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content warnings: suicidal main character, some violence, a sizable age gap
this manga is so extremely good dudes!! i own the books irl!! i have read it more times than i can count. a gang member meets a hat-maker. it's an extremely sweet love story.
content warnings: none that i can think of
a professional ballroom dancer and a professional latin dancer agree to teach each other their respective dance arts. not only are their dance styles very different, but so are their personalities!
this is my dream manga. i want them to be happy for the rest of their lives.
Content Warnings: Abuse, Character Death, Bad Childhoods (Lots), attempted romance between characters that arent blood related but consider each other siblings.
This manga is pretty lite on the romance, but it makes this list for almost that exact reason. Though it often objectifies the trauma of gay men, I can also really appreciate how it solidifies the relationships between the main characters.
Maybe not a good read if you want something gentle and gay, but it's solid.
Content Warning: Smutty, maybe a bit iffy about race? Light Assault Scenes
I love stuff like this. Not the smut, but just, stories about relationships between men. It's not your average yaoi, and at least tries to approach relationships between adult men in a semi-unconventional way.
Content Warnings: Criminal characters?
I'm iffy about the sex scenes, but the love story itself was good.
Content Warnings: generic yaoi sex scenes?? cant remember tbh
Aaah this definitely leans into 'typical yaoi' compared to the rest of my tastes but... I simply adore this author. The dark haired older character greatly resembles Rogi from one of her other works, and he's my problematic crush u___u Overall, this is a very cute little lovestory about an insecure businessman who falls in love with an older tailor.
A nice little love story about a guy who's shy, so he often hides his face behind a mask, and falls in love with a delivery man. I rated it 4/5, so it was not one of my favs, but I cant remember resenting anything about it either.
content warnings: smutty
bohra work is always really smutty, but i'm also a huge sucker in that she plays to all my weaknesses (fantasy, furry, supernatural, you name it) so i tend to give her a free pass. this one is also about a janitor and a salaryman, and having been a janitor myself, is kind of a dream.
content warnings: typical yaoi sex scene near the end
deaf main character. pls.
content warnings: typical yaoi sex scenes, light assault, a flashback to main character having sex with a professor while he was a student
lord of hell falls in love with a living human ambassador to hell.
my fantasy bias is sooo strong with this one. it's by no means an exceptional love story, but in a sea of normal humans x normal humans, this one at least gives us some new content :'D
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Will be updating this as I go! Currently I'm backreading all the manga I've ever marked as 'currently read' in order to include ones I've read in the past that deserve to be on here! After that, every time I read a new manga that deserves to be on here, I can add it!