time, Kain wants more than a one-night stand, but a relationship carries risks, discovery not least among them. Battling with others’ expectations and biases—and his own—Kain struggles to balance his desire for secrecy with his feelings for Mel at a time when being out could cost him dearly..



Tags: Boys' Love , Shoujo , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Police , Bisexual , Time Skip , Urban , Cheating , Adoption

California Monogatari

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Heath Swanson, an 18-year-old high school dropout, runs away from his home in San Diego, California, to make a fresh start in New York City. Along his travels he meets Eve, another troubled teen who latches onto him. Although annoyed by his presence and idealistic dreams of life in California at first, the two form an inseparable bond. Living among artists in SoHo, the two help and support each other as they try to make a living in the city.

Tags: Coming of Age , Rehabilitation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shoujo , Tragedy , Foreign , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Drugs , Boys' Love , Heterosexual , Achronological Order , Survival , Unrequited Love , Mixed Gender Harem , War

Dead End

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Dead End (デッド・エンド)
Original Sin (オリジナル・シン)
Taitan e no Shoutaikyaku (タイタンへの招待客)

Tags: American Football , Boys' Love , Shoujo

Partners

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Set in New York in the late 1980s, Partners follows the lives of six close friends who also happen to be leathermen. The manga depicts their relationships -- both sexual and emotional -- with unabashed honesty. While the story practically explodes off the page with a continuous, unremitting and glorious parade of smut, it isn't "meaningless sex" -- these are committed couples in full-time relationships, where pleasure and pain are natural expressions of affection for one another. (You guessed it; that's where the manga's name comes from. They're "partners.")

The six friends that star in this manga are split up into three pairs. The main pair consists of Marlon and Doug, around whose relationship the manga revolves. Marlon, a high-flying executive, plays sub and devoted masochist to the beautifully dominant Doug. Doug is, interestingly enough, a janitor at the very company Marlon directs; during the average workday, they barely even make eye-contact. The contrast between their private and public lives is as stark as it is lovely. The other couples also feature in major roles, and what we end up with is an intimate and moving glimpse at an otherwise unconventional lifestyle.



Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Adult Cast , Bondage , Sadism