All he wants is to continue spending time with Wataru over their summer vacation, visiting the locations where an award-winning movie was filmed. One evening, Chiharu confesses his love for Wataru, but he doesn't ask for his feelings to be returned or to start a relationship. Chiharu is tall, handsome, and has a large social circle, while Wataru is an average high schooler. RELATED: Why 'Boys Love' Anime Is Important and Studios Need to Do Better My Summer of YouĪfter discovering that they share a love of movies, Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda become unlikely friends. With each other's support, they face these issues and form a special bond along the way. Mitsuomi now wants to take on the family business after previously rejecting it, while Yamato grapples with his past and the fear that it's left him unable to love. Along the way, they both have struggles to overcome. This volume covers the first year of their friendship-turned-romance and then jumps two years for the epilogue. As two of the only young men left in the country town, they're pushed to become friends and wind up together often.Įven though this manga is only seven chapters long, their relationship is a slow burn.
While he was gone, his elderly neighbors adopted Yamato Kumai, who seems to be the town's new golden boy. Mitsuomi Kozuka took off for Tokyo in high school but had to come crawling back after he got fired from his job. Just released in English this month by Seven Seas, this BL tells the story of two men in their mid-20's falling in love in a small town. RELATED: 2021's Top-Selling Manga Chart Has a Few Surprises Restart After Coming Back Home Here is some BL manga that shows complex, but balanced relationships deserving of a spotlight. CBR has covered healthy relationships in BL anime recently, but there are just as many mangas that break the standard. That said, finding good manga that breaks this mold can be like finding diamonds in a dumpster. While some avoid it because they don't want to read about gay relationships, others boycott it because of how commonly it portrays predatory, abusive, and often non-consensual relationships. Big-name publishers like Viz Media have picked up a few BL manga, while others like Seven Seas and SuBLime have cornered the market on LGBTQ+ content.īL is a niche genre for a reason, though. Every genre of manga, including more niche ones like Boys' Love, is spiking in popularity.
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Manga sales have reached never-before-seen heights in recent years, to the point that an avid reader is better off pre-ordering the next copy of that big shonen series than hoping to happen upon it in the local bookstore.
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