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Tonari no Metaller-san

Also known as The Metalhead Next Door.

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

Impoverished graduate student Kento nearly freezes to death outside his new cheap (unheated) apartment during a blizzard. Luckily, he's saved by neighbor Soushi, a quiet and somewhat frightening young man who dresses in all black. Although he exudes an aura that screams "keep away," his eyes, hidden behind long rocker hair, plead for something else. Over the following year, the two share meals together, but as the time passes, the closeted Kento finds it increasingly difficult to ignore his growing feelings. Will he choose to maintain the peaceful, happy times he's grown to love or risk it all for the possibility of something more?



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Food , Metal Music , Disability , Nudity , Snowscape

Kurayami ni Strobe

Also known as Strobe in the Dark.

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

Arata who is in love with his childhood friend Miyamoto, always eavesdrops on the confessions his friend receives from girls but Miyamoto constantly rejects the confessions saying he already has someone he likes. One day Miyamoto catches Arata eavesdropping and asks, "Want to know who?"

Tags: School , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist

Hana nomi zo Shiru

Also known as Only the Flower Knows.

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

Youichi's life at university is going just fine. He isn't having any trouble with his classes, he has plenty of friends, and even a cute girlfriend named Minami. Then the day comes where he meets Misaki. Misaki is a reserved, stand offish fellow but for some reason, Youichi can't seem to get him out of his mind. In fact, he can't seem to stay away. When he lands a job working in the lab with Misaki, it seems more than just the flowers are about to bloom. But will they recognize their emotions for what they are, and have the courage to accept it?



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Horticulture , College , Male Protagonist , Bisexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Primarily Male Cast , Love Triangle

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 , Musical Theater , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Bisexual , School , Suicide , Love Triangle , Urban , Unrequited Love , Kuudere , Tsundere

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

Kimi no Sumire

Also known as Kimi no Sumire: Your Spring Flower.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Sumire Kimino has transferred to a new school, and is eager to jump into his new surroundings. What stands out the most to him are rumors about Suguru Tojo, an upperclassman who is known as the most beautiful boy in school. Sumire expects that such a legendary student would want nothing to do with him, but through coincidence, the two of them end up getting closer, spending time together and delving into past trauma.



Note: The original serialization ran for six chapters until 2020-08-21. The serialization was restarted on 2021-12-22.

Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , School , Iyashikei , Time Skip , College

Yamada to Shounen

Also known as Yamada and the Boy.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

On his way back from work on Christmas night, Yamada (26) discovers a drunk and crying high school boy and takes him home. That boy was mulling over being in love with someone of the same sex. A straight adult and a gay high-schooler.
It is a piece that sets gender aside as their hearts grow ever closer. This is Mita Ori's long-awaited series.

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Age Gap , Bisexual , Food

Kamisama no Uroko

Also known as The Dragon's Betrothed.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Being called "Sensei" all the time and having to act worthy of it was too heavy a burden to bear, so I fled to my home town. But amidst the nostalgic scenery, a mysterious man appeared before me... Rin, the water dragon god to whom Chiharu has been betrothed, can be disarmingly friendly and charming, but inside lurks an animalistic ferocity. Knowing that he can’t escape Rin’s protective embrace, can Chiharu make himself fall in love with the god instead?

Tags: Male Protagonist , Dragons , Boys' Love , Gods , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Rural , Monster Boy , Family Life , Writing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shapeshifting , Super Power , Found Family , Nudity , Anal Sex

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 , Asexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Unrequited Love , Primarily Male Cast , School , School Club , Aromantic , Basketball , Boarding School , Chibi