Author: Shoko Hidaka
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781569708170
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Six homosexual love stories in graphic novel format include those about a coffee shop owner who must choose between his work and love, a prosecutor who must hide his relationship with a detective, and two classmates rekindling an old flame.
Rule No. 1 Complete Version (Yaoi / BL Manga)
Author: Sachi Murakami
Publisher: TORICO
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
The moment we realized that we both like men, a special"rule" was born between us: First, we should keep a secret about us being gay. Second, we should not fall in love with each other. Rio has been secretly watching this attractive classmate, Etsu, for quite a long time. Etsu has a complicated character, but his face is just Rio's type. Regardless, It has been decided by the destiny that they could not be together no matter how attracted they are to each other. After all, they are both "bottom"! Still, aren't "rules" made to be broken? Enjoy the complete volume of "Rule No. 1" series, a masterpiece by the reversible couple enthusiast, Sachi Murakami!
Publisher: TORICO
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
The moment we realized that we both like men, a special"rule" was born between us: First, we should keep a secret about us being gay. Second, we should not fall in love with each other. Rio has been secretly watching this attractive classmate, Etsu, for quite a long time. Etsu has a complicated character, but his face is just Rio's type. Regardless, It has been decided by the destiny that they could not be together no matter how attracted they are to each other. After all, they are both "bottom"! Still, aren't "rules" made to be broken? Enjoy the complete volume of "Rule No. 1" series, a masterpiece by the reversible couple enthusiast, Sachi Murakami!
Boys Love Manga and Beyond
Author: Mark McLelland
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1626743096
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1626743096
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
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.
Pride and Prejudice(yaoi novel)
Author: Shinobu Simone
Publisher: Blue Sky
ISBN: 1939977568
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of intimate male companionship. Jane Austen’s classic romance has been re-envisioned as an elegant boy’s love story. Eliazar Bennet is the second of five sons whose mother wants nothing more for them all to be married off too good husbands. However the issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of an alternate history of the landed gentry of early 19th- century England may keep these young men from finding their true place in society and true love.
Publisher: Blue Sky
ISBN: 1939977568
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of intimate male companionship. Jane Austen’s classic romance has been re-envisioned as an elegant boy’s love story. Eliazar Bennet is the second of five sons whose mother wants nothing more for them all to be married off too good husbands. However the issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of an alternate history of the landed gentry of early 19th- century England may keep these young men from finding their true place in society and true love.
A Little Life
Author: Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0804172706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0804172706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
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.
Jackass!
Author: Scarlet Beriko
Publisher: SuBLime
ISBN: 9781421596440
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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?
Publisher: SuBLime
ISBN: 9781421596440
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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?
Can A Hero And Villain Be Friends? (Short Story, BL/Yaoi, English)
Author: Dovalis
Publisher: JellyBeanEnter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Category Fiction > Yaoi Fiction > Short Story Fiction > Korean Fiction (Web Novel) Summary An ordinary college student, Bread. Lazy and incompetent, he has a big secret. When a villain appears in his city, all his clothes disappear and he transforms into Panty Hero. Of course, in that state, Bread can unleash unusual superpowers. And Bread wears only a simple mask and underwear and fights the villains. Because of this, he is nicknamed "Panty Hero," and people express their sincere gratitude to him. However, thanks to the outfit at the moment of his transformation into a hero, Bread feels pretty uncomfortable. A hero transforms into a bizarre outfit. Even today, he crosses the sky to attack a villain. But the hero falls into a trap and is caught by the villain. But as it turned out, the villain also has a story. #modernSetting #esp #heroes #cuteGong #prettySoo #comedy #sweetAndLovely #foolishMistakes * This short story of yaoi/BL is translated from from the original Korean short web-novel (text-only, no illustrations) Tables Of Contents Title Page Body Content Copyright (39 pages in approx. print length) Preview "Hey, wait, you're coming now?" "I'll stop by my house and I'll be right there. My mom said she steamed the ribs and fed you some." "Steamed ribs? Awesome good...! But I'm just on my way to work, so what? I'm probably going to go home tonight or dinner..." "There's Candy in the house, right? I'll wait while playing with Candy and see your later." "Okay, so let's have dinner with us today." "Okay, see you." As he hung up