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Kimi wa Natsu no Naka

Also known as The Summer of You.

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

Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda are two high school students who share a common hobby: They love to watch movies. After they meet, they become fast friends, until one day, when Chiharu confesses his love for Wataru. Wataru says that Chiharu’s confession doesn’t bother him, and the boys continue throughout their summer, going to pilgrimages to see film spots from their favorite movies. But the more time he spends with Chiharu, Wataru realizes that he may not only be as unaffected by Chiharu’s confession as he claimed to be, but those feelings may also be mutual…



Note: Chapter count includes 3 bonus stories: "Evening Glow" "After My Summer of You" "You and You"

Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Travel , Crossdressing , Unrequited Love , Bisexual

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 , Bisexual , Shogi , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast

Seven Days

Also known as Seven Days.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

It is rumored that Touji Seryou, one of the most popular boys at school, will go out with anyone who asks him out on a Monday morning... But on this particular Monday morning, the first person he meets at the school gate is no other than Yuzuru Shino, Seryou's sempai at the archery club...

On a whim, and well-aware of Seryou's reputation, Shino asks Seryou to go out with him... Thinking that it will be treated as a joke, (they're both guys after all) imagine Shino's surprise when Seryou takes him up on the offer! There is a catch, though... While Seryou will go out with the first person who asks him out on a Monday morning, the other side of the coin is that by the end of the week, he will break up with that person...

In essence, Seryou is a lover with a one-week expiration date... but will Shino prove to be the exception to that rule?



Tags: Boys' Love , School , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Archery , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist

Lionhearts

Also known as Lion Hearts.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

As children, Shishimaru and Leo were inseparable. Shi-chan was so infatuated with Leo that he proposed to him! But as the years went by, they grew up and parted ways—until ten years later, when the two reunite. Have their feelings remained or have they been apart for too long?



Tags: Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Coming of Age , School , Boys' Love , Yuri , Time Skip

Kimi ni wa Fureruto Narutoko ga Atte

Also known as Every Time We Touch, I Hear That Sound.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Touji is an average high school student who is terrible at dealing with people and struggles with physical contact. On one rainy day, all of Touji's struggles come to a head when he encounters Itsuki Yato, a fellow classmate who touches him casually even when they first meet. Even though Touji isn't great at socializing, Itsuki goes out of his way to talk to him and spend time with him. Gradually, Touji starts to want to learn more about Itsuki...



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , School

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

Kanshaku Dama no Love Song

Also known as The Love Song of the Cracker Ball.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Since they were kids, Takeo has looked after his next-door neighbor Wako. Though they are the same age, Wako was very sensitive to the cold and would often fall so sick he had to miss school, days at a time. But now, Wako is stronger than before, perhaps thanks to Takeo's incessant care... or perhaps because Wako has been fighting a silent battle every single day... Being next door neighbors with the love of your life, having them sneak into your room at night and sleep in your bed, walking to school together every day, and watching them date others while having to support them would make anybody stronger... Wako wants to stay by Takeo's side for as long as possible. He doesn't mind if Takeo finds a girlfriend and has mentally prepared himself for when Takeo finds a wife. But Wako's world flips upside down when Takeo says something unexpected like, "I could go for a guy, too."



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

Hoshi to Harinezumi

Also known as The Star and the Hedgehog.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

Ikumi Chiba is home for the summer from Tokyo, where he goes to university. Upon returning, Ikumi meets one of the gardeners who works in his family's yard, Harukiyo. Although Harukiyo looks tough and confident at first glance, Ikumi discovers that he is actually quite quiet and shy... Or maybe he is talkative and friendly, and he just doesn't like Ikumi!? They say 20% of the people in the world won't like you... Has Ikumi met his match?! Or maybe there's another reason why Harukiyo acts that way?!

Tags: Boys' Love , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist

Muchuu ni Naru yo

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Towa and Yamato are twins with very different personalities. Yamato is loud, outgoing, and regularly gets into fights, while Towa is quiet, studious, and always suffering the after effects of Yamato's actions because he's always being mistaken for his brother. On his way home from school one day, Towa was getting beaten up by the school gang who had mistaken him for Yamato, when he met Mitsuru, a mysterious delinquent. For some reason, Mitsuru can tell the twins apart...

Tags: Boys' Love , Twins , Delinquents

Number Call

Also known as Number Call.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

High schooler Eighto Tachibana has always hated his name, and the "8" jokes that came with it. One day, he meets a classmate named Tomoya Hatta, aka Hachi—the Japanese word for "8." What begins as casual greetings and small talk in the hallway soon becomes something much deeper, and Eighto realizes that it's more than just a similar nickname that draws him to Hachi. Could the number that Eight resented for so long finally bring him something he'll love?



Tags: Boys' Love , School , Male Protagonist