Manga like Harenochi Shikibu

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…



Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Tags: Boys' Love , School , Shoujo , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Unrequited Love , LGBTQ+ Themes

Sasaki to Miyano

Also known as Sasaki and Miyano.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Miyano spends his days peacefully reading Boys' Love comics and worrying about how girly his face is-until a chance encounter leads to a scuffle with his senior Sasaki. Intrigued by his feisty junior Miyano, delinquent Sasaki uses every opportunity he can to get closer...



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Otaku Culture , Meta , Shoujo , Primarily Teen Cast , Bisexual , 4-koma , Crossdressing

Shimanami Tasogare

Also known as Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare.

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

Not only is high schooler Tasuku Kaname the new kid in town, he’s also terrified that he’s been outed as gay. Just as he’s contemplating doing the unthinkable, Tasuku meets a mysterious woman who leads him to a group of people dealing with problems not so different from his own. In this realistic, heartfelt depiction of LGBT+ characters from different backgrounds finding their place in the world, a search for inner peace proves to be the most universal experience of all.



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Coming of Age , Found Family , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Ensemble Cast , Transgender , Crossdressing , Agender , Asexual , Boys' Love , Suicide , Rehabilitation , Aromantic , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Yuri

Hirano to Kagiura

Also known as Hirano and Kagiura.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Basketball players. Bad boys who aren’t really bad boys. Roommates. Senpai-kouhai BL romance. It all started when Kagiura moved into the school dorms with what seemed to be a bad-boy upperclassman. But after he’s left in the tender care of his mother hen of a roommate, Hirano, it’s too much to ask for Kagiura not to fall in love…right?!



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Shoujo , Aromantic , Male Protagonist , Asexual , Unrequited Love , Primarily Male Cast , School , School Club , Tsundere , Basketball , Boarding School , Chibi

Doukyuusei

Also known as Classmates.

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

Hikaru always thought his classmate Rihito was kind of a snob, until he stumbles across Rihito secretly practicing a song in an empty classroom. Hikaru agrees to become Rihito’s music tutor, and with each lesson the two boys grow closer. But when Hikaru realizes that he’s fallen in love with Rihito, will they stay classmates or become something more?



Tags: Coming of Age , School , Primarily Male Cast , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Band

Haru to Natsu to Nacchan to Aki to Fuyu to Boku

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Shima and Natsuo lives in a normal countryside that you can find almost anywhere. They are normal high school boys that you can find almost anywhere. However, their blissful love is unique only to them and cannot be found anywhere else.

Tags: 4-koma , Boys' Love , Rural

Minegishi-san wa Ootsu-kun ni Tabesasetai

Also known as Manly Appetites: Minegishi Loves Otsu.

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

A delicious Boys’ Love manga series about how opposites attract!

Minegishi is a handsome, friendly salaryman rising through the ranks at work. He does have one insatiable desire at the office: he loves to feed his grumpy co-worker, Otsu. Otsu might be taking the food, but he’s not taking the bait—he thinks Minegishi’s coolness is a challenge, and refuses to be charmed like everyone else in the office! But the best way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, and Minegishi’s attention might be reflecting a hunger for something more. Can he break through Otsu’s hard shell? This sweet BL office comedy is sure to satisfy!



Note: Includes five extra chapters.

Tags: Food , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Office , Tsundere

Motto Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!!

Also known as Go for It Again, Nakamura!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

It was love-at-first-sight when Nakamura met his classmate, Hirose. The two became friends after the shy and awkward Nakamura finally worked up the nerve to speak to him, but being buddy-buddy with your crush is a whole new kind of torture! And as he watches some other guy cuddle up with Hirose like casual bros, Nakamura tries to keep his head from exploding. Why can’t that be him?! Enjoy the hilarious new misadventures of Nakamura desperately trying to keep it together and not scare Hirose off. Hang in there, Nakamura!



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Boys' Love , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , Slapstick , Bisexual , Meta , Unrequited Love , Teacher , School , Episodic , Primarily Male Cast , Surreal Comedy , Love Triangle , Satire , Otaku Culture

Boy meets Maria

Also known as Boy Meets Maria.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

Taiga dreams of becoming an actor, so the first thing he does upon entering high school is join the drama club. There, he meets the beautiful, enigmatic Maria and immediately falls in love with her. Not long after, Taiga is told that she is actually a boy—but is that all there is to Maria's story? This beautifully illustrated, single-volume tale explores the nature of personal expression and the fluidity of the power of love.



Note: Includes an extra chapter.

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Crossdressing , Acting , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Agender , Philosophy , Tragedy , Bisexual , Coming of Age , Dancing

One Week Family

Also known as One-Week Family.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Up-and-coming superstar Ren Fujimaru's only weakness is that he doesn't like children. To overcome this vulnerability, Ren's manager suggests that he lives with his co-star in an upcoming project, child actor Yuu Kusaka, for one week! On their first day living together, he meets Yuu's manager Kei Haruo, a former child actor himself. He is the one who inspired Ren to get into acting, so why did he quit...?

This week will be one that changes all of their lives forever...



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Found Family , Boys' Love , Family Life , Cohabitation , Acting , Male Protagonist , Parenthood