Read List: Manga
May 9th, 2008
Finally! Inuyasha has reached that dooming climax that we’ve all been waiting for for over 2 years now! Naraku is dead (or at least going to die), but as usual, Takahashi-san leaves us with yet another cliffhanger. So I really do suggest those who want to know how this series will end, you can catch up with scanlations over at adinuyasha.com!
Wheeelp! It’s taken me a while to get my Anime/Manga listings together. Myanimelist is being updated gradually, but I decided to make these listings to short list what I am reading/watching at the moment. Take note that most of the following manga I’m currently reading does contain yaoi, so lot’s of boy love!
Read List as of, April 2008:
Name: -FAKE- Season II (Fake II)
Manga-ka: Sanami Matoh
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Police, Yaoi, Shounen-ai
Rating: PG-13 +
Volumes: 1-??, Ongoing
Current: Vol. 3
Plot Summary: Dee Laytner and Randy “Ryo” Maclane are two cops who fight and solve crimes in New York City. Dee has a great amount of romantic interest in Ryo, but Ryo isn’t sure about his own feelings for his partner or what to even think of another man hitting on him. It’s one misadventure and awkward moment to the next as the two of them try to sort out their relationship and feelings, while still keeping up with their jobs. The second season takes on right after the first, Dee and Ryo have sorted out their feelings for one another and are now a couple. However, their work as NYC homicide detectives has just taken a turn for the worst when a series of murders involving children has Ryo worried about his foster son, Bikky. With the 27th’s new division “Special Crimes Investigation Unit”, in place lead by the FBI, will Dee and Ryo take the opportunity to work on a case that’s hitting a little too close to home?
Name: Haru wo Daiteita (Embracing Love)
Manga-ka: Youka Nitta
Genres: Drama, Romance, Comedy, Yaoi
Rating: NC-17
Volumes: 1-14, Ongoing?
Current: Vol. 12
Plot Summery: Life reflects art for Iwaki Kyousake and Katou Youji, two adult film stars who are considering retirement from their sordid careers. However, when they’re invited to audition for a new erotic film, they realize that this may be their last chance to achieve mainstream success. Unfortunately, things sour quickly when the director asks them to make love to each other and determine who will get the lead role. From there Katou is thrown into what seems to be a one-sided love, as Iwaki denies any feelings for his younger co-star/rival. A story of an unlikely romance between two “straight” guys, who soon find out that life isn’t always hard when you’ve got love on your side!
Name: Koushi Kakka no Himitsu Gaikou (The Secret Diplomacy of a Minister Excelency)
Manga-ka: Youka Nitta
Genres: Drama, Romance, Yaoi
Rating: NC-17
Volumes: 1-??, Ongoing
Current: Vol. 2
Plot Summery: Yoshinaga is a genius using his stunning looks and intellect and his gift for political manoeuvring have helped him ascend to the higher spheres of the Ministry of Foreign affairs at an early age. And as for Shiraishi, the prestige of his family as well as his dedication to his job has also led him to an early career in diplomacy. However, Yoshinaga is to be Shiraishi’s future brother-in-law as Yoshinaga is soon to be married to Shiraishi’s sister. But when these two young men finally meet in Thailand, some shocking secrets are reviled along with a steamy tale of a love-affair unfolds.
Name: Junjou Romantica
Manga-ka: Shungiku Nakamura
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Yaoi
Rating: NC-17
Volumes: 1-??, Ongoing
Current: Vol. 5
Plot Summery: Misaki is suddenly having some unexpected and odd problems. What started as a need for some college entrance exam tutoring has somehow led him to being romanced by a suave older man who also happens to be his big brother’s best friend. Confused by all of his brand new emotions, Misaki struggles to deal with his suddenly very odd life. And if that wasn’t enough, his suitor, Usami, has plenty of issues of his own. A man-child who decorates his room in giant teddy bears and toys, Usami is a famous novelist who also writes steamy boys’ love novels on the side. When Misaki cracks open one of these books and reads sentences like “Misaki licks every inch of Usami’s hot body”…well, let’s just say that all hell breaks loose. And if one couple isn’t enough for you, Junjo Romantica focuses on three different sets of lovers, each with their own compelling stories.
Name: Kirepapa
Manga-ka: Ryō Takagi
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Yaoi
Rating: NC-17
Volumes: 1-??, Unknown
Current: Vol. 1
Plot Summery: Chisato Takatsukasa is a beautiful 35 year old writer (who looks and acts like he is in his teens). He thinks that every guy that gets close to his only son, 15 year old Riju, just wants to take advantage of him. He is constantly chasing away the friends and potential suitors that Riju brings home by poisoning them with treats he offers them; although, there is one guy, Riju’s best friend Shunsuke, who just refuses to give up, or so it seems, until it is Chisato who gets professed to.. but who is the mysterious writer Chisato loves so much? and why is Chisato convinced that Riju’s friends want to take advantage of him? What happens between the beautiful father, the son, and his best friend is anyone’s guess..
