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bittersweet stories

really it's just peak

stories with the essence of the bitter-sweetness of reality

- includes romance stories (LGBTQ and straight)
- includes not romance-centred stories 
- may include stories with tragedy (or yk, gut-wrenching angst yum)
Tags: romance drama tragedy peak angst
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Bongchon Bride

 9.6(184 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Son Gae Pi
Genre(s): Webtoons / Yaoi / Historical / Smut / Drama
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21 02,2026

After School Mate

 9.5(750 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): kuon umino , 海野 久遠
Genre(s): Shounen / Romance / Drama / School Life / Slice Of Life / Shounen Ai
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SO SO BEAUTIFUL
LGBTQ: transgenderism and gay undertones
a story about two boys finding home with each other
not really romance

22 10,2025

Ao no Flag

 9.5(149 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Kaito
Genre(s): Drama / Romance / School Life / Shounen / Slice Of Life
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04 03,2025

Minority

 9.6(266 voted)
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Author(s): Hinoon
Genre(s): Shounen Ai / Drama / Romance / Webtoons
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04 03,2025

Life Senjou no Bokura

 9.6(378 voted)
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Author(s): TOKOKURA Miya
Genre(s): Drama / Romance / Slice Of Life / Yaoi
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read this once 5 years ago... changed my whole outlook on life (i will not be reading this again lol)

04 03,2025

Until I Meet My Husband

 9.6(362 voted)
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Author(s): nanasaki ryosuke,tsukizuki yoshi
Genre(s): Seinen / Drama / Romance / Shounen Ai / Slice Of Life
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an autobiographical manga

04 03,2025

Ways of Parting

 9.3(356 voted)
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Author(s): AMALILLIA
Genre(s): Yaoi / Drama / Romance / Slice Of Life / Webtoons
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OUGHHH THE PAIN AND OUGHHH THE LOOOVEE

04 03,2025

Haruka Tooki Ie

 9.7(187 voted)
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Author(s): yatsuda teki
Genre(s): Romance / Shounen Ai / Tragedy
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bye i'm never touching this again LEAVE ME ALONE

04 03,2025

Oyasumi Punpun

 9.4(473 voted)
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Author(s): asano inio
Genre(s): Comedy / Drama / Mature / Psychological / Romance / School Life / Seinen / Slice Of Life / Tragedy
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it's funny that i only discovered this manga because a song i liked was based off of it

made me depressed for a whole month, another manga that changed my outlook on life

(the song was 'may you never forget me' by Temachii, i can't listen to it in the same way anymore)

05 03,2025

Orange (takano Ichigo)

 9.5(308 voted)
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Author(s): takano ichigo
Genre(s): Drama / Romance / School Life / Shoujo / Slice Of Life
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05 03,2025

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