Manga like Hoshi dake ga Shitteru

also known as Only the Stars Know

What is Only the Stars Know about?

Status: Finished

After suffering a loss both at work and in his personal life, college student Sora feels crushed. A stiff night walk to process his thoughts leads him to a discovery: a handsome man sitting in a secluded spot in the park that’s perfect for stargazing. Sora and the man start chatting, and he feels comfortable enough to start talking about his problems–but he’s still stunned when the man kisses him! Although Sora initially writes off the night as an unexpected connection with a stranger, this isn’t the last he’ll see of the man who stares up at the sky.



Tags: Boys' Love , Age Gap , Astronomy , College , Male Protagonist , Bisexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Disability , Urban , Primarily Male Cast , Work
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I Hear the Sunspot

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

Hishakai Shindo

Also known as Depth of Field.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

One day after school, Hayakawa decides to stop by his usual secret spot on the roof, where he meets none other than Konno.

Konno is known throughout the school as being hard to approach and intimidating. Some have even called him scary looking. However, when the lens of his camera is focused on its subject, the once scary Konno becomes like any other high schooler enjoying their life.

Respect, envy, jealousy, and even an inferiority complex… All these feeling culminate inside of Hayakawa as the two get closer to one another. I mean, how could they not? After all, Konno has everything Hayakawa could ever want. Who wouldn’t be conflicted with such a guy by their side?

The unlikely love story between two ordinary high school students who’s paths coincidently cross, comes to life in Enjo’s Depth of Field.



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Photography , School , Bisexual , Band , Nudity , Heterosexual , Time Skip
Love Stories

Koimonogatari

Also known as Love Stories.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

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
Come to Hand

Come to Hand

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

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Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Iyashikei , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Age Gap , Teacher , Work , Cohabitation
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Yozora no Sumikko de,

Yozora no Sumikko de,

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Tags: Boys' Love , School , LGBTQ+ Themes
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I Cannot Reach You

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 , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist
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Also known as Searching for the Comet.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

“I've been in love with him...ever since that day when he cried underneath the fake, starry sky. I didn't initially intend to confess to him. I only wanted us to be closer - to spend more time together... So how did things end up this way...?"

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Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Astronomy , School , Time Skip
Classmates

Sotsugyousei

Also known as Classmates.

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

In this emotional continuation of classmates, Rihito Sajou and Hikaru “Beyan” Kusakabe deepen their relationship and mature along with it. As could be imagined, Kusakabe’s free-spirit ways clashes with Sajou’s dedication to propriety. Their relationship’s in for a bumpy ride as graduation grows near and the boys come face to face with reality; what happens to them after graduation?



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Male Cast , School , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast
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Yoake ni Furu,

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

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