Name: Okane ga Nai (No Money)
Manga-ka: Hitoyo Shinozaki (Story), Tohru Kousaka (Art)
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Yaoi
Rating: NC-17
Volumes: 1-??, Ongoing
Current: Vol. 5, Specials #1-3
Plot Summery: Yukiya Ayase is gentle, kind hearted, and innocent university student. The only relative he has left, his cousin Tetsuo, betrays Ayase by selling him to the highest bidder in an auction with hopes of making an enormous profit to be able to pay off his debts. Somuku Kanou, a bad-tempered (though very rich) loan shark, comes to Ayase’s rescue and buys Ayase for an impressive 1.2 billion. Kanou apparently knows Ayase from something that happened between them in the past, but Ayase cannot remember who Kanou is nor does he understand why he “saved” him. In a desperate effort to keep Ayase close to him, Kanou demands the debt be repaid in full and suggests the perfect way to do it: by selling his body to Kanou for 500,000 each time. Ayase is horrified in the beginning, but something soon begins to grow between them that can’t be bought for any price.
Name: Finder no Hyouteki (Target in the Finder)
Manga-ka: Ayano Yamane
Genres: Drama, Romance, Yaoi
Rating: NC-17
Volumes: 1-??, Ongoing
Current: Vol. 4, Love Prize #1-3
Plot Summery: During a routine journalism assignment, freelance photographer Akihito Takaba is captured by the mysterious Asami Ryuichi, a powerful leader in Japan’s underworld society. Asami forces Akihito captive to undergo a night of pleasure and pain never before imagined. And before long, the son of a powerful Chinese mafia boss, Leu Fei Long, also sets his sights upon Akihito, demanding the critical evidence he’s photographed to be turned over. Though the mafia boss has other reasons for taking Akihito. Moreover, will the twisted romance between Akihito and Asami ever be more than unrequited or forced?
Name: Yami no Matsuei (Descendants of Darkness)
Manga-ka: Yoko Matsushita
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Horror, mystery, psychological, supernatural, Shounen-ai
Rating: PG-13 +
Volumes: 1-11, Complete
Current: Vol. 1
Plot Summery: Even after death, life is full of paperwork and criminals. Tsuzuki Asato is a 26 year old, happy-go-lucky, and dorky shinigami (god of death) whose job is to makes sure that those who are dead remain dead and stay in their proper realms. Even though he’s had this job for over 70 years, he is in the worst division with horrible pay. He also has a knack for not keeping partners (since shinigami work in pairs), but now he seems to have one that will stick around; stubborn, smart-mouthed, serious and defensive 16 year old, Kurosaki Hisoka. With each case they investigate, they come closer to the conspiracies of the serial killer Dr. Muraki Kazutaka. From the plots of Muraki, to other cases, and the dramatic events of the shikigami (animal gods) world, afterlife is very busy. Amidst all this, Tsuzuki’s relationship with Hisoka is growing stronger and closer…but there is a dark past to how Tsuzuki died that will not give him peace.
Name: Vampire Knight
Manga-ka: Matsuri Hino
Genres: Drama, Romance, Supernatural, Vampire
Rating: PG-13 +
Volumes: 1-??, Ongoing
Current: Vol. 8
Plot Summery: Yuuki’s earliest memory is of a stormy night in winter, wherein she was attacked by a vampire… And then rescued by another. Now 10 years later, Yuuki Cross, the adapted daughter of the headmaster of Cross Academy, has grown up and become a guardian of the vampire race, protecting her savior, Kaname, from discovery as he leads a group of vampires at the elite boarding school. But also at her side is Zero Kiryu, a childhood friend who’s hatred for the creatures that destroyed everything he held dear, is now determined never to trust them. This coexisting arrangement seems all well and good, but have the vampires truly renounced their murderous ways, or is there a darker truth behind their actions. Is Kaname’s infatuation with Yuuki the beginning of a forbidden romance, or is it something in her forgotten past that draws him to her. Because in this world of secrets, nothing is as it seems. And the price of misplaced trust may even be worse than death.
Name: Yellow
Manga-ka: Makoto Tateno
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Police, Yaoi
Rating: NC-17
Volumes: 1-4, Complete
Current: Vol. 2
Plot Summery: “Green is “forward”, and Red is “stop”. Yellow is “Risky”. If you dare, go forward at your own risk!”
Taki a straight guy and shy, effeminate Goh are an expert team of bandits, code named- “The Snatchers”, hired by the police to steal from the mafia. Lately, Goh has been more interested in acquiring Taki than in the usual caches of arms and drugs. Taki, on the other hand is still undecided with his feelings and not ready to accept that he does indeed love his partner, who happens to be a guy no less!.
Argh! Not another month gone!!! I really don’t want this year to go as quickly as the last; especially because it’s my *cough*30th*cough* that even looks old written down *dramatic sigh*!! Beside my depressing over my 
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