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ミッドナイトレイン Midnight Rain
CTK - 2017
ビーボーイP!ビーボーイP!借金を返すだけの人生に、一匹の“猫”が迷い込んできたようで…? 寂れたコインランドリーで居合わせた、目つきの悪い男に 名前をたずねたイーサン。 マイクと名乗ったその男は、ケガを負った姿で再び現れる―。 クールなのにどこか可愛い男たちのドラマチックBL!A man with a 10-year history of debt x A lone wolf who likes to fight.Just like a cat has wandered into his life of paying back debt…?In a deserted coin laundry, Ethan asks the name of a man with an unpleasant look in his eyes.The man named Mike once again shows up before him, covered in wounds this time.
Fake Fur
Satomi Yamagata - 2007
But things change when he receives chocolates on Valentine’s Day...from a boy! Since then, Yamashita has begun to question his sexuality and becomes increasingly aware of his growing attraction to Kubo. Will he risk his friendship with Kubo just to express his feelings?
Three Wolves Mountain
Bohra Naono - 2003
Way up in the mountains, far from any major cities or towns, Kaya Susugi runs a small cafe by day and guards a haunted cemetery by night. Then, one night, he comes across werewolf brothers Taro and Jiro. Cheerful but klutzy younger brother Jiro quickly falls head over heels for the capable loner Kaya. What results is a dive into the hot, tail-twitching delight of werewolf mating season!
Jazz, Volume 01
Sakae Maeda - 2005
Like a slow jazz refrain, thoughts of his beloved float through every waking moment. But can he make his caretaker's heart sing back? A wounded soul never fully recovers... Will Naoki suffer the painful blow of unrequited love? Long after the last sad notes of freeform melody fade into the black of the club, the lingering refrain of Jazz will ensnare you. A lovestruck tale that moves to its own dizzy beat, this is one story that promises a little soothing for every hopeful heart.
Chéri, My Destiny!
Okoge Mochino - 2021
After all, he opened a patisserie after studying in France, and is the head chef of his own store. But there’s one small problem; his customers are enamored with a local Japanese sweet shop and Soujirou, the attractive and reserved craftsman who makes the treats on offer. Convinced that stuffy old Japanese confections could never compete with his modern, Western style creations, he decides the only way forward is to prove to Soujirou that his chocolates are the best. But when Soujirou accepts his gift gracefully and even compliments him on his skills, Kaoru’s intense feelings take a sudden turn in the opposite direction.
Hinadori wa Shiokaze ni Madoromu
Yuu Minaduki - 2018
To create a new life, he moves them to the city where the sea can be seen, so they can focus only on themselves. They meet Kurebayashi Ryou who runs the local souzaiya. Even though he is the same age as Yuuichi, he is a popular person who has his own shop and is loved by the neighborhood. Taking things day by day, will these three be able to overcome the lingering fears from their pasts?
Blue Flag, Vol. 1
Kaito - 2017
But at the start of his third year in high school, he finds himself in the same homeroom as her, along with his childhood friend Toma Mita, a star athlete. But one day, Futaba opens up to Taichi and admits she has a crush on Toma. She then asks for his help in confessing to him! There’s just one problem—Toma seems to already have a secret crush on someone else.
Alley of First Love
Ellie Mamahara - 2006
The problem for Shusuke is that Atsushi is his secret crush he’s been trying so hard to forget about all these years. Will Shusuke take this opportunity to finally reveal his feelings? And just what are Atsushi’s feeling for Shusuke?
Mister Mistress Volume 1
Rize Shinba - 2005
Like many boys his age, he enjoys spending 'alone time' in the bathroom with erotic magazines, doing... you know. Unlike many boys his age, Fujimaru has a demon incubus, Rei, lurking about his house Rei wants nothing more than to feed off of Fujimaru's perverted mind
Kashikomarimashita, Destiny Vol 1
Sachimo - 2016
Because of their statuses, their love story is at the mercy of fate. Aoi is the heir to his family, but due to some discord between him and his stepmother, he is forced to leave the house. And there to support him is his childhood butler, Miyauchi. After living his days being doted on and served, Aoi finds his position reversed, where he has to work all day. And what has supported him throughout this lifestyle is his unrequited love of 5 years for Jirou, the heir to the Saionji family, a leading automobile maker.
No. 6: The Manga, Volume 01
Atsuko Asano - 2011
6, life is carefully choreographed. School, study, and the occasional visit with his friend and classmate Safu. One fateful day, however, he takes a misstep, sheltering an injured boy his age from a typhoon. Known only as Rat, this boy is a VC – a fugitive living outside the computerized tapestry of city control – and helping him will throw Shion’s life into chaos and start him down a path to discovering the appalling secrets behind the superficial perfection of No. 6.
In These Words, Volume 1
Kichiku Neko - 2012
Based on Asano's profile and recommendation, an elaborate plan is put into place to lure the serial killer out - a plan that bore successful results Now, after three years and twelve victims, Shinohara Keiji is finally in police custody. Shinohara has promised a thorough confession, however, on the absolute terms that Asano has to be the one to receive it. Besides the curious request by the killer whom Asano was only familiar with on paper, disturbing nightmares begin to plague him as soon as he's given the case...
Banana Fish, Vol. 1
Akimi Yoshida - 1986
A dying man leaves bisexual gang leader Ash Lynx a strange drug, the key to something called "Banana Fish." The mysterious potion will lead Ash to a disturbed Vietnam vet who remembers a massacre – and into brutal battle with the mafia over control of the drug.Vice City: New York in the 80s... Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A child runaway brought up as the adopted heir, hatchet man, and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, the East Coast's Corsican crime lord, Ash is now at the rebellious age of seventeen – forsaking the kingdom of power and riches held out by the devil who raised him, preferring a code he can live with among a small but loyal gang of street thugs. But his "Papa" can't simply let him go – not when the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into his insatiably ambitious hands.It's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to arrive in NYC and make Ash Lynx's acquaintance... and fall with him into the bloody whirlpool of pride, greed, lust and wrath unleashed by the enigma code-named Banana Fish...