the phone and was about to put his phone in the pocket, the wind brushed his legs and he felt something empty. That familiar and empty feeling, always embarrassing, that he often suffered. "Oh... You crazy bastard again!" He cursed reflexively, but the pocket of his pants where he was about to put his phone was already gone. And all that's missing was his pants pocket. The T-shirt, socks, and bag he was wearing were all gone in the blink of an eye, and he was now standing in the middle of the street wearing nothing but a triangle brief, sneakers, and a colorful mask on his face. "Ugh... Kaa…" "Aah, Please spare me...!" From the downtown side, he heard people screaming and something exploding loudly. He gritted his teeth and ran in the direction of the sound. Stepping on the bonnet of a car that was speeding on the other side of the road, he jumped high onto the building's exterior wall, flying between the skyscrapers and arriving in the center of the city where the explosion occurred. Even today, his name was Panty Hero, who went out to protect the peace in the city. "Wow, Panty Hero!" People trapped in the building as the flames soared high found him and screamed. After breaking a window on the roof of the building next door and entering the building, Panty Hero rescued the endangered citizens, placed them on a safe ground, and set out to find the perpetrator of this horrific attack. "You've finally appeared, Panty Hero! Today is the last day of you!" "Mankini, you bastard... It's your doing!" Other Books By JellyBeanEnter The Love Of VR (By Nimdorusin) / Yaoi The Summer In The Hut (By Epillia) / Yaoi Your Personal Shopper (By Goddess Somi) / Yaoi What You Do With A Possessed Body (By Cypress) / Romance The Pill Of Regret And Fall (By Jjabjaljjab) / GL About JellyBenEnter Based in Korea, JellyBeanEnter is a publisher specialized in ebook. Since 2017, JellyBeanEnter has published the ebooks in yaoi, romance, and GL categories. Get more info at @jellybeanenter (instagram or twitter).
Publisher: JellyBeanEnter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Category Fiction > Yaoi Fiction > Short Story Fiction > Korean Fiction (Web Novel) Summary An ordinary college student, Bread. Lazy and incompetent, he has a big secret. When a villain appears in his city, all his clothes disappear and he transforms into Panty Hero. Of course, in that state, Bread can unleash unusual superpowers. And Bread wears only a simple mask and underwear and fights the villains. Because of this, he is nicknamed "Panty Hero," and people express their sincere gratitude to him. However, thanks to the outfit at the moment of his transformation into a hero, Bread feels pretty uncomfortable. A hero transforms into a bizarre outfit. Even today, he crosses the sky to attack a villain. But the hero falls into a trap and is caught by the villain. But as it turned out, the villain also has a story. #modernSetting #esp #heroes #cuteGong #prettySoo #comedy #sweetAndLovely #foolishMistakes * This short story of yaoi/BL is translated from from the original Korean short web-novel (text-only, no illustrations) Tables Of Contents Title Page Body Content Copyright (39 pages in approx. print length) Preview "Hey, wait, you're coming now?" "I'll stop by my house and I'll be right there. My mom said she steamed the ribs and fed you some." "Steamed ribs? Awesome good...! But I'm just on my way to work, so what? I'm probably going to go home tonight or dinner..." "There's Candy in the house, right? I'll wait while playing with Candy and see your later." "Okay, so let's have dinner with us today." "Okay, see you." As he hung up the phone and was about to put his phone in the pocket, the wind brushed his legs and he felt something empty. That familiar and empty feeling, always embarrassing, that he often suffered. "Oh... You crazy bastard again!" He cursed reflexively, but the pocket of his pants where he was about to put his phone was already gone. And all that's missing was his pants pocket. The T-shirt, socks, and bag he was wearing were all gone in the blink of an eye, and he was now standing in the middle of the street wearing nothing but a triangle brief, sneakers, and a colorful mask on his face. "Ugh... Kaa…" "Aah, Please spare me...!" From the downtown side, he heard people screaming and something exploding loudly. He gritted his teeth and ran in the direction of the sound. Stepping on the bonnet of a car that was speeding on the other side of the road, he jumped high onto the building's exterior wall, flying between the skyscrapers and arriving in the center of the city where the explosion occurred. Even today, his name was Panty Hero, who went out to protect the peace in the city. "Wow, Panty Hero!" People trapped in the building as the flames soared high found him and screamed. After breaking a window on the roof of the building next door and entering the building, Panty Hero rescued the endangered citizens, placed them on a safe ground, and set out to find the perpetrator of this horrific attack. "You've finally appeared, Panty Hero! Today is the last day of you!" "Mankini, you bastard... It's your doing!" Other Books By JellyBeanEnter The Love Of VR (By Nimdorusin) / Yaoi The Summer In The Hut (By Epillia) / Yaoi Your Personal Shopper (By Goddess Somi) / Yaoi What You Do With A Possessed Body (By Cypress) / Romance The Pill Of Regret And Fall (By Jjabjaljjab) / GL About JellyBenEnter Based in Korea, JellyBeanEnter is a publisher specialized in ebook. Since 2017, JellyBeanEnter has published the ebooks in yaoi, romance, and GL categories. Get more info at @jellybeanenter (instagram or twitter).
