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

Nemureru Mori no Binan

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Tomoi Hisatsugu went to New York to work as a doctor. But that's not all. He hopes to lead an easier life as a young homosexual than in Japan. Indeed, he meets another doctor, Richard Stein, and they become lovers. Nemureru Mori no Binan tells of their relationship in an extremely realistic way. It portrays the life of homosexuals in the early 80s very exact and conveys the mood of the secrecy gays and lesbians had to live in well. It is also a very down to earth story with characters that could meet in the street every day and doesn't use the elements so common in today's Shounen'ai-Manga. One of Akisato's very best works and highly recommended.



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Age Gap , Foreign , Tragedy , Shoujo , Medicine , Male Protagonist

Complex

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

This is a story of boy meets boy—and everything after that.

Complex is about the lives of Junichi and Tatsuya, two childhood friends who just so happen to love each other. We explore each step of their lives, from grade school to the golden years, through the good times and the bad, revealing that a relationship between two men are nothing but complex.



Tags: Boys' Love

Hitsuji no Kawa wo Kita Kemono

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Daichi's big sister is getting married and to a super hot guy named Jun Igawa! When they first meet, Daichi's suspicious; what does this accomplished, rich, attractive guy see in his sister? But Jun seems like such a nice guy, and slowly, Daichi starts to drop his guard... is Jun really everything he seems? Or is he a devil in disguise?

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Age Gap , Love Triangle , Crime , Time Skip

Moonlight flowers: Gekka Bijin

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

A classic yuri manga about a woman who leaves her husband for an old friend from school. There are two stories in this manga--one (Moonlight Flowers) is the main story, and the other (Midnight Flowers) is about the love interest's past.



Tags: Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Josei , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Nudity , Crime , Unrequited Love , Marriage

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

Manner of Death

Also known as Manner of Death.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Romance , Thriller

When the skilled coroner Dr. Bunnakit is called to examine the body of his childhood friend after her “suicide,” he soon determines that she was actually murdered. That night, a mysterious stranger threatens him, telling him to rule her death a suicide-and after he confides in his prosecutor friend about this incident, his friend suddenly goes missing. But all hope is not lost, as a young lecturer named Tan offers to help him get to the bottom of all this-which would be more reassuring if Tan weren’t the prime suspect... 

Note: Chapter count includes two volume bonus chapters.

Tags: Boys' Love , Crime , Medicine

Canis: The Speaker

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

A spin-off of the main series that follows some of Ryou's gang acquaintances.

Tags: Boys' Love , Noir , Gangs , Revenge , Crime , Polyamorous , Prostitution , Bisexual , Mafia

Sojou no Koi wa Nido Haneru

Also known as The Carp on the Chopping Block Jumps Twice.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Kyoichi's always been a lady-killer, so no one is more surprised than him when he falls in love with another man. But even though Kyoichi cares deeply about Imagase, he can't help but have a weakness for women. When a young lady at Kyoichi's work gets a crush on him, it tests the bond between Imagase and Kyoichi. Can the two stay afloat in these troubled waters, or will the current tear them apart?



Notes:
During serialization, Chapter 3 was split into three parts while Chapter 4 was split into five parts, all later combined in the volume release.
Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Bisexual , Boys' Love , Josei , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Adult Cast , Love Triangle , Yandere , Male Protagonist , Cheating , Time Skip , Anal Sex , Nudity