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MANGA: Adolte and Adarte
Adolte and Adarte – Nakamura Asumiko
A full-color oneshot about two twins: one lives alone locked away in a tower and the other is a crown prince. What if they could trade places…?
While not exactly shounen-ai, the beautiful artwork and brotherly bonds will draw you in.
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MANGA: Isshunsaki wa Koi
Isshunsaki wa Koi – Miya Taira
Men who stick too close to each other…what will happen?
A cute one-shot about the first stirrings of attraction.
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MANGA: Doukyuusei
Doukyuusei – Nakamura Asamiko
A boy met a boy. They were in the flush of youth. They were in love that felt like a dream, like sparkling soda pop.
Because when boy meets boy, the world becomes a sparkling dream. With a cute story line and distinct artwork , the author’s first BL manga is a must read for those who love pure, tender shounen-ai moments.
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MANGA: Bokura ni Matsuwaru Etc.
Bokura ni Matsuwaru Etc. – Kyuugou
Iku and Keita are childhood buddies. Naturally, having been friends for as long as they can remember, when one started to play baseball, so did the other. During their final year in middle school, Keita’s baseball career abruptly ended as a result of the severe injuries he sustained when saving Iku from being hit by a truck. Presently, they go to the same high school. But ever since that accident, Iku has distanced himself from both the game and his friend, presumably out of guilt. What does Keita think about this? It also contains a couple of other short stories such as Utsukushii Asu and Sakura No Junrei.
The first story and it’s follow-up at the end of the volume was especially cute. Full of awkwardness and school boy moments. I love how the author showed the perspective of both Iku and Keita, their fears and hopes for the future. A debut collection for your shounen-ai needs.
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MANGA: Fuyu Kaze wa Dare ga Hiku
Fuyu Kaze wa Dare ga Hiku – Hayakawa Nojiko
Original doujinshi by Hayakawa Nojiko set in the same universe as her previous works.
School boy stories with subtle hints of feelings.
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MANGA: Last Summer Blues
Last Summer Blues – Ogawa Chise
A story of baseball and summer blues.
A one-shot about school boys, summer and baseball.
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MANGA: Ikemen-kun to Saenai-kun
Ikemen-kun to Saenai-kun – Hideyoshico
Kentarou is a plain, nondescript college student who has never had a girlfriend or any friends. After getting hit on the head by a wayward ball, he begins to notice that there are increasingly long periods of time in which he cannot remember what he was doing. One afternoon, he regains consciousness in an apartment he’d never been to before – and sitting next to him is a young man who then tells him “You’re being possessed by the spirit of my dead girlfriend”…
A little slow and a little confusing with a somewhat open-ended ending but still wonderful, fluffy and dramatic. Wishing for more stories from this author
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MANGA: Kono Ore Ga Omae Nanka Suki Na Wakenai
Kono Ore Ga Omae Nanka Suki Na Wakenai – Ogawa Chise
Fujima Taisei is a high schooler who had grown up spoiled by the people around him ever since he was little because of his pretty face. In his pleasant school life, there was only one time that had become the only stain in his life, when a student named Okachi Machi, whom Taisei had grown close to in order to get others’ attention, had told him that actually he had never been his friend at all. Now Taisei wants revenge. What will happen these two?!
This is a nicely drawn volume about a vain school boy and his friends. Hilarious and sometimes a bit nonsensical, it’s mostly shounen-ai with an almost yaoi scene at the end.
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MANGA: Sayonara, Heron
Sayonara, Heron – YMZ
Souji’s life has been a series of dull events, with his parents endlessly quarreling, until he comes across Mika, a carefree student who lives each day as it comes. They start a relationship which banishes heavy words like “love” or “devotion”. They see each other occasionally, without making any promises and such. But can an ordinary relationship make Souji say something like “I only got this far because you were with me” as Mika says “Who knows…” .
Love, drama and then some.
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MANGA: Suteneko no Ie
Suteneko no Ie – Nawo Inoue
A vampire who lives in complete isolation, Ed, one day finds an abandoned child named Phil on a whim. From then on, they live together. Saying he loves Ed, Phil grows innocently emotionally attached to the vampire. Meanwhile Ed grows perplexed by the passions awakened in him by the human.
A nicely drawn story of a vampire and his human. Mostly shounen-ai with a dash of yaoi but nothing too explicit.
