College student Junya accidentally intrudes on his gay childhood friend and roommate, Akiyoshi, while he's in the midst of a steamy hookup. Junya finds he can't tear his eyes away from his friend's "O" face or stop appreciating his rough pace in bed. Akiyoshi protests, but Junya eventually seduces his reluctant roommate into some hot groping and a little anal play to boot! So why does Akiyoshi continue to refuse to seal the deal? Also includes a short story about a manic romantic and his ever-positive boyfriend. -- VIZ Media

On Christmas night, on his way home from work, Yamada (age 26) picked up the drunk and crying high schooler Chihiro - a boy worried about his attraction to those of the same sex… A straight working man, and a gay high school student. In this long-awaited work from artist Ori Mito, a spontaneous meeting between two people blooms into a romance that transcends gender.

Kasumi and Kyousuke are polar opposites; where Kasumi is shy and soft-spoken, Kyousuke is energetic and popular. They complement one another perfectly and have been friends since they were children, but now that school is over their relationship suddenly becomes a lot harder to describe. Facing the world -- and one another -- as adults, both men find there are things they struggle to say out loud, even to each other.

Surrendered to his desire, Houshou did something regretful to Saotome, his high school senior in the soccer club. Their relationship turned cold until they reunited again 8 years later. Houshou, now a number one host, unintentionally lives in the same apartment where Saotome works as a caretaker. Houshou still feels this strange awkwardness when he looks at Saotome. But Saotome's kindness never changes, and Houshou finally realized why he did "that" 8 years ago...

When the panty hose go on, all bets are off between these best guy friends! Practical Keisuke’s incredibly handsome best friend Masayuki has always rubbed him just a little bit the wrong way. Maybe it’s because Masayuki is rich, carefree, and so stunningly handsome that he can, and does, have any girl he wants? But one day, when Keisuke accidentally wears his older sister’s panty hose to gym class, it’s suddenly his hot friend who’s doing the rubbing…on Keisuke’s panty hose-clad legs! Has he unwittingly unleashed a secret fetish that will change their relationship forever? Keisuke's incredibly handsome best friend Masayuki has always rubbed him just a little bit the wrong way. Maybe it's because Masayuki is rich, carefree, and so stunningly handsome that he can, and does, have any girl he wants? But one day, when Keisuke accidentally wears his older sister's panty hose to gym class, it's suddenly his hot friend who's doing the rubbing...on Keisuke's panty hose-clad legs! Has he unwittingly unleashed a secret fetish that will change their relationship forever?

Love is oftentimes found when it's least expected, but it seldom comes easy. Take Kajiwara finds this out the hard way when the wife of his employee, Souichirou Kanda, shows up one day to deliver divorce papers! While Kanda is out, Take learns that Kanda is gay, and his wife is prepared to leave him and their daughter without a second thought. Although Kanda isn't surprised by his wife's decision, he is still left reeling from her sudden departure from his and their daughter's life. Take immediately steps in, realizing Kanda needs a helping hand, but is there something more behind his good intentions? If so, will Kanda accept Take's kindness for what it is, or expect that Take might want something in return?

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…

Mafuyu arrives in Shibuya, where syh’s concert will be held. Clutching the tickets both Ritsuka and Hiragi have given him, Mafuyu stops dead in his tracks when he runs into someone who shouldn’t be in Tokyo—Ugetsu. What does his presence there mean, and could this be the catalyst Mafuyu needs to finally move forward and make a decision? -- VIZ Media

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.