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Given

Also known as Given.

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

Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all—with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. That is, until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar. At first, Uenoyama is nonplussed by Mafuyu Sato and his slightly odd behavior, but when, on a whim, he asks Mafuyu to sing, the power of that song pierces him to the core.



Tags: Boys' Love , Band , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rehabilitation , Primarily Male Cast , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Bisexual , Suicide , Unrequited Love , School , Love Triangle , Urban , Tsundere , Kuudere

Hatsukoi no Atosaki

Also known as First Love Again.

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

Toru Nishina goes inside a coffee shop to meet a colleague,and he bumps into his old friend from high school,Kohei,who's now the shop's owner. Kohei doesn't seem to remember him at all,though,and only treats him like any old customer there. To be fair,they weren't "just friends," and their last goodbye was painful,to say the least. Will they be able to reclaim the past love they'd once lost...?



Note: Miyama also appears as a minor character in "After a Storm", set two years before the start of this series.

Included one-shot: Double Line

Tags: Boys' Love

Ohayou to Oyasumi to Sono Ato ni

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

"Since it's destiny, it can't be helped..."

Tachibana Kaito, 21 years old, waiter at a restaurant, suddenly met, who he'd thought, was his destined lover. It was love at first sight for him, but this beautiful person ended up being... a man.

Kataoka Isuke, 19 years old, student of digital arts.
So what'll happen to those two? Is it really destiny or was it just a fluke?

Tags: Boys' Love

Hanbun Ageru

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

Kurokawa is an ordinary high school student living in Hiroshima. He's uncomfortable with his always smiling classmate, Shiraki. One day on his way home, Kurokawa suddenly bumps into Shiraki wearing a blood-stained shirt. Kurokawa quickly took his hand and ran away from the scene, only to find out that Shiraki has been selling his body for a living. He injured a client and escaped.

After hearing that Shiraki never wanted to "do this," Kurokawa couldn't leave him alone and suggests to "run away together." Not knowing where to go, the two of them jumped on a train and set off to the ocean, as Shiraki wanted to see it. Bit by bit, they established an emotional bond, but it ended all too quickly.

Several years after their fleeting escapade, Kurokawa, now working as a middle school teacher in Yokohama, reunites with Shiraki at a wine shop...



Tags: Boys' Love , Time Skip , Prostitution , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Primarily Male Cast , Travel , Virginity , Teacher , Estranged Family

Kanawanu Koi no Musubikata

Also known as Stringing You Along.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Kaoru Kamisawa doesn't have your run-of-the-mill job. He makes his living by cutting ties for people by literally cutting the invisible string that connects them to each other. One day, he meets Hara, who comes to him in desparation to get a woman to stop stalking him. Hara is a little skeptical at first, but gradually starts having feelings for Kaoru. But, Kaoru knows it won't last. His special gift also robs him of his own "red string of fate" that connects a person to the partner they're destined for. Kaoru tries to keep Hara away, but can he...?



Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Bisexual , Anal Sex , Time Skip , Unrequited Love , Age Gap , Masturbation , Nudity

Kimi no Yoru ni Fureru

Also known as Touch Within the Abyss.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

“When you get to know the real me… you will be disappointed.”

Chinatsu, a hitman, meets his destiny again. His name is Kasumi. He was the boy who reached out to Chinatsu when he lost his brother in front of his eyes.

A few years later, Chinatsu rescues Kasumi from a snatcher by chance. Kasumi is blind, and Chinatsu can’t leave him alone in the street… although he knows he shouldn’t get close to him, the distance between them gets shorter day by day…

A story of redemption, in which two young men trapped in darkness slowly soothe each other’s loneliness.



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Adult Cast , Disability , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Assassins , Tragedy

Nakanai Hibari

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Why do you bear no grudge towards me? Why do you like me? I know how you feel about me, yet I pretend not to notice...

Kyosumi, an up-and-coming photographer lives with his late best friend's younger brother, Hibari. He looks after Hibari as he feels responsible for the death of his best friend as well as colleague. Kyosumi has sworn an oath to be Hibari's family, after he had lost his only blood relative.

I took your loved one away from you.

However, Hibari has feelings for Kyosumi which he cannot tell him about...?



Tags: Boys' Love , Tragedy , Age Gap

Koko wa Yasashii Niwa

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

"Mamoru" is a guy who hates to work hard in vain since childhood because he couldn't get his mother's love no matter how hard he tried. One day, a strange guy, Kaoru, appears and identifies himself himself as his "brother". Because he was wounded, he stayed with Kaoru for the time being, but what will this event develop itself into?

Tags: Boys' Love , Bisexual , Tragedy

Getsuei

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Sci-Fi

One midwinter night, some female prostitutes picked up a child, Kiyohito, in the red light district. He is forced to take clients at age 14; and in two years, he has become the moneymaker of the shop. Resigned to his fate, Kiyohito hides his feelings of love from his physician, the object of his affection. In addition to his painful love story, this anthology includes five more one-shots for Shoowa's first Reijin comic release!

Tags: Boys' Love , Anthology , Age Gap , Bisexual , Prostitution , Historical , Yakuza

Kemutai Hanashi

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

These two men are not friends, not lovers, not family. But they still want to be near each other. A chance encounter leads to two former classmates living together.

A very relaxed slice of life manga series, trying to break free from the urge to label relationships a certain way.



Note: Nominated for the 2022 Next Manga Award (Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishou) for Best Web Manga.

Tags: Iyashikei , Aromantic , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Asexual , Josei , LGBTQ+ Themes , Teacher , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things