OTP / Shipping Alert! Gold Star Reads

Strikes you with the feels. Udou's unrequited love and the way the story carries it through makes you sympathize with him, though he comes off as a bastard in the prequel. By the end, it's almost impossible NOT to get on board with this pairing. The only downside is that the translations sometimes makes no sense, but give this a shot anyway.

Absolutely beautiful and sharp artwork. Featuring stories of different couples, sexy soft smut and likable characters. Do not miss.

To understand why this title is on my list, is to dive deep into Harada's world. She writes brutal works aimed at an older audience, and she's known for screwing with your mind. This is actually one of her tamest works, and my favorite. She is not for everyone, so to each his own.

When this first came out, many people raged at it, but who cares about them. It comes in three parts, and the sex gets progressively hotter (and more loving) by the end.

More of the couple's sexy adventures! The second part to the Messiah installments, this time, there's lots of denials and stubbornness, and some hot thigh action. Bring on the final part please!

It's finally here! The long awaited final conclusion to what I consider as Harada's sweetest pairing.

I followed this really closely when it first came out, refreshing each month for the raws to come out. This deals with a memorable brotherly love, with some really touching scenes I've seen to date. It never progressed to where I wanted it to go (breaking boundaries) but I respected where it went in the end. Recommended, but don't expect anything smutty.

This title screws with my mind, every. Single. Time. It's like each chapter progressively gets more depressing, but what I love about this, is the main character's open defiance and disdain towards Karino, the seme, in the midst of a really twisted system. Though they constantly play mind games and attempt to outwit/break each other in many ways, one couldn't help but suspect that underneath, there may be a thin layer of SOMETHING between them that keeps drawing them together. More please.

This is the first time I came across a tsundere uke, and an adorable one at that. Seriously, the way the uke flails around just to attract the seme's attention, while trying not to make it obvious... Hahahaha.

This is way up there on my smut fix. Its unabashedly hardcore, as one would expect from this author, just hot, hot, hot. I love how Ryou just *melts* in the seme's arms.

This is probably my favorite out of Yamada Yugi's works. Theres something just sweetly heart wrenching about an unrealized love, only for it to be given a second chance of blooming, years later. When Yoshitake starts to chase... Phew!