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Off the beaten track

These are mangas with stories or plot lines with something new and fresh, not just following tired cliches.
There are a few tried and tested plot lines that are used over and over again in manga - reuniting with childhood friend/lover, miscommunication (both love each other but think it's unrequited), amnesia etc. But once in a while, we get something new and fresh. This is a collection of such mangas.
All(81) / manga(81)

Kazoku Ni Narouyo

 9.4(331 voted)
Complete
Author(s): KURAHASHI Tomo
Genre(s): Yaoi / Romance

This is the story of a homosexual couple who take a kid in and willingly make the changes required to make it work. I really like this one primarily because it shows the effort it takes to bring up a kid and focuses more on that than on just the dynamic of the couple. Extra points for having a likeable female character (the child's mother). For once, the mother is not demonized for leaving the child with a foster family while pursuing her career and she gets to stay in the child's life

17 01,2019

Netsuai Nante Ariemasen!

 9.2(157 voted)
Complete
Author(s): SUZAKA Shina
Genre(s): Comedy / Drama / Slice Of Life / Yaoi

Story of what happens after 2 people get together and start dating. It's not often we see a mature relationship with mutual respect.

10 05,2019

Tonari no Usotsuki (Suzaka Shina)

 9.2(169 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Rika anzai,Shina suzaka
Genre(s): Yaoi / Romance / Slice Of Life

Very interesting story of a closeted gay whose past comes back to bite him when he falls in love with an openly gay man. This mangaka is really good at depicting human relationships.

10 05,2019

The Inheritance of Aroma

 8.8(453 voted)
Complete
Author(s): NAKAMURA Asumiko
Genre(s): Drama / Mature / Yaoi / Tragedy

Warnings for tragedy, incest and dark psychological drama. Excellent depiction of how there are many layers to our feelings for others and what we see on the surface could be very different from what lies underneath.

08 01,2019

Haru No Noroi

 9.2(605 voted)
Complete
Author(s): konishi asuka
Genre(s): Drama / Josei / Psychological / Romance / Slice Of Life

An interesting romance between 2 atypical characters. I love that none of the characters are completely likeable.

07 01,2019

Sojou No Koi Wa Nido Haneru

 8.5(421 voted)
Complete
Author(s): mizushiro setona
Genre(s): Drama / Josei / Yaoi

Pretty amazing manga if you manage to get over the fact that both the MCs are horrible people you wouldn't want to have anything to do with in real life. It does have a HE though.
Sequel to Kyuuso Ha Cheese no Yume Omiru but this one is much better. Can be read independently of the prequel.

12 05,2019

Coyote (ZARIYA Ranmaru)

 9.5(151 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): ZARIYA Ranmaru
Genre(s): Drama / Fantasy / Supernatural / Yaoi

This writer is extremely talented in taking a cliched plot and transforming it into an amazing work of art. Excellent characterization, brilliant plot and beautiful story-telling. The way the relationship between the 2 MCs develops and their love for each other is relatable and believable.

11 05,2019

Not Equal

 8.7(838 voted)
Complete
Author(s): ike reibun
Genre(s): Drama / Supernatural / Yaoi

Warning: Incest
Ryou has hardly any memories of his father. At 17, he goes to meet his father at his family home and gets transported to the past. There he helplessly, hopelessly falls in love with the 15 year old version of his father before being transported back to the present. He does not want to give up on the relationship but the period between their separation and reunion that was a few seconds for him was actually a couple decades for his dad and that gap is not easy to bridge...

17 04,2019

Show ga Hanetara Aimashou

 7.6(164 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Esuto Emu,Est Em
Genre(s): Josei / Yaoi

Very good one-shots looking into complicated relationships. But most don't have a happy ending. So be warned.

18 04,2019

DistopiA ~Mikansei na Sekai~

 8.7(544 voted)
Complete
Author(s): ICHINOMIYA Shihan
Genre(s): Sci-fi / Romance / School Life / Yaoi

A very different concept - what happens to the characters in virtual reality when the players leave?
Haru falls in love with an NPC in a virtual reality game he designed and coded, whose beta version his brother's company has now made available to players online. This NPC is broken, in that it does not fall in love with players other than Haru and does not forget him even after they reach their happy ending and the game ends. The debugger is intent on deleting the buggy NPC... what can Har

17 05,2019

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