Love Nest (Minaduki Yuu)
#3 in the series (Masato x Asahi the divorced architect) After being heartbroken by his crush from college, Hoizumi ventures into the world of homosexuality. After frequenting a certain gay bar, he becomes friends with the master there. Tired of living in his apartment with the noisy children above him, Hoizumi has some luck and the Master of the bar offers to let him live in his second home. However, Hoizumi doesn't find out until after he moves that he will have a roommate named Asahi. Can these two new roommates overcome their differences and become friends? Maybe even something more?
Jealousy (Scarlet Beriko)
No amount of words is enough to describe this relationship. They love each other even though there are a million reasons why they shouldn’t be together. Lots of deaths, pain, suffering, rape, tolerance, forgiveness along the way. But after 27 freaking years they end up together as two old men, and I hope they die together, in peace.
Harenai Sekai de Kimi Dake Mieru
Both have traumatic past. Uke(?) has always been neglected by his parents, he's used to being overlooked as they only ever pay attention to his sickly younger brother. Seme(?) is the bastard child of a politician who has abandoned his mom and him. His mother abused him for looking like the dad, and the last straw came when the uke gave him a haircut, she threw hot water and burned him, then ran off. The two re-united years later, when the Seme discovers that the Uke can no longer recognize people's faces due to trauma of being bullied by the seme's half-brother. Uke's genuine kindness has not changed, so Seme falls for him again, and together they will find happiness. I wish this was longer!
Not Equal
Father x Son…literally. They were fated to be together by a cruel twist of fate through a time jump made by the son to the past, falling in love with his young father, and the father falls in love with the mom after the son’s disappearance due to her having the same eyes as the love of his life…who is ofc…the son from the future. Their love is inevitable
Fangs
Vampires. Unbelievably good plot PLUS incredible sex scenes
Tokyo -Shiki-
Sequel Three couples in one, including Ren’s (original couple uke) younger brother, who’s now burdened with the weight of becoming the family doctor after Ren was disowned. Second couple is Yagami, Ren’s gay senpai while he was studying in France. Yagami was captured by a company’s CEO who’s been in love with him but had to do a contract marriage in order to produce an heir. Who knew that he’d produce triplets through artificial insemination. His ex wife is a lesbian herself. Third couple of course returns to the original Ren and Kazumi, who got legally married in New York while they were visiting Kazumi’s father in the hospital. This needs to be longer. Ren’s younger brother’s story is incomplete. And they haven’t met to reconcile.
Tokyo in April
One of the most well-thought and well-written plot line to ever exist. It covers everything. From gay couples dealing with societal pressure to sexual harassment in the workplace, personal sacrifices, the pains of first love. The couple’s absolute devotion to each other squeezes my heart. This is 1000% worth the re-read
Ano Kado Wo Magatta Tokoro
Younger seme who has to abandon piano due to permanent finger injury meets older uke who’s just been dumped by his older lover because the wife found out. They started by licking each other’s wounds, but soon fall in love. Yuuya, a high school student, unexpectedly bumps into Kiriya-san while walking down the street and ends up saving the older man's life. The two are neither "friends nor lovers," but form a companionship in order to listen to each other's troubles. Will this friendship turn into love?
Shitto wa ai o Kumoraseru