Rhysmyth, Volume 2
Author: Anthony Andora
Publisher: TokyoPop + ORM
ISBN: 1427865914
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
An awkward teen finds herself navigating new friendships, romance, and the non-stop action of a new sport in this continuing manga series. Clumsy high school student Elena tumbled down a flight of stairs…into the action-packed world of Rhysmith! Now she’s on the team—to her surprise—and competing alongside the very best: the beautiful and confident Taylor, the brainy but free-spirited Diocel, and the most hardcore of them all, unpredictable team captain Wahzee. But as her team prepares for their toughest match yet, against archrival Mountain Ridge Prep, will Elena's skills be up to snuff? And will she be able to keep Diocel focused on the match—instead of on her? The heart-pounding beats and stylized grooves keep on pumpin’ in this volume of Rhysmith! Praise for Rhysmyth, Vol. 1 “When both the writing and art fire on both barrels, however, you have a great read on your hands, and that’s the case with Rhysmyth. . . . I can see this book finding a welcome audience among young women, particularly if they’re avid gamers.”—IGN.com
Publisher: TokyoPop + ORM
ISBN: 1427865914
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
An awkward teen finds herself navigating new friendships, romance, and the non-stop action of a new sport in this continuing manga series. Clumsy high school student Elena tumbled down a flight of stairs…into the action-packed world of Rhysmith! Now she’s on the team—to her surprise—and competing alongside the very best: the beautiful and confident Taylor, the brainy but free-spirited Diocel, and the most hardcore of them all, unpredictable team captain Wahzee. But as her team prepares for their toughest match yet, against archrival Mountain Ridge Prep, will Elena's skills be up to snuff? And will she be able to keep Diocel focused on the match—instead of on her? The heart-pounding beats and stylized grooves keep on pumpin’ in this volume of Rhysmith! Praise for Rhysmyth, Vol. 1 “When both the writing and art fire on both barrels, however, you have a great read on your hands, and that’s the case with Rhysmyth. . . . I can see this book finding a welcome audience among young women, particularly if they’re avid gamers.”—IGN.com
Boys Love Media in Thailand
Author: Thomas Baudinette
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350330655
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Over the past several years, the Thai popular culture landscape has radically transformed due to the emergence of Boys Love (BL) soap operas which celebrate the love between handsome young men. Boys Love Media in Thailand: Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture is the first book length study of this increasingly significant transnational pop culture phenomenon. Drawing upon six years of ethnographic research, the book reveals BL's impacts on depictions of same-sex desire in Thai media culture and the resultant mainstreaming of queer romance through new forms of celebrity and participatory fandom. The author explores how the rise of BL has transformed contemporary Thai consumer culture, leading to heterosexual female fans of male celebrities who perform homoeroticism becoming the main audience to whom Thai pop culture is geared. Through the case study of BL, this book thus also investigates how Thai media is responding to broader regional trends across Asia where the economic potentials of female and queer fans are becoming increasingly important. Baudinette ultimately argues that the center of queer cultural production in Asia has shifted from Japan to Thailand, investigating both the growing international fandom of Thailand's BL series as well as the influence of international investment into the development of these media. The book particularly focuses on specific case studies of the fandom for Thai BL celebrity couples in Thailand, China, the Philippines, and Japan to explore how BL series have transformed each of these national contexts' queer consumer cultures.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350330655
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Over the past several years, the Thai popular culture landscape has radically transformed due to the emergence of Boys Love (BL) soap operas which celebrate the love between handsome young men. Boys Love Media in Thailand: Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture is the first book length study of this increasingly significant transnational pop culture phenomenon. Drawing upon six years of ethnographic research, the book reveals BL's impacts on depictions of same-sex desire in Thai media culture and the resultant mainstreaming of queer romance through new forms of celebrity and participatory fandom. The author explores how the rise of BL has transformed contemporary Thai consumer culture, leading to heterosexual female fans of male celebrities who perform homoeroticism becoming the main audience to whom Thai pop culture is geared. Through the case study of BL, this book thus also investigates how Thai media is responding to broader regional trends across Asia where the economic potentials of female and queer fans are becoming increasingly important. Baudinette ultimately argues that the center of queer cultural production in Asia has shifted from Japan to Thailand, investigating both the growing international fandom of Thailand's BL series as well as the influence of international investment into the development of these media. The book particularly focuses on specific case studies of the fandom for Thai BL celebrity couples in Thailand, China, the Philippines, and Japan to explore how BL series have transformed each of these national contexts' queer consumer cultures.