When frisky high school student Yuhi started dating his hot math teacher Watari, he thought there’d be more...dates. It seems the two can only connect in the bedroom, and Watari Sensei’s open disdain for mushy romance baffles Yuhi. How can the smitten student convince his cool, collected teacher that “it’s real”? He’s not the only insecure one: a short seme feels inadequate with his exceptionally tall lover, a grouchy guy can’t ask his crush out, a cat-boy in heat experiences puppy love, and a misunderstanding between childhood friends leads to romance. -- VIZ Media

Boys Love Manga and Beyond looks at a range of literary, artistic and other cultural products that celebrate the beauty of adolescent boys and young men. In Japan, depiction of the “beautiful boy” has long been a romantic and sexualized trope for both sexes and commands a high degree of cultural visibility today across a range of genres from pop music to animation. In recent decades, “Boys Love” (or simply BL) has emerged as a mainstream genre in manga, anime, and games for girls and young women. This genre was first developed in Japan in the early 1970s by a group of female artists who went on to establish themselves as major figures in Japan's manga industry. By the late 1970s many amateur women fans were getting involved in the BL phenomenon by creating and self-publishing homoerotic parodies of established male manga characters and popular media figures. The popularity of these fan-made products, sold and circulated at huge conventions, has led to an increase in the number of commercial titles available. Today, a wide range of products produced both by professionals and amateurs are brought together under the general rubric of “boys love,” and are rapidly gaining an audience throughout Asia and globally. This collection provides the first comprehensive overview in English of the BL phenomenon in Japan, its history and various subgenres and introduces translations of some key Japanese scholarship not otherwise available. Some chapters detail the historical and cultural contexts that helped BL emerge as a significant part of girls' culture in Japan. Others offer important case studies of BL production, consumption, and circulation and explain why BL has become a controversial topic in contemporary Japan.

Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda are two high school students who share a common hobby: They love to watch movies. After they meet, they become fast friends, until one day, when Chiharu confesses his love for Wataru. Wataru says that Chiharu’s confession doesn’t bother him, and the boys continue throughout their summer, going to pilgrimages to see film spots from their favorite movies. But the more time he spends with Chiharu, Wataru realizes that he may not only be as unaffected by Chiharu’s confession as he claimed to be, but those feelings may also be mutual…

I had to accept that I wasn’t just Arthur Leywin anymore, and that I could no longer be limited by the circumstances of my birth. If I was going to escape, if I was going to go toe-to-toe with the most powerful beings in this world, I needed to push myself to my utmost limit...and then I needed to push even further. After nearly dying as a victim of his own strength, Arthur Leywin wakes to find himself far from the continent where he was born for the second time. Alone, broken, and with no way to tell his family he’s alive, Arthur must rebuild his strength to survive. As he ascends through an ancient dungeon filled with hostile beasts and devious trials, he discovers an ancient, absolute power - a power that will either ruin him or take him to new heights. But the dungeon won’t give up its knowledge easily. Before he can plunder its depths, Arthur must learn to untangle the threads of fate. He must band together with the unlikeliest of allies if he hopes to escape with his life.

Tamaki begins training at an elementary school to earn his teaching liscence, and meets a delinquent teacher. His hair is messy, always wearing sweat pants, and a dull look. First impressions of Ei Hideo were terrible, but… Tamaki’s teaching instructor and Hideo’s older sister Rikako insists Tamaki to live with them!! Under the same roof with a senior teacher… A secret lesson in love ♪

Reuniting with the person he's always loved just for a night at school?! The school nurse at an all boys' school Itoya Tokuyoshi receives the super direct love call from the handsome and confident, to top it off a high-spec high school celebrity Kiyotsugu Tsuruga! Although Itoya dislikes younger men, he's brought to completion so many times leaving him to drown in the waves of pleasure. Even though his partner is younger than him and still a student! The ultimate younger seme erotic romance brought to you by Choke Kabutomaru!

Fushishiba regrets being born every single day of his life. He has terrible communication skills and doesn’t think he can contribute to society. Things go even more downhill when people find out he’s gay. He relocates to a remote island research facility, where he meets Futaba, who claims to be an alien. Can this quirky, out-of-this-world guy teach him how to enjoy life to the fullest?