Manga like Yuki no Yousei

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 , Adoption , Primarily Adult Cast , Agriculture , Tsundere , Work , LGBTQ+ Themes

Romance ni wa Hodotooi

Also known as Far From Romance.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Tono Arata has lived in the same sleepy seaside town his entire life. Employed at a small IT firm, each day seems to blend into the next. Yet his quiet life is shaken up when his company announces they’ve hired a new employee–a gorgeous blue-eyed Brit named Lewis! At first Tono is taken aback by his foreign colleague’s touchy-feely mannerisms and blunt manner of speaking, but it quickly becomes obvious to him that there’s something unspoken behind those blue eyes that follow him around the office. So when Lewis suddenly asks if Tono remembers him, he’s understandably thrown for a loop. Just who is this hunky ex-pat and how does he know Tono?!



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Rural , Otaku Culture , Male Protagonist

Bokura no Chikyuu no Arukikata

Also known as Our Not-So-Lonely Planet Travel Guide.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Super serious Asahi Suzumura and laidback, easygoing Mitsuki Sayama might seem like an odd couple, but they made a deal; they'll vacation around the world and when they get back to Japan, they'll get married.

As they travel from country to country, the different people, cultures and cuisine they encounter begin to bring them closer together. After all they're not just learning about the world, but about themselves too.



Notes:
The following chapters were split into two parts in the original serialization and later combined in the volume releases: 31, 32, 35, 38, 39, 41, 43, and 46.
Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Foreign , Boys' Love , Travel , Episodic , Photography , Bisexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Transgender , Male Protagonist

Kurikaeshi Ai no Oto

Also known as In Love’s Key, Reprised.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Forced by poor health to take a leave of absence, curmudgeonly conductor Kiri returns to his rural hometown for some much-needed rest. But on his very first night back, he comes dangerously close to freezing to death—until local grocer Osamu scoops him up out of the cold and into the warmth of his embrace. Can this younger man, a years-long fan of Kiri’s work, thaw out the ice in the maestro’s heart? Or will Kiri be doomed to a life of frigid loneliness forever?



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Rural , Rehabilitation , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Boys' Love

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

Yoake ni Furu,

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

This story takes place a few years after Hoshino and Sudou have settled down together. Sudou's son Shouta is in high school now and so is his former classmate Daiki from elementary school. How has their relationship changed?

Tags: School , Boys' Love

Hoshizora wo Mitsumeta Sono Ato de

Also known as After We Gazed at the Starry Sky.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

It all started with a job. When wheelchair-bound Subaru Miyazawa decides to visit the planetarium after finishing its brochure design, he unexpectedly bumps into Togo Awase, the photographer involved in the project. Although he'd admired his work, he never thought he'd see the man himself—or that Togo would go so far as to carry Subaru down the steps to view the starry night sky up close. Subaru could only hope they would meet again...



Note: Includes four extra chapters.

Tags: Boys' Love , Disability , Photography , Astronomy , Time Skip , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Drawing

Toumei na Ai no Utsuwa

Also known as The Vessel of a Transparent Love.

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

Miki Donoue has lived an unlucky life, the embodiment of woefulness since he was a child. He's lived in such a way to never involve others in his misfortune. One night, Miki is asked by a mysterious man, "Can I have your woes?" The man turns out to be a creature called "Akashibito," a type of monster that feeds on the woes of humans to extend their lifespan. He asserts that he lacks sustenance, and will die without Miki's woes. Miki, being a good natured boy, gives the akashibito the name "Shiro", and offers to be his host. Now the two of them will live together. Though Shiro can continue to live with a new host, as Miki grows to feel happiness, Shiro loses his sustenance. With the loss, there is a change in Shiro...? Could this mean the end of his life as he knows it...?

Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Adult Cast , Youkai , LGBTQ+ Themes , Work , Rehabilitation , Anal Sex , Bisexual , Age Gap , Virginity , Nudity

Country Diary: Haru kara Natsu e

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Kurumizawa wants to get back to the land, so he leaves Tokyo, buys a ramshackle house in a mountain village, and starts farming. He has a lot to learn, though, so he’s lucky to meet local furniture maker Usa, who shows him around and helps him renovate his house.

Tags: Rural , Iyashikei , Outdoor Activities , Agriculture , LGBTQ+ Themes , Food , Primarily Adult Cast

Focus

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Young photographer Hirami Yuichi is visiting an island for an exhibition when he meets the gallery's owner, Asahina Jun, and falls in love at first sight. Even with a direct approach, it doesn't reach the heterosexual Asahina. However, one day as Asahina is talking about his past, Yuichi is moved, and hugs him. Whether they become closer or stay apart, it makes it hard to leave.

A painful love story that will squeeze your heartstrings.

Nishi Noriko's debut work!



Note: Includes three extra chapters.

Tags: Boys' Love , Photography